adding third party themes

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  tderose · Member · Apr 20, 2012 at 5:30 pm

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  How do you buy a theme from another site and then install it on your wordpress.com site? I know this is super simple, but I am a REAL newbie.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  tderose · Member · Apr 20, 2012 at 5:32 pm

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  Never mind. A friend told me that it was impossible.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 20, 2012 at 5:33 pm

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  You can’t. Please read > WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: The Differences > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.COM blogs like the one linked to your username and we cannot install individual plugins or third party themes into them. 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/

  On free hosted wordpress.COM blogs we can only use the themes which have been coded to run on this multi-user software and made available to us here. > Appearance > Themes and no others. We cannot edit either themes or templates on free hosted wordpress.COM blogs. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/

  If you wish to have complete control over a blog, the ability to upload themes and plugins, and to edit themes and templates then your option is to hire a web host and get a free software install from WordPress.ORG and self host it.