Blog auto-date, adding items to right side bar – Bouquet theme

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  skypilot178 · Member · Mar 28, 2015 at 3:11 pm

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  Subject pretty much states my two questions.
  How can the date that is automatically applied to a blog be changed?
  How can I add a menu item (like Contact Form) to the right sidebar?
  TIA, Al Jan

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

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Mar 28, 2015 at 3:13 pm

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  The blog linked to above is wearing the Eighties theme. Please provide the URL for the one wearing the Bouquet theme.

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  skypilot178 · Member · Mar 28, 2015 at 3:22 pm

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  Sorry about that. I’m very new and trying to simultaneously experiment with hosted and self-hosted blogs.
  The blog in queston is beyondthehomeland.com.
  Thanks, Al

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  timethief · Member · Mar 28, 2015 at 3:27 pm

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  Hi again,
  When you go to the footer of your blog and click the proudly powered by WordPress link you discover that you have a WordPress.ORG install and not a WordPress.COM hosted blog.

  Your site is not hosted by wordpress.COM and you are posting to the wrong support forum.

  WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there.

  Resetting your WordPress.ORG password http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
  WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page

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  skypilot178 · Member · Mar 28, 2015 at 5:03 pm

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  Now I’m really confused. I thought I was downloading wordpress.com from the DreamHost site. And maybe I was since Bouquet is a wordpress.com theme. But you’re right, clicking that link indicates I’m hosted by wordpress.org.
  Am I right on all this?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 28, 2015 at 5:09 pm

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  You have a WordPress.ORG software install wearing the Bouquet theme (WordPress.ORG version).

  beyondthehomeland.com is hosted by DreamHost
  WHOIS
  IP Address: 173.236.158.161
  Name Servers:
  ns2.dreamhost.com
  ns1.dreamhost.com
  ns3.dreamhost.com

  Support for that site is at http://wordpress.org/support/

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  skypilot178 · Member · Mar 28, 2015 at 5:39 pm

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  You have been extremely helpful. Thank you for that. I actually was aware of the two different names but figured that WP was just covering their bases and the two were the same. So much for assuming!
  But can you tell me which came first? dotcom or dotorg? In other words, which one is the knockoff?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 28, 2015 at 6:07 pm

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  This is not about a knock off site.
  The open source free WordPress.ORG software was developed first.
  The fork used to create multiuser WordPress.COM came second.
  See also http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network