how to start a travel blog WordPress
travel blog tutorial hey guys Bryan with
WP Cupid blog and in this video I'm gonna
be showing you how to start a travel
blog step-by-step whether you're new be
a technology have no experience at blog
starting or even if you are a pro this
how to start a travel blog WordPress
travel blog tutorial for beginners will
be perfect for you the great thing about
this tutorial is it is extremely easy to
follow along with even if you have no
experience and starting a travel blog by
following this tutorial video you will
have your WordPress travel blog set up
in as little as 10 minutes at the end of
this video you'll have your travel
WordPress blog successfully started I'm
going to be providing you with a bunch
of helpful resources that will help you
in your travel blogging journey towards
the end of this video so stay tuned the
first step I'm gonna cover is how to
choose and register your own domain name
for free to have a travel blog you have
to have a domain name step two I'll be
going over how to choose a hosting
provider to have a blog you have to have
hosting step three is giving your travel
blog set up if you don't have time to
start your travel blog right this second
be sure to bookmark those videos so you
can come back to it later let's get
started
the first thing you want to do is head
on over to Bluehost via the link I
provided in the description if you
already have it Bluehost is where we'll
be getting a free domain name in up to
63 percent off web hosting davic
successful blog you have to have a
domain name for people to find your blog
in web hosting that powers your travel
blog a little about Bluehost blew those
powers over two million websites
worldwide in over eight hundred fifty
thousand blogs around the world they are
also recommended by WordPress themselves
since 2005 they instantly install
WordPress for you which makes starting a
travel blog that much easier they
provide 24/7 support via chat email and
phone and they have a 30-day money-back
guarantee if for any reason you are
unhappy you can cancel and get a refund
no questions asked within the first 30
days I do want to mention that the link
is an affiliate link and I'll receive a
commission which helps support this
channel and helps us put out more
WordPress tutorial videos once you click
the link you'll be at the Bluehost home
page you'll see the get started now
button on the page click the button
this is where you can select your
hosting plan you'll see three different
options you'll see a basic plan plus
plan and a prime plan I recommend going
with the basic plan and then you can
always scale up whenever you'd like if
you have more than one website then you
want to choose either the plus plan or
prime plan I'm gonna choose the basic
plan for this tutorial as this is most
common go ahead and hit the select
button on whichever plan you would like
to use we are now brought to a domain
page where we can choose a domain name
that we want completely free or if you
already have a domain name you'd enter
it in over on the right for the new
domain you can select if you want to be
a.com dotnet dot org etc dot-com is the
most popular domain extension so I'd
recommend going with a.com if you can
I'm gonna type in a domain here and
click the next button
you are now brought to a create your
account page this is where you will
input your information we have first
name last name the business name is
optional put your country address
information in put a phone number and
lastly the best email for you as yoga
emailed or receipt of payment and a copy
of your login credentials etc below that
you will see package information you'll
see account plan this is where you can
select the term for your hosting package
you have 12 months 24 months a 36 months
and 60 months as you can see you'll save
money the longer you purchase your
hosting for I'm gonna select the 12
months package setup fee is free
the main registration is free let's
encrypt SSL is free this SSL feature is
a free SSL certificate which makes your
site secure with the green bar like you
see here and with the HTTPS domain
privacy isn't add-on that I highly
recommend it will prevent telemarketers
and marketers getting a hold of your
personal contact information and bugging
you with their services the domain
privacy will show Bluehost information
for the site and not yours site lock
security find is security for your
WordPress website and protects it from
hackers
I don't select this as there are really
good free alternatives you'll see code
guard code guard creates daily backups
and allows you to restore your site with
a click of a button in case something
happens
there are free alternatives that work
just the same SEO tools start you can
keep unselected this add-on will submit
your site to search engines and provide
a report on your site ranking and
keyword rankings submitting your site to
search engines you can do for free this
isn't necessary to have all these
add-ons are completely optional and up
to you to get as you can see you're
saving a lot for this hosting package
below that you will input your payment
information I'm not gonna fill this out
for protection of personal information
once your information is filled in you
want to select the I've read and agreed
to Bluehost privacy policy in terms of
service
now click the submit button you are now
brought to a page where you will choose
a password for your Bluehost account
click the create your password button
input the password you would like click
the I have read and agreed to Bluehost
privacy policy in terms and conditions
and click the next button you will now
be directed to a congratulations page
click the blue login button to log in
the Bluehost Bluehost is also going to
at this time email your dashboard login
information to the email address you
provided you will now see pick your
theme
Bluehost has a bunch of awesome free
WordPress themes to choose from you can
select a theme now if you want to or
below the themes you can click skip this
step if you choose a theme now you can
always change the theme you pick without
any problem at a later date I'll be
going over this in more detail later in
the video once you choose your free
theme or click skip this step you'll be
at the page here stating all done click
the button that says start building to
start building your travel blog on
WordPress once you click that log in you
will be at the WordPress dashboard this
is what the WordPress dashboard looks
like it'll ask you a few questions as
you can see if you don't need help just
click the you don't need help option
once you do that you will see this page
you will see blog post where you can add
new blog post you will see where you can
add new pages to your blog if you want
to change your navigation menus you can
do so easily and if you are going to
sell products on your site you can
install WooCommerce to do so on the far
left you will see tabs hover over them
and get to learn them post is where you
can add new post
pages is where you can add new pages the
media tab is where images will show that
you upload to your blog comments is
where you can view comments people leave
on your blog plugins is where you can
install plugins for your blog almost any
customization or feature that you would
want more than likely there's a plug-in
already made for it
appearance is where you can change the
look of your theme or change your theme
to another one or a premium theme select
themes when you hover over appearance it
will showcase free WordPress themes that
you can choose from if you select the
most popular it will show you the most
popular free WordPress themes over over
a theme and click install and then click
activate to make the theme your
WordPress theme you should also see add
new theme on this page this is where you
can add a new theme if you got it from
another site or is a premium theme a
great resource I abused for several
years and recommend for professional
WordPress themes that look like an award
winning design agency did your blog is
themed for us this is the theme Voris
homepage you can easily search for
travel blog WordPress via the search bar
it'll pull up a ton of travel wordpress
blog themes you can click preview theme
to see what they would like here's a few
examples of travel blog WordPress themes
that are already pre-made for you to
input your information or change however
you'd like you'll see they look really
good click the link in the description
below to check out theme forest in the
top left of your WordPress dashboard you
will see welcome here or your site title
towards the top of the page click this
to view your site to log into your
wordpress dashboard you can do so via
the Bluehost cPanel or by typing your
domain name with a slash WP dash admin
here's an example it'll bring up this
page here just input your login
credentials to be logged into WordPress
another great resource that is helpful
and used by over 500,000 users is a
drag-and-drop editor called element or
page builder elementary page builder
makes starting and creating your
WordPress travel blog easy you can make
edits by dragging and dropping search
element or page builder on the plugins
page and install and activate it if
you'd like to try it out Elementor has a
free and paid version I provide a link
in the description so you can check out
and compare the features of the
in paid versions another great resource
to check out is fiber fiber is a great
place to get tasks done for just $5 it
is helpful if you need a logo or
something done I provide the link in the
description below and that is how to
start a travel blog WordPress travel
blog tutorial for beginners if you have
any questions get in touch as I'm here
to help you with anything you need
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