How do I create a web blog:

A web blog is a website where you need no knowledge of any specific software to your web blog to create and maintain. Another feature of a weblog is that you can be serviced by multiple people. Depending on the role that someone (read: rights to be able to do anything) your blog is a social medium. For example if you post something can allow others to comment. But others (if you allow) can also create new posts.

The beauty of a weblog is that you can maintain from any PC with Internet, wherever you are in the world, but if you have an Internet browser available. It does not matter whether it is Internet Explorer, Firefox or Opera. They all work. This is useful if you have a journey and a daily diary to track. Or if you are suddenly a good idea is what you want to share via your blog and you're not home, you can walk into any Internet cafe to write on your blog. It is also easy to get photos, videos or music on your blog.

A weblog is used in many ways used for private purposes, or a business website or an Intranet for example of a company.
(Also Monstergids.nl is made ​​with WordPress).

There are two ways to create a weblog to:

• Free blog host via a so-called
• Through your own webhost with your own domain name

How do I create a free web blog:

In this guide we will explain how a weblog is WordPress , the best, safest and most widely used blogging software in the world.

Step1:

• Create a free account at wordpresss.com
• Right to choose 'preferred language' first language: "Dutch"
• Click on the button "sign up now"
• Fill in:
  • username (this is also the name in the URL of your weblog)
    In this example we take: anna webblog
  • password (not too easy!)
  • password again (to confirm)
  • an email address, Gmail and Hotmail is acceptable)
  • Make sure the legalflostam is checked
  • Select "gimme a blog"
  • Click on NEXT
• Now is your domain address shown (web address), then adjust the title of your weblog, for example: Anna's weblog
• Check whether the language in the NL Dutch State
• If "Privacy" is on, your blog appear in search engines and other websites.
• Click on SIGNUP
• Look in your specified email inbox for a message came from WordPress. In that post a link where you must click to activate your account. Once you've done that, he opens a new window when your username and your password is.
• From this screen, click on LOGIN, a login screen and then your username and password to enter, then click LOGIN

Your weblog is now ready to decorate!

The web address to your weblog is now: http://annawebblog.wordpress.com/

So after you are logged in, you first open standard DASH. From here you can arrange anything like a new theme (appearance of your blog), or enter a new post or page, or existing posts or pages, update or delete.

If you want to see how your standard blog look click on the link at the top where your blog title. The best thing you can do this as a new link window open, you can always refresh by clicking directly see how a change that looks through your DASH does (switch between two windows so).

Some examples you can adapt:

Adapting a theme (appearance of your weblog)

• Click on appearance.
• There now appears a screen with up to 5 pages with different themes.
• Choose a theme by clicking on the image.
• Then the theme right now displayed and you need to "activate [name of theme]" the button.
• Go to your second screen (where your blog is displayed) and refresh it, you will now see your blog in the new theme show. Of course you can at any time subject to change.

Changing the title of your blog

Click on SETTINGS at the top of this screen is the title of your blog. This can just change. The second line (tagline) is the line that sometimes is placed under your title, including those you can just adjust.

The other options on this page you can also change. Do not forget to SAVE CHANGES (bottom) button when finished. View other peaceful options under SETTINGS. But remember what you may customize.

Writing a new message:

• Click on MESSAGES
• Click on ADD NEW
  (A new window will be displayed)
• Key at the message title
• Then you key in the large white area your post. Pressing this button ( ) You get a second bar with buttons that you can use to edit text.
• When you're finished writing, click PUBLISH
• Go to your second screen is where you blog and refresh this page. You will now see your new post at the top. Messages are displayed in order of latest date.

Adding an image / photo in a message

• Move the mouse cursor to where you want the picture.
• Above the bar with buttons, state UPLOAD / INSERT, behind it the first square with a gray square, click it to add a photo
• Choose Select Files to upload a photo from your computer
• Wanner is the big picture, it lasts a while. Then the picture shown and choose the size of the photo (thumbnail, medium, large or full size). It is better to choose medium. Then click on PLACE IN THE MESSAGE
  The photo will appear in your message.
• Click on PUBLISH POST or UPDATE your message store

Modifying / deleting an existing message:

• Click on MESSAGES
  All existing messages are now displayed
• Want to delete it then do as follows:
  • Point the mouse on the message you want to delete a sub-menu will include the word REMOVE. Click it, then display a message box with OK or Cancel. Click OK. The message is now gone.
• Modifying an existing message:
  • Click on the title of the message you want to customize. The message is now displayed in the screen for editing.
  • Make your changes and then be sure to click on UPDATE POST

Creating / modifying a PAGE

Pages appear to the right (or sometimes top, depending on the theme you have chosen) and contain information that hardly changes. Such as an ABOUT ME page, which tells you something about yourself.

By default, there is an ABOUT page, which you now can customize your own text.

• Click PAGES
• The ABOUT page is displayed, click on the title to open it in edit mode
• Remove the existing text and insert your own text herein.
• Then click UPDATE PAGE

Need more information, go to the NL forum of WordPress . Search for answers or ask a question.

Good luck with your blog!