Adding a form to the side bar

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  aimeerogersphotography · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 11:13 pm

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  Trying to add an i-contact sign up form to my side bar. Please help!!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 11:37 pm

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  iContact is a one-stop shop for email marketing and social media marketing. Note that when people (1) provide an email address to subscribe to our blogs to recieve updates by email and/or (2) provide an email address to submit comments on our posts, they provide the email address only for the porpose stated.

  We cannot use form codes on free hosted WordPress.com blogs. If you wish to create a static page and then you can place this contact form on it. Above the shortcode you can clearly state what the information provided by readers will be used for.

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  aimeerogersphotography · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 11:57 pm

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  i know other wordpress blods that hace an I-contact for on their side bar

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  timethief · Member · Feb 7, 2012 at 11:59 pm

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  Yes indeed and they are self hosted WordPress.org installs.
  Your blog is a free hosted WordPress.com blog.
  Please read > WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: The Differences

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  aimeerogersphotography · Member · Feb 8, 2012 at 12:13 am

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  http://www.fraleyphotography.com/ is a site that has it.. she said she uses wordpress.com

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  timethief · Member · Feb 8, 2012 at 12:16 am

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  That is a self hosted WordPress.org install which runs on different software. She pays for web hosting (perfora.net). Your blog is a free hosted WordPress.com blog. Her’s is a WordPress.org install.

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  absurdoldbird · Member · Feb 8, 2012 at 12:17 am

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  It doesn’t look like a WordPress.com blog, for one thing, it doesn’t say so at the bottom of the home page.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 8, 2012 at 12:20 am

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  @absurdoldbird
  Footer links and lack of an Admin bar are a clue but they aren’t definitive.
  It isn’t a free hosted WordPress.com blog.
  I checked this out even to the extent of doing a whois search.
  It’s a WordPress.org install.

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  aimeerogersphotography · Member · Feb 8, 2012 at 12:30 am

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  so what can I do to get this??

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  timethief · Member · Feb 8, 2012 at 12:39 am

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  You would have to hire a web host and set up a self hosted WordPress.org install and move your blog content from your WordPress.com free hosted blog into it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 8, 2012 at 12:41 am

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  As TT said:

  We cannot use form codes on free hosted WordPress.com blogs. If you wish to create a static page and then you can place this contact form on it. Above the shortcode you can clearly state what the information provided by readers will be used for.