How to Make a Travel Blog? Free Tips For You
Do you want to have your own travel blog? A blog where you can share your travel stories, interesting travel experiences and build your follower community? Anyway, a blog that is truly unique according to your character. Making travel blogs is actually easier than people imagine. So just sit and relax for the next 20 minutes, we will show you step-by-step how to create a practical travel blog.
How to Make a Travel Blog
There are 2 main steps needed to start a professional travel blog. The first is to buy a website name (domain name) and location to run the blog (web host). The second step is to install WordPress (software for blogging - and now the process is automatic!).
1.Domain name and hosting
2.Install WordPress
3.Install Themes WordPress
1.Domain Name and Hosting
The most fun part of starting your own travel blog is choosing a name. This is the time when you have to be creative by choosing a unique name. If you have determined the name of your travel blog, go directly to Hosting to register it! (Tip: Hosting provides free blog name registration!)
The first thing that appears on the screen is Hosting asking which hosting program you want to use. This fee is paid to Hosting so they save your website on their computer. Every time someone stops by your site, they're actually downloading it from the Hosting server . We recommend the cheapest plan - that's what we used when we first started Going First!
Next on the screen you will see a box asking you to enter the name of your travel blog. We always recommend choosing a name ending in .com because it looks more professional. Enter your website name in the box. You also have to make sure to look at other hosting options offered such as "Search Engine Jumpstart" and "Site Backup".
We suggest you to 'untick' (uncheck) all other option offers so that the costs are still low! You also have to make sure you have chosen the cheapest hosting by checking the "Account Plan" box.
2.Install WordPress
Previously, when you wanted to create a new blog, you had to setup software for blogging (WordPress) that is different from hosting. Now, the process has changed so that now WordPress is installed automatically when you signup for hosting and domain name in step 1.
All you need to do now is just select the theme. And Bluehost does have some pretty good free themes! Later this theme can be replaced at any time by you.
3.Install Themes WordPress
WordPress themes are not hard to find. Lots of resources that you can access to find a suitable WordPress theme. However, finding a source to choose a WordPress theme is no longer a problem for now.
Tips for Choosing a WordPress Theme for Your Blog
From when I started using WordPress as the main platform for some of my blogs, I always found it difficult to choose the best and suitable theme to use. If you are a visitor who has visited the Art of Thinking in the past few years, you will realize that I have changed the theme several times for this blog.
Although I have changed WordPress several times, to be honest, I still feel something is missing, whether it's in terms of the features offered and also the appearance, as well as the coding structure of the theme that I use. Let's just say I have experience in this matter even though I still can't be called an expert .
Now, from my experience struggling in choosing the right WordPress theme for some of my blogs and also for clients, through this article I want to share some tips on choosing a WordPress theme that is suitable for your blog.
Display
The appearance of a blog becomes the basis of the image of the blog itself. Everyone, when they want to choose a theme, will always pay attention to this.
What kind of display that is suitable for the blog that you manage? These questions certainly affect the content/type of your own blog.
Price: Free vs. Premium
You need to know that currently there are more than millions of WordPress theme themes, derived from the work of hundreds of thousands of developers, all of which are scattered into free and premium themes.
Free themes generally don't have 'wow' features like premium themes, so you need additional plugins to get the features you need.
Conclusion
Create a travel blog, then there are companies that want to sponsor or finance your vacation trip is a dream coveted by almost everyone. However, there is no instant way to realize the dream.
You have to work hard, one of them by learning various ways to create a travel blog. As reviewed, there are some things that must be understood related to how to create a travel website, namely choosing a unique name for the blog, registering the domain name, setting the right hosting provider, and deciding on the right platform for blogging.
Always remember these things before you start to really dive into the world of blogging like a travel blog