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  flyswitzerland · Member · Feb 10, 2022 at 7:20 pm

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  I do have a fully custom website designed on HTML/CSS, but I’m looking now for a good (if possible free) CMS. I could use WordPress, but the question is how to proceed I couldn’t find any tutorial on how to link a fully custom website to wordpress ?
  thanks !

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Feb 10, 2022 at 8:00 pm

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  In this case, you’d need to follow these steps to import the site you’re describing: https://transferto.wordpress.com/drag-and-drophtml-site-builders/

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  flyswitzerland · Member · Feb 10, 2022 at 8:17 pm

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  Thanks for your answer, but is it compatible with that : https://wordpress.org/download/

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  staff-sheva · Staff · Feb 10, 2022 at 9:26 pm

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  Hi @flyswitzerland,

  Yes, the process is the same should you choose to host with WordPress.com, or self-host with WordPress.org.

  I see that you already have a free site on WordPress.com — I suggest giving that a try.

  You can have a free site for as long as you like, and upgrade when you need additional features (e.g. custom domain), which you can review here: https://wordpress.com/free/#plans

  I hope that helps and please reach out again if you have any further questions.

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  flyswitzerland · Member · Feb 13, 2022 at 2:14 pm

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  Thank you everyone for your answers.

  I did try something, I added on my host a copy of my full website as a theme (as a folder : wp-content>themes).

  I had an error message first because my style.css is located in a file (assets>themes>style>style.css). But wp wanted to have it on the root, after the change the theme has been activated.

  But when I want to preview my pages, it’s all plain text, the styles are not applied, it’s most probably because the link to the style sheets are broken. Is there a way to solve that ? Many thanks for your help everyone !

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Feb 13, 2022 at 5:27 pm

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  Hi there,

  I’ve looked and the error you describe does not sound like it is related to https://newspax.wordpress.com/

  You have this issue with another site? If so what is the URL? Also I see you mentioned another “host” can you tell us who that is?

  Thanks for the additional info!

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  flyswitzerland · Member · Feb 13, 2022 at 5:34 pm

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  Hi,

  No it’s not related with that website. I’m on localhost and I went for wordpress.org (the downloadable version)

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  staff-sheva · Staff · Feb 13, 2022 at 6:30 pm

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  Hi again,

  I’m afraid that we can’t help directly because your site is not with WordPress.com managed hosting. As such, we don’t have the ability to take a closer look at your site.

  Instead, your localhost uses open-source WordPress.org software, which differs from what we offer here on WordPress.com.

  The good news though is that help is available in the WordPress.org forums: https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/

  I hope that points you in the right direction.