Questions about building my artist site in WordPress

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    sommerromansheffield · Member ·

    My goal is to build my artist site in WordPress.
    Here is a list of my goals, and some questions that go along with them :) I would love some feedback on all this. thanks in advance!

    -I have my own url/domain name registered with a separate host. So I would like to map it to my word press site (eventually).

    -I would like to have no ads on my site

    – I would like to create more of a website look rather than traditional blog which seems possible by using this free theme called “WPFOLIO.” However I couldn’t find it in the theme list in the basic version of WordPress that I have?

    -I am confused wether I need to pay for hosting and then download WordPress with my host… or do I work directly on the WordPress site to build my site. (??) I would prefer not to “self-host” (based on what I’ve read about that). So is what I want possible without self-hosting?

    Your feedback and patience with me is so greatly appreciated!

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    timethief · Member ·

    I have my own url/domain name registered with a separate host. So I would like to map it to my word press site (eventually).

    See here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

    -I would like to have no ads on my site

    See here > No-Ads upgrade > http://en.support.wordpress.com/no-ads/

    I would like to create more of a website look rather than traditional blog which seems possible by using this free theme called “WPFOLIO.” However I couldn’t find it in the theme list in the basic version of WordPress that I have?

    WordPress.com blogs can be restructured to become website-like in appearance through the use of custom menus. http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

    There is no FTP access to our blogs and we cannot install any third party theme. The only themes we can use are those found here > Appearance > Themes This is a multiuser blogging platform. All blogs wearing the same theme are using the same underlying template and we cannot access the underlying files and edit templates or themes. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/

    Please read this for clarity > WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: The Differences > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    There are two free themes, Sandbox and Toolbox designed to allow maximum flexibility for CSS editing and creating new “skins”. Toolbox is more modern and includes a lot of support for CSS3 and HTML5, so it is really only limited by your skills and knowledge.

    If you have CSS editing experience the upgrade will allow you to stylize the appearance of themes you find here > Appearance > Themes, but will not allow you to change the functionality, by editing the underlying template. It does not allow you to remove footer links to the theme designer or to WordPress.com. Also note that CSS is theme specific, so you cannot use the CSS stylesheets from other themes with the themes at WordPress.COM. http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-css/

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