For anyone thinking of setting up their own blog on an external hosting solution, this will be one of the first steps you will need to take.  I’m going to run through, step by step, the process I used to do this so you can do this for yourself.

Firstly, please refer to the previous article on this series as a background to this subject if you have n’t already  read this, you can access this here: ‘How to start your own Blog on an external host‘

Now, that you’ve decided your Domain Name for your blog, let’s get it registered.  As explained, you can use a range of providers for this Domain Name Registration service, and the easiest thing to do is to Google for this and check out a few sites to see what is the most cost-effective option for your particular case.  Join me as I go through the steps with the company I used to set up my Domain Names. Continue reading >>

Let us now consider the option for hosting your blog on an externally provided host of your own choosing.

In the previous tutorial, we went step by step through the process of setting up a blog on a service such as Blogger.com for doing this.  Now, as discussed in the introduction, this will suffice for most people, but for those who want the flexibility and are brave enough to attempt some coding or at least fix the problems they may encounter, then the only option is your own website on a host of your choosing.  Join me as we review the steps you will need to go through.

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In this tutorial, we will cover using an external hosting option for your blog, which is the simplest and easiest way to start your blogging journey.  This is a follow-on article from ‘How to Start Blogging‘ which you can read for background information and also if you want to set up your own hosting option for blogging.  Let’s go through the steps next with a typical external hosting option.

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In this series of technical articles/tutorials, we’re going to look at blogs, what they are and what they’re used for; how and what you need to get started doing this yourself and the exact steps you need to take to set up your own blog.  Join me as we look at the basics of blogging and go through the choices you have to make when you start your blogging journey.

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INTERNETWORKING

The challenge of enterprise networks is to achieve invisible interoperability, the ability to allow users from one part of the network to access others on the network despite the differences in underlying technologies and hardware deployed. Interoperability is to do with protocols, and as part of these tutorials, we will be taking a closer look at these protocols to see how large-scale networks achieve this.

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