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Permalinks question on paid WordPress Blog

  1. toonboomanime
    Member

    We recently converted over from a free WordPress blog to a paid version but when we tried to update the Permalinks link structure we could not find the Permalinks panel location. We read the on-line tutorials (http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks) and tried to follow the instructions but we did not have the options that are detailed.

    Upon going to the user profile we also noticed that it still says company_name.­wordpress.­com as the primary blog with no option in the drop down to change this.

    Could that be the reason or can anyone offer suggestions on how we can resolve this issue so that we can customized the Permalinks for our blog?

    Thank you.

  2. auxclass
    Member

    You did not provide a link to your blog so we can't fully answer your question, however no option on WordPress.COM allows the Permalink structure to be changed.

    The link you have is to WordPress.ORG not here.

    For more on the difference: http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  3. toonboomanime
    Member

    The link to the blog is http://toonboomblog.com

  4. timethief
    Member

    The permalink structure on free hosted WordPress.com blogs like the one you posted the link to cannot be changed. There is no upgrade you can purchase from WordPress.com that allows you to change permanent structure. Also the codex only applies to self hoeste WordPress.org installs.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-title-url/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/page-title-url/
    http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  5. toonboomanime
    Member

    Maybe we misunderstood but the blog is not free as we paid for hosting and mapped it to a domain name.

    Is it still considered a free blog ?

  6. timethief
    Member

    Yes of course it is a free blog that's being free hosted by WordPress.com. All you purchased was a domain name and domain mapping and that's what you got and nothing more as nothing else changes. Please read all of this:
    Important Notes Before Upgrading section > http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/#important-notes-before-upgrading

    If you require what only a self hosted WordPress.org site provides then you can hire a web host and move your content into it and update the nameservers to point your domain to the new self hosted WordPress.com site.
    WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: The Differences
    moving a blog
    updating nameservers

  7. timethief
    Member

    oops! I'm so sorry I accidentally left a strong tag open above.
    domain management - updating nameservers

  8. toonboomanime
    Member

    OK because we bought hosting from WordPress so we thought it was a paid blog.

    Thank you for the reply and feedback :)

  9. timethief
    Member

    I do know whereof I speak as my own blogs are free blogs being free hosted by WordPress.com and they have domain mapping upgrades. Moreover, the support documentation I linked to above is very clear.

    You did not buy hosting from WordPress.com. You got a free blog and free hosting as we all do. Then you purchased a domain name and domain mapping and that's what you got.

    Permalink structure cannot be changed on free hosted WordPress.com blogs. If you want to be able to change permalink structure you must hire a web host and set up a WordPress.org install as I explained above.

  10. toonboomanime
    Member

    We paid 17 dollars for mapping and domain name but also 90 plus dollars for hosting.
    We paid 90 plus for 10GB of space and a few other options so we were under the impression that it was hosting.

  11. timethief
    Member

    but also 90 plus dollars for hosting

    These are all the available upgrades at WordPress.com
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/topic/upgrades/

    None of those upgrades include one for paid hosting. The only blogs that are on paid hosting here are VIP blogs. http://vip.wordpress.com/

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