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thelonewolftraveler on "If you get the bundle upgrade will you be able to use affiliates?"

thelonewolftraveler — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:12:07 +0000

Ok thanks. That was really helpful. Do you know what sites that let you promote affiliates like clickbanks and advertise?

notawoodpecker on "If you get the bundle upgrade will you be able to use affiliates?"

notawoodpecker — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:59:39 +0000

Upgrades don't change the rules.

All rules still apply.

thelonewolftraveler on "If you get the bundle upgrade will you be able to use affiliates?"

thelonewolftraveler — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:07:02 +0000

Hey all,

If you upgrade to bundle deal ($99 per year) will u able to do business with links from affiliates like clickbank on your blog? I know the free blog doesn't allow clickbanks or other affiliates but would it change once you upgrade?

Also would u be able to advertise from googleads or any ads from wordpress that would like to advertise on our blog once we get the bundle upgrade?

Thanks in advance for your help

auxclass on "does buying domain change adsense dilemma?"

auxclass — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:16:09 +0000

so if I buy my own domain, will it still be HOSTED on wordpress, thus not changing the big fat NO to adsense, or is it now my own site so I can do whatever the bleep i want with it?

No you can't do whatever the bleep you want

There is no upgrade at WordPress.COM that will let you do Adsense - period end - you still need to observe the terms of service - no selling your own ads - no affiliate links and so on -

intotherustic on "does buying domain change adsense dilemma?"

intotherustic — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:59:43 +0000

My title seemed to spell it out, and I realize to all the wordpress admins who are heaving a big sigh and a holy sh%$ to yet another question about adsense....but I signed up for this thing because my brother, the genius, told me that I could make money with adsense and that I could also host on wordpress...so if I buy my own domain, will it still be HOSTED on wordpress, thus not changing the big fat NO to adsense, or is it now my own site so I can do whatever the bleep i want with it?

Another question, since so many people want to add adsense on to their wordpress sites, why doesnt wordpress bend their decision? A lot of people prefer wordpress to blogger.com...but times are tough and everyone and their mother is starting some kind of entrepreneurial venture online now to make a buck. WordPress maybe should take that into consideration or they could lose their following and fast.

Thanks putting up with another dumb question on this forum, my sympathies and appologies.

theresa

thesacredpath on "Switching my blog from wordpress.com to wordpress.org - already using domain..."

thesacredpath — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:48:24 +0000

Your theme will not transfer over. The themes here have been modified to work with the unique features and restrictions here at wordpress.COM, so they typically will not work on a self-hosted blog. Most all themes used here though are also available for self-hosted blogs. You can start with a search for your theme at http://wordpress.ORG/extend/themes/ . If it is not listed there, then do a general internet search somewhere like google with something like this in the search box "theme name wordpress theme."

Since you have domain mapped your domain name here, when you switch over, all internal links will transfer over just fine. During the import process from the self-hosted blog, you will be given the opportunity to have it pull all of your images over to the new installation. All image URLs should be corrected during the import process. Now the disclaimer: The above does not always work flawlessly and in some cases you might have to manually fix some links. This seems to be more of an issue lately than it has in the past.

When you do the export from here and import it into the new blog, all of your data will still also be here. What you will want to do is set the blog here to private so that the search engines do not see any duplicate content.

There really isn't anyway to have multiple "blog" pages. There is one main blog page, which will contain all of your posts in all categories. There are ways to accomplish this though. You use categories for all your different subjects or divisions and then put the categories into the main navigation for your site. Then when someone clicks on the category name, they will see only posts on that subject. If you do not want the typical "catch-all" blog page, you can set a static front page for your blog with a welcome message or whatever, and the you visitors can navigate to the categories via the main navigation.

http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/posts-on-pages/

One note: There are a lot of unique widgets here that you will not find in the base self-hosted installation. Some of that functionality can be recovered with the new "jetpack boost" thing, which will bring back some of the features. The rest, if you need them, will have to be accomplished with plugins.

http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/jetpack-boost/

zarsandrogers on "Switching my blog from wordpress.com to wordpress.org - already using domain..."

zarsandrogers — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:19:44 +0000

i was not attempting to duplicate...i had posted the first one in the wron category...not trying to waste anyone's time...just trying to get it in the right location. that is why i commented on the first one to say i was moving it...

i dont really feel it was answered tho...i have already read up on HOW to switch to wordpress.org, but had additional specific questions...

Thanks for your help!

timethief on "Switching my blog from wordpress.com to wordpress.org - already using domain..."

timethief — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:33:05 +0000

Please do not create duplicate threads. The normal turn around time for an answer to any support question on any support forum is 12 - 24 hours. We Volunteers at wordpress.COM do better than that here but duplicate threads are time wasters for you and for us.

Already answered here > http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/switching-to-wordpressorg-but-aready-have-a-domain?replies=3#post-582261

timethief on "Switching to wordpress.org, but aready have a domain..."

timethief — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:18:23 +0000

You can purchase a guided transfer > http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

Or you can do this yourself > Setting up a wordpress.org install > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/11/06/setting-up-a-self-hosted-wordpress-org-install/

Once you hire a web host, they will give you the DNS information for your account. You then go into your domain management here and change the DNS records to point to the new web host. It will take 24-72 hours for that change to propagate through all the world-wide internet nameservers and then you can put together the blog on the new web host. Typically the DNS changes will settle down after 12-24 hours, but sometimes it takes longer. It just depends on how busy the internet nameserver system.
domain management > http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

zarsandrogers on "Switching my blog from wordpress.com to wordpress.org - already using domain..."

zarsandrogers — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:58:55 +0000

I am looking to switch my wordpress.com blog to wordpress.org. The main reason is so that I can run advertising on my site.
I already use my own domain for my wordpress.com blog...and I want that domain to be the domain for the .org blog.

I feel like i just have a ton of questions!
Will my theme transfer over?
What about links that have been set up in posts that use my domain? Will they still all work?
Will my data still be on the .com site after I transfer?
Is there any way of having more than 1 blog page on a site? on wordpress.com, it seems that all other pages can not be blogs...
I am fairly computer savvy, but don't realy know all the technical stuff...I am afraid of not being able to get the new site right!

Any help with this topic will be greatly appreciated!

zarsandrogers on "Switching to wordpress.org, but aready have a domain..."

zarsandrogers — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:57:01 +0000

i'm moving this over the "questions" section...

zarsandrogers on "Switching to wordpress.org, but aready have a domain..."

zarsandrogers — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:36:31 +0000

Any help with this topic will be greatly appreciated!