In the world of blogging it can often be assumed that people will be able to intuitively go about creating their first blog without any specific instructions on exactly how to do that. This is, or can be, a bit daunting, especially if you want to host your blog on your own domain in a specific format.
First of all where do you actually register a domain name and then how do you go about getting that domain hosted so the content in it can be published on the Internet.
You also need to decide what blogging platform to use.
The basics of blogging really refers to exactly how do you go about starting a blog. If you have never created a blog before then this is not a silly question and actually does require at least some thought and oraganization of the process. 
