Just an FYI - I use blogger for a quite a few blogs but I also host my own sites. Currently, I am using <a href="http://www.hostmonster.com/track/dbwiz">HOSTMONSTER.COM</a>. You can click that link and sign up if you would like to. That's my affiliate link so you would be helping me out to do so.
SimpleScripts sits behind CPanel. I plan to talk about CPanel in the near future but for now, I'll just say that it is a the main interface for any decent web host. I always make sure the hosting provider provides CPanel. At this point, I think they all do.
Anyway, simple scripts is the way you install your blog, cms or any other software.
To use it, log into CPanel and choose SimpleScripts from the options (at the bottom of the image below).
When SimpleScripts launches, you'll get a list of your installs and the option to install more. I cut my installs out of the picture but it looks like the below image.
Below that is the list of softwar that you can install. The below image is just a portion of the stuff I have on hostmonster to install.
When you choose Wordpress (or any other software), you get a simplified install screen like the image below.
Choose install and you get a screen to fill out some basic info (like where do you want to install it). Choose your URL and then just take the defaults for your first time. It's easier that way. SimpleScripts will email you the URL for the site, an admin URL, your admin user name and password.
After that, you just log in and start blogging. My first one probably took an hour. After several years of doing this, I can literally, find a URL, buy it and be finished setting up Wordpress in 20 minutes.
Of course, with all the themes, plug-ins, widgets, etc that are available with Wordpress, you can spend a life time customizing.
Seriously though, if a web site is important to you, I would suggest buying the domain and hosting it yourself. It's not that expensive and you have total control.
LewisC
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