For anyone confused by WordPressDirect and Wordpress

[jbordxyz]

So briefly, I've spent 5 days trying to get through day 7 because of confusion about WordPress and WordPressDirect. It all started when Market Samurai couldn't link to my website. Search under my name to read that whole thread.

PURPOSE OF THIS POST IS TO SHARE THE FINAL ANSWERS THAT I NEEDED:

1. WPD and WP are two different entities
2. Your WPDirect.com username is always your email address and you choose it.
3.You manage your website via the username and email address in #2.
4. to link an ad from Market Samurai you need to use the user name of admin and the password that goes with it. (I still don't know how this password got set up originally, so someone else will have to add that info.)
5. MarketSamurai integrates with BOTH WPDirect and WP - for the purpose of this challenge: USE WPDirect, and the username should be the one you use to access WPDirect.

Regarding the difference between the two, from WPD/help:Let me try to explain the difference between the two. Wordpress is a free, PHP-driven blogging platform that is available to anyone for free (except for the cost of hosting if you want your own domain). WordpressDirect is a software program that automates your Wordpress accounts so you dont have to spend hours setting up and maintaining them. Instead you can control them all from one interface at wpdirect.com. It's really that simple.

Another way to think about it is that WordpressDirect is like an automated robot that drives the underlying Wordpress blog, so you dont have to manually install your site, your plugins, and write all of your own content. It does a lot of the heavy lifting for you, saves you a lot of time, and eliminates the need for technical understanding of how Wordpress works.

I hope this is helpful for someone!

[Splitter]

Thanks for your post. I am sitting here trying to figure out which way I want to go. WP or WPD. I am still fairly new to all this so my thinking is WPD. I just hate to pay another monthly fee... I do have a business account at Host Gator that I pay $15 per month so if I am not mistaken I can ad as many domains as I want to this and not have to pay extra other then buying domain names. Please someone correct me if I am wrong.

Again thanks for sharing.

[chancevb]

I'm still stuck on trying to 'publish' my ad.

I've tried my username, i've tried 'admin', i've tried every combination of passwords I could have accidently typed, but i still can't get pass the incorrect username or password provided.

Please help.

and yes i've sent a ticket to MS and direct message to brentH.

[ktraeger]

jbordxyz,

I'm sure your post will help out many people who are confusing their wordpress blog with wordpress direct. Thank you for posting your experience and lessons learned.

[aaffor]

In Google search, I enter

site: my website url [without the spaces]
and it returns listings of web2.0 page I created a couple of days ago but not my main website. How do I trouble shoot this. Where should I start looking first? My website is up and running but looks like it is not indexed in Google.

Ideas will be gladly appreciated.
aaffor

[BoraWiemann]

Originally Posted by Splitter

Thanks for your post. I am sitting here trying to figure out which way I want to go. WP or WPD. I am still fairly new to all this so my thinking is WPD. I just hate to pay another monthly fee... I do have a business account at Host Gator that I pay $15 per month so if I am not mistaken I can ad as many domains as I want to this and not have to pay extra other then buying domain names. Please someone correct me if I am wrong.

Again thanks for sharing.

Hi Splitter,

WPD is quite good and you can use the free subscription to still edit your blog etc..
If you want to use their awesome automatic content features you'll have to pay (and the 30 DC discount is quite nice). But obviously its only worth it, if you use it.

My tip would be: If you are going to continue with your blog, keep the WPD bronze membership for 1 month so you can really work on the blog and have good additional content. And then you can see how it goes and what you want to do.

Good luck,
Bora

[chancevb]

Still searching for some help with publishing my ad (day seven) I am unable to sign into my wordpress account via market samurai. I keep getting incorrect username/password message.

I am using godaddy hosting and wordpress (not direct). Thanks for reading and hope someone will be able to help me out quickly.

[FernHill]

Here's an article I wrote explaining the difference What’s the difference between Wordpress.org, Wordpress.com and WordpressDirect.com?

[jbordxyz]

ChanceV - use the help desk at WordPressDirect - they are the ones who finally straightened it all out for me!