Work From Home

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WordPress Basics

Work From Home WordPress Blog Instructions

We will be creating a number of wordpress blogs as part of the Million Dollar Blueprint. A good reference guide for setting up wordpress blogs can be found on the NZPCS network here: Auto Blogger

The first one you create will be a Work From Home blog like this one on the sub-domain work-from-home. The work from home files to use are on the download page in the instruction site. The file is called blogpack.zip

Download and extract the Blog files to your hard-drive. You will have access to the instruction videos found in the instruction site. Watch the videos to familiarize yourself with the process. The basic instructions are for uploading to a main domain so I have included the extra steps and some examples for a sub domain blog and niche site appended blog.

Setting Up A Wordpress Blog on a Sub-domain

You will need to add a niche sub-domain to your hosting. For our first blog it will be work-from-home, for any others you create it will be a niche keyword or keyword-phrase: /public_html/[work-from-home] on your web host. Use CPanel >> Sub Domain Maintenance to create it.

Your blog URL will look like this:
http://[work-from-home].[yourdomain].[com] (or .net .biz .info or whatever you chose)

Follow the instructions below remembering to replace /public_html with /public_html/[work-from-home]

Appending A Blog to a Sub-domain Niche-site

You will need to create a new folder called either wordpress or blog within your sub-domain: /public_html/[niche sub-domain] folder on your web host.
Use CPanel >> File Manager or FTP Program to do this.

Your appended blog URL will look like this:
http://[your sub-domain].[yourdomain].[com]/[blog] (or wordpress)

For example my Jewelry Niche blog URL is this: http://www.maiden-nz-jewellery.wfh4l.com/blog

Follow the instructions below remembering to replace /public_html with
/public_html/[your sub-domain]/[wordpress or blog]

File Transfer Program (FTP)

I recommend SmartFTP because it provides a familiar Windows file system much like Windows Explorer so should be intuitive for you to use and it’s free to download.

If you haven’t got a FTP Program go to SmartFTP and download the program for free.

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Below is sequential instruction extracts taken from the WP Auto Blog video for you to refer to when setting up your blog. Whenever you see words with square brackets [ ], insert your details omitting the brackets

You will be uploading WP into the new sub-domain or /wordpress /blog folder created so when the instructions say /public_html (and is in green bold like this) as a root directory; you will be using the following as your root directory:

Niche Site Auto Blog: /public_html/[niche sub-domain]

Appended Niche Site Auto Blog: /public_html/[your sub-domain]/[wordpress or blog]

Remember to also refer the NZPCS Instruction Site and in particular check out the Auto Blogger site.


PRINT THIS PAGE TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS

A - Fantastico Wordpress Installation

  1. Go to your cPanel
  2. Go to Fantastico icon and click on link
  3. Click on Wordpress link
  4. Click on New Installation
  5. Fill in details:
    Install on Domain:     select sub-domain if already created; leave as main domain if installing on main domain
    Install in Directory:     Leave blank if installing on sub-domain; enter name if installing as appended blog
    Adminstration User:     Your choice - I use Admin as is easy to remember
    Administration Password    : Your choice - record somewhere to remember it
    Admin Nickname:     Your choice - you can use your name or an alias (recommended for niche sites)
    Admin Email:     An address that you will be using for your new online business
    Site Name:     The name of this blog (Work From Home for example)
    Description:     Brief description or tag-line of what your blog is about
    Blog by email:     you can set up email accounts for each wordpress blog using your cPanel >> Email
    POP/STMP Server:     Leave as automatically detected
    POP/STMP Server Port:     Leave as automatically detested
  6. Click on Install Wordpress
  7. Print installation details for your records
  8. GO to step B…

A - Manual Installation of Wordpress

  1. Download wordpress.zip from download page to your PC.
    (remember where you put it)
  2. Open FTP program and connect to your website
  3. Upload wordpress.zip to web-server into root directory /public_html
    (if you are installing in sub domain upload into sub-domain folder)
    If you want to append your blog to a sub-domain niche site you will need to create a Blog folder in the sub-domain directory and upload into that)
  4. Using web-browser go to web-host cPanel >> File Manager; Navigate to sub-domain folder where you want to install wordpress
  5. Click once on wordpress.zip the choose extract option
  6. Delete wordpress.zip using cPanel >> File Manager

B - Changing Permissions on Certain Files

USE FTP Program:

  1. Find .htaccess and file in /public_html this time it will be in your actual /public_html directory and not your sub-domain directory
    (If you have uploaded to a niche sub-domain you may need to download .htaccess file in /public_html folder to your PC and upload to your niche sub-domain using FTP program)
  2. Right click and select properties/CHMOD
  3. Check Read and Write boxes in User, Group, and Others so permissions = 666
  4. Find .wp-config.php files in /public_html and change permissions to 666 as above (if you can’t find wp-config.php look for wp-config-sample.php and rename to wp-config.php)
  5. Find and open theme folder in /public_html/wp-content/themes/
  6. Highlight all files except the 2 folders and change permissions to 666 as above
  7. If you have installed using Fantastico… skip steps C and D


C - Setting Up MySQL Database and wp-config File

USE cPanel:

