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  1. nancymcnaughton
    Member

    I'm trying to find away to all my files and folders. I have filezilla an FTP program. What else do I need. Help please.

    The blog I need help with is openingdoorstosuccessinc.com.

  2. timethief
    Member

    There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.COM blogs and we cannot install individual plugins or third party themes into them. Those found on the internet are for WordPress.ORG installs which run on different software.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

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

    There is no upgrade you can purchase from WordPress.com to provide FTP access and the ability to upload any plugins . To move to wordpress.org see here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  3. nancymcnaughton
    Member

    So there is no way of accessing my .css files at all?

  4. timethief
    Member

    Have you purchase a custom design upgrade?
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions

  5. timethief
    Member

    You cannot build or use your own custom theme built from scratch at WordPress.com. The only themes we can use are those found here > Appearance > Themes
    This is a multiuser blogging platform. All blogs wearing the same theme are using the same underlying template and we cannot access the underlying files and edit templates or themes. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/

    There are two free themes, Sandbox and Toolbox designed to allow maximum flexibility for CSS editing and creating new “skins”. Toolbox is more modern and includes a lot of support for CSS3 and HTML5, so it is really only limited by your skills and knowledge.

    If you have CSS editing experience the upgrade will allow you to stylize the appearance of themes you find here > Appearance > Themes, but will not allow you to change the functionality, by editing the underlying template. It does not allow you to remove footer links to the theme designer or to WordPress.com. Also note that CSS is theme specific, so you cannot use the CSS stylesheets from other themes with the themes at WordPress.COM.

  6. nancymcnaughton
    Member

    No.

  7. nancymcnaughton
    Member

    The tabs that are in the blog now, Can I direct those tabs to external website pages?

  8. timethief
    Member

    You can create a custom menu and include custom links in it to external sites. However, the blog must be an actual blog. It cannot be used as a shell site used to drive traffic to external sites. I hope you do take the time to read this comparison http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ so you are clear about the restcitions here at WordPress.com.

  9. nancymcnaughton
    Member

    Ok. Thank you very much.

  10. timethief
    Member

    You're welcome.

  11. nancymcnaughton
    Member

    I was hoping to link my blog to my new website. and change the blog from .com to .ca I guess this is not going to work.

  12. raincoaster
    Member

    Wait.

    Be more specific.

    Are you saying you want to keep the site and just not use whatever.wordpress.com but instead use whatever.ca? That's easy.

    Explain what you want in short, simple sentences and we can help you figure this out. Meanwhile do not delete anything.

  13. nancymcnaughton
    Member

    What I want to do is:

    Change her blog from openingdoorstosuccessinc.com to what openingdoorstosuccessinc.ca

    Then I want to link the home tab from this blog http://openingdoorstosuccessinc.com/

    To the home tab of this website http://www.cjwebconsulting.com/Nancy/index.html That is in the proces of being built.

  14. nancymcnaughton
    Member

    I hope this makes sense.

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