Comments on: Wordpress: Host it Yourself or Host on Wordpress.com http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/ Consulting services for companies wanting to engage with online communities through social media.Focused on online communities, open technologies, open source, web 2.0, social media, RSS, blogging, and podcasting. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:29:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dawn http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-12635 Dawn Wed, 14 May 2008 19:23:13 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-12635 Aaron, good point about the advertising limitations on Wordpress. subcorpus, I am the wrong one to ask about hosting. I'm using GoDaddy now, and I'm not all that thrilled with them. However, I also can't find one I like better. I'm starting to think that they all suck :-) Mike, hosted Wordpress is perfect for people who just don't want to hassle with anything and who just want it to work without any extra effort. Todd & I talked about this quite a bit when he was moving to Wordpress a few weeks ago. He went with hosted Wordpress for exactly those reasons. Jarrod, I forget how easy some of the hosting providers make it to install Wordpress with one-click installs and other help. I tend to just do it myself, but I'm starting to very seriously look at some plugins and hosting providers that make using Wordpress a little easier to install, upgrade, and manage. Aaron, good point about the advertising limitations on Wordpress.

subcorpus, I am the wrong one to ask about hosting. I’m using GoDaddy now, and I’m not all that thrilled with them. However, I also can’t find one I like better. I’m starting to think that they all suck :-)

Mike, hosted Wordpress is perfect for people who just don’t want to hassle with anything and who just want it to work without any extra effort. Todd & I talked about this quite a bit when he was moving to Wordpress a few weeks ago. He went with hosted Wordpress for exactly those reasons.

Jarrod, I forget how easy some of the hosting providers make it to install Wordpress with one-click installs and other help. I tend to just do it myself, but I’m starting to very seriously look at some plugins and hosting providers that make using Wordpress a little easier to install, upgrade, and manage.

]]> By: Jarrod http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-12096 Jarrod Thu, 08 May 2008 06:25:13 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-12096 Nowadays the web hosts have Wordpress built in and its super easy to setup a new blog. My Hostgator account sets up the database for me with a couple clicks of the mouse my entire blog is ready to go. Nowadays the web hosts have Wordpress built in and its super easy to setup a new blog. My Hostgator account sets up the database for me with a couple clicks of the mouse my entire blog is ready to go.

]]> By: Mike Mathews http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-10481 Mike Mathews Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:54:45 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-10481 Thanks Dawn, you convinced me to stick with Wordpress hosting a little longer. There's lots of advantages to self-hosting, but I like the idea of sticking to my business right and letting someone else take care of the rest. Thanks Dawn, you convinced me to stick with Wordpress hosting a little longer. There’s lots of advantages to self-hosting, but I like the idea of sticking to my business right and letting someone else take care of the rest.

]]> By: subcorpus http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-10029 subcorpus Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:48:49 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-10029 good article ... would have been nice if you could have included some web host you suggest we check out ... but i guess that would be a whole new post ... eh ? thanks for sharing ... good article …
would have been nice if you could have included some web host you suggest we check out …
but i guess that would be a whole new post … eh ?
thanks for sharing …

]]> By: Aaron B. Hockley http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-9855 Aaron B. Hockley Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:12:46 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-9855 Another issue (again, depending on the purpose of your blog) is you can't currently run any sort of advertising on a wordpress.com hosted blog. Another issue (again, depending on the purpose of your blog) is you can’t currently run any sort of advertising on a wordpress.com hosted blog.

]]> By: Dawn http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-9854 Dawn Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:56:25 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-9854 Chris and Chris, Excellent points! I knew if I got the conversation started that I would learn a few new tips, too :-) Chris and Chris,

Excellent points! I knew if I got the conversation started that I would learn a few new tips, too :-)

]]> By: Chris Brentano http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-9853 Chris Brentano Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:45:57 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-9853 The <a href="http://laughingsquid.com/the-wordpress-automatic-upgrade-plugin-rocks/" rel="nofollow">Wordpress Automatic Upgrade</a> plug-in is a great way to automatically update when there are security updates and such. :-) The Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plug-in is a great way to automatically update when there are security updates and such. :-)

]]> By: Chris O'Rourke http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-9852 Chris O'Rourke Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:39:07 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/04/17/wordpress-host-it-yourself-or-host-on-wordpresscom/#comment-9852 Excellent advice Dawn but you did leave out a few things: It's actually quite easy to get started without knowing a bit of php, mysql or even anything about installation. Dreamhost.com and many other hosts now offer one-click installs of wordpress (and many other applications too) that have the ability to one-click update as new versions are released. That way you don't have to worry about updates and patching. Plus with the plugin repository you can easily add plugins to extend the usefulness and usability of your blog without having to upload them more than once now that it has automatic plugin updating tools built in. When it comes to stats management for those that are either a little bit more comfortable with php and mysql the best stats app you can get is Mint by webdesign superstar Shaun Inman over at http:/haveamint.com All around great reasons to switch though and once people do switch from having wordpress.com host their blog they'll not only have their own easy to maintain beautiful blog but the ability to tell people they have their own website without knowing anything about webdesign or coding at all :D Excellent advice Dawn but you did leave out a few things:

It’s actually quite easy to get started without knowing a bit of php, mysql or even anything about installation. Dreamhost.com and many other hosts now offer one-click installs of wordpress (and many other applications too) that have the ability to one-click update as new versions are released. That way you don’t have to worry about updates and patching.
Plus with the plugin repository you can easily add plugins to extend the usefulness and usability of your blog without having to upload them more than once now that it has automatic plugin updating tools built in.
When it comes to stats management for those that are either a little bit more comfortable with php and mysql the best stats app you can get is Mint by webdesign superstar Shaun Inman over at http:/haveamint.com

All around great reasons to switch though and once people do switch from having wordpress.com host their blog they’ll not only have their own easy to maintain beautiful blog but the ability to tell people they have their own website without knowing anything about webdesign or coding at all :D

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