Tutorial Set up an Indie Website Using WordPress Com

Introduction

In this tutorial, we will walk through every single step to set up an up to date instance of WordPress.com.

You will need:	You will get:
A Macintosh, Linux or Windows computer with a web browser. About an hour of time. A small budget: WordPress.com sites are free but if you do not want adds, tracking, and your own domain plans start at $4.00 a month	An Indie Website you control at the domain name of your choosing. Easy set up that doesn't require you to touch code to launch That syndicates all of your posts to Twitter, and pulls comments people make there back on your site.

Overview

Here is what we will be doing:

1. Tutorial: Sign Up for WordPress.com
2. Tutorial: Write a Post on WordPress.com
3. Tutorial: Adding webmentions with Brid.gy
4. Tutorial:Privacy and WordPress
5. Tutorial: Add an h-card

Click on the first item, and work your way down! Before you know it, you'll be on the Indie Web.

Additional Resources

WordPress.com