19. WordPress.com
• early access to new WordPress features
• built-in community of millions
• WordPress.com-specific features
• Publicize - push to social networks
• Email subscriptions/post-by-email
• Writing Helper
last talk before lunch - will try to be done early\n\nnever come between a WordCamp and food\n
questions at the end, at lunch, and at the happiness bar\n
title of the talk\n
what you may be expecting - a competition\n
like a team sport\n
or a boxing match\n
or a fight\n
it’s more friendly than that\n
like shaking hands\n
or hugging it out - both are useful, both are awesome\n
let’s talk about features\n
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you may think that these limits just knock WordPress.com out of contention for you - why would you want less?\n\nless can be more\n
plugin conflicts, self-inflicted problems from changing things, hunting to find that code you mistyped or misplaced\n
the environment is controlled\n\nthis is another way to say that you don’t have to worry as much\n
there’s even additional stuff on WordPress.com that goes above and beyond stock WordPress\n
here’s a key difference - what happens when you need help?\n
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there’s a cost comparison involved, as well - what are you getting for your money?\n
for ease of comparison, we’ll use American dollars\n
from an informal poll of colleagues and friends, this is the average cost of a year of shared hosting, which is what most people will use for their WordPress blog\n
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otherwise known as - FREE\n\n(next slide)\n
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you can move from one to the other any time you want using WordPress’s built-in export and import tools\n
self-hosted WordPress and WordPress.com can also work together\n
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come to the happiness bar - we’ll talk\n