Activating themes bought outside of WP

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  luketctaylor · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 8:54 pm

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  Hi,

  I purchased a theme from another site (themify) and would like to install it for my wordpress blog. The guide provided by themify doesn’t match what I have on screen. Do I need to purchase the custom design upgrade to install external themes? Or am I missing where I am supposed to go?

  Thanks

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  timethief · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 8:57 pm

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  You will have to return the theme and request a refund.

  The only themes you can use on free hosted WordPress.com blogs are the 208 found here > Dashboard > Appearance > Themes

  There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.COM blogs and we cannot install plugins, upload third-party themes or edit templates or themes. Those found on the internet are for WordPress.ORG installs which run on different software.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  There is no upgrade that you can purchase from WordPress.com that provides FTP access and the ability to upload themes into a free hosted WordPress.com blog. See > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  luketctaylor · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 9:00 pm

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  Ah okay, thankyou for the quick response!

  Luke

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  timethief · Member · Oct 7, 2012 at 9:03 pm

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  You’re welcome.