Thanks for your response esmi! I have seen many of your responses already. You must work hard at being helpful.
I was concerned about not finding the same theme on WP.org. This concern would not be so much about finding another theme on WP.org that would work aesthetically because I’m leaning toward simplicity of appearance but more about layout and what else there might be that I am not anticipating. I don’t want to spend alot of time tweeking a WP.com site only to have to do it again in WP.org. In your previous response, however, I see that you classify this problem as a “minor drawback” so I must be overstating the potential problem. Fair to say?
It occurs to me as I write that perhaps the solution lies in the question. Maybe, the best thing would be to develop the CMS on WP.com only to a rough and still somewhat unfinished state before moving. In other words, move to WP.org before undertaking any detailed finish work.
Does this make any sense?
