This document provides step-by-step instructions for setting up a WordPress blog using iPage hosting. It explains how to sign up for an iPage hosting and domain name account, purchase the hosting plan, install WordPress, set up the blog, customize it with themes and plugins, and publish posts. Popular free plugins that are recommended for functionality include SumoMe for marketing, Envira Gallery for images/gallery, Mashshare for social sharing, and Yoast SEO for SEO optimization.

1. USING WORDPRESS
Including
Popularly Used Plugins
HOW TO CREATE A BLOG
by Elizabeth Gesta

2. SET UP A HOSTING AND
DOMAIN NAME ACCOUNT.

3. HOSTING IS THE PLACE WHERE
YOUR BLOG LIVES ONLINE.

4. IT MAKES YOUR BLOG
ACCESSIBLE

5. OVER THE INTERNET FOR
ALL USERS.

6. DOMAIN NAME IS THE NAME
OF YOUR BLOG.

7. USE IPAGE TO SET UP YOUR
HOSTING

8. AND DOMAIN NAME ACCOUNT.

9. IPAGE IS AN ESTABLISHED AND
AFFORDABLE HOST PROVIDER

10. AND PROVIDES A FREE
DOMAIN NAME.

11. IN THE IPAGE PAGE, CLICK
“SIGN UP NOW”.

12. THIS BRINGS YOU TO THE
FIRST STEP.

13. FOR A FIRST TIMER, CLICK
“REGISTER A NEW DOMAIN”.

14. THEN CLICK “CHECK AVAILABILITY”.

15. THIS BRINGS YOU TO ENTER
YOUR BILLING INFORMATION.

16. FILL IN YOUR CONTACT
INFORMATION.

17. SCROLL DOWN AND CHOOSE
YOUR PAYMENT TYPE

18. CLICK ON “CREDIT CARD” IF
YOU HAVE ONE

19. OR YOU MAY CHOOSE “PAYPAL”
IF YOU HAVE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT.

20. BELOW IS YOUR PURCHASE
INFORMATION.

21. IN THE
“IPAGE ESSENTIAL HOSTING PLAN”,

22. CLICK THE DROP-DOWN
MENU AT THE RIGHT

23. TO CHOOSE YOUR PAYMENT
OPTION.

24. SELECT “$1.99 PER MONTH (BILLED
$23.88 FOR 1 YEAR).

25. BELOW IT IS THE WEBSITE
ESSENTIALS WHICH CAN

26. ENHANCE PERFORMANCE
BUT ARE NOT NECESSARY

27. SO YOU MAY UNCHECK THEM.

28. YOU GET A TOTAL OF $23.88 FOR
12 MONTHS OF WEB HOSTING

29. AND A FREE DOMAIN NAME ---
A VERY GOOD DEAL.

30. CLICK ON “CHECK OUT”.

31. NOW, YOU GET REDIRECTED
TO PAYPAL

32. WHERE YOU WILL LOG IN TO
YOUR ACCOUNT.

33. AFTER LOGGING IN YOUR
USERNAME AND PASSWORD,

34. CLICK “LOG IN”.

35. THIS WILL APPEAR.

36. CLICK “AGREE & CONTINUE”.

37. YOUR CHOSEN IPAGE PLAN
IS NOW ACTIVE.

38. OPEN A NEW TAB AND GO
TO YOUR MAILBOX.

39. CLICK ON THE IPAGE
CONFIRMATION AND LOGIN INFO.

40. CLICK ON THE FIRST LINK

41. TO SET UP A PASSWORD FOR
YOUR USER ACCOUNT.

42. THIS BRINGS YOU BACK TO IPAGE.

43. BEFORE YOU BEGIN,
CREATE A STRONG PASSWORD.
.

44. RETYPE YOUR PASSWORD IN THE
“CONFIRM PASSWORD” BOX.

45. BELOW IT, SELECT A SECURITY
QUESTION

46. AND YOUR SECURITY ANSWER.

47. ANSWER THE REFERRAL
INFORMATION.

48. UNDER THE TERMS OF SERVICE,
CLICK ON THE TICK BOX TO AGREE.

49. CLICK “SAVE & CONTINUE”.

50. THIS BRINGS YOU TO THE
CONTROL PANEL.

51. TO INSTALL WORDPRESS IN
THE CONTROL PANEL,

52. CLICK ON THE WORDPRESS
ICON UNDER “WEBSITE” MENU.

53. THIS WILL APPEAR THEN
CLICK “INSTALL”.

54. SELECT WHICH DOMAIN YOU
WOULD LIKE TO INSTALL TO.

55. YOU MAY NOT USE A
SUBDIRECTORY.

56. CLICK “CHECK DOMAIN”.

57. NOW, CLICK ON THE TICK BOX,

58. “I HAVE READ THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS…”.

