WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Help With Widgets/Plug-Ins http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/help-with-widgetsplug-ins WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Help With Widgets/Plug-Ins en Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:00:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Help With Widgets/Plug-Ins" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/help-with-widgetsplug-ins#post-843083 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:50:21 +0000 timethief 843083@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @unsungpoet
Answered here > http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/add-image-to-sidebar?replies=11#post-843053

]]> unsungpoet on "Help With Widgets/Plug-Ins" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/help-with-widgetsplug-ins#post-842986 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:23:11 +0000 unsungpoet 842986@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm not sure if I'm on the right thread here, but I'm having trouble activating my image widget. It should be in order: I've activated other widgets in the past on my .com, twenty ten site, and I'm able to drag it over to the side, drop it in, access the pop-up box, type in all the EXACT info required but then when I click save, nothing happens, and it never appears on my blog. I have gone through these steps over and over again, trying any new little "glich" I can think of, even referring to friends who know wordpress functions (they all tell me to do exactly what I've already been doing) but nothing. It's so very frustating. I'm not the most computer savvy person, but I know how to do a few things and this is so basic...Does anyone have any experience with this default and any suggestion, or could it be another wordpress-end technicality, and if so, how do I attempt to make it right? Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated.

]]> timethief on "Help With Widgets/Plug-Ins" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/help-with-widgetsplug-ins#post-842003 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:23:58 +0000 timethief 842003@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you want an overview and do-it-yourself step by step walkthrough of the whole process of moving to WordPress.org you can read this Setting up a self-hosted WordPress.org install
See here for more > http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/

]]> timethief on "Help With Widgets/Plug-Ins" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/help-with-widgetsplug-ins#post-842001 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:20:38 +0000 timethief 842001@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

can I still keep the domain name I have just purchased

Yes you can.
If you’ve registered your domain through WordPress.com and now want it to point to a blog or website hosted elsewhere then you can do this by updating the nameservers. The nameservers control where traffic for the domain goes using DNS. If you are moving from WordPress.com to a self-hosted WordPress.org blog, you can enter the nameservers provided by your web hosting company to switch your domain to their hosting service. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/#update-nameservers

]]> raincoaster on "Help With Widgets/Plug-Ins" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/help-with-widgetsplug-ins#post-841966 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:31:42 +0000 raincoaster 841966@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ A minimum of $10 per month for hosting. You can buy themes if you want, and some can be quite expensive. If you require tech help, you'll pay a minimum of $60 an hour.

]]> thevoiceworcester on "Help With Widgets/Plug-Ins" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/help-with-widgetsplug-ins#post-841945 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:01:37 +0000 thevoiceworcester 841945@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Ah, shucks. Not completley clued up on that side of things, so say I go with the WordPress.org, can I still keep the domain name I have just purchased, and what sort of costs would I be looking at?

]]> raincoaster on "Help With Widgets/Plug-Ins" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/help-with-widgetsplug-ins#post-841759 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:06:44 +0000 raincoaster 841759@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Always remember: each upgrade at Wp.com applies only specifically to exactly what it says it does. That means no plugins, no javascript, no access to PHP, no flash.

]]> dlager on "Help With Widgets/Plug-Ins" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/help-with-widgetsplug-ins#post-841755 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:02:32 +0000 dlager 841755@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi.
plugins are not available for wordpress.COM blogs.
they will not work for your blog connected to your profile name.

those plug ins are for selfhosted sites using wordpress.ORG

This explains the difference:
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

if you have a selfhosted blog somewhere this is the correct forum to ask the above:
http://wordpress.org/support/

]]> thevoiceworcester on "Help With Widgets/Plug-Ins" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/help-with-widgetsplug-ins#post-841746 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:20:09 +0000 thevoiceworcester 841746@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Okay, so I have used WordPress for some time but never experimented as such with different widgets/plug-ins. I recently upgraded to a domain name and would like to make my blog look a little neater. I have found the Image Rotator and exfm music player to be two features I would like to add to my site, yet get confused in the installation.

For instance, the first two steps for exfm are:

1. Unzip exfm.zip and upload the entire folder to wp-content/plugins.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

I don't know where the wp-content/plugins. folder is, nor do I see a 'Plugins' menu in WordPress. It's probably really simple and I haven't done something I am supposed to have done, but as I say, this is the first time I've ever bought a domain/started using plug-ins so I'm a little confused.

Thanks!

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