Life’s Lessons

After almost five days of being away from the computer and going out everyday, finally I am back online! From noon to late night, we’re out for the Davao Food Appreciation Tour 2012, visiting different dining destinations in Davao Region. The event officially ended today after lunch (it was somewhat extended) so now it’s back to normal though I am still adjusting because my mind is on vacation mode. I need to shift to work mode the soonest because there are lots of pending online tasks…and my online store demands a little of my time. Hopefully I’ll be back to regular programming not tomorrow, not later, but right now.

I guess I talked too soon about not encountering problems with my almost 3 year-old laptop. Last week, it suddenly died while I was browsing the net. It happened thrice in a span of 10 minutes so I panicked!

Dear lappy, please don’t die on me yet. I can’t afford to lose you this soon because I am swamped with work and I just can borrow hubby’s desktop because he, too, is busy with his workload. Besides, I am not ready to get a replacement this soon. I still have a long way to go in saving for a MacBook Pro (wishful thinking!) so please bear with me for now. Promise, I won’t let you work overtime starting today.

I don’t know what causes this laptop to suddenly turn off but I hope it’s nothing serious. Now I am reminded to transfer all my files and photos to my EHD and backup in a CD to be ready for the worst case to happen. Keeping my fingers crossed!

Four years ago, I came to learn about blogging. I heard about it but nobody could walk me through the process starting from step one. All I know is that bloggers earn from their blogs. How? I have no idea. Perhaps some people learn from other bloggers while some learn in computer classes.

With my desire to blog and earn at the end of the day, I started reading related resources. Google has been a very big help that time. I started creating a blog in a free-hosted blogging platform WordPress. I am getting the hang of it when I learned I need to have my own domain and host to be able to monetize my blog in the future. So how would I go about it? Since my goal for starting a blog is sharing my thoughts, earn through it, and finally quit my super stressful day job, I continue searching answers to my questions through Google. Then came hubby’s older bro to the rescue. He was able to get me this domain (my very first) courtesy of their only sister and his BF (now hubby), hosted the domain, and installed wordpress. Thinking of the process makes me dizzy (because I have no idea how to do it). So there’s the birth of this blog – Life’s Lessons.

Though I already have this self-hosted blog, I still have questions in mind and the curious me kept on searching for answers. Then the desire to add one more blog. I could just request hubby’s older bro to get me a domain name and host it where this blog is hosted BUT I wanted to learn the process on my own – so I don’t need to bother him. I started searching the net for the top domain registrar and recommended webhost company. That’s where I found my very first host.

Before I could order for a hosting package, I need a domain name. Thanks, Google for pointing me to the right direction on how to register a domain name. That was fairly quick and easy. In the domain registrar’s site, you only have to type  the domain name you wanted to purchase in the huge search box. You will be prompted if it is available or not. There are steps to follow until you are done with the purchase. After a few clicks, I have a domain name! I feel proud for myself that time. But me and my curious mind is not satisfied. I need to know how domains are hosted and how sites are created. Without any doubt if I could do it, I purchased a hosting plan, after tinkering over my cpanel, I was able to host my domain name. Next step is learning how to create a website so another googling moments and a few minutes of chatting to my host’s support people. I was overwhelmed at first. But later on got the hang of it and finally set up my site on my own using Fantastico. A few moments and my blog is up and running! That was really fast! I feel proud for learning those techie side of blogging on my own. So if you’re lost but wanted to learn the very fundamentals of blogging –that is registering a domain, hosting it, and creating the site, I suggest read resources. There’s a lot of it on the net. You will never get lost, I assure you.