Need some opinions for hosting my blog.

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Hello,

I wish to start a blog. It'll be about movies, books and other forms of media... mainly for my college application but also because I do have free time right now and want to put it to good use.

First of all, I have heard that WordPress is the best.. so I am preferring that. But if anyone of you wishes to recommend some other service, then please do so.

Also, regarding WordPress.. I wanted to ask, should I host my site on WP.com or should I register my own domain and get hosting? How much difference is there?

First of all, regarding cost. I have asked around some of my friends who deal in this, and they have informed me that I can get my domain + reliable hosting in around $25-$30. I find that quite reasonable for my use (personal, non-commercial)

Also, the major point - how much time will the maintenance and upkeep take if I host it myself? I've heard from people that this will be the sore thumb and will cause me lots of trouble and might take time away from the writing. Is it true? How much time will it take to manage a site that contains just a WordPress blog? And how much time will it take to setup, install themes.. plugins etc.?

Please do help me out here. I am sure most of you will be very knowledgeable in all this.... and I could do with your guidance.

PS - I didn't know where this should go... So, I posted it here.
 
Hosting on your own domain is preferred. You get to establish your own unique identity right from the beginning. Around 30$ should get you a reasonably good host and a domain name, but the disk space and monthly bandwidth allowed by the host would be comparatively less at this rate. However, at the initial stages, this is very much acceptable. Later, when your blog becomes more famous with more traffic, you can shift to a better hosting plan.

Regarding the time taken to setup the site, it takes hardly 10 minutes to upload wordpress to your site and do the basic installation. (It is even easier if you do it via the host's cpanel). Customization should not take much time too, especially with the recent versions of WP. Overall, I would say that you need to spend around an hour for the first installation, and then maybe 10 minutes a week to make sure that everything is fine and fully updated.
 
of course, wordPress suits well for your requirements . installing themes , plug-ins is

not a problem if you have your own site . I'd suggest to hire an amateur to maintain

the technical things and you can concentrate on posting the content :)

edit: I was responding through quick reply . haven't seen professor's reply above :oops:
 
^^ I don't think that would be needed. All he needs to do is spend a few minutes on the backend, that's all.
 
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