Think I should of gone to .org
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Hey everyone,
So basically I’ve purchased Premium hosting for 99$ thinking that it would be a hosting plan, with COMPLETELY customizable themes and CSS input, however I have noticed it is very restricted. Should I have gone to .org? I am setting up a company website for a design studio, and require a fully custom template with artsy features and most importantly no wordpress.com footer or any association to its website builder. I was hoping to make it independant and code it myself as I have basic knowledge of HTML and CSS.
Is this possible with the Premium hosting package I have bought? Or have I made a mistake and chosen the wrong platform. I actually thought wordpress.com would help me tailor my website – not create everything for me with restrictions on everything.
Please help me as I have spent quite a few bucks on this already.
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We frequently get people here who think they can design their own sites and themes. This is not possible here at WordPress.COM but it is possible if you hire a web host and set up a WordPress.ORG install.
The only themes we can use on free hosted WordPress.com blogs are found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.com blogs for security reasons and we cannot:
upload any third party themes,
create child themes,
create our own themes,
edit templates,
create own own layouts,
or use stylesheets from other themes.http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/There is no upgrade you can purchase that changes that.
On one hand, none of the characteristic “blog” features like categories, tags, authors, dates, etc. can be removed from a free hosted WordPress.com blog, without purchasing an annually renewable custom design upgrade and doing the required CSS editing.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/On the other hand, one can edit a WordPress.org theme free of charge. http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
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 forums.
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 and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.
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Provided you are logged in under the same username account that registered the blog and purchased the upgrades, you ought to be able to request a refund from your dashboard > Store > My Upgrades
To disable autorenew go to > Store > My Upgrades and click the “disable auto-renew” link.WordPress.com provides a 30-day refund on all upgrades except Domain Registrations, Domain Renewals, and Guided Transfers.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/upgrades/#refunds
Note: It takes from 1 – 2 weeks for the refund to be received.I’ll tag this thread for a Staff follow-up. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.
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Hi @amitseh,
Timethief has included quite a bit about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. I wanted to address a few of your concerns directly:
I am setting up a company website for a design studio, and require a fully custom template with artsy features
CSS customizations are available through the Custom Design upgrade (included in the Premium bundle). However, larger styling elements and adjusting more advanced code (page template files, php files, etc) is not possible, even with the Premium bundle.
Most importantly no wordpress.com footer or any association to its website builder
The WordPress.com footer attribution is required per our Terms of Service as explained here:
http://en.wordpress.com/tos/ (specifically #11)
That cannot be removed.
As Timethief linked, this is a handy reference for learning more about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org:
If you have any specific questions about the limitations, please let me know!
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