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To create a blog, you need to have your own web hosting account. If you have not registered for a web hosting account, read this article before continuing - Step-by-step: How to get your own web hosting account with a domain name.

Once you have registered for a web hosting account, you will get a Welcome email containing Control Panel URL address, login name and password.

You can create more than 1 blog within your web hosting account. Follow these steps to create a blog in your web hosting account:

1. Go to your web hosting Control Panel URL that can be found in your Welcome email.
Example: http://supremecenter55.com/members/

2. You will see a login screen as above. Login using your Username and Password.

3. Once logged in, you will see your web hosting administrator control panel as below.

4. Under “Web Tools” grouping/category, click on ”Elefante Free Scripts”. Refer to the image below.

5. You will see a list of “PHP Scripts List” under “Elefante Installer” tab. Click “Wordpress” under the “BLOG” category as show with red arrow in the image below.

6. Click on “Install WordPress 2.2.1″ as shown in the image below.

7. You will see “WordPress 2.2.1 Installation Wizard” screen pop up. In “Step 1″, click “Create a new database” as shown in the image below.

8. In “MySQL Databases” pop up screen, type the database name and password to be created. Then, click “Add SQL Database” button. Refer to the image below.

9. Close “MySQL Databases” pop up screen and go back to “WordPress 2.2.1 Installation Wizard” screen. Under “Step 1″, click on “Refresh database list” and you should see the database that you have just created. Make sure the new database is selected. Refer to the image below.

10. In “Step 2″, fill up all the fields. Use the image below as example. Once you have filled up all the fields, click “STEP 3: Install” button.

• Database prefix - Leave it as it is.
• Domain - Select your main domain name that you have registered with your hosting.
• Path - This is the subfolder name for your blog. Use a relevant name to your blog topic.
• Admin user - Type the administrator username that you want.
• Admin password - Type the administrator password that you want.
• Admin mail - Your email address where all the blog related emails will be sent to.
• Weblog title - This is the title for your blog. Use a relevant name to your blog title.

11. Once your blog is successfully created, you will see the new blog URL as in the image below.

The URL for the blog I’ve created now is http://all-that-you-need-to-know.com/­vegetarian-guide.

Those are the steps to create a blog. Repeat the steps above to create more blogs within the same web hosting account.

A good web host is one of the factor for your blog or website’s success. I have tested a few and finally I am using Ultimate Affordable Web Hosting for hosting this blog that you are reading now.

Follow these steps to register your own web hosting and domain name:

1. Go to http://www.ultimateaffordablewebhosting.com/. You will see the website as below.

2. Click on any of the “Sign up” button as highlighted in red box in the image above.

3. You will see web hosting sign up form.

4. Refer to the image below

• Enter the username you want for login.
• Choose your web hosting plan from the dropdown.
• Select the type of currency you would like to pay for the hosting.
• Choose the Data Center Location.

5. Refer to the image below

• Select “Register new/Transfer” radio button.
• Type your website/blog address that you would like to create. e.g. www.yourname.com
• Click “Go” button. The domain you have entered will be checked for availability. If it is available you will see green “R” icons beside the list of available domain names.
• Select the domain name you want and choose the duration for the domain registration. Minimum is 1 year which can be renewed annually.

6. Refer to the image below

• Fill up your name, email, phone and complete address.

7. Refer to the image below

• Choose the type of payment, in this step is payment by Credit or Debit card.
• Choose the type of card - Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover.
• Click “Continue” button to proceed.

• If you would like to pay using PayPal, select Paypal radio button as shown in the image below.
• Click “Continue” button to proceed.

8. Refer to the image below

• After pressing “Continue” button, you will see the following Secure Payment Page.
• Fill up all the “Card Details” fields.
• Fill up all the “Cardholder Details” fields.
• Click “Submit Payment” button.

9. I received my Welcome email within 1 minute after payment has been done. My web hosting account was already created and accessible. That was fast!