WordPress.com Forums » Topic: The Cheaper option? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-cheaper-option WordPress.com Forums » Topic: The Cheaper option? en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:25:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 ryanhellyer on "The Cheaper option?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-cheaper-option#post-487992 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:47:19 +0000 ryanhellyer 487992@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I forgot to add that I haven't upgraded to VideoPress on that site. Those videos were added for free.

]]> ryanhellyer on "The Cheaper option?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-cheaper-option#post-487991 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:45:18 +0000 ryanhellyer 487991@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

but I find it really frustrating not being able to "Embed" video into my posts unless I pay the $60/year upgrade

You can embed many different videos here on WordPress.com. The US$60/year upgrade is specifically for VideoPress videos.

I added some videos to my WordPress.com site yesterday. You can see them here ... http://icicle.co.nz/2010/07/21/waves-under-the-ice/

]]> timethief on "The Cheaper option?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-cheaper-option#post-487850 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:20:48 +0000 timethief 487850@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @foofballcommittee
Here are thr requiremanets for running wordpress > http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/
Here are the webhosts that wordpress.com Staff recommend http://wordpress.org/hosting/

]]> raincoaster on "The Cheaper option?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-cheaper-option#post-487797 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:59:23 +0000 raincoaster 487797@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There are lots of hosting suggestions at WordPress.ORG. Everyone here by definition has chosen WordPress.COM for their host.

]]> goofballcommittee on "The Cheaper option?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-cheaper-option#post-487795 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:57:11 +0000 goofballcommittee 487795@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Can anybody recommend a good (not that expensive) host?

]]> lornemclean on "The Cheaper option?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-cheaper-option#post-487567 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:01:56 +0000 lornemclean 487567@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Ok, sorry bout that.

]]> raincoaster on "The Cheaper option?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-cheaper-option#post-487564 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:56:46 +0000 raincoaster 487564@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Well, you were pretty successful at hijacking the thread, even without trying.

]]> lornemclean on "The Cheaper option?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-cheaper-option#post-487561 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:39:01 +0000 lornemclean 487561@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm not trying to hijack this thread but I find it really frustrating not being able to "Embed" video into my posts unless I pay the $60/year upgrade. It's the little things like this that make me want to go back to wordpress.org

]]> raincoaster on "The Cheaper option?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-cheaper-option#post-487548 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:25:33 +0000 raincoaster 487548@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Exactly. Farting around with plugins has wasted so much of my time, and has sometimes taken my blog down; it once took the whole blog network down!

]]> auxclass on "The Cheaper option?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-cheaper-option#post-487543 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:46:47 +0000 auxclass 487543@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Shiny Plug-in envy? :)

Lost much of the time is what WordPress.COM has done to Plug-in's. Specifically they have taken many Plug-in's and turned them into Widgets. Look at a standard Theme and there are about 1/3 the Widgets of a standard Theme from WordPress.ORG.

I added a "Subscribe to this blog" function (Widget) to two friends sites that I help with. Took many a minute total time.

A self hosted site, well a bit different, research which of 10,000 Plug-in's to use, download the Plug-in, install it, and hope it works. Problems, to the Forum and pray. When it is time to upgrade the WordPress.ORG software, not always does the one click upgrade work (3 or 4 times a year) - and sometimes the upgrade breaks a Plug-in and your site might stop working.

Unless there is a specific function that you can't live without or want to do Advertising, WordPress.COM is much simpler.

]]> raincoaster on "The Cheaper option?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-cheaper-option#post-487517 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:28:42 +0000 raincoaster 487517@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ "I kinda am dying to add plugins" Are you really? Why? Do you just want to add plugins because all the cool kids are adding plugins, or do you want to add plugins to get something in particular accomplished? If the latter, tell us what you want to accomplish and we can tell you if it's doable here.

With the domain upgrade, you don't have to type "wordpress.com" at the end, either.

BTW if you do the math, unless you get free hosting you're better off purchasing those two upgrades and staying here rather than looking for external hosting.

]]> timethief on "The Cheaper option?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-cheaper-option#post-487516 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:24:38 +0000 timethief 487516@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

If I switch to wordpress.org I can edit CSS whenever I want for no extra cost, right?

Yes you have complete control over your template and can hack it as your see fit as well as hacking the CSS. Good hosting ranges from $10 to $25 per month for combined costs of hosting and the domain registration.

]]> goofballcommittee on "The Cheaper option?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-cheaper-option#post-487501 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:51:38 +0000 goofballcommittee 487501@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ http://goofballcommittee.wordpress.com/

Updated and customized my website thoroughly, and pretty soon I was planning on purchasing the Custom CSS upgrade, but on second thought, does anyone think it would be less expensive to:

1) Purchase the Custom CSS upgrade each year, or
2) Move to another host and switch to wordpress.org (not those uber-expensive hosts that charge like $49.99 a month you know... )

I kinda am dying to add plugins to my website and am getting tired of typing '.wordpress.com' at the end. Just making sure, If I switch to wordpress.org I can edit CSS whenever I want for no extra cost, right?

So anyway thanks, I'm not trying to put wordpress out of business but I just want to know which would be the better option.

Thank you very much!

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