WordPress.com Forums » Tag: rules - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/rules WordPress.com Forums » Tag: rules - Recent Posts en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:33:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Advertising?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/advertising-59#post-1262682 Sat, 11 May 2013 17:03:22 +0000 timethief 1262682@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There is only one advertising program called WordAds at WordPress.com and it’s for blogs on their own domains. Aside from a blog being accepted into WordAds http://www.wordads.co/ no blogger initiated advertising, retailing or reselling the work or products created or services provided by anyone other than yourself is allowed on free hosted wordpress.com blogs.

E-commerce transactions via shopping carts and the like cannot be conducted on free blogs from and being free hosted by WordPress.com. Paid content and/or sponsored content is not allowed.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/suspended-blogs/
http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

On free hosted WordPress.com blog we can use a contact form and/or a PayPal donation button for sale of only products or services created or provided by ourselves.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/paypal/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

There is no upgrade you can purchase from WordPress.com that changes any of that. If you do require an ecommerce site, advertising, affiliate links, paid or sponsored content you can hire a web host and get a free software install from http://wordpress.org
Refer to > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
and http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/

]]> marylisa5678 on "Advertising?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/advertising-59#post-1262528 Sat, 11 May 2013 14:02:51 +0000 marylisa5678 1262528@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Does this blog count as advertising...? It does have a couple advertisements on pages and sidebar.

http://myrandomguide.wordpress.com

]]> laurieadler1 on "Linking to fave products" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/linking-to-fave-products#post-1129899 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:44:02 +0000 laurieadler1 1129899@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ hmmmmm....okay, guess my grammar is off lol! No one is paying me a dime (or any amount of $) ;)

]]> notawoodpecker on "Linking to fave products" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/linking-to-fave-products#post-1129534 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:23:04 +0000 notawoodpecker 1129534@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

Noone is paying me to do anythng...

Would that be Peter Noone? Or Craig Noone? If either one is paying you, no you can't post the links.

Or perhaps you meant 'no one' as in nobody?

In that case, you probably can if you're not getting anything in return.

]]> laurieadler1 on "Linking to fave products" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/linking-to-fave-products#post-1129528 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:13:00 +0000 laurieadler1 1129528@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Wondering if I am allowed to link to favorite products that I find online. I adore the website Etsy and want to rave about the items that i "discover" but is that against the rules on WP? Noone is paying me to do anythng...I just like to share great things when I come across them!

]]> pje101 on "Blogging about deals / coupons" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blogging-about-deals-coupons#post-1113741 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:40:59 +0000 pje101 1113741@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi I am setting up a blog about food in my home town.

If I see a deal on another website eg http://www.travelzoo.com is it alright to post this to my blog.

On travelzoo there is an option to share on wordpress so I assume this is a common thing that people do but I just wanted to check this didn't break the advertisement rules set by wordpress.com.

If this is ok I assume then if i see a cookbook half price on amazon it is also ok to tell my followers about this?

For all of the aforementioned situations I would not be getting paid or receiving any gifts from the companies.

Thanks for any help,

Peter

]]> dreager1 on "Blogroll" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blogroll-39#post-1066234 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:17:05 +0000 dreager1 1066234@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Nevermind...I think I've got it :)

]]> dreager1 on "Blogroll" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blogroll-39#post-1066230 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:06:17 +0000 dreager1 1066230@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hey guys, it's me again. Sorry, that this question may seem a bit basic. I should probably know about it already, but I couldn't tell much when I looked it up in the support threads.

Blogroll, that's basically to post a link to other blogs that you find cool and such right? I assume that you can only post links to other wordpress.com sites. I just wanted to verify that and make sure it's all good.

I'm planning to add a blogroll to my site. Sooo...there's nothing wrong with that right? Like it's not counted as advertising or something? I wouldn't want to break a WP rule by mistake or something.

Thanks for the help :)

]]> tiagodovale on "CSS subscription rules changed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/css-subscription-rules-changed#post-919286 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:46:22 +0000 tiagodovale 919286@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It wasn't -obviously- in the support docs... What would I be doing there?

I'm afraid I don't know how to retrieve the Custom CSS Upgrade texts that were present back then on the control panel to seduce one to buy the upgrade... it was probably there. ;)

]]> justpi on "CSS subscription rules changed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/css-subscription-rules-changed#post-919267 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:29:18 +0000 justpi 919267@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

When I subscribed to CSS customization the rule was that once the yearly subscription ended the CSS would be frozen as it was: I'd just loose the ability to edit it.

Your literature stated that on expiration I couldn't "edit" my CSS anymore, and not explicitly that at that date the blog would be reverted to the default theme.

