Comments on: 20 WordPress 2.7 Plugins You Can’t Live Without http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/20-wordpress-27-plugins-you-cant-live-without/ Providing HOPE for educators since 2007 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: waski_the_squirrelhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/20-wordpress-27-plugins-you-cant-live-without/#comment-6480 waski_the_squirrel Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:15:34 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=1696#comment-6480 Tonight I finally switched to a Wordpress blog. I hope it will make me a more productive blogger. I found this post useful because I'm only beginning to learn about Wordpress. I'm really out of touch with this part of technology! Tonight I finally switched to a WordPress blog. I hope it will make me a more productive blogger. I found this post useful because I'm only beginning to learn about WordPress. I'm really out of touch with this part of technology!

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]]> By: Joelhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/20-wordpress-27-plugins-you-cant-live-without/#comment-5902 Joel Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:53:38 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=1696#comment-5902 There is a cost involved with getting the domain name and hosting. Each hosting company charges different amounts and has different quality, so it's something that people really need to shop around for. The latest versions of WordPress do a really good job of letting you upgrade to newer versions of plugins or even of WordPress with one or two clicks so you usually don't have to do any further FTP transfers or anything else like that. For most people, WordPress.com is a great option. I am just a little control freak and like the challenge of being able to have my very own .com addresses. :) There is a cost involved with getting the domain name and hosting. Each hosting company charges different amounts and has different quality, so it’s something that people really need to shop around for.

The latest versions of WordPress do a really good job of letting you upgrade to newer versions of plugins or even of WordPress with one or two clicks so you usually don’t have to do any further FTP transfers or anything else like that.

For most people, WordPress.com is a great option. I am just a little control freak and like the challenge of being able to have my very own .com addresses. :)

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]]> By: Jonathanhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/20-wordpress-27-plugins-you-cant-live-without/#comment-5901 Jonathan Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:45:28 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=1696#comment-5901 Is there additional cost involved? And wordpress.com provides good support, and introduces new features (some of your plug-ins I have, without asking). With wordpress.org, do updates happen automatically? And if not automatically, do they happen easily? I hope you don't mind keeping this in the comments section... I figure the questions and answers might have value for someone out there... Jonathan Is there additional cost involved?

And wordpress.com provides good support, and introduces new features (some of your plug-ins I have, without asking). With wordpress.org, do updates happen automatically? And if not automatically, do they happen easily?

I hope you don’t mind keeping this in the comments section… I figure the questions and answers might have value for someone out there…

Jonathan

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]]> By: Joelhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/20-wordpress-27-plugins-you-cant-live-without/#comment-5900 Joel Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:34:40 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=1696#comment-5900 Sure, WordPress is a blogging platform/content management system that many people use to run their own blogs. In order to set up WordPress, you go to <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/" rel="nofollow">WordPress.org</a> and download the latest release of the WordPress software. Then you upload it via FTP to a server somewhere. My site is hosted by <a href="http://www.1and1.com/" rel="nofollow">1 and 1</a>. I also registered my domain with them. Once I upload it to 1 and 1's servers and do a few things in the setup, anyone who goes to <a href="http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/" rel="nofollow">www.soyouwanttoteach.com</a> ends up at my site. <a href="http://www.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">WordPress.com</a> and <a href="http://www.edublogs.org/" rel="nofollow">Edublogs.org</a> are blogging sites that people can sign up for for free. They are built on the WordPress.org framework, but hosted on their own servers so people don't have to go through all of the extra steps of registering, uploading, setting up, installing, and upgrading. The advantages of having a site like you do are that you don't have to do those things. The advantages of having a site like I do include: <ul><li>The ability to add plugins whenever I feel like - <i>WordPress.com and Edublogs.org have some plugins, but don't let you add any of your own as far as I know</i></li> <li>I can add any theme I want instead of being limited to what they have on hand</li> <li>I have my own .com domain name, which is a little easier to send people to</li> <li>I own my own domain - <i>and my own content in any copyright disputes</i></li> There are a few of the differences. Whether you go with WordPress.org or WordPress.com, I am convinced it is superior to any other blogging platform I've seen. :)</ul> Sure,

WordPress is a blogging platform/content management system that many people use to run their own blogs. In order to set up WordPress, you go to WordPress.org and download the latest release of the WordPress software. Then you upload it via FTP to a server somewhere. My site is hosted by 1 and 1. I also registered my domain with them.

Once I upload it to 1 and 1′s servers and do a few things in the setup, anyone who goes to http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com ends up at my site.

WordPress.com and Edublogs.org are blogging sites that people can sign up for for free. They are built on the WordPress.org framework, but hosted on their own servers so people don’t have to go through all of the extra steps of registering, uploading, setting up, installing, and upgrading.

The advantages of having a site like you do are that you don’t have to do those things.

The advantages of having a site like I do include:

  • The ability to add plugins whenever I feel like – WordPress.com and Edublogs.org have some plugins, but don’t let you add any of your own as far as I know
  • I can add any theme I want instead of being limited to what they have on hand
  • I have my own .com domain name, which is a little easier to send people to
  • I own my own domain – and my own content in any copyright disputes

    • There are a few of the differences. Whether you go with WordPress.org or WordPress.com, I am convinced it is superior to any other blogging platform I’ve seen. :)


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]]> By: Jonathanhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/20-wordpress-27-plugins-you-cant-live-without/#comment-5899 Jonathan Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:15:29 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=1696#comment-5899 Now, you are somehow in a different universe, since you don't have "wordpress" in your url. I've never quite understood what the difference was, and how it is better (and worse). Can you enlighten me? Now, you are somehow in a different universe, since you don’t have “wordpress” in your url.

I’ve never quite understood what the difference was, and how it is better (and worse). Can you enlighten me?

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