New to wordpress

[karthik26_89]

Hi.I just signed up for Wordpress.Lynn,you rightly said that people will move to wordpress from blogspot.Now i have also moved to wordpress.Once i earn some money i can change it to a domain.I want to know how to add those plugins.I saw few things like Paypal donate me Plugin,Adsense plugin and few more.I downloaded these plugins.But how to add it to my wordpress blog.I just dont understand anything in wordpress.It is so complicated for me.Can anyone tell me how to add the plugins to the sidebars?
I opted for a 3 column theme.I want to know how to add to left and right sidebars seperately.Thanks.

[Lynn Terry]

[karthik26_89]

Ya Lynn.Im now having a Free account in wordpress.Im totally confused.Anyway Happy Birthday Lynn.I have already wished in the topic you started.This is extra wishes.LOL.Have a great time.

Anyone here who can solve my problem with wordpress?

[annalaurabrown]

The plugins you are talking about can only be used with wordpress.org. I use wordpress.com and it is limited as to the extra features you can use. However, I still think it is better than blogspot or blogger.
The secret to make the best use of wordpress.com is to use the widgets they offer.

[karthik26_89]

[theuniek1]

Hi Karthik,
Some time ago, I wrote a brief guide called the (it's completely free) and offers some advice for getting started with WordPress, including the difference between WordPress and WordPress.com -- yep, they're two different things.

Good luck and don't forget to tell us how your new virtual blog home is working out for you.

~ Teli

[karthik26_89]

Thanks Teli.I have downloaded the eBook.Thanks for giving it away free.Im going it read it word by word now.And yes ofcourse ill tell you how useful the book was to me.Ill also put the link to my wordpress blog here once i give it a good look and post few entries.Thanks once again Teli.

[karthik26_89]

Thanks Teli.I read your eBook.It was nice.It was mainly targeted to the paid WP users.This will be very useful to me when I upgrade to wordpress blog.Thanks.

[karthik26_89]

[Lynn Terry]

You wont need to know anything upfront at all - and you can learn as you go in regards to changing/editing templates (or themes, as they are called).

As for costs, it is less than $20 total to get set up. You will need your own domain name, which is under ten bucks a year, and I use which lets you set up unlimited sites/blogs/domains for under ten bucks a month.

Once you set up an account at HostGator (or any host with cpanel), installing WordPress is easy as they have a one-click install for that program (and many others). It will set it up for you.

[karthik26_89]

[Lynn Terry]

[karthik26_89]

Oh thanks Lynn.Does the little package work well??Thanks once again.

[Lynn Terry]

Yup

[karthik26_89]

Thanks Lynn.I hope they accept payment by paypal.Because I have my money on paypal only.I still need few money to get a host for one year.So I have to wait for a month and then go for the host.Thanks.