Layout / customization

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    brianastjacques · Member ·

    Hello,
    I have been trying for a while to set up my website, and I seem to be missing something because I am never successful. I feel like I just keep spending money on hosting, and domains, and wordpress and all these things that I do not understand how they are related, and to be honest I am a bit frustrated and feel like canceling everything.
    Please if you could help me I would be so appreciative. I have bought many themes and downloaded many as well. I do not want any blogs. I do not blog. I want this website solely for my e-commerce business. I do not know how to rearrange, but for example right now the theme I am using (StoreFront) I do not want the basic layout as my page and the side menu. I want to change the position of where the search bar is, basically customize layout. I have read so many forums and tried apps ‘widgets / plugins’ to ‘customize layout’ nothing works I am lost, please help.

    Thanks,
    Briana

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    timethief · Member ·

    I want this website solely for my e-commerce business.

    There are no e commerce themes https://wordpress.com/themes/ here at WordPress.COM and we cannot use any third party themes or custom themes.

    There is no secure payments system here at wordpress.COM and you cannot add a shopping cart to sites hosted by wordpress.COM like this one http://secsolusa.wordpress.com/

    E-commerce options have been removed here at WordPress.COM. Secure payment systems are not available here at wordpress.COM. You need a wordpress.ORG install. Please read this https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/e-commerce-22?replies=17#post-2575955

    There is no FTP access to any wordpress.com sites. WordPress.com sites have some built in plugins http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/. However, if you are reading anything that makes you think that we bloggers can install plugins, advertising, custom themes or third party themes on sites hosted by wordpress.COM, then you are mistaken/misinformed. We have never had that ability. You are confusing wordpress.COM hosted blogs and wordpress.ORG installs on paid hosting.

    Provided you are selling only what you yourself make or a providing service that you personally provide on a wordpress.COM site, or you are asking for donations you have two options.

    (1) PayPal – Know that the only instructions that will work for posting a PayPal donation button on a WordPress.com blog are found here http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/
    Note that the PayPal email link is not supported and PayPal customization options are not supported either https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/paypal-button-41?replies=12#post-2517229 This is not likely to be changed any time soon, if at all.

    (2) If you set up an eCommerce site somewhere else online you can create a custom menu http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/ and include a custom link to that site in it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-custom-links

    Some bloggers create a contact form https://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/ on a page and after the people have made a PayPal donation they provide the link to a private page for downloading files. Maybe that will work for you.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/page-visibility/

    If what I provided above at (1) and (2) do not suit you, then this guide will explain how to move your WordPress.com site to another hosting platform: Moving to Self-Hosted WordPress where you can set up a secure payment system http://move.wordpress.com

    We provide support only for wordpress.COM hosted sites. Our support docs do not apply to
    (1) local installs of wordpress.ORG software on your own server or
    (2) wordpress.ORG software installs on paid hosting, and we do not provide support for them at wordpress.COM.

    Also, note that we do not provide Jetpack support https://jetpack.me/support/ for sites linked to wordpress.COM accounts with the Jetpack plugin so they display on the My Sites wordpress.com account page.

    Some Jetpack solutions are here http://jetpack.me/support/

    Others are in the Jetpack support forum at WordPress.org
    http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack

    However, if help cannot be found at either one then they can file a Jetpack support ticket here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/?jetpack=needs-service

    WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, 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 account, then click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right-hand corner of the page that opens, https://wordpress.org/support/register.php 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
    See also https://apps.wordpress.org/support/

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    brianastjacques · Member ·

    Thanks for your response. Yes I was confusing wordpress.com and wordpress.org I didn’t even realize the two existed. I have been paying a hosting fee and membership however so this means at some point along I must have signed up for wordpress.org

    What step should I take now? Will all my work that I did be deleted ?

    Thanks,
    Briana

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    timethief · Member ·

    What step should I take now? Will all my work that I did be deleted ?

    Use this step by step guide to hire a web host and transfer your content into a wordpress.ORG software install where you can set up a secure payment system. Moving to Self-Hosted WordPress http://move.wordpress.com

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