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Hello All !

I hope everyone is having a great start to their weekend!

I need some guidance on WordPress...I need the 411 on what it is, how it works ? I see WordPress everywhere, this is something I feel I need to learn and put on my list of I know how's ...but where do I start?

Thanks so much ahead of time !

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Hi Sue,
I started writing an answer for you and it kind of ran away with itself. Instead of posting a super long post here I created a blog post for my Girly Girl Geek site called WordPress-What is it Anyway? I also have several tutorial videos on YouTube that have to do with WordPress as well.
Of course, it may leave you with more questions, so feel free to ask away, I'm sure there are other WordPress fans here that would be as willing as I am to answer your questions.
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Hi Sue, you'll no doubt get lots of great replies here as we have *many* WordPress experts on the boards. I'm definitely not one of them, but wanted to share a few good resources to help you get started:

WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

From the WordPress.com site: Nervous? Technically challenged? Go from zero to hero with our 10-step walk-through guide.

From the WordPress.org site: WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. We like to say that WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and when you’re ready for more there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine.

It’s Easy As… 1 Find a Web Host and get great hosting while supporting WordPress at the same time.
2 Download & Install WordPress with our famous 5-minute installation. Feel like a rock star.
3 Read the Documentation and become a WordPress expert yourself, impress your friends.

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Plus, a few threads from the boards that might help provide some insight as well:

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WordPress: Visual Quickstart Guide

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Thank you Tina and Tess so much, I can't wait to get in to all that information ! Tina thanks for offering further assistance in answering any questions I may have, I appreciate that!

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This is great info! Thanks for sharing.
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Great advice thanks for posting! I too want to jump on the wordpress band wagon.
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Fantastic info. The resources provided by everyone in this thread definitely helped me with my decision to go with Wordpress for my website.
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