Upcoming Course - BYOB: Build Your Own Blog

Welcome, aspiring bloggers! Are you new to the world of blogging? Do you want to build your very own website for your blog? Are you overwhelmed by the plethora of site-building tools available to choose from? Are you tired of reading blog-building guides that only consider the needs of a business, when you just want to start a personal blog? Do you wish you had a knowledgeable friend or colleague who could guide you through the process of creating a blog?

If your answer to any of those was "yes", then you've come to the right place! In my upcoming digital course BYOB: Build Your Own Blog, I will explain how I created my blogging website, and how you can make your own using the simple tools and methods I employed. The process of creating a blog can be surprisingly easy and very affordable. The Pedaling Poet Blog's total operating expenses are under $50 (USD) per year, including the cost of its domain name and hosting server. If you don't know what words like "domain name" and "hosting server" mean, don't worry. This course aims to be approachable and accessible to first-time bloggers with no prior experience running a website. You'll need very little technical knowledge to follow my steps, and there is absolutely no programming skills required. You won't need to touch a single line of code to create a fully-functional blog site!

I might've spent many months doing research and stumbling through outdated or unhelpful guides before I discovered the methods I now use, but you can save yourself lots of time and frustration by taking my course! Build Your Own Blog will teach you how to design, build, and deploy (publish) a simple yet beautiful website for your personal blog, from conceptualization all the way to publication. Build Your Own Blog: Put your words out on the web!

Here's a general overview of what you can expect to learn about in this upcoming course. I'll make a post announcing when it's officially released, so you won't miss out.

BYOB: Build Your Own Blog will cover the following topics
  • Why I became a blogger;
  • The goals I hope to achieve by creating this site;
  • My philosophy toward designing a website;
  • The ideas and ideologies that shaped my attitude towards both website design and software choices;
  • A list of the technologies I employ and why I chose them;
  • The moral and ethical factors that informed my use (or avoidance) of certain technologies;
  • My suggestions, recommendations, and advice for aspiring bloggers;
  • A glossary of the relevant technical terminology;
  • A step-by-step guide to building your own blog using the same set of technologies that make up this one.