How To Create A WordPress Blog (Step By Step Guide)

Watch and learn how to create a WordPress blog for free (aside from hosting and a domain name).

As far as building the blog goes, we'll use only free tools.

You can have your very own blog set up this afternoon!

The tools we used to make this happen:

• Neve WordPress theme: bit.ly/NeveWPTheme
• Get professional hosting from Siteground, with discount* - bit.ly/WPHostingOffer
• Elementor: bit.ly/DownloadElementor

1. Domain Wheel - domainwheel.com/
2. Image optimization service by Optimole - bit.ly/Optimole
3. Orbit FOX - bit.ly/OrbitFOX

Table of Contents:

Step #1 - Buy A Domain Name And Hosting 🕓 2:10
Step #2 - Get SiteGround Hosting 🕓 3:28
Step #3 - Create The Categories For The Menu System 🕓 6.39
Step #4 - How To Create Basic Blog Posts 🕓 9:23
Step #5 - Create The Website Header 🕓 12:35
Step #6 - Customizing The Sidebar 🕓 20:46
Step #7 - Customizing The Blog Post Template 🕓 27:50
Step #8 - Customizing The Blog Roll Appearance 🕓 29:48
Step #9 - Adding Social Sharing Buttons 🕓 32:12
Step #10 - Customizing The Footer + Footer Linked Pages 🕓 39:10

The CSS:

/*-- Header Styles --*/
.brand {
font-size:5em;
}

.header-top-inner.light-mode {
background-color:# fff;
}

/*-- Sidebar Styles --*/

.widget_media_image, .wpp-list-with-thumbnails li, .article-content-col, .nv-single-page-wrap, .nv-single-post-wrap {
background-color: # fff;
padding: 0 0 1px 0;
border: 1px solid # d8d8d8;
}

.nv-thumb-wrap {
margin-top:0;
}

.wpp-list-with-thumbnails li {
margin-bottom:20px;

}

.wp-caption-text {
font-size:14px;
padding:10px;
}

.widget-title {
text-align: center;
border-bottom: 1px solid # d8d8d8;
padding: 0 0 7px 0;
margin: 0 0 20px 0;
}

.wpp-list-with-thumbnails li a {
color: # 000;
}

.wpp-post-title, .wpp-meta {
padding-left:10px;
}

/*-- Blog List Styles --*/

.blog-entry-title, .nv-meta-list, .excerpt-wrap, .nv-big-title {
padding-left:10px;
}

/*-- Post Styles --*/

.nv-single-page-wrap, .nv-single-post-wrap {
margin-top:30px;
}

.nv-thumb-wrap {
margin-top:0 !important;
}

.nv-single-post-wrap:not(:only-child), .nv-single-page-wrap:not(:only-child), .nv-index-posts:not(:only-child) {
padding-right: 0;
}

.nv-title-meta-wrap {
padding-left:40px;
}

.nv-content-wrap, .comments-area {
padding:20px
}

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