Uploading Themes
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Hello! I was not sure which forum section to post this in, so I figured I would try “Themes”. Sorry if this is the wrong section. I was wondering if there is a way I can upload my own theme to use. I’ve seen many websites that offer free and premium themes to download, but once I download them, I am not sure how I can take that file, upload it onto wordpress.com and use it as a theme. I use wordpress.com, not wordpress.org. I don’t quite know if it makes a difference because I don’t really know the difference between the two, but that’s another topic, haha. Also, I just use a regular free account on wordpress.com, I haven’t paid for anything extra. Hope this is making sense. Please let me know if there’s any advice you can give. Thank you! :)
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No I’m sorry but you cannot. There is no FTP access to free hosted wordpress.com blogs and we cannot install individual plugins into free hosted wordpress.com blogs. Likewise we cannot install any themes from the internet as they are for wordpress.ORG ibstalls which run on different software.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/The only theme we can use are located here . Appearance > Themes
There is also a live demo site & Themes Showcase here > http://theme.wordpress.com/ -
The differences between free blogs being free hosted by wordpress.COM and free software installs for self-hosting from wordpress.ORG are stated in the sticky post at the head of this forum. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/please-read-me-first-before-posting?replies=1
They are alsoo found in an expanded version of the front page of the support documentation http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/WordPress.com tutorial > http://learn.wordpress.com/
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If you have CSS editing experience, you can get the paid custom CSS upgrade and renew it annually. It will allow you to stylize the appearance of themes you find here > Appearance > Themes, but it does not allow you to change the functionality, by editing the underlying template. It does not allow you to remove footer links to the theme designer or to wordpress.com. Also note that CSS is theme specific, so you cannot use the CSS stylesheets from other themes with the themes here at wordpress.COM.
Since there is no official Staff support for the CSS upgrade, and precious little Volunteer support, I recommend that you don’t buy the upgrade unless you have at least moderate understanding of HTML and CSS because you must be prepared to do the work on your own.
If you are considering purchasing the upgrade, you can go to Appearance > Edit CSS. There wordpress has provided a preview function where you can try before you buy.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-css/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/editing-css/If you do purchase the upgrade be sure to read this article before starting your editing > http://csswiz.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/if-you-have-the-wp-com-css-upgrade/
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Thank you so much! Honestly, I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to do this. Your replies are very informative and have really helped me out a lot! I’ve had a wordpress.com account for a little while, but just started my blog a few months ago, so I’m still getting the hang of everything on here. I am definitely going to take a look at the links you have posted also. Thank you again! Take care. :)
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