building website/blog using cms

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Content management system(cms)

A content management system (CMS) is

computer software used to manage the creation and
modification of digital content
A CMS is typically used for
enterprise content management (ECM) and
web content management (WCM).
 Build A Word Press Website

1. Get Web Hosting and a Domain Name

The first step is to get web hosting when
building a WordPress website. While WordPress
is a free website builder, you should use a web
hosting service for your site for it to be
available on the web.
 Install WordPress

Once you complete your purchase of a web

hosting plan, such as one from our favorite,
DreamHost, it’s time to install WordPress,
simply connect your web hosting service to
WordPress. To do this, you have to go to your
user dashboard (or cPanel), navigate to
“Websites” from the vertical menu on your left-
hand, then click “Manage Websites.” From
there, locate the site you want to build, click
“Manage” and then lastly click “Install
WordPress.”
 3. Install Plugins

After installing your theme, you need to install

and activate all required plugins, which will
help you expand the functionality of
WordPress. In addition to the plugins that come
with your theme, there are thousands to select
from that can do anything from enhancing site
security to adding live chat or turning your
page editor into a drag-and-drop editor.
 4. Import Demo Content (Optional)

If you choose a premium theme, you will want

to import your theme’s demo content. Your
website will be much more difficult to build
without the demo content, as it will have the
theme’s plugins, styling, and capabilities, but it
won’t have any of the pre-built web pages.
 5. Configure WordPress Settings

Before you begin customizing your

web pages and building out website
content, you need to configure your
settings, such as indicating your
homepage and blog posts page
along with updating your site’s
name, tagline, and icon.
 6. Create Pages

It’s time to create your web pages,

which are what websites are made up
of. For instance, a business website
on average includes several pages,
such as the homepage, pricing,
services, about, and contact. In
WordPress, every page that isn’t a
blog post is considered a page.
 7. Set Up Your Menu

Now that you’ve set up your pages,

create and construct your menu.
This is how users navigate through
your site, depending on your
theme, you may have quite a few
menus (such as a menu at the top
of the site and one in the footer).
 8. Write Your First Blog Post (Optional)

In addition to web pages, many

businesses also choose to add blog
posts to help improve their
probability of getting found in
search engines, such as Google. To
write a blog post, first go to “posts”
from the vertical menu on your left-
hand and click “add new.”
 9. Market Your Site
Last, but not least, you should plan to market
your website. The reason behind it is, websites
are not necessarily a “build it and they will
come”-type of thing. Instead, businesses that
are easily found online are those that have
invested in a variety of strategies of website
marketing to help their site obtain online
visibility, which will help drive audiences to
your site.
Blog Creation: Including Headlines, Links,
Posts
 What is a blog post?

A blog post is any article, news

piece, or guide that's published in
the blog section of a website. A blog
post typically covers a specific topic
or query, is educational in nature,
ranges from 600 to 2,000+ words,
and contains other media types
such as images, videos,
infographics, and interactive charts.
A blog post is any article, news
piece, or guide that's published in
the blog section of a website. A
blog post typically covers a
specific topic or query, is
educational in nature, ranges
from 600 to 2,000+ words, and
contains other media types such
as images, videos, infographics,
and interactive charts.
 How to Start a Blog
Understand your audience.
Check out your competition.
Determine what topics you'll cover.
Identify your unique angle.
Name your blog.
Create your blog domain.
Choose a CMS and set up your blog.
Customize the look of your blog.
Write your first blog post.
1. Understand your audience.
Before you start writing your blog
post, make sure you have a clear
understanding of your target
audience. To do so, take the
following steps.
Ask yourself exploratory questions.
To discover your audience, ask
questions like: Who are they? Are
they like me, or do I know someone
like them?
 Carry out market research.

Doing market research sounds

like a big task, but in truth, it
can be as simple as accessing a
social media platform and
browsing user and blog profiles
that match with your potential
audience.
Use market research tools to begin
uncovering more specific information
about your audience — or to confirm a
hunch or a piece of information you
already knew. For instance, if you
wanted to create a blog about work-from-
home hacks, you can make the
reasonable assumption that your
audience will be mostly Gen Zers and
Millennials. But it’s important to confirm
this information through research.
 2. Check out your competition
What better way to draw inspiration than to
look at your well-established competition?
It’s worth taking a look at popular, highly
reviewed blogs because their strategy and
execution is what got them to grow in
credibility. The purpose of doing this isn’t to
copy these elements, but to gain better insight
into what readers appreciate in a quality blog.
Determine whether they’re actually
a direct competitor.
A blog’s audience, niche, and specific
slant determine whether they're
actually your competitor. But the
most important of these is their
audience. If they serve a completely
different public than you, then they’re
likely not a competitor. That is why
it’s important to define your buyer
personas before taking other steps in
the blog creation process.