Upload theme – no add new button
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I am trying to upload a purchased theme to my wordpress account but there is no add new button under appearances >> themes and I have no idea what to do.
I am not a techy and have limited experience on wordpress but really need to get this working!
Any help would be much appreciated.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Many custom themes are made for self-hosted sites. You can read more about this here:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/
WordPress.com offers many free and premium themes which can be applied to your WordPress.com blog. If you purchased a theme that wasn’t available through the themes in your dashboard, there is a chance it won’t work on your WordPress.com site.
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Why?
Why don,t upload other theme? Why is the reason?
I have the same problem as gigboxCarlos,
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You cannot upload any third party themes into a WordPress.COM hosted blog so be clear on that. The only themes we can use on WordPress.com blogs are licensed and adapted to run on our multiuser software are the free and premium themes that are found here http://wordpress.com/themes/
There is no FTP access to WordPress.COM blogs and we bloggers cannot install any plugins or third party themes.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/There is no other upgrade you can purchase here that changes that reality.
CSS editing cannot be done on any WordPress.COM blog without an upgrade. If that’s your aim then you will require a Premium theme upgrade bundle purchase in order to get the ability to edit the CSS.
See here for details on purchasing the annually renewable Premium bundle that includes custom design and CSS editing capability:
http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/
Custom design – Frequently Asked Questions
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/If you do purchase the Premium upgrade please use this link https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization#postform so you can copy and paste your text into a thread that will appear in the CSS Forum where you will get the help you need.
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there is a chance it won’t work on your WordPress.com site.
This is not a matter of chance. We cannot upload any third party themes into a WordPress.COM hosted blog period. If it is not found on the dashboard and detailed here http://wordpress.com/themes/ the theme cannot be used on a WordPress.COM blog.
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I bought a theme for $50 and now I can’t use it?? Nooooooooo why don’t they tell you this :( I’m so sad
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@beginningballet – get a refund – you made a common error – the theme developers assume you know the difference between .COM & .ORG versions of “WordPress”
For more on the difference: http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
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Thanks auxclass. I’ll do that now. I only started my blog yesterday – I didn’t even know there was a wordpress.org until about 10 minutes ago!
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You be welcome & good luck with your new blog
Take a look at these links for help getting started – should save you some stress of getting started
Support documents & learn WordPress
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