Posted 1 year ago #
Hi
I have almost finished designing my WordPress site using Microsoft Webmatrix. If you aren't familiar, it downloads all of WordPress onto your computer and puts it in a conveniently editable format... On your computer.
I would, of course, like the website to make its way onto the internet. I know that Webmatrix can help find hosts, but I am wondering if it would be possible for me to register a domain on WordPress and use the WordPress site that I designed on Webmatrix... Is that possible?
you can't register a domain with WordPress. You need to find a domain registrar.
Posted 1 year ago #
When you sign up for wordpress, there is an option to, "Register and use a domain for $17 a year."
I would like to do this and then use the code from the site that I have designed in Webmatrix (it is a wordpress site, I guess that I would be using it like a theme)
I've been looking around wordpress, and I've noticed that, in the Appearance > Themes > Install Themes, you can upload a .zip file of a theme.
Since Webmatrix downloads wordpress themes onto my computer, I have been editing/ saving the contents of one theme to make my site. If I make a .zip file of this edited theme folder, should that work?
Is this a wordpress.com site?
Posted 1 year ago #
Sorry, I know that Webmatrix is kind of new. Basically what it does is download all of the WordPress code(open source) onto your computer. It then allows you to download and edit WordPress themes.
The site that I made is a wordpress.com site, as it is just an edited version of a wordpress/ wordpress theme. It is not a wordpress.com site in that it is not currently on wordpress, it is just on my computer.
I am wondering if I could sign up for an actual wordpress site and then use the code from the one on my computer to make the actual wordpress site look like the one I made.
I don't have any posts, it is just the appearance that I am going for.
You cannot upload themes to wordpress.com sites. Also this forum is for self-hosted WordPress sites, so please try asking your question on http://en.forums.wordpress.com/
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