I want to base my website upon ‘WordPress themify ultra’

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  michaelwgray · Member · Jun 24, 2019 at 8:31 pm

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  There is a very good tutorial by ‘Hogan Chua’ which I wish to follow. I would like to know how I use this for my starting template. How do I go directly to WordPress dashboard to start?

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Jun 24, 2019 at 9:06 pm

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  Hey there,

  Themify Ultra is a third party theme normally used on a self-hosted WordPress.org blog. Third party themes can only be uploaded on WordPress.com if you have the Business Plan Upgrade:

  https://wordpress.com/business/

  They are usually used for WordPress.org installs which run on different software.

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  If you do not want to go with the Business Plan but want to stay with WordPress.com, the good news is that WordPress.com has hundreds of available themes that you can activate (many for free), and they are found under Appearance > Themes
  You can find out more about them here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  Let me know if you have any other problems or questions.

  Cheers,

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Jun 24, 2019 at 9:08 pm

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  Hi –

  Thanks for getting in touch.

  There’s actually 2 different versions of WordPress. It’s important to have an understanding about the differences in order to help you make the best choice. Other factors are the scope of your project and own experience level.

  This is WordPress.com. We’re a managed hosting environment. To use a custom theme like what you’ve asked our business plan is required. That gives the site a proper infrastructure for such customization. See here: https://wordpress.com/plans/

  The other version of WordPress is the open source installation. With that option you have to provide your own support, so it is much more hands on. You’ll also need to find a hosting provider for the site. There’s some help available through the community forums at https://wordpress.org/support/forums/ when you get stuck or need some assistance.

  More differences are outlined here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  Once you know which version you want to proceed with check out the getting started materials.

  1. https://en.support.wordpress.com/video-tutorials/get-started/
  2. https://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress

  Write back with more questions.