Oh! Am I being totally stupid!
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Im a complete novice and want to learn..,,insults welcome if I am being totally dumb!
Im trying to set up a new website with Word press.. not a blog. I want to try the Free trial of the business package.. everytime I click this, i keep getting back to the page saying ‘you dont have any word press sites yet’ But thats what Im trying to do arghh! Any advice very gratefully received! -
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re: purchasing upgrades
WordPress.com provides free blogs and hosts them free of charge. There are no bandwidth charges. All WordPress.com blogs come with 3000 megabytes (~3 GBs) of space for storing uploaded files and images. Free features are listed here https://en.wordpress.com/features/See here for details of all 3 plans http://store.wordpress.com/bundles/ offered by WordPress.com.
Premium bundle details http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/
Business bundle details http://store.wordpress.com/plans/business/Note that each upgrade bundle applies to a single blog only and is for a single year only when it is due to be renewed.
We all pay in full for every upgrade at the time of purchase. Make sure you read the comparison very closely do you know exactly what the restrictions and limitations on WordPress.COM blogging are: http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
Read Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
To purchase upgrades for any blog you must be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog. Then you can access the blog’s dashboard and purchase upgrades at > Store > My Upgrades https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/
Your options for payment are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/
Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
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So am I correct in that I start with a blog, then upgrade it to a website? Ive bought a domain name already (through LCN) so will want that pointing to any site I build.
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There is no such thing as an upgraded WordPress.COM account. Upgrades apply only to blogs we specifically them for and we cannot make any purchase until after we register a blog. Are you clear on that?
Also note that a blog is a website.
A blog is a post based website designed for interactive communication. As the posts are frequently updated and appear on the front page of the site it’s very attractive to search engines.
What most people call a website is merely a page based site that functions as a one way noticeboard. As the structure is page based and as pages are for static content that rarely changes, and as pages do not have RSS feeds, and as others do not backlink to pages, it is not as attractive to search engines as a post based blog structured site is.
Any WordPress blog can be restructured from being post based to being page based – no upgrade required. For greater clarity read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/
Here’s a link to my step by step post too http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/07/25/create-a-wordpress-website-step-by-step/
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Ive bought a domain name already (through LCN) so will want that pointing to any site I build.
The Business upgrade includes a domain mapping upgrade. If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the WordPress.COM blog, and as you own a domain URL already, you can see here for mapping an existing domain. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
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Timethief you’re a gem! Thank you so much! and not an insult in sight! But there maybe many more daft questions to come!
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Hi there,
I see you registered a new site here: https://bookabubble.wordpress.com/
If you’d like to try out the Business plan on that site, you can register for a free trial on your Plans page. You can also get started setting up your site (with or without that Business plan) using the support page timethief mentioned here: Using WordPress.com to Create a Website
If you have any other questions or get stuck in that process, please let me know. :)
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