by Kappa
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So, if you want to put up a Wordpress blog using a particular theme, you have to pay for hosting? For some reason I thought wordpress was free, like blogger, what is the deal with it?
#excuse #noobness
  • Profile picture of the author Devon Brown
    Wordpress.com is free and you can choose a particular theme. They have plenty to choose from. You do have limitations. I don't believe you can put javascript in your text box widgets and you do have a cap on how much you can upload.
    Now wordpress.com does offer hosting packages and they may release some of those limitations.. I never checked into it myself so I can only guess.

    If you have your own hosting account you can download Wordpress at Wordpress.org and there you have much more freedom to do as you please with your theme. Wordpress is free but your hosting would not be.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jenni Mac
    Wordpress.com is free/they host the blog for you when you make it - but you can't use their platform for commercial purposes. Yes they have some good looking themes too!

    Wordpress.org on the other hand, comes with your CPanel/hosting (well most hosting) and on that platform you can pretty much do what you want and sell!
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  • Profile picture of the author The Pension Guy
    In other words: wordpress.COM is a free service where you can have a blog like kappa.wordpress.com - and as it was said above, it has its limitations

    wordpress.ORG is the home of the free software that you can download and install on your own hosting/domain.
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  • Its best to get your own web hosting and put wordpress on it. Wordpress is free. Its an open source platform, but the hosting is not.

    There are plenty of good providers at $5/month who can accomidate you. Just make sure you get website hosting from a provider who uses cPanel as their control panel, and make sure they have Fantastico.

    Fantastico is an awesome autoinstaller that allows you to install many open source scripts/systems including Wordpress. Instead of going through the painful process of installing wordpress, Fantastico will literally do it for you in 5 seconds.

    Plus, getting your own web hosting and domain name with no strings attached is better as it gives you much more room to expand on wordpress.
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    • Profile picture of the author MzJme
      Hosting your own blog can be pretty easy with the right help...When you host your blog you OWN it!! When you get a FREE blog their are restrictions and they can also take it down without any notice..If you can't afford the cost of monthly hosting (which is usually under $10 a month) at least purchase a domain name. That way when you are ready to host your own blog you can just switch over with out loosing your vistors. If you need anything, feel free to contact me!!
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