Using WordPress.org
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I’d like help from some people using wordpress.org. I’m a technophobe. I have some basic quesions. I understand that .org is the commercial version of wordpress. If you use .org, I know you have to use a hosting service. Are there other technical pieces required?
When you use a hosting service, what tecnical tasks do you have to perform and what level of technical skill is required? Do some hosting services provide more support than others? Which ones should I be looking at?
I know you can advertise on .org. Are there other features of .org sw that aren’t in .com? Generally what types of plug-ins are available for .org? What do they add in extended functionality and do they present additional technical work?
Thanks for all the help.
Gary,
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(1) You need an FTP uploading tool for a wordpress.org blog.
(2) You need to be able to install the upgrades when new versions are introduced.
(3) You will get very little support here http://wordpress.org/support than we do here and the turn around time on getting answers is frequently much longer than it is here.
(4) Information on hosting can be found here http://wordpress.org/hosting/
(5) Plugins for wordpress.org blog are found here http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins and yes they do require some “technical work”.
(6) Some of the same widgets that we have at wordpress.com are not the ones we get with a wordpress.org install
(7) You may get better answers by posting here http://wordpress.org/support -
(8) You can use forms, iframes and javascript on a wordpress.org install because you are not in a position to compromise anyone else’s blog security, like you could if this was allowed on the wordpress.com multiuser blogging platform.
(9) To summarize at wordpress.com you do not need any “geeky” skills. But at wordpress.org you do need some. -
Time Thief,
How “geeky” do I have to be for wordpress.org? What type of things do I have to learn to do and how difficult? Once I’m fairly proficient, how much time would the technical stuff require?
Thanks for your help,
Gary,
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You don’t have to be too geeky.
http://wordpress.org/hosting – they will install WordPress with a few clicks.
http://wordpress.org/extend – some of the many plugins. All pretty easy to learn.
http://wordpress.org/support – there when you need them.It’s hard to say on time because it depends what not only you want to do but also what you find out you can do. The learning curve and all that will involve is part of the move. If you don’t want that curve, stick around here. But if what you want is not here, go for it.
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When new updates come out to the wordpress.org software, sometimes the update process can get kind of involved, but in my experience .org does a pretty good job of detailing it out in their instructions.
The beauty of wordpress.com is that you don’t have to do any backups (not a big job, upgrades or troubleshooting and such, staff handles that for you. All you have to do is blog to your heart’s content. As long as the limitations here aren’t a problem (advertising, commercial use, etc.), wordpress.com is a great place to blog.
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Most of the hosts (if not all) in that hosting list will have an ‘auto install’ that makes it easy to install and upgrade wordpress to be honest. As well, there is always install 4 free on the hosts that don’t have this option. You can always keep blogging here and try out a host for a month to see if you like it.
Trent
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I think working without the edit function is providing an opportunity to laugh at myself, my spelling mistakes, typos and grammar mistakes, as well as, situations of simultaneous posting like this one. ;)
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