Confused New Blogger

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  jwlw · Member · Dec 22, 2008 at 2:16 am

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  I am new to WordPress and having a lot of problems with my blog. I do not think it is working correctly and I do not understand how it works and functions. I need to find help in a form that is for the beginner not a computer programmer. Help.

  Thank You,
  John

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  vivianpaige · Member · Dec 22, 2008 at 2:30 am

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  Spend some time in the FAQ. Also take a look here http://support.wordpress.com/ And if you have specific problems, try the search function at the top of the page.

  (Whoever marked this wordpress.ORG didn’t go to the site linked in the user name. It is hosted here at wordpress.COM)

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Dec 22, 2008 at 2:38 am

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  This gives you basic info:

  Getting Started

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  teck07 · Member · Dec 22, 2008 at 2:41 am

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  Also here’s a beginner’s guide articles

  Few Tips On How To Make A Successful Blog

  How to discover your blogging voice

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  jwlw · Member · Dec 22, 2008 at 2:46 am

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  Part of the confusion is that I think I am supposed to be a WordPress.org Blog jwlwgardens.com but do not seem to be there. ??

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  vivianpaige · Member · Dec 22, 2008 at 3:06 am

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  Your blog is hosted here at wordpress.COM. It looks like you did domain mapping, which changes your wordpress.com url (something like xxxxx.wordpress.com) to jwlwgardens.com.

  If you intended to have a wordpress.ORG blog, you would have gotten a web host, downloaded and installed the software from wordpress.ORG.

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  jwlw · Member · Dec 22, 2008 at 10:51 pm

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  Not confused any more, Will be switching to a host and probably a different blogging program

  Thanks for the help,
  John