Just not I informed your about Bluehost big discount, and to get most out of it, I think a tutorial on Installing wordpress on Bluehost will be helpful for many.
Bluehost provide you with fantastico which make wordpress install just one click away. If you have not signed up for Bluehost, you can do so by following this link
When you login to your Bluehost panel, scroll down to Software/Services tab. Select Wordpress there which will redirect you to next page.
On the next screen click on Wordpress installation. This will lead you to next page where you can make many changes.
On the next page there are three options, carefully examine all the options. The major one is option 1 and option 2.
Option 1.
In this step you can select how do you want your blog to look like. You can make it look like
www.shoutmeloud.com or
I will go with the first one, because it look much better
Option 2
In this step you can select your username and password for your login. Make sure you don’t select admin as username. Instead use some random username and use complex password.
Also keep a check mark on Automatic create a database.
Option 3
Read the agreement and put a check mark and click on Complete.
On the next page it will start installing wordpress. Don’t close the page until unless it shows Processing complete.
An Email will be sent to the registered Email address about the login and password. Which you can use to login to your wordpress dashboard.
What next ?
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- How to add Google analytic to your blog
- How to burn feed using Feed burner
- How to Install Wordpress plugin from dashboard
Wordpress Theme resource
Essential Wordpress plugins
- Google XML sitemap : Wordpress essential plugin
- All In one SEO wordpress plugin
- Wordpress contact form plugin
- Subscribe to comment wordpress plugin
- Meta robots : Wordpress SEO plugin
- Maxblog press Ping optimizer plugin
- Wp super cache wordpress plugin
- No self ping wordpress plugin
- Post revision control plugin
- Related post wordpress plugin
- SEO friendly image wordpress plugin
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hey good post harsh, also write one post about migration from one host to another host.
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A very nice detailed post, nice step by step guide. This would surely help others.
I also liked the way you linked to internal posts for further reading
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hey nice post….will check it out once i decide to switch to that
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Nice post, i also wants to know. how to migrate from one host to other.
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Nice one, good for beginners.
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Have you installed any blog on Hostgator using auto installer like fantastico?
According to your post BlueHost installation wizard is differ than HostGator.
I think every hosting provider gives the installation wizard as they like.
What about DreamHost installation Wizard ?
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