How can I enable the featured images option?

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  saeunnim · Member · Jun 17, 2012 at 3:16 pm

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  I am using a theme that supports featured images but in the editor screen there is no option to post an image as featured. I’ve found some directions on google on how to enable this feature but none of the required settings are available in my dashboard.
  Blog url: http://enjoyingveganism.wordpress.com/

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  timethief · Member · Jun 17, 2012 at 3:25 pm

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  Please never rely on infiormation found on Google unless it specifically states it’s for WordPress.com. The versions of themes by the same names are either coded to run on WordPress.com free hosted blogs or on WordPress.org installs.
  Our support documentation is found here > http://en.support/wordpress.com
  See here for The Oxygen theme description (WordPress.com version): http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/oxygen/
  See here for the live demo site: http://oxygendemo.wordpress.com/
  See here for threads on the Oxygen theme: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/oxygen
  featured images dimenisions:
  Oxygen http://en.support.wordpress.com/featured-images/
  Sticky post thumbnails are 750 pixels wide in the featured slider
  Regular post thumbnails are 450 pixels wide
  settings featured images http://en.support.wordpress.com/featured-images/#setting-a-featured-image
  sticky posts http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/#sticky-posts

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  saeunnim · Member · Jun 17, 2012 at 3:53 pm

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  Thank you timethief.
  I’ve browsed through all the links and still can’t solve the problem as the “Use as featured image” option does not appear when I upload an image. I only get “Insert into post”.

  Do you have any idea of how I can enable that option?

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  timethief · Member · Jun 17, 2012 at 4:10 pm

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  To set a featured image on a page edit it to open it. Look on the far right hand side of the page at the modules under the Publish box. Locate the Module for Featured Images and click “set featured image”.

  If you don’t see the Featured Image module on your Add New or Edit Post page, please make sure you’ve selected Featured Image in your Screen Options.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/screen-options/
  See the moudules you must click to include here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/modules/#list-of-modules

  Page – Likes and Shares, Page Attributes, Featured Image, Discussion, Comments**, Page Revisions, Slug, Author, Revisions, Writing Helper

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  saeunnim · Member · Jun 17, 2012 at 5:41 pm

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  Thank you so much for taking the time to help me, this fixed the problem :)

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  timethief · Member · Jun 17, 2012 at 6:14 pm

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  Hooray! That’s great news. Best wishes with your blog. :)