To get started with WordPress, follow these steps: 1. Sign up for a WordPress account by filling out the registration form at wordpress.com. Check your email to activate your account. 2. After activating your account, you can login and start editing your blog pages and posts. You can add links, change themes, and allow commenting. 3. Key actions include editing pages, adding new posts, choosing a theme, and enabling commenting on posts.

1. GETTING STARTED WITH WORDPRESS

2. STEP 1

3. Go to: http://wordpress.com/

4. STEP 2 Signup/registration

5. 1 To start registration, click ‘Sign up now’ button Fill out the form to create your WordPress account and you blog address. 2 3 Next, click ‘sign up’

6. After you click ‘sign up’, this page will appear. You need to check your e-mail inbox to active you account. 4 You will received this email, and you need to click this link to start activate your account 5 6 Fill out your profile form

7. Save your profile by clicking the ‘Save Profile’ button. 7 8 After you finished activate your account, now you can login and start using WordPress.

8. STEP 3 Editing your blog

9. 1 On your blog homepage, click ‘About’ Click ‘Edit’ to start editing the page 2

10. Click ‘preview changes’ before you click the ‘update’ 4 Click ‘update’ Delete text, and start write up your homepage about. 5 3 6 To return back to your homepage, click this button.

11. STEP 4 To add links to your blog

12. 1 Go to My Blog 2 Click ‘Dashboard’ 3 Click ‘Add New’

13. Insert information and ‘Add Link’ 4

14. STEP 5 To change your blog appearance

15. Click ‘appearance’ at dashboard page 1 This page will appear and you can choose your favorites themes and appearance 2 3 Select a theme and click ‘Activate’

16. STEP 6 To comment on a post

17. 1 At your blog page, you can see text ‘comment’ here. To start comment the post you need to click this ‘comment’ text.

18. This page will appear. 2 3 Write your comment here. Click ‘post comment’ to submit/reply your comment. 4

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