What have I done?!

[Lesley Jones]

I wasn't going to mention it for a few days, but I've been tinkering with a blog this afternoon. I've never done a proper one before and I have absolutely no idea how they are used. I've just published thinking I can fiddle with the layout and people are already liking and following. Eeek!

Do you follow everyone back? Is there a limit to this? I don't have time to read very much, but I want to join in. Oh my goodness, this is scary!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

So many blogs in one week!

You don't have to follow anyone except me and Hamish...

Where is it?

 

[Lesley Jones]

Well, I'd like to follow back, but this guy is in Zagreb! Is there some kind of translation tool in there?

I think it's here my elements blog | random thoughts of an amateur photographer only I expected it to be without the wordpress bit. I did buy the myelementsblog.com domain. I'm very confused right now...

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Is this Lesley in panic mode? LOL...OMG (as the young ones say)...someone is interested in what I have to say? Doesn't surprise me at all.

 

[Lesley Jones]

I should say so Glenn! At home, pretty much everything I say falls on deaf ears...

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Happens to the best of us Lesley.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Lesley, Wordpress.com provides a hosted solution and as I understand it you get a Wordpress domain.
If you want your own domain you need hosting (which of course you have) ... But you also need to be familiar databases, which I know you aren't.

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Wordpress.org is what you want if you don't want the hosted solution ...

 

[Pete Askew]

Nice start Lesley - I enjoyed reading that. By the way, minor typo. - "lift my spirits".

 

[Lesley Jones]

Lesley, Wordpress.com provides a hosted solution and as I understand it you get a Wordpress domain.
If you want your own domain you need hosting (which of course you have) ... But you also need to be familiar databases, which I know you aren't.

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Wordpress.org is what you want if you don't want the hosted solution ...

Thanks Hamish - I'm still confused, but I can read more tomorrow. As a matter of fact, I am familar with databases, or at least the Access kind. I built a huge one about twelve years ago that basically covers the whole of my old job, with literally dozens of tables, queries, forms and a few macros thrown in for good measure. I've even coded a few union queries

 

[Hamish Gill]

I'm talking about databases for websites - SQL ones. You told me once you knew nothing about that sort of website.
That said, creating/migrating a Wordpress site is very easy as long as you have access to cpannel or the like. (Which of course you do ... At least via me )

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Happens to the best of us Lesley.

What was that again Glenn?

 

[Lesley Jones]

Lesley, Wordpress.com provides a hosted solution and as I understand it you get a Wordpress domain.
If you want your own domain you need hosting (which of course you have) ... But you also need to be familiar databases, which I know you aren't.

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Wordpress.org is what you want if you don't want the hosted solution ...

Thanks Hamish - we figured it out. I did buy the domain, but Wordpress decided to give it to me free with the package. When it put up a warning message that I had a free domain, I assumed it was extra and ignored it. I think we've pushed the right buttons now, but maybe the domain will take a day or so to show up...