How to Redesign Website in WordPress
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I want to redesign my old website http://www.anxietysupportnetwork.com in WordPress.
I won’t be able to do this quickly, so I want a test site that stays hidden from the public.
Is there a guide on this?
By the way, I know that I’ll have to 301 redirect old URLs to new ones to keep SEO.
I’m not a skilled developer, but knowledgeable enough to follow instructions and ask questions. I don’t have several grand to pay for the design I need, so that’s why I’m doing it myself.
Thanks,
Dan
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That looks like an HTML site. You can import from these sources only http://en.support.wordpress.com/import/
Also note that you cannot edit the HTML and PHP on any WordPress.COM blog. Reading this may be helpful http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ -
Any WordPress blog can be restructured from being post based to being page based – no upgrade required. For greater clarity read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/
If you would like to use a domain URL that you already own on the blog hosted by WordPress.com you will first need to register a .wordpress.com blog, purchase an upgrade for it, and set up domain mapping.
WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible. Domain mapping of an existing domain URL that you already own and purchased elsewhere is not done free of charge. You will have to renew the domain name purchase where you made it and the domain mapping purchase here every year.
Please read Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading
Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually. In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from and it does not matter what that underlying .wordpress.com URL is. It does not have to match the domain URL. If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog.
If you own a domain then see here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.
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Let me clarify:
I do not want to rebuild my blog on WordPress.com I want to install my own WordPress theme on my own web host and customize from there.
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Thanks for that response. You are posting to the wrong support forum.
WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there.
Resetting your WordPress.ORG password http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
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