Getting into wordpress

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  aalocure · Member · Oct 3, 2015 at 5:39 pm

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  Hi, I am new to wordpress. I am a web designer and so I code from scratch. My question is: “If I want to code and customize the templates; remove side bar, footer, META and add a static home page. Do I need to upgrade to be able to do all of these things? Or can I do all of this in the free wordpress sign up?

  Thanks,

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  lubmir2k · Member · Oct 3, 2015 at 5:53 pm

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  Hi there,

  do not confuse WordPress.com with WordPress.org software.

  WordPress.com allows you to focus on your beautiful content without worrying about technical stuff. If you are a web designer wanting to get your hands dirty, and host your website yourself, go for WordPress.org.

  Here is a comparison:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  Here is a link to WordPress.org website:

  https://wordpress.org/

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  lubmir2k · Member · Oct 3, 2015 at 5:54 pm

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  Let me know if you have further questions.

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  aalocure · Member · Oct 4, 2015 at 4:26 pm

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  Hi,

  Thanks for responding. I have a client actually that has a wordpress blog. She wants me to turn it into a website, so she has given me this chance to finally dip into wordpress. She is not technical so I am trying to stick to the basics and reorder things, making her blog no longer a blog into a website.

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  lubmir2k · Member · Oct 4, 2015 at 6:14 pm

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  If you are talking about WordPress.com hosted blog, a good starting point to learn how to create a homepage is to see this tutorial:

  https://learn.wordpress.com/bonus-round-get-a-home-page/

  However, you won’t be able to customize the templates, remove sidebar, footer etc.

  For that, you need a self-hosted WordPress.org install.