Changing my WordPress Theme

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    metermaker2013 · Member ·

    I have already activated the theme I have and want to change it due to being very new and there is very little content added. I am not getting the options that are being displayed to make the change happen. I have already put the new them into the codex but there seems to be no response or an option for me to choose that theme. What am I doing wrong? I have the Oxygen Theme and wanting to change that out due to I don’t care for how it operates. Can you help?

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    thistimethisspace · Member ·

    If you want to change themes on a free hosted WordPress.com blog you must be logged in under the exact same username that registered the blog and who is the Admin of the blog. Note that no content is ever lost when changing themes.

    Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes
    browse themes until you find one you like and click “activate”
    or type in the name of the theme you want to use and
    click the “activate” link when it appears

    After you change your theme all you need to do is go here Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets > Inactive Widgets and re-install them where you want them to appear. The widget contents and settings will be the same as they were prior to changing themes.

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    thistimethisspace · Member ·

    I have already put the new them into the codex

    The codex here is only for WordPress.org installs > http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
    The support documentation that applies to free hosted WordPress.com blogs is found here http://en.support.wordpress.com

    If you are referring to a WordPress.org install you will not find any solutions to WordPress.ORG blog questions here at WordPress.COM. WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate sites with different username accounts and logins. We provide support only for free hosted WordPress.com blogs here.

    If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.

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