Installing a Theme I bought outside of WordPress

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  dgillies99 · Member · Feb 18, 2014 at 4:06 pm

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  I bought a theme from Theme Forest. Can I install it on the WordPress server or do I have to host it externally? Here is the statement from the installer. Sorry, it is Greek to me. :(

  You will need to have a domain name that supports PHP and MySQL database for your WordPress installation to sit upon.

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

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Feb 20, 2014 at 4:46 am

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  Themes can’t be uploaded to blogs hosted on WordPress.com. They can only be uploaded to self-hosted blogs running on WordPress.org software. You can read more about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org here:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  On WordPress.com, you can select from a variety of themes to change your blog’s appearance. You can read more about customizing the appearance and theme of your blog on WordPress.com here:

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

  We offer over 210 themes, both free themes and premium themes created by leading theme companies. You can view all of our themes and filter them by specific criteria here:

  http://theme.wordpress.com/

  You can also post suggestions for new themes we might add on our public user forum:

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-use-the-themes-forum

  Please let me know if you have further questions or if anything is unclear.

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  dgillies99 · Member · Feb 20, 2014 at 1:56 pm

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  Thank you! I will look into that.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Feb 20, 2014 at 6:12 pm

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  Happy to help.