WordPress.com Forums » Topic: i want to purchase my domain name http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name WordPress.com Forums » Topic: i want to purchase my domain name en Wed, 22 May 2013 07:27:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/3#post-1162846 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:01:15 +0000 thesmallc 1162846@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ One more: with my current theme and account, will I be able to allow posts to be showin as pictures instead of texts? For example, If I include a picture at the start of my post, and a visitor goes to my home page (blog), will they be able to view the picture instead of the actual copy? Thanks!

]]> thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/3#post-1161360 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:54:45 +0000 thesmallc 1161360@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello -- I have two more questions:

1. I read here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/ that a post URL has the date in it. Is this something I can change so that only the name of the post shows in the URL?

2. Can I organize the order of my categories or are they automatically reset depending on where I publish my post under?

Thank you.
Rebecca

]]> thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/3#post-1161349 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:19:56 +0000 thesmallc 1161349@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello -- What is the difference between "publicize" and "share" buttons? It is my understanding that "share" buttons are simply small icons added to each post so that people can choose to share with their friends. But what about the "publicize" button? Is this related to connecting your posts with your own social network services? For example, I want to create a facebook page that will be linked to my blog. Will the "publicize" option allow me to automatically feed my posts under that particular facebook page I've created? Thank you.

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/3#post-1155398 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:34:32 +0000 timethief 1155398@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome and thanks for the recognition. :)

]]> thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/3#post-1155397 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:33:52 +0000 thesmallc 1155397@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Got it. Thank you. You're the best! ;)

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/3#post-1155394 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:32:22 +0000 timethief 1155394@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

And am I too late to get my money back if I decide to just purchase the domain?

See http://en.support.wordpress.com/bundles/#canceling-a-bundle

WordPress.com provides a 30-day refund on all upgrades except Domain Registrations, Domain Renewals, and Guided Transfers. Provided you are logged in under the same username account that purchased the upgrades, you can request a refund yourself directly from the Store section of your Dashboard
http://en.support.wordpress.com/upgrades/#refunds

Note: The refund can take 1-2 weeks to post back to your account.

If you want to cancel the non-domain upgrades in your Bundle, you can do it via Store > My Upgrades. Click on "Cancel and refund", then select the option to cancel the Bundle and keep the domain.

If I decide to cancel the bundle, and repurchase it later, how would this affect my domain?

It will not affect your domain as you can purchase the upgrades separately.

]]> thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/3#post-1155364 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:08:23 +0000 thesmallc 1155364@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am planning to keep my domain name registered. If I decide to cancel the bundle, and repurchase it later, how would this affect my domain?

]]> thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/3#post-1155347 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:57:28 +0000 thesmallc 1155347@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I think I might be able to cancel the bundle. Can you confirm this for me, please? However, I want to keep my domain name with the privacy option. how would the credit apply and would this cause a problem keeping my current domain?

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155330 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:40:56 +0000 timethief 1155330@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm sorry it's too late for your to get a refund for the bundle. I see people here every day leaping into the deep end of the pool by purchasing upgrades before they have even worked through the tutorial yet. I would never do that. Best wishes to you.

]]> thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155325 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:36:21 +0000 thesmallc 1155325@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have made my blog private until I am ready to publish it. The problem is I purchased the pro bundle thinking this would be a lot easier for me to learn and get started. No way! It is now too late for me to get my refund. I should have just registered my domain. I will try and build my page little by little, then once I'm satisfied with what I know, I will publish my page. I have done a lot of writing already, but now I need to learn how to present it. You are very helpful.

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155314 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:27:32 +0000 timethief 1155314@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The easy way to to this is to register another blog strictly for learning purposes and set your main blog aside temporarily. Then you put the plan in your head for your main blog on the back burner. Instead you use the step by step tutorial prepared by Staff to learn every step in it and use the searchbox and support documentation to answer your own questions as your go along. Once you have done that then you tackle your main blog.

Note that there isn't single question that you asked in this thread that has not been asked and answered many times over. I know that for a fact because I have answered questions here for over 6 years.

]]> thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155309 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:21:30 +0000 thesmallc 1155309@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I appreciate all your help, thank you. I am frustrated because this is my first blog and I'm trying to learn. The more I read, the more I figure out I am not ready...then when I cannot find the answers I am looking for, I come to you. Not have a lot of knowledge about blogging doesn't help. Please tell me this will get easier?

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155305 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:18:32 +0000 timethief 1155305@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ P.S. For interest sake, look over the time I spent with you and be aware f I were not volunteering here the fee would be $250. per hour US funds for this kind of hand holding support.

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155304 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:14:22 +0000 timethief 1155304@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ How do you add a widget for people to subscribe to your blog?

You can set up email subscriptions by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

If you would like a follow button to appear on the bottom right hand corner of your site for those who do not have WordPress.com accounts see here >
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/more-traffic-for-your-blog-with-the-follow-button/

Find Friends Who Use WordPress > http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/find-friends/

You can customize the contact form with multiple fields, change the email address where you'll be notified, and mark feedbacks as spam from your dashboard. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

See also Inviting Contributors, Followers, and Viewers http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/
Note: As a spammer prevention you are limited to sending out 10 invitations at one point in time.

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155302 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:13:25 +0000 timethief 1155302@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

I want to add "www" to my address

That's neither possible nor desirable and it's unnecessary as well.

We actually strip out the www. for your convenience and any URLs with www will redirect to the URL without the redundant, character wasting antiquated "www"

www is an old protocol from back when everything was under separate server hardware. www (www.example.com) was the web server, mail (mail.example.com) was the mail server, ftp (ftp.example.com) was the FTP server, print (print.example.com) was the print server, etc.

