How to Set Up a Hosted Wordpress Blog (Part II )

How to Set Up a
Hosted
Wordpress Blog
(Part II)
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For the Part II tutorial we
will cover the following:
1. How to install a Theme.
2. How to create About Me section.
3. How to create Posts.
4. How to create Menu and Nested
Menu.
5. How to Customize your site.
6. How to set up a Static Homepage.
7. Installing Plugins.

Before the technical
part of this tutorial.

Let’s check out some
parts of the Wordpress
working page for easy
understanding. 

This is your Wordpress
working page.

Your Site Title is located
on the top left corner.

Point your mouse over
here and you can see
View Site button.

This icon notifies you for
new plugins or theme
updates.

Comments for your site.

Click New and you will
see Quick links buttons.

This is your Dashboard
Tool Menu.

Each button has
corresponding sub-menus.

Now, for the technical
fun part. 

1. Installing a Theme

From your Dashboard.

Click Appearance.

Click Add New.

There are thousands of
themes available.

Scroll down and browse.

For this tutorial, I chose
Nirvana.

Search Nirvana here.

You can preview the
theme.

This is how Nirvana will
look like on your site.

Click install.

Click Activate.

2. Creating About Me
page

Page is a big chunks of
information which
do not often change.

Examples of Pages:
About Me
Your Products
Schedules

Go to your Dashboard.

Click Pages.

The interface is like
Microsoft Office Word.

Enter the title page
here.

This is the editing tool
bar.

Write the content here.

Click Visual…

whenever you type your
content.

This display the page
web link.

You can edit the link by
clicking this button.

To add media like videos,
music and images click
here.

You can drag and drop
your files here…

or select the file and
click Insert to post.

Fill in this information.

When your done, click
here.

Type About Me as our
Title Page.

After creating/typing
your content…

you have the option to
save it as Draft…

or Publish it.

3. Creating Posts

What is a Post?

Post is a day to day
activity.

Like a diary entry or
news.

Click to go back to
Dashboard.

Click Posts.

Type the title of your blog.

Your blog content here.

To add media, click here.

Preview your work.

If you want to Edit
your Post.

Go to the page
you want to edit.

Click Edit.

When done editing,
click Update.

4. Creating a Menu

A Menu is a list of links
used to navigate your
site.

You can only create a
Menu if you already
have list of Pages.

Sample of Pages.

On your Dashboard.

Click Menu.

Click create a new
menu.

Type Menu Name.

Click Create Menu.

Tick (√) boxes to add
pages.

Click Add to Menu.

Pages will appear in the
Menu Structure.

Go to Menu Settings.

Rearrange the Pages.

Tick (√) Primary
Navigation.

Click Save Menu.

Are you still with me?

Before we proceed…
let’s do 10 minutes
deep breathing to relax.

Feel better?

Let’s continue. 

Creating Nested Drop-
Down Menus

Nested Drop-Down Menus
or Drop-Down Menus are
located under the parent
item.

Tick (√) boxes to add
posts.

Posts will appear below
the Pages.

Drag Posts under desired
Page.

Make sure the sub item text
will appear.

Visit Site.

5. Customizing
your site

Go back to Appearance.

Click Customize.

Click Site Identity

You can edit Site Title,
Tagline and add Image.

Click Colors.

Select the colors that
matches your brand site.

Header Image.

Click here to Add new
image.

Let’s upload a Background
Image.

Background Image.

Select file.

Choose the image for
your background.

Click Choose Image.

Click Save & Publish.

Visit site to check the
background.

6. Setting up a
Static Homepage

Hover your mouse on
the Settings button.

Click Reading.

Choose Static Page.

Select About Me as
your Front Page.

Click Save Changes.

Static Homepage set to
About Me Page.

7. Installing Plugins

Plugins
extend functionality
and add new features
to your Wordpress site.

Hover your mouse to
Plugins button.

Search for Unyson.

Unyson is a powerful
plugin to build an
awesome website.

Click Install Now.

Choose from available
Unyson Extensions.

Choose Feedback.

Read what FeedBack
can do to your site.

Click Activate or
Download.

Check the button of
your Blog Post.

Now, continue building
your Wordpress site
using this plugin.

Have fun learning! 

Thank you for reading!

Visit
for other dynamic tutorial
guides.

I would love to hear
your comments. 

Sources:
http://www.wpbeginner.com/category/plugins/
http://www.wpbeginner.com/category/wp-tutorials/
https://www.pexels.com/u/kokilsh/ (for meditation image)

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