Why does my live theme look different than the theme I have selected?

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  singlegirllifestyle · Member · Nov 5, 2014 at 2:25 pm

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  When I am in my dashboard editing the preset theme I have selected everything looks fine. Once I visit my live site it looks completely different. Why is this and what can I do to fix it?

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Nov 5, 2014 at 5:59 pm

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  Hi there!

  Are you talking about the site? :

  singlegirllifestyle.com

  It looks like that site is pointing to GoDaddy hosting using the WordPress install on WordPress.org not us at WordPress.com as seen here:

  http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=singlegirllifestyle.com

  To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities. At WordPress.com, we provide hosting, support, and tons of features for blogs. Users also have the option to purchase a variety of upgrades to customize the look and feel of their blog. WordPress.org is a software for self-hosted sites. With WordPress.org, users are provided access to all backend files and can upload custom themes and plugins.

  Check here to learn more about the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  If you want to host with us and view your site as you are making it on WordPress.com, please contact your registrar and update your nameservers to us:

  • NS1.WORDPRESS.COM
  • NS2.WORDPRESS.COM
  • NS3.WORDPRESS.COM

  Take a look at the guide below for more information:

  Map an Existing Domain

  Your login for your WordPress.com site would be:

  http://singlegirllifestyleak.wordpress.com/wp-admin/

  However, if you want to continue with GoDaddy hosting, please contact them to for more information. I believe the login for that Dashboard would be here:

  http://singlegirllifestyle.com/wp-login

  Let me know if you have any questions with this!