Importing a template

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  ewocablog · Member · May 3, 2016 at 3:12 pm

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  I have created an account and now need to import a template. The first instruction is to sign in as an administrator… how do I do this? Then I have to find ‘Tools, Import’ in the admin panel. Please HELP!

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

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  galois · Member · May 3, 2016 at 3:20 pm

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  The blog I need help with is ewocablog.wordpress.com.

  You can’t add or install themes on WordPress.com:

  Uploading a third-party or custom theme is possible only on self-hosted sites using the WordPress.org software. This means that you cannot upload any themes to your WordPress.com site. Learn more.
  Instead of uploading a theme, try checking out the current theme collection to see if there’s an option there that will work well for you.

  Themes

  All the available themes on WordPress.com are here:
  https://wordpress.com/themes

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  ewocablog · Member · May 3, 2016 at 3:33 pm

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  This is what I have been instructed to do; are you telling me it cannot be done on my blog site at all??

  “Download the .xml file (below, or through this link: OCA template file) to your computer. Depending on how your browser is set up, you may need to right-click on the link or file and select ‘Save file as…’, ‘Save link as…’ or something similar, in order to download it instead of opening it.
  2.create a new account and blog at http://www.wordpress.com (don’t use this file on an existing blog, or you may lose your existing articles.)
  3.Go to your blog’s Dashboard (the admin area)
  4.Go to the ‘Tools’ section in the left-hand menu.
  5.Click on ‘Import’ and select ‘WordPress’
  6.Click ‘Choose file’ and browse for the file you downloaded
  7.Click on ‘Upload file and Import’ to begin importing the categories

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  galois · Member · May 3, 2016 at 3:39 pm

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  You said:

  I have created an account and now need to import a template

  I said:

  You can’t add or install themes on WordPress.com

  Read the article, please:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/#uploading-custom-themes

  and pick up a theme from
  https://wordpress.com/themes

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  ewocablog · Member · May 3, 2016 at 4:30 pm

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  Well, I have now managed to do the import, even though you said it was impossible! Thanks for your replies, anyway.

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  galois · Member · May 3, 2016 at 7:03 pm

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  Well, I have now managed to do the import, even though you said it was impossible! Thanks for your replies, anyway.

  Really? What is the URL (https://…) of your blog/site?

  P.S.: Maybe you wrong, in blogs hosted by WordPress.com you can’t do that.

  P.S.2: you put

  The blog I need help with is ewocablog.wordpress.com.

  And in https://ewocablog.wordpress.com/ you don’t import nothing…. :D

  P.S.3: in my first response, I said

  You can’t add or install themes on WordPress.com

  I’m right.