What do I need to do to be able customize my blog?
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I’d like to be able to change themes or add new themes you can get on the internet. What do I need to do to be about to do this?
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Let me clarify. I mean I’d like to change Html codes on existing themes and/or add new themes I can download from the internet.
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Hello there,
The short answer is “you can’t”. The long answer follows. There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.COM blogs and we cannot install individual plugins or third party themes into them. Those found on the internet are for WordPress.ORG installs which run on different software.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/On free hosted wordpress.com blogs we can only use the themes which have been coded to run on this multi-user software and made available to us here. > Appearance > Themes and no others.
We cannot edit either themes or templates on free hosted wordpress.com blogs. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/
If you wish to have complete control over a blog, the ability to upload themes and plugins, and to edit themes and templates then your option is to hire a web host and get a free software install from WordPress.ORG and self host it.
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The other thing, even if you self-host a site, is that wordpress themes are not written in HTML, they are written in PHP script with a little HTML here and there in the files. You need to be very good with PHP scripting. It is very powerful and you can easily open up security holes that hackers WILL find and do their worst to you.
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