uploading theme

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  ilonasav · Member · May 15, 2015 at 4:31 pm

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  hi
  i am unable to upload a theme i purchased on Envato. i have my domain name registered. please help

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  timethief · Member · May 15, 2015 at 4:34 pm

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  When you purchase a domain mapping upgrade nothing changes accept the URLs. Read Important Notes Before Upgrading https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

  You cannot use that theme on any blog hosted by WordPress.COM.

  You are confusing WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG. The only themes we can use on WordPress.com hosted blogs are licensed and adapted to run on our multiuser software the themes are found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and in your dashboard at > Appearance > Themes

  There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.com blogs for security reasons and we cannot:
  upload any third party themes,
  create child themes,
  create our own themes,
  edit templates,
  create own own layouts,
  or use stylesheets from other themes.

  See:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/

  There is no upgrade you can purchase here at WordPress.COM that changes that reality.

  To install plugins or third party themes into a site then you have to hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/ and set up your own WordPress.org install. WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, conduct ecommerce and edit the database. Learn about the differences here. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  timethief · Member · May 15, 2015 at 4:35 pm

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  You may also be interested in these themes:
  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/photoblogging/?sort=free
  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/sort/free/?theme-search=photography

  Note also that we can create galleries and slideshows on pages and in posts. https://en.support.wordpress.com/images/gallery/

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  timethief · Member · May 15, 2015 at 4:37 pm

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  I posted a link to free themes only above but there are also premium ie. paid themes too.
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/premium-themes/
  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/photoblogging/?sort=premium
  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/sort/premium/?theme-search=photography

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  ilonasav · Member · May 18, 2015 at 11:55 am

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  thank you so much. you are a legend.