buying wordpress theme
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hi i am planning to purchase a wordpress theme for my website and i know nothing about coding. i am scared that after i purchased them, i will have to tweak the code myself. i just want to buy the theme and see the magic happens.
can anyone with experiences of buying themes from https://wordpress.com/themes/type/premium/ tell me what are the steps after purchasing the theme? do you just purchase the theme and click apply or you have to copy paste some codes or anything? please help me out here :)
PS: i am not using wordpress.org although i heard that you have more freedom in designing your own theme there and of course, i can’t because i know ntg about them. just want to stick to the available themes from https://wordpress.com/themes/type/premium/
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You can not change ANY code on a WordPress.COM site or in a theme
Yes you have more freedom at WordPress.ORG, and that includes the freedom to change code and blow you blog completely into oblivion and cause it to stop working
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Hi. The .com and .org are very different concepts, but if you want a real variety of interesting themes without risking to buy, I think is worth it jumping to .org
The learning curve is very fast and does not need to know code. Sure you’ll like what gives you ;)
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are all the premium themes on the internet aside from https://wordpress.com/themes/type/premium/ are for wordpress.ORG? i bought them before and was given a zip file that i had no idea on how to use.
as for now, i would prefer to spend $69 for premium themes on wordpress.COM and would hire a web designer for wordpress.ORG when i am ready :) i have tried getting into wordpress.ORG before and it was seriously PAINFUL to learn / use.
one more question, where do people learn coding for wordpress.COM and wordpress.ORG themes from amateur to master ? is there like a course for this in university and if yes, what is the name of the course?
sorry for so many questions and thank you all so much! :)
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are all the premium themes on the internet aside from https://wordpress.com/themes/type/premium/ are for wordpress.ORG?
Yes
There are some schools teaching WordPress – there is a school in either Portland Oregon or Vancouver Washington – Clark something or another I think – that has a program specific to “WordPress” – sorry don’t know the exact subjects, I would imagine that many schools have WordPress content classes related to their regular computer programs
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can anyone with experiences of buying themes from https://wordpress.com/themes/type/premium/ tell me what are the steps after purchasing the theme? do you just purchase the theme and click apply
Yes! You purchase the theme and then activate it, and you’re good to go. There’s no need for any coding at all.
If you upgrade your WordPress.com site to have access to custom CSS, you may use CSS to make tweaks to the look-and-feel of your site. Some of the resources I recommend for learning about CSS are:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/how-to-find-your-themes-css/
https://thewc.co/articles/view/web-inspector-tutorial
On WordPress.com you’ll also have access to the CSS Customization forum, where volunteers and staff are ready to help:
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization
Just let us know if you have any other questions.
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thank you all for the replies ! :)
does the custom CSS of wordpress.com also allow me to edit CSS of my posts? or only just the theme/layout ?
thank you all again
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does the custom CSS of wordpress.com also allow me to edit CSS of my posts? or only just the theme/layout ?
It allows you to add custom CSS which can affect any part of your site, including post content.
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