Luxury WordPress Theme

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  clarabows · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 4:07 pm

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  Strap yourselves in as I’m a bit of an amateur and desperate for help :(

  A couple of years ago I set up my free wordpress blog for my fledgling business and as a bit of fun, love it! But now I need to update it as its pretty messy. I bought a luxury wordpress theme, this one http://themeforest.net/item/luxury-wordpress-template/83220 and figured that it would be really simple to swap over but the instructions that came with it make me think maybe I underestimated this big time. It looks like it needs separate hosting? does it? or can I just update it really simply in my current wordpress control? panel somehow?

  I just don’t know where to begin…..sorry for posting this in two areas (themes & support)

  help

  Vicky

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  airodyssey · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 5:10 pm

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  Hi Vicky. Sorry, but themes you find on the Internet are only for self-hosted WordPress.ORG blogs. You cannot install them on WordPress.COM:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

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  clarabows · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 5:30 pm

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  Thank you, I guess I need to get some hosting then :( I’m not really up on tinkering with the current blog myself

  V

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  airodyssey · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 5:37 pm

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  You’re welcome, and sorry if it wasn’t the answer you expected.

  If you need help on moving to WordPress.ORG, perhaps this article can help:
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/11/06/setting-up-a-self-hosted-wordpress-org-install/

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  clarabows · Member · Feb 20, 2011 at 6:05 pm

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  Thats great, just what I needed step by step instructions….although reading all the draw backs is a bit of a worry!