The question of how to set up a blog is easily answered in one word, "WordPress". WordPress has made the setting up of a blogging site amazingly fast and simple.

WordPress has the perfect blogging site software that can be installed on your server in minutes using shell access or FTP.

There is a tremendous amount of data on the WordPress site that will guide you through "how to set up a blog."

WordPress has done a remarkable job with their blog software in the last few years. I installed version 2.9.2 on a Bitnami WAMP stack for some local blogging site development and I am very impressed with the growth of the software.

The last version of WordPress I used was 2.5. Excellent features have been added and most of the blog add ons work right out of the box. I continue to believe this is the best and easiest way for newbies to start a web presence.

You can have your blogging site published within a very short time and post to your blog on day one. Your site can have slideshows, videos, you name it and WordPress seems to have a blog add on for it.

They have added several SEO add ons and I find that a necessary addition. They've now made it even easier to make money blogging by adding a WordPress shopping cart to your blog.

They have developed several different blog add ons to choose from so that if one seems to clash with something you already have installed you can try something different until you find the blog add on that works for you and doesn't interfere with your other add ons.

When you have so many different versions and so many add ons developed for specific versions, you're bound to have some interferring add ons.

Take a little time before you set up your blogging site to determine your objectives and install the blog add ons that will help you reach your objectives.

You also want to make sure you are using the most current technology for your blogging site. Knowing how to set up a blog for future development is crucial.

Start with HTML 5, MySQL 5, and PHP 5 by setting up your blogging site to be compatible with these technologies in the beginning, there will be no need to upgrade later.

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