Can WordPress help me with a site like this?.

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  artemix222 · Member · Jan 22, 2015 at 3:25 am

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  Hi, I want to make a website that would initially look like this:

  http://www.istockphoto.com/

  (without the search box)

  and then, after clicking in a particular area, to show something like this:

  

  Can WordPress do it?.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jan 22, 2015 at 7:39 am

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  Hi there. For just the basic look any of the portfolio themes should probably work. But WordPress.com doesn’t have an option where users can sign in and contribute/upload images. To have that type of functionality you’ll need to set up a self-hosted site using WordPress.org. There you’ll be able to install all the plugins you need to give you these functions.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  artemix222 · Member · Jan 22, 2015 at 2:58 pm

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  Hi kokkieh, thanks for answering.

  I was imprecise when I explained what I was looking for, I don’t need users to sign in, the link I used was only for look&feel purposes. And yes, I’m planning on hosting my own site and using WordPress, not using the free alternative.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jan 22, 2015 at 3:04 pm

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  If you’re planning to self-host, then please check out the WordPress.org site (linked above). While many of the themes here and there have the same look the .org themes and features work completely differently from here at .com, so the best place to find out what is possible and what not is over there.

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  artemix222 · Member · Jan 22, 2015 at 3:21 pm

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  Oh I see, I thought it was the same. I will ask there then thanks.