Utterly Confused…hosting, plugins etc.
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Hello,
I am very confused as to what steps I now need to take. I have watched some tutorials over at Lynda.com but now I’m even more confused.
First I have upgraded to WordPress.com Premium. I started building a new site before I had Blue Host.
I have done the following:
Transferred Domain from Go Daddy to Blue Host.
Paid for Blue Host Hosting for 3 years.But I am not sure what to do next. I supposedly downloaded Word Press over at Blue Host.com in my account there. I am so lost as to what to do next and how to start being able to add plug-ins. I don’t need anything crazy just a nice slideshow-not the one already available in premium.
But now I’m seeing even if I am Premium I don’t need a host?
Also, I am seeing something about having to download bitnami or wamp?
Thank you in advance!
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Read a bit about the difference between WordPress.org and WordPress.com:
WordPress.com is where your blog spaatlantisutah.wordpress.com is located. WordPress.com is your host. But now you also have Blue Host, where you can have a WordPress.org website. So you need to decide whether you want to keep your website here or you want to build a WordPress.org site on Blue Host.
If being able to install plugins is super important to you, then Blue Host and WordPress.org will work for you. If you’d rather not worry about the technical details of running a self-hosted WordPress website, then you should stick with your WordPress.com website here.
The tutorials and advice you’re reading online all refer to WordPress.org platforms, where you have to take a more “hands-on” approach to building and maintaining your WordPress platform.
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