WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org technical know-how?
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Does WordPress.org require mote tech knowledge?
Are all the templates and plugins for WordPress.com available for WordPress.org?
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Hello @brucebbindercom,
Quoting from this WordPress.com support page:
Hosting your own WordPress site can be fun and rewarding, but it also requires some technical knowledge and places more responsibility on you, the publisher. You can download the WordPress software for free at http://wordpress.org, but it must be installed on a web server before it will work. You will need to research and install your own themes and plugins. Many hosting providers offer a one-click installation of WordPress — here are a few examples. There are also many web development agencies that specialize in building WordPress sites.
WordPress.com is different. Here at WordPress.com, you don’t have to download software, pay for hosting, or manage a web server. You can instead focus on creating wonderful content, and let us handle the rest!
You can read more about the differences between the two in much detail here:
I hope this was of help. All the best.
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Great help. So I am thinking of building my new site on WordPress.com and then pointing my existing domain (or moving it to WordPress.com).
I will be signing up for business version of WordPress.com. Will I need to provide a domain name when I sign up or do I get a dummy domain to start?
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That is wonderful to hear.
Your plan sounds perfect.
WordPress.com provides a free WordPress.com subdomain(example.wordpress.com/example.blog.com etc…) for you when you create your site with them. You can use that to build your site by choosing a theme, adding content etc.. and basically leave registering a domain name with WordPress.com or bringing in your existing domain over to WordPress.com until you feel ready to do so.
When you feel ready you can register a domain or upgrade plan with WordPress.com or switch your existing domain over to your WordPress.com. Your domain can either be mapped or transferred. This way your current site (if any) remains online while you are working on your draft site on WordPress.com.
I hope this was of help. All the best.
Please feel free to reach out to the forum for any help you might need at any step of building your site here on WordPress.com. Happy to help.
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Your email will still work, considering you follow all the below mentioned steps-
1. First map your domain using these steps:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/When you map the domains to WordPress.com, it is recommend that you change the name servers to WordPress.com. That lets WP.com control your domain’s DNS.
2. Then edit your DNS to add email settings from your current provider:
After you add the domain mapping upgrade, but before you change the name servers, edit the DNS here on WordPress.com’s end, and add the MX and other records required for your email to work. You can get those records directly from domain hosting provider.
3. Then point the domain to WordPress.com name servers:
ns1.wordpress.com
ns2.wordpress.com
ns3.wordpress.comOnce you’ve added those, switch the name servers to us, also from your domain registrar’s (hosting provider) account, and your email should continue working without any interruption.
With either option (mapping or transfer) the email is going to temporarily break while the transfer or mapping is in process. Mapping is a much quicker process. The transfer could take upto 5 days.
To keep your communication intact in this mapping process, I suggest you consider using a contact form on the site with an alternate or even a personal email as the delivery end point. This way visitors can still reach you if needed. You could disable or take it down once the process is through and you have confirmation that the custom email is still working.
Here are a few useful links:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/category/email/If you need help with any of this, feel free to reach the forum. Alternatively, you can reach WordPress.com support at http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact
Makes sense?
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