Installing Custom Theme

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  sjaikaran · Member · Oct 16, 2013 at 8:29 pm

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  Hi,

  I just bought a theme and cannot seem to upload it via the WP dashboard. How do I get this theme on my website (boundedbybooks.com)?

  My purchased theme is this: http://www.dessign.net/gridthemeresponsive/

  Thank you!

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  lettergrade · Member · Oct 16, 2013 at 8:41 pm

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  Hey sjaikaran, for security reasons, hosted wordpress.com blogs do not allow the upload of outside themes.

  Downloaded themes can only be used with self-hosted wordpress.org installs. Here’s some info on the difference: .com and .org

  For your blog, you can browse the long list of wordpress.com themes to find one that suits you: http://theme.wordpress.com/themes

  Looking at the free outside theme you chose, I’m sure you’ll be able to find something with a similar feeling here. :)

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  sjaikaran · Member · Oct 16, 2013 at 8:46 pm

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  Thanks so much, lettergrade!

  PS – The theme I pasted above was NOT free :(

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  lettergrade · Member · Oct 16, 2013 at 8:56 pm

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  Oh no, sorry to hear that. (The badge on the theme link called it a ‘Free WordPress Theme.’ Maybe they meant, like, ‘liberate’…?)