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WordPress Question??? Help a NOOB ?

by AragornStrider
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Warriors pls help me about Wordpress...
Actually im using Blogspot... but i wanted to move on and use WP
for some reason that i heard that most of you guys here are using WP... So i follow the lead...

but Im lost...
I went to wordpress.com and there i can start blogging
but then before i came across to this wordpress.com I read an article or i watched the video in becomeablogger.com and they say to use wordpress.org and DL the WP ver 3. sopmething cant remember....

pls enlighten me what to use... thanks
#noob #question #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author KenJ
    Wordpress.com will allow you to blog freely but they limit what you can do. They do not like you to set up a business there.

    To set up a business go to wordpress.org and use their software to blog. You host it on your domain.

    Make sure you have a host that uses Cpanel and a simple setup script to save you lots of time and heartache

    kenj
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    • Profile picture of the author AragornStrider
      Originally Posted by kenj View Post

      Wordpress.com will allow you to blog freely but they limit what you can do. They do not like you to set up a business there.

      To set up a business go to wordpress.org and use their software to blog. You host it on your domain.

      Make sure you have a host that uses Cpanel and a simple setup script to save you lots of time and heartache

      kenj
      thanks for the quick reply...
      so i should get WP from the .org 1st with a cpanel...
      ok i'll take your advise and implement it...
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  • Profile picture of the author Abledragon
    Here's an article that compares Blogger, WordPress.com and WordPress.org - it may help a bit:

    http://www.wealthydragon.com/blog/20...-or-wordpress/

    Cheers,

    Martin.
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  • Profile picture of the author dwatrous
    The difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org is that the .com is providing a hosted offering of the software that you can download from the .org. To use the software that you download from wordpress.org you need your own domain and hosting.

    If you have cpanel and your own domain it's really pretty easy.

    Login to Cpanel
    Click Fantastico (little blue smiling face)
    Click WordPress under the blog category
    Choose the domain and subfolder, etc. (follow the prompts)
    Once you've answered all the questions you have a shiny new WordPress blog.

    PM me if that doesn't make sense. It's really pretty easy if someone shows you how to do it the first time.

    Have a look at this:

    Or these other tutorials
    http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...rch_type=&aq=f
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  • Profile picture of the author AragornStrider
    thanks for the link "Dwatrous"
    I'll check it later at home....since youtube is forbidden at the office... LOL
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  • Profile picture of the author bizfox
    If you're using the free wordpress blog you can probably ignore it.

    If you have your own existing wordpress site being hosted then you need to upgrade it to the latest version.
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