The first decision you have to make is where your blog is going to live. You have two basic options when creating your site:
- Either go to WordPress.com and sign up for a free (or paid) website (that way, you get the website installed for you)
- Or, go to WordPress.org and use the open-source version of WordPress—by installing it on your own server or a server of a third-party hosting firm
Let's look at some of the advantages and disadvantages of each of these two options.