How do I set up an advanced blog page on my own website?

Answer by: George Kaloyanov, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support.

BLOG, or web-LOG, is basically a journal that is available on the Web. With Aplus.Net Advanced Blog you can easily publish your daily thoughts and favorite quotes and share them with your Web site’s visitors. Through the multi-user feature that the Advanced Blog offers visitors can also publish on the Web having different access levels.

Here’s how to set up the Advanced Blog on your website:

Start by logging into the Aplus.Net Control Panel at http://cp.aplus.net using your Registration Number and Customer Password.
Select Web Hosting from the top navigation bar.
Next, select Hosted Domains and click on Manage Hosted Domains.
Now, select the hosted domain that you’d like to manage.
Click on the Design tab.
Click the Advanced Blog icon.
Enter your administrator’s password in the respective text field.
Re-enter the same password for confirmation.
Type a valid email address. This is your administrator email address where you will receive notifications about new entries and comments, made by other users.
This tool uses a MySQL database. Please choose a database from your existing ones using the respective drop-down menu.

Note: The tool will suggest the optimal database but you have the full control to select which one should be used for the installation.

Choose the Install location of your Advanced Blog using the respective radio buttons. You have two options here:

To install the Advanced Blog in your main /html directory. The Advanced Blog Homepage URL would be: http://www.yourdomain.com/cblog/
To install the Advanced Blog in a subdomain of your domain name (in this case you can also modify the subdomain name from cblog to whatever name you like). The Advanced Blog Homepage URL would be: http://cblog.yourdomain.com

Note: Please replace “yourdomain.com” with your actual hosted domain name.

Finally, click the Install button.