Urgent Custom Theme Help

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  hollyao · Member · Jan 28, 2012 at 12:58 am

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  I want step-by-step help on everything I need to do and how I need to do it so that I can use my premium wordpress theme I bought for $40 on my wordpress.com website that I made. Do I have to pay or something? How much and what for, etc. Links would be handy if necessary please, I’ve tried and asked around but I can’t figure how to upload my theme as a .zip or individual files or whatever so that I can use my premium WORDPRESS theme on my WORDPRESS site. People are telling me that I can’t upload my theme to my wordpress site but I don’t get why have a WORDPRESS theme if you can’t use it on WORDPRESS.

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

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  timethief · Member · Jan 28, 2012 at 1:20 am

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  You cannot upload a third party theme that’s coded to run on WordPress.ORG software into a free hosted WordPress.COM blog like the one linked to your username.

  There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.COM blogs and we cannot install individual plugins or third party themes into them. Those found on the internet are for WordPress.ORG installs which run on different software.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  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/

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  hollyao · Member · Jan 28, 2012 at 1:37 am

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  Geez. It all seems really unreliable.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 28, 2012 at 1:48 am

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  I don’t know what youv are refering to. The only themes we can use on free hosted WordPress.COM blogs like the one linked to your username are found here > Appearance > Themes

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  hollyao · Member · Jan 28, 2012 at 1:57 am

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  I know, but I bought a theme for my business, it isn’t just a stupid blog. So, I wanted to upload my theme I bought. I’ll try and find another host all together.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 28, 2012 at 2:24 am

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  You bought a theme you can’t use with your blog.

  It’s your responsibility to make sure what you buy is something you can use. You wouldn’t buy shoes for someone without making sure you had the right size, would you?

  Your choices are: move your blog to independent hosting, install a theme, install whatever plugins you need, and blog there

  OR

  Get your money back for the theme.