So I'm using .com for my personal blog, and .org for a website. It's interesting.

I'm sticking to vanilla plug-ins and widgets. Only one I'm using so far is the "Jetpack" plugin which gives me access to Wordpress.com functions. I even use the Twenty Eleven theme, which is about as vanilla as you can get. I get a choice of "light" and "dark" backgrounds. Wouldn't mind a few more colors, but there it is.

So far it looks pretty good. The web wizards generate their stuff and then "launch" it online when it's all done. Me, I put Wordpress in the server's root directory so that my stuff goes online in real time, and evolves there. Another challenge: Can you grow a website in front of everyone while having the intermediate stages all be viable? Nothing biological evolution hasn't been able to handle, right?

I have the advantage of a website primarily designed to plug my book. Shopping links are all external. I don't need to set up any fancy crap. Peak level of function might be a video or something. I've got two pages up, and can easily add more as I go along.