Setting up question – total newbie

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    curiousemily · Member ·

    Hello,

    I am starting a blog and I have bought a domain through WordPress. I don’t want to use one of the WordPress themes but I don’t know how to upload another theme I downloaded from another site. Although I am fairly good with computers, the world of web publishing is a complete mystery to me so if you have any idiot-proof advice that would be fab.

    Thanks,

    Emily

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    timethief · Member ·

    I don’t want to use one of the WordPress themes but I don’t know how to upload another theme I downloaded from another site.

    There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.COM blogs and we cannot install individual plugins or any themes into them The themes found on the internet are for wordpress.ORG installs which run on different software.

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/

    Plugins

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

    On free hosted wordpress.COM blogs we can only use the themes which have been coded to run on this multi-user software and made available to us here. > Appearance > Themes and no others. We cannot edit either themes or templates on free hosted wordpress.COM blogs. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/

    If you wish to have complete control over a blog, the ability to upload themes and plugins, and to edit themes and templates then your option is to hire a web host and get a free software install from WordPress.ORG and self host it.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    If you wish to retain your free hosted blog rather than hiring a web host setting up a WordPress.org install then go back to wherever you purchased that theme and request a refund. Those who sell themes definitely know the differences between WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG.

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