"coming soon" page?

  • Resolved galactablog

    (@galactablog)


    11 years, 4 months ago

    Hi. I apologize if this has been asked before, I’m very new at this. I tried searching but couldn’t find my question. I want to put a “coming soon” page/announcement on my blog that people see when they come to my site so they don’t see all of my drafts. Letting them do email sign-up for notification when ready would be bonus. I’ve tried downloading plug-ins but they seem to all be for the paid wordpress.org and I have the free wordpress.com. I don’t want to build one from scratch. Am I missing one that’s already created in my widgets or dashboard? How do I go about doing this? This is my first time blogging, so please be very easy on me with simple instructions. Thank you!

    Here’s my site: http://galactablog.com/

    I’m using Hemingwayrewritten theme (free version).

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  • Raied F1

    (@raied-f1)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    use this plugin
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/
    just upload and active and all done 🙂

    Thread Starter galactablog

    (@galactablog)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    Thanks for your quick reply. I was under the impression that plugins you see are for people with independent blogs that use the wp software and not for people like me that are using FREE wordpress.com blogs/themes? Is this true? If I’m not able to use plug-ins, any other suggestions? Thank you!

    I’ve downloaded and unzipped what you recommended. Here are the instructions to install it:

    1. Upload the «Maintenance» folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
    2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
    3. Go to Dashboard > Maintenance

    My questions:
    1. how do I get to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory in my blog through my dashboard? Where do I go? I’m not finding it anywhere.
    2. I’m not finding a ‘Plugins’ menu, just a “widgets” menu under Appearances.
    3. I don’t have a Maintenance category in my dashboard.

    This is why I’m so confused. I’ve spent hours on youtube and google trying to figure this out but can’t find the menus/etc. in my dashboard that are needed to install. Can you recommend a video or screenshots? I appreciate the hand-holding, thank you! Or is this a moot point and I can’t install plug-ins at all?

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    not for people like me that are using FREE wordpress.com blogs/themes?

    Yes, this is true that you cannot use plugins on WordPress.COM hosted sites – and you are on the wrong forums 🙂

    You need to be here:

    http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

    See this too about the different kinds of WordPress (yep, confusing!!!): http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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