It's not letting me change the theme!

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  passionmusicgroup · Member · Dec 30, 2014 at 8:28 pm

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  I am following all of the directions on how to change the theme, but the button labeled ‘New Theme’ is not showing up.

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Dec 30, 2014 at 8:36 pm

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  Hi there,

  Can you tell me exactly which theme you would like to change it to? If you go to the support page of any theme, it will allow you to activate it onto your site.

  For example, if you go here: http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/twentyfifteen/ there is an activate button.

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  passionmusicgroup · Member · Dec 30, 2014 at 8:37 pm

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  I purchased the ‘Artist of the Year’ theme and would like to upload it to replace my current theme. (third party)

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  passionmusicgroup · Member · Dec 30, 2014 at 8:38 pm

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  http://foxhoundbandthemes.com/documentation/wp-theme-artist-of-the-year/#1

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Dec 30, 2014 at 8:41 pm

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  I see what you mean. Please note that themes can’t be uploaded to sites 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 300 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/

  If you would like to move to WordPress.org to use this theme, please let me know and I can provide you further instructions.

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  passionmusicgroup · Member · Dec 30, 2014 at 8:42 pm

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  Yes, please let me know. I need to get this site built within the next couple of days.

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Dec 30, 2014 at 8:51 pm

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  This guide will step you through the process of moving your site to a WordPress.org instance:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  As we only support sites hosted here at WordPress.com, all issues with the new site – including the importing of the file – must be taken to the WordPress.org support community:

  http://wordpress.org/support/

  If you’d like assistance moving your WordPress.com site to WordPress.org, we have a service called Guided Transfer that does all the work for you. Check it out to see if it’s right for you:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/