Beyond School

Under construction, but here goes (and I’m hoping more experienced hands will add comments about “working smarter, not harder,” to do what I did in these trial-and-error screencasts!):

1. How to buy a domain name, a webhost server plan, and set up your own website:

2. Here we downloaded the WordPress MU software (NOTE: if you want to blog on only one blog, use WordPress’s latest version, not WordPress MU, which is for “multiple users”), but had to stop for 24 hours while PowWeb sets up our webhosting account. (I can’t recommend Powweb enough, by the way. Their instant chat support service is fantastic.)

3. Step by bumpy step as a newbie points his domain name from GoDaddy to his host server’s nameservers - only to discover Powweb GIVES you a domain name with your account), then installs WordPress on the new Project Global Cooling website. We’re still not finished, but we’re getting there!

4. Here we run through setting up FTP, using FTP to transfer files from your computer to the remote host server, and then we install the WordPress theme we used on our old blog onto the new server.