Where exactly did you see these, tiagodovale?
Support doc on CSS upgrade, current version:

All upgrades on WordPress.com are renewed yearly. Should you choose to cancel your subscription, your custom CSS will no longer be applied to your site. We’ll keep your last saved changes around, but if you would like them applied to your site you will need to resubscribe.

2010 version:

All upgrades on WordPress.com have to be renewed yearly. If you don’t renew the upgrade, your custom CSS will no longer be applied to your blog. This means that you have to renew the upgrade even if you don’t plan on making future changes to your stylesheet – your custom CSS is only applied to your theme as long as the upgrade is active.

2009 version:

You must renew your Custom CSS Upgrade after one year. If you fail to renew the upgrade, your custom CSS will no longer be applied to your blog. Thus, even if you do not plan on making future changes to your stylesheet, you will still need to renew your upgrade in order to keep any changes you have made in the past.

(Emphases mine.)

]]> macmanx on "CSS subscription rules changed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/css-subscription-rules-changed#post-919245 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:01:04 +0000 macmanx 919245@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I do apologize that our choice of words mislead you. It was not intentional.

We cannot promise anything that we don't explicitly state, but I'll see what we can do about making that clearer in the future.

]]> tiagodovale on "CSS subscription rules changed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/css-subscription-rules-changed#post-919242 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:58:52 +0000 tiagodovale 919242@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Your literature stated that on expiration I couldn't "edit" my CSS anymore, and not explicitly that at that date the blog would be reverted to the default theme.

From here it's just semantics, but your choice of words created a certain set of expectations, intentionally or not, that weren't met...

Cheers

]]> macmanx on "CSS subscription rules changed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/css-subscription-rules-changed#post-919233 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:48:00 +0000 macmanx 919233@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ We never officially stated that the upgrade would continue to function past expiration. This may have been suggested by other WordPress.com users in the forums, but it was never officially established as a function of the upgrade.

When you purchase any upgrade at WordPress.com, it is only guaranteed to function until that upgrade's expiration date the following year, unless renewed prior to expiration.

]]> tiagodovale on "CSS subscription rules changed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/css-subscription-rules-changed#post-919225 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:40:18 +0000 tiagodovale 919225@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Of course, but you must understand that you can't take a customer's money in exchange for a certain service and expectation, and then change what you're providing him at your own will, affecting the value of what he supposedly purchased (without even a communication).

You can't, if not legally, at least ethically.

If one buys a dozen bananas he expects a dozen bananas... It's not right for the seller to, half-way through the deal, arbitrarily decide it's just six bananas and an orange without even asking.

I renewed the subscription, of course... but I'm not impressed with WordPress in this matter.

]]> macmanx on "CSS subscription rules changed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/css-subscription-rules-changed#post-919214 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:24:38 +0000 macmanx 919214@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Custom Design now includes the font service, which is provided by a third-party. As such, we cannnot allow the function of the upgrade past the expiration date.

]]> tiagodovale on "CSS subscription rules changed?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/css-subscription-rules-changed#post-918846 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:29:28 +0000 tiagodovale 918846@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ When I subscribed to CSS customization the rule was that once the yearly subscription ended the CSS would be frozen as it was: I'd just loose the ability to edit it.

Now I'm face with a new rule, that I wasn't informed of, that says that if I don't keep on subscribing, the CSS customization will be gone and the blog reverted to the default CSS of the theme.

A lot of issues can be risen:
Can I have a comment of this?

]]> timethief on "are there rules for blog awards??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-there-rules-for-blog-awards#post-781008 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:23:21 +0000 timethief 781008@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Happy New Year to you as well. :)

]]> tomte71199 on "are there rules for blog awards??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-there-rules-for-blog-awards#post-781006 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:21:19 +0000 tomte71199 781006@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Cool!! Thanks and a happy new year to you!

tomte

]]> timethief on "are there rules for blog awards??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-there-rules-for-blog-awards#post-781002 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:17:55 +0000 timethief 781002@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You invent your own rules and create your own badge(image). . See here > Memes, Friends and Backlinks

]]> tomte71199 on "are there rules for blog awards??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/are-there-rules-for-blog-awards#post-781001 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:16:25 +0000 tomte71199 781001@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello. I want to start a blog award thingy. Are there any rules I have to follow or can I do whatever I want?
Thanks alot
Tomte

]]> everymansthoughts on "every-manifesto" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/every-manifesto#post-606381 Wed, 18 May 2011 05:06:23 +0000 everymansthoughts 606381@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ please check out my new entry for everyman:

http://everymansthoughts.wordpress.com/

The page Carrot Top is also new, and the about me is but a day or two old. Like all bloggers, I want your comments, but like you I browse few several blogs, barely able to find the time to read, much less react. If you do comment, I will add you to my blogroll, unless you request me not to. Enjoy, and celebrate your every.

