Trying to understand Calypso.

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  dbarrett24 · Member · Jun 12, 2017 at 10:38 pm

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  I’m a new Angular/React webdeveloper and I would like to know how Calypso can help me.
  1.) How can I add a self-hosted wordpress site to Calypso?
  2.) Can I use Calypso to manage a self-hosted site built in React/Angular or another modern JS framework? If so, that would be awesome!! I like to free-lance and it would be great to be able to hand-off the product to a non-tech savvy client to be managed using the Calypso CMS.

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

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  timethief · Member · Jun 12, 2017 at 10:39 pm

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  The wordpress.ORG support forum is at http://wordpress.org/support. The wordpress.ORG login link is here https://login.wordpress.org/ If you do not have an account yet then click Create an account https://login.wordpress.org/register/ and if you have lost an account password click Lost password? https://login.wordpress.org/lostpassword/

  WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page

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

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  dbarrett24 · Member · Jun 12, 2017 at 10:44 pm

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  Ignore the last line of my post. That blog has nothing to do with anything.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 12, 2017 at 10:45 pm

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  You need to post to wordpress.ORG support.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jun 13, 2017 at 10:22 am

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  Hi there,

  1) Managing a self-hosted site via Calypso requires that site to have the Jetpack plugin installed and connected to a WordPress.com account. Unlike the mobile apps, you cannot use a self-hosted site via Calypso with a Jetpack connection.

  2) Calypso uses the WordPress.com REST API to interact with our database, so it cannot be used with sites not making use of our API. However, the code is open source on GitHub and you’re welcome to fork it and create your own version that can work with other sites if you know how.

  We’re not able to help you with that in this forum, though. This forum is only for technical support in using WordPress.com. For the type of help you’re looking for, I’d recommend creating an issue on GitHub instead:

  https://github.com/automattic/wp-calypso/

  You can also find our developer documentation along with a contact page for dev support here:

  /developer/