How to edit blog in html?

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    gabysand · Member ·

    Hi, I’m quite new to wordpress, so please accept my apology if my quesstion is too basic.
    1) I can’t find where to switch from design to html edit and viceversa
    2) In order to be able to, for example, add a gif.related with an href code IN THE SIDEBAR so to direct the visitor that hits the gif to an external page: Can I do this in a free wordpress, or should I need a paid version?
    3) In case I need a paid version, which one will be the best for editing html code that way?
    4) Taking the above into account, which will be the best hosting option? WordPress, godaddy, my own (other) external provider?
    Thanks in advance for your help!

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    thesacredpath · Member ·

    1a. If you are talking about post and page content, there should be two tabs in the page and post editor at the right called “Visual” and “HTML.” If you want to hand-code some HTML for a page or post, click on the HTML tab.

    1b. If you are talking about editing the theme itself, we cannot edit the underlying theme files here at wordpress.COM. And WordPress themes have some HTML in the files, but it is mostly PHP script, not plain HTML.

    If you have CSS editing experience, you can get the Custom Design Upgrade, which will allow you to stylize the themes here, but it does not allow you to change the functionality. CSS is also themes specific so you cannot use the CSS from one theme with another theme. Before buying the upgrade, you can go to appearance > Custom Design and to the CSS tab and wordpress has provided a preview function where you can try out changes before you buy the upgrade.

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-css/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/editing-css/

    2. To put a linked image into the sidebar, you can use the image widget.

    3 & 4. We need a little more information on exactly what you are wanting to do before we can tell you if wordpress.COM will work for you or whether you need to self-host a WordPress installation.

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