Upgrade of dashboard

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  advjespero · Member · Oct 7, 2013 at 1:48 pm

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  How do I upgrade dashboard so that I can change to a new theme?

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

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  johndcoy · Staff · Oct 7, 2013 at 2:41 pm

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  Hello!

  The fine people at WordPress.com upgrade the dashboard automatically. To activate a theme, visit Appearance -> Themes from your dashboard. Also, please make sure to view the theme documentation for additional details.

  Are you trying to purchase a premium theme or upgrade your WordPress.com membership?

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  advjespero · Member · Oct 7, 2013 at 3:52 pm

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  Hi John,
  Thank you for the reply.
  I’m trying to upgrade my theme to customizr. When I check my dashboard (appearance->themes) that theme is not available (it doesn’t show when I seach for it. So I take it my dashboard does not automatically upgrade/update?

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 7, 2013 at 3:59 pm

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  Your Dashboard automatically updates to all the themes available, however you are limited to the about 220 themes you see from your Dashboard, you can’t install third party themes, the themes here are highly modified to run at WordPress.COM

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  advjespero · Member · Oct 7, 2013 at 4:40 pm

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  Thanks.
  As I understand it the difference from .com and .org of wordpress is where your website is hosted?
  The customizr theme is available here: http://wordpress.org/themes/customizr – I see it says .org…
  When my site is hosted at wordpress.com (as I understand it), then that theme is no longer availible?

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  johndcoy · Staff · Oct 9, 2013 at 4:25 am

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  There are a few more differences between WordPress.org and WordPress.com other than hosting. The specific differences between the two can be seen on the WordPress.com and WordPress.org page.

  In this case, the most important is knowing that the only themes you can use on a free hosted WordPress.com blog are those found in Appearance->Themes from your dashboard. You can also find all WordPress.com themes using the theme showcase page. Any themes you find on the Themes Directory for WordPress.org will require a self hosted version of WordPress.

  I hope this helps you Jesper.

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  advjespero · Member · Oct 9, 2013 at 7:04 am

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  Thanks John,
  Guess I will have to have the website hosted on a different server then to get the themes form wordpress.org.

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  johndcoy · Staff · Oct 9, 2013 at 12:59 pm

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  You’re welcome.

  The WordPress.org forum is a great resource if you need any help through the process.

  Best of luck.