Where do I find and edit my WordPress template?

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  pavellas · Member · Oct 22, 2009 at 4:26 am

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  I have changed from Blogger to WordPress earlier this year and am frustrated by not being able to access the template’s html code to add buttons in the sidebar. I have just subscribed to the annual $14.97 CSS fee, but this doesn’t seem to be what I need.

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

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 22, 2009 at 4:35 am

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  No, it probably isn’t. You may wish to request a refund.

  You can edit themes with an independently-hosted blog. Here, you can only edit the CSS to modify the look of an existing theme. Mine is a CSS-modified blog, and there are many creative examples, but there is no upgrade other than the VIP status which enables you to modify the actual underlying theme files of a WordPress.com blog.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Oct 22, 2009 at 4:42 am

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  Adding buttons to the sidebar can be done with text widgets as long as you aren’t trying to use javascript, flash or iframes.

  http://support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/
  http://support.wordpress.com/links/text-widget-links/

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Oct 22, 2009 at 4:45 am

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  But you can add various items in your sidebar via Appearance>Widgets. “Text” widgets, in particular, accept html (but no javascript or flash).

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Oct 22, 2009 at 4:45 am

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  Oops – morning Richard!

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 22, 2009 at 5:03 am

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  I should add, only VIP status will enable you to add javascript, flash, and/or iframes, but it costs $600 a month.

  Which specific buttons do you want to add, and what do you want them to do? There may be a free workaround.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Oct 22, 2009 at 5:46 am

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  Morning Panos (late evening for me. :-)

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  pavellas · Member · Oct 22, 2009 at 6:15 am

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  Thanks, everyone, for your help. I’m trying to locate the button I thought I wanted to add. But, in any case, I am disappointed I don’t have the kind of control over my blog in WordPress I enjoyed inside of Blogger. But I am satisfied in other ways. Not sure if, on balance, I feel good about WordPress at this moment.