Custom Design Upgrade ONLY not Premium Upgrade?

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  aimee61179 · Member · Sep 30, 2014 at 2:37 am

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  Want Custom Design Upgrade Only – how do I get that?

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

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 30, 2014 at 2:41 am

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  Looks like staff have disabled unbundled sales. I’ll flag this so they can respond to your request (but probably without saying yes).

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  rachelmcr · Member · Oct 1, 2014 at 10:31 am

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  Hi there,

  I replied to you about this privately. Please check your email — you’re welcome to reply directly to that email if you have any other questions or concerns. :)

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  familiarspacestour · Member · Oct 10, 2014 at 5:02 pm

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  I have the same question – is it possible to purchase the custom design only, without upgrading to premium?
  Thanks for your help!

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  timethief · Member · Oct 10, 2014 at 5:05 pm

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  @familiarspacestour
  No, not for a new blog. WordPress.com sells bundled Premium http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/ and Business upgrades http://store.wordpress.com/plans/business/ which include custom design upgrades in the bundles.

  We can only “preview” changes that do not actually display on the blog unless we purchase an upgrade bundle.

  If you have not purchased a Premium or Business upgrade bundle which includes a custom design upgrade note that no changes you try out aside from those such as Custom Background, Custom Header, etc. which are stated on the theme description pages in the features column (right hand side) will be visible to visitors.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/

  You do not need to load the design tools unless you have the Custom Design upgrade. All of these functions can be accessed from your dashboard – without loading the custom design tools – no upgrade required.
  Appearance > Header
  Appearance > Background
  Appearance > Theme Options (applicable only to some themes)
  Settings > Reading (set a static front page)
  Site Title and Tagline > Settings > General

  If you are using the preview mode for the Custom Design upgrade some of the settings in that mode will save but they won’t show up on the front end unless you purchase the upgrade.

  To go back to the free options, go to Appearance → Themes → Customize → Colors and click the “exit the preview” link in yellow at the top of the panel on the right.

  See also: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/video-tutorial-customizing-your-theme/

  If you have purchased either bundle of upgrades then please use this link https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization#postform so you can copy and paste your text into a thread that will appear in the CSS Forum where you will get the help you need.