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Wordcamp Birmingham 2009 Wordpress.com and Wordpress.org How to get started with Blogging and Wordpress.com Tom Brander, September 26, 2009 © Tom Brander 2009 http://oswco.org

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A tutorial for people curious about Wordpress, highlighting wordpress.com, The free service as distinguished from Wordpress.org, the software you can use on your own (paid for ) hosting service.

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Wordcamp Birmingham 2009

Wordpress.com and Wordpress.orgHow to get started with Blogging and

Wordpress.com  

Tom Brander, September 26, 2009

© Tom Brander 2009 http://oswco.org

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Popular Blogging Platforms

• Blogger (service owned by Google)• MS Live (service) • TypePad (paid service six Apart)• Live Journal (service; paid upgrade; now Russian owned)• Movable Type (software six Apart)• Tumblr (service)• Posterous (service)• Many others • Wordpress.Org (software)• Wordpress.com (service)

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Wordpress.com vs. Wordpress.org.orgOpen source software that you install on a paid hosting service (starts about $7.00/month domain inc.)Many features and add-ons to support many optionsNo restrictions for commercial useRequires some technical expertise (as much as you want)You can do many tons with it (much covered at this conference)

.comFree hosted service (minor paid upgrades available)No commercial useMay have some ads (have seen very few and not obnoxious)Very suited for non technical usersYou can do a ton with it (not as well covered at this conference!)

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How to get started with .com• Sign up  (Your site will be at http://acctname.wordpress.com)• Select theme (optional)• Write something• Post• Refine

Next we will review screenshots of the steps, followed by screenshots of features for refinements

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Sign up!

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Follow Instructions!

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Extra info if you need

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The dashboard

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Theme Selection

Demo a few themes here & explain only those here can be used and that the themes define how much customization can be done

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Your 1st Post

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Jazz it up!

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Some example sites

http://tbrander.wordpress.com (Real Estate)http://tombrander.wordpress.com (Tech)http://bigcityblink.wordpress.com (Personal)http://teewinot7.wordpress.com (Dogs)http://uakd.wordpress.com (College Sorority)http://birminghamblogging.wordpress.com/ (Consulting)

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Free Features Page

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But I don't want .....• if you don't want any chance of ads..

o Minor paid upgrade, $29.97 per year • If you don't want a .wordpress.com address but do want

your own i.e. http://tombrander.com vs. http://tombrander.wordpress.como Minor paid upgrade 

Domain name registration + domain mapping costs $14.97per year, per domain.

Domain mapping for a domain (or subdomain) you already own costs $9.97 per year, per domain.

• I don't want a blog I want a web site...o Just use pages and right theme

• I want a static front page...o Same as above

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Extra cost options

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My DashBoard

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Stats

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My site featuresWant to do live but just in case!

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