1. Wordpress to Get Your Words Out Using Wordpress to engage and interact online

2. Why Wordpress? Features 508 Compliant (accessible) Interactive (allows discussion/commenting) User registration Privacy & security features allow for internal/external use Benefits Easy to use Simple to set up and install Large developer community Free! Wide range of additional features/functions

3. Wordpress Hosting Hosting requirements: PHP version 4.3 or greater MySQL version 4.0 or greater Apache recommended Fantastico installation NOT recommended

4. 5 Minute Install

8. Wordpress Hosting Resources Reliable Wordpress hosts: Liquid Web, http://liquidweb.com Media Temple, http://mediatemple.net/ Laughing Squid, http://laughingsquid.net/

9. Minimum Hosting Needs To comfortably host Wordpress on your own server, you’ll need at least: 300 MB disk space 20 GB bandwidth

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