Title: confused
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# confused

 *  [confuseddonnie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/confuseddonnie/)
 * (@confuseddonnie)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-8/)
 * I heard so much about WordPress but I’m not getting anywhere. All I want to do
   is to put my blog up, a few pictures and move on. I’ve spent more than a few 
   weeks navigating through the process.
 * Do I need another book? Is there a simple way to just get your blog going?
 * confused

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 *  [fonglh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonglh/)
 * (@fonglh)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-8/#post-2352577)
 * Do you have hosting space and a domain name? Have you installed WordPress on 
   your host?
 *  Thread Starter [confuseddonnie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/confuseddonnie/)
 * (@confuseddonnie)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-8/#post-2352578)
 * Yes, both.
 *  [fonglh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonglh/)
 * (@fonglh)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-8/#post-2352580)
 * Can you access your WordPress site on your host?
 * If you can, just login and start posting your content.
 *  Thread Starter [confuseddonnie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/confuseddonnie/)
 * (@confuseddonnie)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-8/#post-2352584)
 * I went through the Dummy’s book for Blogging and it helped a lot but nothing 
   prepares you for the actual going live. It is probably not that difficult but
   I am reluctant to start publishing a blog without having the ‘about me’ page 
   ready and other parts. My concern is that I will publish and it will look poor
   and I won’t be able to pull it back.
 *  Thread Starter [confuseddonnie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/confuseddonnie/)
 * (@confuseddonnie)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-8/#post-2352585)
 * If I post my content (publish) will it go out into the internet?
 *  Thread Starter [confuseddonnie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/confuseddonnie/)
 * (@confuseddonnie)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-8/#post-2352586)
 * I can access my site.
 *  [fonglh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonglh/)
 * (@fonglh)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-8/#post-2352589)
 * > If I post my content (publish) will it go out into the internet?
 * Yes.
 * There are some maintenance mode plugins which hide your site from users unless
   they’re logged in. You can use it to keep your site private until you’re ready
   to go live, then deactivate the plugin. Check out the plugins repository.
 *  Thread Starter [confuseddonnie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/confuseddonnie/)
 * (@confuseddonnie)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-8/#post-2352593)
 * I really appreciate this. I am more comfortable experimenting on my own. Thank
   you.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/confused-8/#post-2352593)
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