Can I change themes for future blogs…

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  bianson · Member · Oct 12, 2010 at 1:46 pm

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  Can I change my theme for future blogs, while keeping my existing blog themes for posts already posted?

  Bob

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 12, 2010 at 2:25 pm

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  No –

  The Theme controls how things are displayed – a Post or Page is a dynamic item, WordPress does not store the old Posts in a traditional way we think of web pages. WordPress displays each Post on the fly or dynamically only when you want that Post displayed – WordPress gets the information from it’s database for any particular Post and then makes displays that Post on the fly so to speak.

  When you change a Theme everything that is displayed takes on the new look.

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  bianson · Member · Oct 12, 2010 at 3:56 pm

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  Thanks. So one has to be very careful since a new theme change affects all previous blog posts with no regard to the previous formatting.

  Bob

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  chouakhang · Member · Oct 15, 2010 at 7:52 am

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  What if I just started my blog and already picked a theme and want to install a new custom theme, is that possible? The free and available themes are very limited and I want to buy a domain for my blog but dont like the available themes provided by wordpress.

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 15, 2010 at 1:44 pm

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  At WordPress.COM you are limited to the 100 or so approved Themes unless you use the VIP program for very high visitor sites (Seems that is 50k visits a month and $ 500+ a month) – or you can self host your own site, find your own host and install WordPress.ORG software then you can do most anything you want. Figure $ 10 to $25 a month for starters.

  http://wordpress.org/support/

  For more on the difference: http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/