59. THEN CLICK “INSTALL NOW”.

60. A NEW TAB WILL OPEN AND

61. THE INSTALLATION PROCESS
FOR WORDPRESS WILL BEGIN.

62. WHILE LOADING, GO BACK
TO YOUR MAILBOX.

63. CLICK ON THE SUBJECT
“NEXT STEPS FOR YOUR
WORDPRESS INSTALL”.

64. THIS WILL APPEAR.

65. CLICK ON THE SUBJECT WHICH
SAYS, “CONGRATULATIONS!”.

66. YOU NOW HAVECOMPLETED
WORDPRESS INSTALLATION.

67. AT STEP 1, YOU WILL SEE
YOUR BLOG URL, ADMIN URL,

68. USERNAME AND PASSWORD
FOR YOUR WORDPRESS BLOG.

69. CLICK ON THE LINK UNDER
ADMIN URL

70. TO BRING YOU TO WORDPRESS
LOGIN PAGE.

71. ENTER YOUR USERNAME/EMAIL
AND PASSWORD

72. THEN CLICK LOG IN .

73. YOU ARE NOW LOGGED IN
TO WORDPRESS.

74. TO CHOOSE THE KIND OF
SITE YOU LIKE TO SET UP,

75. CLICK “BUSINESS”, “PERSONAL”
OR

76. JUST CLICK, “I DON’T NEED HELP”.

77. IN THE DASHBOARD, YOU
CAN USE

78. ALL THE DIFFERENT
FUNCTIONS

79. AND FEATURES TO MANAGE
YOUR WORDPRESS BLOG.

80. TO CREATE A POST, SELECT “POST”,

81. CLICK “ADD NEW”.

82. HERE YOU CAN ENTER THE
TITLE OF YOUR BLOG

83. AND YOUR CONTENT.

84. CLICK “ADD MEDIA” TO
INSERT ANY MEDIA FILES.

85. CLICK “UPLOAD FILES” TO
INSERT MEDIA

86. CLICK “MEDIA LIBRARY”

87. TO SELECT THE FILE YOU
WANT TO INSERT.

88. ONCE YOU SELECTED THE FILE,
CLICK “INSERT INTO POST”.

89. NOW, CLICK “PREVIEW” TO
SEE YOUR BLOG.

90. YOU CAN SEE THE BLOG TITLE,
PICTURES,

91. AND COMMENTS SECTION.

92. CLICK “EDIT POST” TO DO
MORE EDITING.

93. YOU MAY IMPROVE YOUR
POST BY

94. ADDING THEMES AND
OTHER ENHANCEMENTS.

95. SELECT “APPEARANCE”,
CLICK “THEMES”.
1
2

96. YOU’LL SEE THAT YOU’RE USING
THE “TWENTY SIXTEEN” THEME.

97. SELECT OPTIONS TO CHANGE
YOUR THEME.

98. ONCE YOU HAVE SELECTED A
THEME, CLICK “INSTALL”.

99. YOUR NEW THEME HAS BEEN
ACTIVATED.

100. CLICK “VISIT SITE”

101. TO SEE THE NEW APPEARANCE
OF YOUR BLOG.

102. CLICK “EDIT POST”

103. TO MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES
IF ANY.

104. AFTER ALL EDITING IS DONE,
CLICK “PUBLISH”.

105. YOUR BLOG IS ALREADY
PUBLISHED ONLINE.

106. THE ADVANTAGE OF A PAID
OVER A FREE BLOG HOSTING

107. IS THAT IN A PAID BLOG HOSTING,
YOU CAN INSTALL PLUGINS.

108. PLUGINS ENHANCE THE
FUNCTIONALITY OF YOUR BLOG.

109. THEY ALLOW YOU TO ADD NEW
FEATURES TO WORDPRESS

110. SUCH AS ADD GALLERY,
SLIDESHOW, ETC.

111. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF FREE
AND PAID PLUGINS AVAILABLE

112. BUT WE’LL FOCUS ON THE MOST
POPULARLY USED FREE PLUGINS.

113. IN THE DASHBOARD, SELECT
“PLUGINS”

114. AND CLICK
“INSTALLED PLUGINS”.

115. A POP-UP MAY APPEAR.
CLICK “LEAVE”.

116. THIS WILL APPEAR.

117. SCROLL DOWN AND YOU WILL SEE

118. SIX FREE PRE-INSTALLED PLUGINS
WITH DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.

119. YOU MAY ADD MORE PLUGINS
ACCORDING TO YOUR NEED.

120. SELECT “PLUGINS” AND CLICK
“ADD NEW”.

121. YOU’LL SEE MORE FREE FEATURED
PLUGINS TO CHOOSE FROM.

122. CLICK THE “POPULAR” MENU TO
SEE MOSTLY USED PLUGINS

123. YOU MAY CLICK “RECOMMENDED”

124. TO SEE PLUGINS THAT MAY BE
RELEVANT FOR YOUR BLOG.

125. CLICK ON “FAVORITES”

126. ONLY IF YOU HAVE MARKED
SPECIFIC PLUGINS AS FAVORITES.

127. OR CLICK ON “PREMIUM” TO
SEARCH FOR PAID PLUGINS.

128. YOU MAY ALSO INPUT IN THE
“SEARCH PLUGINS” TEXT BOX

129. THE SPECIFIC PLUGIN YOU
WISH TO INSTALL.

130. TYPE A MARKETING PLUGIN,
“SUMOME”

131. AND PLUGINS OF THE SAME
CATEGORY WILL DISPLAY.

132. SELECT SUMOME AND CLICK
“INSTALL NOW”.

133. CLICK “ACTIVATE” FOR THE
PLUGIN TO FUNCTION.

134. NOW YOU HAVE SEVEN
ACTIVATED PLUGINS.

135. DO THE SAME PROCESS
WHEN ADDING

136. USEFUL PLUGINS FOR YOUR
WEBSITE PURPOSES

137. SUCH AS WITH A CONTENT
PLUGIN, “ENVIRA GALLERY”,

138. SOCIAL MEDIA PLUGINS,
“MASHSHARE”

139. AND “REVIVE ALL POSTS”,

140. AND AN SEO PLUGIN,
“YOAST SEO”.

141. THAT WOULD BE ALL.
ENJOY BLOGGING ON
WORDPRESS.