wordpress hosting vs. independant hosting

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  dnorourke · Member · Mar 11, 2010 at 1:26 am

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  hello:

  i’m new to wordpress, so i apologize in advance if this topic has already been covered ad-nauseum…

  i’m setting up a simple personal portfoilio site. on a recommendation, i’ve decided to use wordpress and i’m trying to decide between setting it up as a blog and letting wordpress host it for free or setting it up on my own and paying for hosting from some other isp. would someone be good enough to give me a quick rundown of the pros and cons? i understand that if my site is hosted by wordpress, i’m limited as to the visual themes i can choose. how much of a drawback is this? is it reasonably easy to manipulate a given theme into a somewhat non-blog looking layout?

  of course, the issue here is money. yes, monthly hosting is pretty cheap, but so am i right now and i figure why pay if i don’t have to.

  thanks in advance for any help and/or suggestions.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 11, 2010 at 1:34 am

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  WordPress.com Staff have prepared an excellent summary and you will find it here > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
  In addition there is a sticky read before posting thread at the head of this forum > https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/please-read-me-first-before-posting?replies=1

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  timethief · Member · Mar 11, 2010 at 1:37 am

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  If those are sufficient for your needs then click my username and proceed to my Popular Posts page. There you will find:
  Bloggers Get Your Own Domain
  Self Hosting: What’s Your Hurry
  How and why to get your own domain

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  dnorourke · Member · Mar 11, 2010 at 6:36 pm

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  thank you!

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  timethief · Member · Mar 11, 2010 at 6:38 pm

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  You’re welcome. :)