  1. Go to web-host cPanel >> MySQL Database
  2. Create new database wordpress (or as I do: my niche site name) then click on go back link. Take note of database name
  3. Create user admin and password ******** then click on go back
  4. Add newly created user to newly created database with ‘ALL’ privileges then click on go back
  5. Take note of:
    - database name (??????_wordpress),
    - host (usually ‘local_host’),
     -username (?????_admin).
    Leave this page open so you can copy & paste details into wp_config.php file
  6. In Web-host cPanel/File Manager Find and click once on wp-config.php found in /public_html then select edit.
  7. Insert database info for:
    - DB_NAME
    - DB_USER
    - DB_PASSWORD
     - DB_HOST and save file

D - Setting Up WordPress

  1. Use web browser to go to [yourdomain]/wp-admin/install.php or http://www.[your sub-domain].[yourdomain]/[wordpress or blog]/wp-admin/install.php
  2. Set up WordPress by following the prompts
  3. Login to Wordpress using random password given
  4. Go to Users >> Your Profile and change password immediately

E - Changing to Work From Home Theme

  1. Download blogpack.zip from download page to your PC.
    (remember where you put it)
  2. Extract blogpack.zip from download page to your PC.
    (remember where you put it)
  3. Open FTP program and connect to your website
  4. Upload work from home blog folder to web-server into /public_html /wp-content/themes folder
  5. Go to the Wordpress Administration Panel and log in. http://[work-from-home].[yourdomain].[com]/wp-admin
  6. Go to Presentation Tab >> Themes and select work from home theme

F - Installing Plug-ins

  1. Upload all plugins in plugins folder (within blogpack on your pc) to web-server into /public_html /wp-content/plugins folder
  2. Also upload aLinks plugin found in wpautoblog download
  3. Go to Plugins Tab and activate all plugins. To activate Akismet go to Wordpress and sign up so they will give you your API key

G - Editing Your Basic Wordpress Blog Settings

  1. Go to Manage Tab
  2. Go to Manage Tag >> Categories and edit un-categorized to a default keyword category. We do this so in the event we forgot to assign a category to a post, by default it assigns a keyword category (I use ‘Main-keyword’ Update) Fix categories bug by adding keywords to categories. (you need at least 10 to 20 keyword categories)
  3. Go to Manage Tab >> Posts and edit Hello World post to introduce your self or delete and create new introductory post. Assign existing keyword category or create a new one appropriate for your post
  4. Go to Manage Tab >> Comments and delete Mr WordPress Comment
  5. Go to Options Tab >> Reading. Copy & paste URLs in ‘ping list’ (found in blogpack on your PC) into Update Services Box

H- Update Google Publisher code

  1. Go to Presentation Tab >> Theme Editor
  2. Click on Header and insert google pub ID into google_ad_client = ‘’
    EG:     google_ad_client = “[insert pub=?????????? here]” - click update file
  3. Repeat for sidebar and footer if adsense code is there

I - Changing WordPress Permalink Structure

  1. Go to Options Tab >> Permalinks
  2. Select custom then type in: /%category%/%postname%

J - Monetizing Your Blog Using ALinks

To Monetise your Feeds you need to have a ClickBank Account and be an Amazon Associate

Click Here for a ClickBank Account
Click Here to become an Amazon Associate

  1. In wp_admin go to aLinks >> modules >> browse and select clickbank.zip found on you PC in the wp auto blog\Modules\clickbank folder
  2. Click on install module
  3. In wp-admin go to aLinks >> settings and change following options:
    - Open links in new window YES [update settings]
    - Add [ClickBank ID] >> update Clickbank settings
    - Add [Amazon ID] >>update basic Amazon settings
  4. Go to ClickBank Market Place and select appropriate keyword products
    - Click on create hoplink, enter [ClickBank ID] and leave hoplink pop-up window open
  5. Go to aLinks >> keyphrases and scroll to ClickBank Keyphrases
    Fill in the following:
    - Keyphrase     with niche keyword
    -Description for link mouseover detail
    - Product ID     with product ID in hoplink,EG http://[yourclickbankID].[productID].hop.clickbank.net/
  6. Go to Amazon Affiliates Central
    https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/
    network/your-account/main.html
    - Click on Build Link >> Product Links >> Build Links
    - Perform an ‘ALL PRODUCTS’     search using a keyword search term for your niche
    - Browse the results and select a product you like for the search term
    - Take note of which category the product is in.
  7. Go to aLinks >> keyphrases and scroll to Amazon Keyphrase
    Fill in the following:
    - Keyphrase with niche keyword
    - Description for link mouseover detail
    - Search Term     with     keyword search term you use for your search,
    - Select the Category you found the product in.
  8. Use General Keyphrases for other affiliate products using your affiliate URL for the product or program of your choice.
  9. Use General Keyphrases for the phrase “Million Dollar Blueprint” using your MDB affiliate URL

K - Start Blogging!

  1. To Create a Post go to Write Tab >> Posts
  2. Title: Use keywords whenever possible
  3. Categories: Use Keyword Categories for your posts
  4. Post Slug: (the URL of your post) You can leave this blank as your post title becomes your slug; However if you have a long title and want to shorten the slug use a descriptive key phrase and keywords

Try to make at least one post per day. Appropriate subject matter for your Work From Home Blog is anything you have done that day in the Million Dollar Blueprint. Even blog about any problems you encountered and the solutions to these problems when you have found them

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