Self Hosted Premium Site Cannot Load CUSTOM THEME

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  leepowers · Member · Oct 20, 2014 at 6:58 am

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  I have followed all the instructions to upload a custom third party theme.

  I have bought a domain, I’m self hosting, I’ve upgraded to premium, but still no option to upload my theme.

  Can anybody help..?

  Thank you

  Lee

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

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 20, 2014 at 7:03 am

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  If it is self-hosted, you shouldn’t buy WordPress.com upgrades.

  http://leepowers.me/ is however NOT self-hosted. It’s a WordPress.com blog. You cannot upload external themes on a WordPress.com blog, whether it has Custom Design and domain upgrades or not. IF you bought the premium bundle thinking you could upload themes, get your money back.

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  leepowers · Member · Oct 20, 2014 at 7:07 am

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  Thank you for the comments.

  Whats the best way to use a third party theme.

  Im hoping to use the Salient theme..?

  Thank you

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 20, 2014 at 7:39 am

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  There is no way to use a third party theme on a WordPress.com blog.

  You would have to buy hosting somewhere, change the nameservers so your domain pointed to your new web hosting, install software from WordPress.org, import the contents of your WP.com blog into that blog and then add the theme according to instructions from WordPress.ORG.

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  leepowers · Member · Oct 20, 2014 at 11:01 am

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  Thank you everyone, got a bit lost in the wordpress.com and wordpress.org, sure I’m not the first.

  All sorted now, thank you very much for your guidance

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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 20, 2014 at 11:30 am

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  You’re welcome.