]]> macmanx on "How to make amends when your brand new to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-make-amends-when-your-brand-new-to-wordpress#post-572495 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:35:02 +0000 macmanx 572495@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you contacted us through the “click here to contact us” link in the notice on your Dashboard, our ToS department definitely received your request, and they’ll be getting back to you ASAP.

As a policy, please refrain from discussing ToS issues on the public forums.

Thank you for your patience!

]]> raincoaster on "How to make amends when your brand new to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-make-amends-when-your-brand-new-to-wordpress#post-572487 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:00:49 +0000 raincoaster 572487@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Like I said, you have to talk to staff if you want answers.

If you want someone to approve what you're posting before it's posted, I'm sure you can pay someone. You could pay me, for instance. I will charge you $5 per post.

If staff deleted something you stole, you have no basis for complaint, since it never was yours in the first place.

If you are seeking emotional support, the technical forum is not the place to do it.

]]> doliydagger on "How to make amends when your brand new to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-make-amends-when-your-brand-new-to-wordpress#post-572485 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:18:25 +0000 doliydagger 572485@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Just for clarification i had three blogs because i spelled the first one wrong. And tried to change it. For some reason i ended up making three blogs two of which had no posted content on them. All three are suspended. So i got extremely confused as to which was seen by the public. I assumed that they were all fed through an approval zone before published. Which would be really nifty. That would cut down on a lot of dead links.But i just might not be as smart as everyone else.

]]> doliydagger on "How to make amends when your brand new to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-make-amends-when-your-brand-new-to-wordpress#post-572483 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:08:54 +0000 doliydagger 572483@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @raincoaster . I thought i was communicating effectively. I guess i wasn't to clear. I understand how people can misunderstand situations. I hope this clears up the situation. You can compare to the statement above as reference.
My other two blogs that i did not even post material on were suspended. All they had was a title with no content inside it so i cant understand how they suspended it with no content inside it? How would it be possible to even start again with that as the case? I never stated i posted someone else's material. I did say that someone scraped content off my blog and passed it off as their own on wordpress. The content that i published that was suspended was my content. I found a site on wordpress that scraped off my post with my video stolen being stamped by you tube with my user name and no reference as to who the original author was. Which was me. So with that being done i figured that was permissible. They also canonicaled my original site. The blog i posted that they ripped from was on another site that belongs to me dated February 24 th 2011. It also seems they do not respond to messages either and automatically posts for hours. I was advised to combat the content which i did in haste. Giving me this result.

]]> raincoaster on "How to make amends when your brand new to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-make-amends-when-your-brand-new-to-wordpress#post-572470 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:55:04 +0000 raincoaster 572470@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you've only been on WordPress.com and you screwed up and got your blog suspended, you haven't lost much, have you? It wasn't even your content in the first place, so YOU haven't lost anything.

Just start a new blog and don't screw up this time.

]]> doliydagger on "How to make amends when your brand new to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-make-amends-when-your-brand-new-to-wordpress#post-572427 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:40:04 +0000 doliydagger 572427@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @auxclass .. A person on wordpress scraped my article and posted it so i thought it was okay... Since their scrape of my article is still up ... Upon reading the terms of service . I misunderstood the meaning .. As it was described no get rich quick schemes or mlm which i am not a part of any and find them irritating in my own perspective .. Since it is not quality material in my opinion. I was not intentionally trying to break rules. What im guessing from the tone of all ive seen is that i am no longer welcome. And there is no toleration for human error. Or even a chance to make amends and get things right. Thanks for the help.

]]> timethief on "How to make amends when your brand new to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-make-amends-when-your-brand-new-to-wordpress#post-572424 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:20:12 +0000 timethief 572424@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The bottom line is that we Volunteers cannot help you. As you have already contacted Staff you will have to wait for them to contact you.

]]> doliydagger on "How to make amends when your brand new to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-make-amends-when-your-brand-new-to-wordpress#post-572422 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:15:43 +0000 doliydagger 572422@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Since signing up i've been contacting staff with no response or remedy for help on how to work this press or even clean up. So im a newby for two days and cant even get a foot off the ground. Now im afraid to even make a move with addresses i've never even posted content onto being suspended.

]]> auxclass on "How to make amends when your brand new to WordPress" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-make-amends-when-your-brand-new-to-wordpress#post-572421 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:12:33 +0000 auxclass 572421@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You agreed to the Terms of Service even if you did not read them. It would seem you blew right through them.

http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/

http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/

Suspensions are between you and the staff.

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