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Free Blogs Through WordPress Can Include Hosting or a Template

© L. Shepherd

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WordPress has become a popular free blog for bloggers who want free templates and hosting. However, Wordpress can also be transfered to other sites for even more options.

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WordPress is a type of free blog that can be used for blogs, standard websites and just about anything else. The basic WordPress blog setup is easy enough that it can be used by beginners, but a savvy Web designer can use WordPress to create far more complicated designs.Amateur blogs can be started for free and hosted on the WordPress website.

The basic WordPress setup is a blog format that allows the blogger to enter their blog posts into a simple text box. The post boxes are equipped with so many options that the blogger doesn't have to know any HTML in order to get basic effects. Linking to outside text, using bold font, etc., can be done easily with a few clicks.

WordPress plugins exist to make the site more customized. So many WordPress plugins exist that there are options to make a site do just about anything. Almost 3,000 WordPress plugins currently exist on the site, doing everything from creating Meta tags to adding small icons to posts.

WordPress Themes

The options range from very simple blog layouts that require only the choosing from among the free blog templates that are offered by the site to more complicated designs that require some programming knowledge.

There are more than 100 WordPress themes available free through the site, but many WordPress enthusiasts set up their own sites that feature free WordPress themes. Users take WordPress themes and used them as the templates for their websites. In most cases they need no customization beyond the text.

WordPress Hosting

Using a Wordpress blog is easy to do when it is hosted by the site. Free blogs are hosted from the main site, but those blogs are subject to a number of WordPress rules. Among them is a rule against using AdSense or other advertising on the blogs. For amateur blogs that aren't kept for a profit, WordPress hosting makes starting a blog fast and easy.

Getting Wordpress onto a different domain can be simple or complex, depending on the host. Many Web hosting companies are now integrating their hosting options with Wordpress. BlueHost has a widget that is specifically designed to install Wordpress on a site hosted by Bluehost. Other hosts that make it easy to host a WordPress blog or site include HostICan, MediaTemple and AN Hosting.

Anyone wanting to start an amateur blog can get their new blog up and running quickly with a WordPress blog that is hosted by WordPress. For others, the simplicity of other free blogs is preferable.


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