Well, I started writing a DIY on how to make a WordPress Blog over at my Ad Optimization blog and it got rather long. But I do tell you how to make a WordPress blog with all the bells and whistles in just 2 hours and also what “skills” you’d need to do it that fast.
If you are thinking about designing blogs for a living, this will definitely of great help in getting things done faster.
Here’s an excerpt:
1. I go to GoDaddy.com and register domain. As soon as I register, I point the DNS to one of my dedicated servers. As long as you set the IP within 5 minute time frame, your domain will be live in less than 5 minutes. I find that GoDaddy is the best domain company out there today and part of the reason I can do this fast is that their systems run fast too. (Don’t use Network Solutions btw, they are one of the worst I’ve used)
Time to do this for me: 10 minutes
2. I SSH2 into my dedicated server, download the latest WordPress software, load all the plugins, activate the blog, do various setup for the blog.
Time to do this for me: 15 minutes
3. I load one of my blog themes and customize the CSS layout and colors.
Time to do this for me: 15 minutes
4. Design a logo, favicons on Photoshop, load it onto the blog as quickly as I can.
Time to do this for me: 30 minutes
5. Do 5 blog posts.
Time to do this for me: 30 minutes
Well, that’s total of 1 hour and 40 minutes to setup a brand new blog with a brand new design.
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Hi Max,
I work for Network Solutions and I am hoping we can get feedback from you that will help us improve our products and change your mind about our hosting.
Thanks,
Shashi Bellamkonda
http://blog.networksolutions.com
I called your company about 8 months ago to cancel private registration only and the woman I talked to (I believe her name was Jennifer or something like that) told me she would.
I made it clear about 2-3 times before hanging up the phone. I believe it was in retaliation to my phone call or something but that should NEVER HAPPEN.
1 week later, I found that my domain was CANCELLED along with my private registration.
Now, I am busy guy, I don’t call twice and I am not here to tell you how to run your business but what happened was either discriminate or simply really dumb.
If you will please fire that woman for me, I will be very happy indeed.