If you are just starting out in blogging it won’t be long before you hear the name “Wordpress”. But what is it? Wordpress is a free and open source blogging application. Wordpress comes in two different guises. The first is the Wordpress.org software which you download and install on your web server and so create a dedicated blog web site (the Blogging and… website is an example of this). To do this you will need web hosting with PHP and MySQL. Wordpress have a handy guide to help you install it.
The other variation is to get a free Wordpress blog at Wordpress.com. The .com version of the Wordpress is a blog hosting service. You sign up by completing the simple form and they will give you free blog hosted under the wordpress.com domain, something like myusername.wordpress.com.
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