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Sloth Makes a Blog

Follow Zip, a sloth who — eschewing the quality his species is known for — wants to make a WordPress blog for some reason! He’s creating a website with WordPress from zero to fullblog in maybe 9.461e+7 seconds.

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This is Mr. Sloth's Build-a-Blog Workshop, consisting of posts from the time Zip the Sloth first thinks about making a blog to launching his basic WordPress website. Step-by-step basics such as installing WordPress, writing posts, setting up plugins to take him (and you) from no blog to full blog.

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Why Blog? A Sloth and His Blog

Meet Zip the Sloth. He's lazy but wants to make a WordPress blog. Let's help him.
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Do you REALLY want to blog? 20 or More Things to Think About Before (and After) You Start

There are so many things Zip should think about before he starts blogging. But, meh, he's too tired. Let's wake him up and give him a bunch of advice in random order. Here's some things you should think about before -- and after-- you start blogging and some advice on good habits to get into right from the get-go.
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Sloth is Master of His Own Domain (Name)

Before Zip installs WordPress, he should name his website and register a domain name! Why should he be master of his own domain (name)? Because, among other things, it gives his site the appearance of extra credibility. Here's some advice for naming a blog and how to register a domain name.
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Sloth Searches for a Good Host…ing Provider

Zip the sloth has chosen a domain name. But before he can get started on his great new website...someday...he will need to find a place to put that website. Let's give him some tips on choosing a good web hosting provider, types of hosting, and look at a few of the major ones.
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Sloth Updates His DNS Settings

Zip the Sloth is ready to install WordPress! But his domain name refers to a dodgy splash page. Either before or after he installs WordPress he'll have to change his domain name servers so they point to his web hosting. He decides to do it now. Here's how.
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Sloth Installs WordPress

Finally! Zip the Sloth is instaling WordPress to create his blog. Here's the tutorial on how to install WordPress -- both the lazy way (automatically, and the way I almost always do it now) and manually (which, of course, is more complicated.)
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Zip has installed Google Analytics. But what's this? He now sees a banner in his analytics account informing him about a NEW thing called Google Analytics 4. He thought he was done. Oh...you're NEVER done! Should he enable GA4? Here are some thoughts on the matter and how to proceed.
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Adding Google Analytics to WordPress

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15 Places to Find Free Stock Photos or Vector Graphics for Your Website (and When to Attribute Them)

Zip is designing his website and starting to write some posts. But where can he get photos and graphics for his website? Let's look at 15 websites where you might find free stock photos or vector graphics.
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