help getting started?

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  jerrymirskin · Member · Jan 14, 2016 at 4:20 pm

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  Hi,
  I had a domain name with GoDaddy, and I asked you guys to ‘map it’ and I think you charged me $13. What I’d like is to to use WordPress free as a website with my domain name: jerrymirskin.org I chose the ‘suit’ theme, but now can’t seem to find the site or how to design the page. What I’d like is a main page and some linked pages with samples of my writing. Does Word Press do this? or is it strictly a blog format? What do I need to do to get started?

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  kulash · Member · Jan 14, 2016 at 8:53 pm

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  Domain mapping costs $13/year if you already own the name, so that’s correct.

  You can’t use jerrymirskin.org for free. Using a custom domain name will cost $13/year plus the annual cost of owning the domain name. If you want a free domain name, you can use one of WordPress’s free domain names. They end in .wordpress.com, as in jerrymirskin.wordpress.com.

  Side note: the total cost of domain registration plus mapping is only $18/year if you register the domain name through WordPress.

  Domain info: https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  You can check what theme your website is using by going to My Sites –> Themes. You should see “Current Theme” displayed in the upper left of the page.

  Theme info: https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/

  If you want a main page, you’ll need to set one of your pages as a static homepage. Then you will no longer have the blog format on your homepage.

  Instructions for setting a static homepage: https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

  Hope this helps you to get started!