1st time wordpress user

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  pspdeltalambda · Member · Dec 9, 2013 at 4:57 pm

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  I’m starting a blog/website for my group on campus and I’ve only ever used Blogger before, but I know wordpress is supposed to be better. I have no budget right now because the group hasn’t put any stock in an online presence other than emailing people. Recently that option was taken away from us and I’m the new PR chair. I am using all free options right now, but I honestly can’t do or find anything! all the youtube tutorials talk about a dashboard and the appearance tab and etc…

  is wordpress only 100% free if you only want to post? widgets, headers, cover page, etc is $99 for the year?

  please help

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  timethief · Member · Dec 9, 2013 at 5:01 pm

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  Ditch the tutorials as they apply to WordPress.ORG installs and not to WordPress.COM blogs. Read the differences here > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  On the bottom of your Admin page you will find a link to the Learn WordPress.com blogging Tutorial prepared by Staff. http://learn.wordpress.com/

  The support documentation that applies to free hosted WordPress.com blogs is all found at the Support link http://en.support.wordpress.com which is also on the bottom of your Admin page.

  For creating a post see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/#publish-a-new-post
  For creating a page see here
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/#create-a-new-page

  For editing see:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/edit-posts-screen/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/edit-pages-screen/

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  lorenzocaum · Member · Dec 9, 2013 at 5:02 pm

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  You can use your WordPress.com site for free:

  Home

  Some premium features have some fees.

  Start here:

  Homepage

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  timethief · Member · Dec 9, 2013 at 5:03 pm

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  See here for details of all 3 plans http://store.wordpress.com/bundles/

  Note that none of the plans allow you to run advertising or to upload your own themes or plugins. WordPress.com blogs cannot be equipped for eCommerce transactions. If you need a site that requires a custom theme or plugins — e.g., if you want to be able to sell things directly from your site, or if you want to install discussion forums — a self-hosted WordPress site might be right for you. WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, and edit the database.
  Read the differences here > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/