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WordPress® All-in-One For Dummies®
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WordPress® All-in-One For Dummies®

by Lisa Sabin-Wilson, Cory Miller, Kevin Palmer, Andrea Rennick, Michael Torbert
April 2011
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
908 pages
22h 37m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 5: Discovering Different Versions of WordPress

In This Chapter

  • Getting hosted with WordPress.com
  • Self-hosting with WordPress.org
  • Running a network of blogs with the multisite feature
  • Exploring enterprise options and VIP services

Bloggers have a wealth of software platforms to choose from. You want to be sure that the platform you choose has all the options you're looking for. WordPress is unique in that it offers two versions of its software. Each version is designed to meet the various needs of bloggers.

One version is a hosted platform available at WordPress.com that meets the needs of bloggers who do not want to worry about installing or dealing with software; the other is the self-hosted version of the WordPress software available at http://wordpress.org, which offers users a bit more freedom and flexibility, as described throughout this chapter.

This chapter introduces you to both versions of the WordPress platform in order to enable to you choose which version suits your particular needs the best.

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