Plugins and self-hosting

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  voicefromthehall · Member · May 7, 2014 at 1:19 am

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  It starts with me wanting to change the font on contact form (blue on blue background) and override font fromm theme… I discover I can’t the way things are set up, I need a plugin, then I find out I can’t download plugin unless I’m self hosted….. sigh
  Question1: Can I get real control over the font of my page, it’s a very basic need, I think it should be made way simpler, why is it so complicated (the customize section is limiting and there are no stomize option offered in the contact form edit window)
  Question 2: If I need to go self-hosted for that, which is ridiculous, what does it imply for me , what will I have to do and where are the dangers?
  Question 3: How can I change the font on a contact form

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  thatrobyn · Member · May 8, 2014 at 4:28 pm

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  Hi there,

  You are correct, because we host your site here at WordPress.com, we cannot allow our enormous community of users to add third-party plugins because it would put your security at risk. If plugins are important, you can move on over to a self-hosted site. Here’s the difference between hosting at WordPress.com and self-hosting via WordPress.org:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  Question1: Can I get real control over the font of my page, it’s a very basic need, I think it should be made way simpler, why is it so complicated (the customize section is limiting and there are no stomize option offered in the contact form edit window)

  I’m not sure what the question is here, but if you’re wondering what control that your Custom Design upgrade affords you, here’s a link:

  en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/

  To change font colors, manually, please read the following:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-colors/

  Question 2: If I need to go self-hosted for that, which is ridiculous, what does it imply for me , what will I have to do and where are the dangers?

  If you’re curious about moving to a self-hosted site, this guide will step you through the process of moving your site to a WordPress.org instance:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  If you’d like assistance moving your WordPress.com site to WordPress.org, we have a service called Guided Transfer that does all the work for you. Check it out to see if it’s right for you:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  Question 3: How can I change the font on a contact form

  As you well know, you current have a lot of blue/white text on top of a blue/white background. Adjusting those hues will help with readability. The Custom Design upgrade gives you the ability to make adjustments will CSS code. If you’re not familiar with CSS, this is a good place to start:

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

  I thought you’d also benefit from utilizing our CSS Forum. The folks on that forum are incredible educated and helpful when it comes to CSS customization.

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization

  I hope this answers some of your questions. I think you’ve got a lot more flexibility than you might imagine, there’s just a little bit of a learning curve to gathering and understanding your resources. Please let us know if I can help further. We’re happy to help you move to a self-hosted site, or make the most out of your experience at WordPress.com.