These days, everything is run under the web server, making www. redundant and a waste of four characters.
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/did-i-pay-twice?replies=6#post-1052187

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155298 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:10:15 +0000 timethief 1155298@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That's exactly what I told you is not possible.

Delete the Pages you created because (1) they will not update and because (2) you cannot post to more than one page in any blog.

Publish posts with categories assigned to them. (There must be a published post in each category for there to be anything to display on the dynamic categories pages created by software - not by you.)

Create a custom menu.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#creating-a-custom-menu

Add the dynamic categories pages to the custom menu.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-category-pages

VOILA! You get what you are aiming for.

]]> thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155297 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:07:18 +0000 thesmallc 1155297@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ How do you add a widget for people to subscribe to your blog?

]]> thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155294 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:06:03 +0000 thesmallc 1155294@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Here's something else. I want to add "www" to my address. I go to "general" but can't see my URL to be able to revise it. Please advise.

]]> thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155272 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:48:59 +0000 thesmallc 1155272@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ What I thought I would do to fix this was to keep posting under each specific page..

]]> thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155269 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:46:56 +0000 thesmallc 1155269@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you. The issue here is that I have multiple pages I created. I will do multiple posts and not all will go under the same page. Depending on the topic, they will fall under each specific page.

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155267 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:44:38 +0000 timethief 1155267@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The pages we bloggers create cannot automatically update. Only the dynamic categories pages created by the software will automatically update.

Though there is only one dynamic page in a blog for posts and we cannot post to more than that one page, we can create the appearance that we have posted to more than one page. We organize posts by assigning categories to them. You can create a custom menu and add the dynamic categories pages into the custom menu.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/

http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-category-pages-to-your-menu

Here’s a link to a custom menu walkthrough > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/08/11/wordpress-com-custom-menu-walk-through/

There are many common errors, misunderstandings and misconceptions when creating custom menus and you can read about them here > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/custom-menus/

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155264 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:39:48 +0000 timethief 1155264@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The front page of the blog by default will display your posts (not pages) in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top. If you do not want all the posts to show on the front page, then you can create a static front page called for example “Welcome” for your site and a “Blog” page for posts.
Choice 1 static front page
Choice 2 running page for all posts on front page
Which do you choose? It’s one or the other.
If you choose a static front page then you have to create two pages as I said above. After you do that you go to > Settings > Reading and make the designation change and click “save changes”.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

]]> thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155261 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:37:10 +0000 thesmallc 1155261@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is "Home" mandatory to have as a page? I created additional pages where I would like my posts to go under. Can I add multiples posts under my different pages and will they appear as "new"?

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155256 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:33:14 +0000 timethief 1155256@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

Do you find it more flexible when people go through an outside hosting site?

It may be more flexble but then again if you have not mastered blogging here on WordPress.com software you will find managing your own WordPress.ORG install is challenging. It's not a cake walk. Moreover, you do not get the same kind of patient, polite, long suffering, hand holding support in the WordPress>ORG support forums that you get here. Either you read the freaking manual there, called the codex, and work out almost everything on your own or you can languish away for weeks on end over there waiting for help.

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155254 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:28:35 +0000 timethief 1155254@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

One more question: what exactly am I getting with the pro-bundle?

Exactly what's stated here for one blog and for one year > http://en.support.wordpress.com/bundles/

And am I too late to get my money back if I decide to just purchase the domain?

See http://en.support.wordpress.com/bundles/#canceling-a-bundle

WordPress.com provides a 30-day refund on all upgrades except Domain Registrations, Domain Renewals, and Guided Transfers. Provided you are logged in under the same username account that purchased the upgrades, you can request a refund yourself directly from the Store section of your Dashboard
http://en.support.wordpress.com/upgrades/#refunds

Note: The refund can take 1-2 weeks to post back to your account.

If you want to cancel the non-domain upgrades in your Bundle, you can do it via Store > My Upgrades. Click on "Cancel and refund", then select the option to cancel the Bundle and keep the domain.

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155252 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:25:44 +0000 timethief 1155252@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

I know people who currently use wordpress.com and have plugins and theme options, and additional widgets they add that I do not have.

You do NOT know any WordPress.com free hosted bloggers that have FTP access and plugins. You are referring to WordPress>ORG installs and the Twenty Ten version coded to run on that software not WordPress>COM software.

Please read this comparison > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

]]> thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155245 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:23:13 +0000 thesmallc 1155245@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you. I was confused when you said there are no theme options for the Twenty Ten theme. I am confused because I know people who currently use wordpress.com and have plugins and theme options, and additional widgets they add that I do not have. Does this have to do with the fact that I'm hosting my page through them? Do you find it more flexible when people go through an outside hosting site?

One more question: what exactly am I getting with the pro-bundle? And am I too late to get my money back if I decide to just purchase the domain?

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155236 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:04:00 +0000 timethief 1155236@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ oops! that last link is http://wordpress.com/themes/

]]> timethief on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155235 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:03:23 +0000 timethief 1155235@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

Are there any themes available where I can get the most usage out of the dashboard tools?

I don't know what that meansl. The dashboard tools are available to all WordPress com bloggers are for use on all of the over 230 themes found here > Appearance > Themes and showcased here http://wordpress.com/themes/and those are the only themes that can be used on free hosted WordPress.com blogs.

]]> thesmallc on "i want to purchase my domain name" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-purchase-my-domain-name/page/2#post-1155232 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:00:36 +0000 thesmallc 1155232@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Are there any themes available where I can get the most usage out of the dashboard tools?

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