WordPress.com Forums » Topic: domain names http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-names-3 WordPress.com Forums » Topic: domain names en Sun, 19 May 2013 02:46:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 cornell on "domain names" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-names-3#post-107388 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:16:26 +0000 cornell 107388@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Pleasure. :)

]]> wrightj999 on "domain names" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-names-3#post-107387 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:14:03 +0000 wrightj999 107387@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks again, you've been quite helpful!

]]> cornell on "domain names" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-names-3#post-107383 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:53:52 +0000 cornell 107383@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yep, that's exactly right. Your URL will be in the address bar and you will have the support (and restrictions) of the wordpress.com blogging platform.

]]> wrightj999 on "domain names" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-names-3#post-107382 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:52:52 +0000 wrightj999 107382@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ ahh, upon looking at the link you've sent me I've come to the conclusion that I can use my domain name (having it appear exclusively in the URL, in place of any WP characters) if I pay $10 a year for domain mapping. Is my understanding on par?

]]> wrightj999 on "domain names" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-names-3#post-107381 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:49:52 +0000 wrightj999 107381@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ So the advantage to using wp.org is that my domain name will appear in the URL field, and if I use wp.com their URL will appear in place of my domain name. Correct? Thanks for the info!

]]> cornell on "domain names" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-names-3#post-107376 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:24:19 +0000 cornell 107376@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can point your domain name to wp.com. Have a read of these FAQ entries for info:

http://faq.wordpress.com/tag/domain-mapping/

The differences? self hosted - less security, support at wp.org, more freedom to do whatever you want, you can have adsense (if you have to!)

wp.com - security, no need to worry about upgrades, backups, faults etc, us volunteers!

There's more info in the sticky at the top of the forum which might help you.

]]> wrightj999 on "domain names" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/domain-names-3#post-107328 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:12:22 +0000 wrightj999 107328@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am new to blogging and want to set one up. I have already purchased a domain name that I would wish to use, is it possible to use my own domain name and use the free service at wordpress.com or should I download the software from wordpress.org and purchase hosting space to do so? Please inform me of the pros and cons of both scenarios (if possible in both ways). Thanks!

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