Re: hosting blogs

**t*@gmail.com**

I manage my own blog on my personal domain.  One important clarification here is that I do not host my own domain - it would be very unusual for the average person to host their own domain.  I pay a third party company to "host" my domain.  It is typical for an individual or small business to pay a third party to do this, as most people do not own the hardware and software to do this themselves.

Many hosting companies provide some type of blogging software, which they maintain (as far as updates to the software) for you.  All you have to do is add a "widget" to your website and the blog is installed for you.  You retain some of the ability to manage your blog, and there will be different limitations based on the hosting company you use.

I chose to skip the "widget" route, and install and manage the blog on my own.  I  had some specific requirements for my blog that I wouldn't have been able to do if I used the hosting company's version.  It's not difficult to manage a blog with Wordpress, but you have to be fairly technically literate and be willing to do a fair amount of blog/website "maintenance".  If you don't need anything fancy, I would recommend sticking with what your hosting company provides, which will give you the best of both worlds.

Feel free to email me if you have additional questions, or if I haven't been clear about something.  I'm trying to work while surrounded by construction, so sometimes my thoughts don't come across too clearly.

Eva
http://trueepicure.com
True Epicure Says

----- Original Message -----
From: KTCopsey@aol.com
To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 11:39:36 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [GWL] hosting blogs

Someone has just contacted me about hosting my blog with it's own domain  
versus using blogger/wordpress.  Seems that the wordpress format can still  be 
kept, but the ownership reverts to you vs. them. This would seem like a good  
option, but I am concerned about logistics.
Does anyone host their blog domain themselves? Flexibility is touted, but  
unless you are techno-savvy its not much use. I know there are some tech folks  
here, so if you have an opinion I would like to hear it.
Thanks
Kate

Kate  Copsey
Garden Writer
_www.katecopsey.com_ (http://www.katecopsey.com/)  

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