Tutorial Set up micro dot blog

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Introduction

In this tutorial, we will walk through every single step to set up a full-featured Indie Website using micro.blog


You will need: You will get:
  • A Macintosh, Linux or Windows computer with a web browser.
  • About an hour of time.
  • A small budget:
    • hosting on micro.blog cost $5.00 a moth to post and an additional $5.00 a month for podcasting
    • domain name varies, often $8.00 to $17.00 per year.
  • An Indie Website you control at the domain name of your choosing.
  • Secured by HTTPS.
  • An instance of your site on the fediverse with ActivityPub
  • 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: Getting Started
  2. Tutorial: Custom Domains
  3. Tutorial: WordPress Import
  4. Tutorial: Custom CSS
  5. Tutorial: Custom Themes
  6. Tutorial: Connecting WordPress
  7. Tutorial: Syndication to Social Media
  8. Tutorial: Podcasting

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

Additional Resources

For additional information on micro.blog please see: