{"id":2481,"date":"2014-03-26T14:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T07:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantika.com\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2016-07-12T16:10:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T09:10:44","slug":"internet-lifestyle-network-wordpress-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantika.com\/internet-marketing\/internet-lifestyle-network-wordpress-blog","title":{"rendered":"Internet Lifestyle Network WordPress Blog Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
Today, I’d like to show you a way to start a WordPress<\/em> blog in 5 minutes. If you have tried before to install WordPress<\/em>, choose a theme that works and set all the plugins you need, you know that it can be challenging. I write only about the tools I bought and use and this is why I am showing you the\u00a0Internet Lifestyle Network WordPress Blog<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I am very pleased with this blogging platform, which is very easy to use and very newbie friendly. There are videos explaining how to set-up the blog, but honestly it is so simple you don’t even have to watch them… In addition to the blog, you have with the ILN membership several fantastic Internet marketing courses and a great community to help you progress.<\/p>\n Update<\/span>: I am not using the ILN blog anymore, not because it is bad, but because I have my own self-hosted blogs. If you are a beginner and don’t want to go through the trouble of setting your own blog, the ILN blog is still a good option.<\/p>\n After you have purchased your membership with the Internet Lifestyle Network<\/strong>, login into your account and click the “Create your blog”<\/em> link.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You will get on the Create Blog<\/strong> page. You may want to watch the video or get started right away.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The first step is to select your blog address. All members are on the internetlifestylenetwork.com<\/em> domain and run their blogs with a unique sub-domain. In this example I choose to use my name michelgerard.internetlifestylenetwork.com. You may use whatever you want as long as it is not taken.<\/p>\n You have the possibility later on to buy a domain name in order to brand the blog better and map it to your blog. It is not necessary to get started.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The second step is to type a short blog title that you can change later if you wish and then to select a template. It is recommended to use the first template, which is the ILN beginners & affiliates template and then customize it afterwards to fit what you want.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Click the “Create Blog”<\/strong> blue button and voil\u00e0!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When you click on the link you will see your blog. If you are an affiliate you can use the template as is, but if you are branding yourself or write articles about football or fitness, you can change everything.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The header, background color, color theme, side banner, FaceBook widget and video can be changed and you can add more widgets at the side or bottom of the blog. You can do all the things you would normally do with a WordPress<\/em> blog on your server. The only exception is that you can’t install your third-party plugins to keep the integrity of the network.<\/p>\n If you click the “Next Step”<\/strong> blue button in the previous image, you will go to your dashboard.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Circled in red, you can see the main sections available to work with your blog. You can also see that you have 1,000 MB of space allowed, which is enough for hundreds of posts.<\/p>\n Let’s have a closer look at the menu.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is a simplified and re-organized WordPress<\/em> menu and it is all you need to have a killer blog and concentrate on your content.<\/p>\n The “Posts”<\/strong>, “Pages”<\/strong> and “Media”<\/strong> sections have the same sub-menus as an ordinary WP blog.<\/p>\n The “Appearance”<\/strong> menu is where you need to go to customize your blog.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There you can change your “Cover Photo”<\/strong> (the header),<\/em> modify your “Menus” <\/strong>and\u00a0“Widgets”<\/strong>.<\/p>\nInternet Lifestyle Network WordPress Blog Tour<\/h2>\n