It’s probably about time that I recognize WordPress through a Website Wednesday post.  WordPress is the software I use to run my blog site. WordPress comes in two flavors.

The first is how I’m using WordPress – I downloaded their free software and run it on my own server.  The website for using their software on your own server is at http://wordpress.org/ It takes a little more work to get the software running on your webserver and you need to run your own webserver to use the software like this.  This way does allow more customization of themes and plugins though.

The second flavor is the WordPress hosted solution where you create an account on their site and use their servers.  You don’t have quite as much flexibility in customizations but they take care of all the setup and installation for you.  The website for this method is http://wordpress.com/

A further explanation of the differences between the two is at http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

WordPress is very powerful and I’m sure I’ve barely scratched the surface of what I can use it to do with my website.  Hopefully as I find motivation and time I will explore other things I can do with WordPress and my website.

So if you are looking for an option for running a website that focuses on blog type content you might want to consider WordPress.