Adding Javascript?

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  motre · Member · Mar 15, 2012 at 10:20 am

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  Even if I would be paying for an upgrade to do this, is it possible to add Javascript? Would I need to design my own theme to do that?

  Here’s what I’m wanting to do. I’d like to start a blog for my photography. Some of that photography is 360 degree panoramas. I’ve written Javascript code to pan those images around horizontally in a continuous automatic motion (it has buttons left or right, slow, medium, and fast, or pause). I’d like to know if there is a way to do that here? I don’t want to do it in Flash (because I won’t be able to view my own blog).

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 15, 2012 at 10:25 am

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  Add Code to Your Site

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  motre · Member · Mar 15, 2012 at 5:32 pm

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  Would that restrict a link to an offsite page that has Javascript on it?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 15, 2012 at 5:34 pm

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  @motre

  Even if I would be paying for an upgrade to do this, is it possible to add Javascript? Would I need to design my own theme to do that?

  No. There is no upgrade that will allow you to use Javascript period. You cannot build or use your own custom theme built from scratch at WordPress.com.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  The only themes we can use are those found here > Appearance > Themes
  This is a multiuser blogging platform. All blogs wearing the same theme are using the same underlying template and we cannot access the underlying files and edit templates or themes. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/

  There are two free themes, Sandbox and Toolbox designed to allow maximum flexibility for CSS editing and creating new “skins”. Toolbox is more modern and includes a lot of support for CSS3 and HTML5, so it is really only limited by your skills and knowledge.

  If you have CSS editing experience the upgrade will allow you to stylize the appearance of themes you find here > Appearance > Themes, but will not allow you to change the functionality, by editing the underlying template. It does not allow you to remove footer links to the theme designer or to WordPress.com. Also note that CSS is theme specific, so you cannot use the CSS stylesheets from other themes with the themes at WordPress.COM. http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-css/

  See also > WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: The Differences > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/