CSS coding confusion

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  strosgirlsblogdesigns · Member · Dec 31, 2009 at 1:30 am

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  Hello all,

  I am quite confused here regarding being able to CSS coding on a free wordpress blog. I also have a paid blog and I have no problem uploading themes there and loading them on to the paid blog. However, that is going to end up as my business design blog so I do not want to continue changing the theme on the paid blog. Is there a way on the FREE blog to be able to change the blog to test my themes I have created?

  This is my free blog but I am just practicing on it to get the hang of the widgets and such: http://strosgirlsblogdesigns.wordpress.com/

  Thanks for the help.

  Angie

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  timethief · Member · Dec 31, 2009 at 1:40 am

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  The themes we use at wordpress.COM on our free hosted blogs are adapted from wordpress.ORG templates. They are NOT the same.

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  strosgirlsblogdesigns · Member · Dec 31, 2009 at 1:46 am

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  OK, so is there is no way to “test” the themes that I design for paid customers that have their own domain on a free wordpress.COM blog. Correct?

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 31, 2009 at 2:00 am

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  You won’t be able to apply themes to a WP.COM blog. You can only change the CSS,not the php or any other aspect of a WP.com blog. Stuff for WP.com needs to be specifically designed for WP.com.

  Does that clarify?

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  strosgirlsblogdesigns · Member · Dec 31, 2009 at 2:17 am

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  Yes, thank you. I guess I will have to buy another domain name to practice them because I do not know any other way to do it.

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 31, 2009 at 2:29 am

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  No, not a domain name. There is no upgrade you can apply to a WP.com blog which will allow you to add external themes, other than the VIP upgrade which costs $1500 to set up and $600 per month.

  You will need to get an externally-hosted, non WP.com, WP blog. Find hosting and install the software and then you will not have the restrictions which apply here.