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How to Get Started Blogging in 5 Minutes or LessLinda Bruton I put off starting a blog for a long time because I thought it would be hard. I thought it would be technical. I thought Id have to install scripts and tear my hair out getting them to work. At that point, most of what Id read about blogs and RSS was just so much geek-speak. Was I ever wrong! When I finally got the courage to give it a go, I went to blogger.com and signed up for an account. To my amazement, I had a blog set up in about 5 minutes. My first post was uploaded to my site about 10 minutes later. The only thing even remotely technical I was required to do was enter the FTP settings for the website my blog would be published on. But even that wasnt a requirement. With Blogger, you can set up a blog on their site, Blogspot, and not even worry about FTP settings. Since then, Ive started 3 Blogger blogs on different sites. Blogger remains one of the most popular blog applications in the world simply because it is so simple to use and set up. If youre a technophobe or dont have the time to learn something completely new, I would urge you to drop by Blogger.com and take a look. You could be blogging - and enjoying the benefits - almost immediately. Another very simple blogging tool is Wordpress. This blog is my first Wordpress blog, and Im very impressed with how powerful it is - as well as simple. Wordpress is installed on your own website, but dont let that stop you. Most hosts that have Cpanel already have Wordpress ready for you to install. Look in your Cpanel for the Fantastico application, click it open, and then choose Wordpress to install. It will automatically install it on your site for you, and you can start blogging right away. If your host doesnt already include Wordpress in the scripts on your server, you can still pick it up at: Then go to the Wordpress Wiki for instructions on how to install it in 5 minutes: http://wiki.wordpress.org/pagename=5MinuteInstallation Wordpress is free, open-source software. It is very simple to install, even for technophobes, and has a lot of online documentation. There are also many sites with free Wordpress add-ons and templates. Im using a template for this blog that I picked up at Alex Kings site: http://www.alexking.org/index.phpcontent=software/wordpress/styles.php The Wordpress Wiki is a wealth of information on all things Wordpress, including installation instructions, help files, a long list of template sites, and all kinds of hacks and extras you can use to modify your blog and make it original. If youre a Wordpress user, another place to visit is the Wordpress discussion forum: If youre a new blogger, both Wordpress and Blogger are very user friendly. There isnt a long learning curve. And you wont have to learn any new technical tricks. Why not give one of them a try
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