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Wordpress help... feeling stupid.

by ittybittybettys
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We are a traveling family with a travel blog on wordpress. I'm looking to add a few affiliate links (already have them approved) however wordpress doesn't allow them.
Wondering where I go to get it allowed.

link is 5gypsykings at wordpress (won't let me post link)

thanks for any help. (please don't flame me)

amber
#feeling #stupid #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author auradev
    Are you using the wordpress.com blog?

    You might need to cloak them using a url shortener like bitly or something first.

    Or get the self hosted version of wordpress so you can do what you want.
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    • Profile picture of the author ittybittybettys
      yes on the wordpress . com blog

      any ideas for hosting. wanting something simple. i already have my craftsite on a host, but i haven't checked with them about hosting a wordpress blog.

      any recommends?
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      • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
        Wordpress dot com is kind of iffy on commercial things. You may or may not be able to get by with a url shortener, kind of depends on how you word things and who is checking that day. If you really wnat to keep your site on wp dot com, that is a pretty good solution.

        If you want a wp blog on your own site that you won, Hostgator is pretty friendly to wp blogs. they have fantastico for installing wordpress and that seems to work pretty well for me and a bunch of other people.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ouroboros
    If you already have hosting, adding a wordpress site is easy peasy, especially with Cpanel.

    Spend some time deciding on an SEO friendly domain name and you're good to go.
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  • Profile picture of the author CyberSorcerer
    I have a vacation blog, covering cruises, vacation spots, etc, and trust me it is best to get your own domain and put up Wordpress CMS on it. This gives you the ability to do 'WHAT EVER YOU WANT' and put up ANY offer you choose.

    Travel blos, vacation blogs, etc do very well if put together good.
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  • Profile picture of the author TZ
    Don't spend allot of time working for someone else's domain unless they allow total monetization, and good luck finding that!

    That's called "being a free employee".

    I love all these millions of people wasting their time on Facebook. All free f*cking slaves. I always try to get people to create their own domains.

    As far as hosting goes. Go with a Cloud Host of some sort. We like SiteCloud.
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  • Profile picture of the author nssp
    I think their TOS will not allow affiliates..
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Please, do NOT try to "monetize" your wordpress.COM blog - you may lose it in a second!

    No, their TOS doesn't allow affiliate links.

    Get a backup of your content and move it quickly to your own hosting.
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  • Profile picture of the author JHC81
    Free wordpress blog doesn't allow affiliate links from what I hear, I would use blogger insted. Of course if you can just buy a domain and hosting, you'll be free to do whatever you'd like.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Hostgator has some great hosting plans. Get a domain, some hosting and using Fantastico, just install Wordpress on your new hosting account and transfer the posts to your new blog. Then you can do what you want to do with your blog as long as it does not violate hosting TOS.
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  • Profile picture of the author gottahave
    If you're serious, you need a self hosted Wordpress blog. Go with Istvan's suggesting ASAP.

    Neil
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  • Profile picture of the author charlesburke
    Istvan and Amy are correct - don't even go there. They've been known to pull the plug in a heartbeat and you could end up losing all your hard work with no recourse.

    You'll be safer if you set up a self-hosted WordPress blog. This is a good solution because then you can use the Import function (in the Tools menu) to transfer all your posts in from your existing blog.

    Self-hosted WordPress is pretty versatile. In addition to importing your wordpress.com posts, it can also import posts from RSS feeds, Blogger, LiveJournal, Movable Type and TypePad.

    Good luck with it.

    Cheers from warm and smiling Thailand,
    Charles
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