A Gift given by a friend
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Knowing that I would be starting a website a friend gifted me the “bchurch” theme. He purchased it, downloaded it and gave it to me. I downloaded it onto my computer but now do not know how to install it as my theme. Can you please help.
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Oh dear, your friend made a classic error. Please read this > WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: The Differences > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
You have a free hosted WordPress.com blog linked to your username. If that’s the blog in question then you will have to get your friend to get a refund for the third-party theme purchased because we cannot install any third-pary themes > http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/
The only themes we can use on free hosted WordPress.com blogs are those found here > Appearance > Themes
If you find that is a deal breaker for you then you can hire a web host and set up your own self hosted WordPress.org install from http://wordpress.org/
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Thank you for your quick response. Do I have any other options? Am I able to use the theme to start another website through wordpress?
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You don’t have any options here at WordPress.com when it comes to using third party themes. WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
You can hire a web host and set up your own self hosted WordPress.org install on your own domain hosted by the web host of your choice.
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You’re welcome. If you want a step by step look at the process for moving then you can read this > Setting up a self-hosted WordPress.org install
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