110 – Is WordPress.com the Solution for Hosting?

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110 – Is WordPress.com the Solution for Hosting?

Why WordPress.com

• It’s a super fast performing, highly available grid that processes only the content.
• It’s quite affordable, only $13/yr for domain mapping plus $30/yr for no ads. The money spent supports the WordPress community.
• It’s highly social, powered by JetPack following, sharing.
• It’s completely secure! Other than having a good password on the accounts and periodically exporting the XML of your pages, posts and media, they handle all the security and backups for you!
• Rather than a more traditional top-down structure, WordPress.com treats all contributors as individuals with their own set of sites, subscriptions, and authorities.

What was involved going from .ORG powered to .COM powered

• Setting up a demo account, reserving the subdomain.wordpress.com address.
• Choosing a Theme. We selected the ever popular Twenty Eleven theme designed by the WordPress team.
• Exporting the posts, pages, and media using Tools-Export.
• Importing into WordPress.com using Tools-Import, and mapping usernames accordingly.
• Launching the domain involved purchasing the Domain Mapping product for a small fee.

When to consider the WordPress.com hosted platform

• When custom themes aren’t needed
• For customers who have small budgets
• If customers do not need large amounts of customizations

Would you consider hosting your website on WordPress.com