how do i activate my theme forest template?

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  musicphenzes · Member · Aug 5, 2013 at 9:57 pm

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  i purchased a theme forest template for wordpress. how do i activate my theme forest template?

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

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  timethief · Member · Aug 5, 2013 at 9:59 pm

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  The only themes you can use on a free hosted WordPress.com blog are those found here > Appearance > Themes and showcased here > http://wordpress.com/themes/

  You cannot build your own theme or import a theme and use it on a free hosted WordPress.com blog. We do not have FTP access to free hosted WordPress.com blogs and we not able to upload any third party themes.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  There is no upgrade you can purchase that changes that. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  If you want to use any third party theme or build your own theme then don’t waste any time here at all. Purchase web hosting http://wordpress.org/hosting/ and set up your own WordPress.org install. http://wordpress.org/ Then move your .wordpress.com blog content into it http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/

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  typesettertheme · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 2:14 pm

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  Hi,

  I feel that I’ve done all those steps and yet still can’t select the theme I purchased on Theme Forest.

  So far I’ve:

  Purchased a domain registration through crazydomain.com as well as hosting

  Installed WordPress through cpanel

  Payed WP to map .wordpress.com to purchased URL

  Uploaded purchased, unzipped theme via FTP to /public_html/wp-content/themes

  Deleted preinstalled themes twentyeleven and twentytwelve

  …and still no way of selecting the purchased theme under appearance, and the site is still running twentytwelve – Help, I’m confused!

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 2:18 pm

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  If you purchased a theme from outside of the WordPress.com Themes page, you cannot use it on WordPress.com. Get a refund.

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  auxclass · Member · Aug 19, 2013 at 2:44 pm

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  @typesettertheme – you are asking about two different blogs –

  your Crazy Domains hosted site is a WordPress.ORG install site – you should be able to install a custom theme you bought on that site – but you need to get help at WordPress.ORG for problems

  http://typesettertheme.wordpress.com/ is a WordPress.COM blog and you CAN’T install an outside theme on it

  For more on the difference: http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/