Where can I find the Semicolon Magazine theme?

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  jobrecht · Member · Mar 10, 2015 at 4:49 pm

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  Hi,
  I’m setting up a new WordPress blog for a friend who wanted to use the Semicolon Magazine theme – we just talked about 2 weeks ago, and when I went to start doing the work today, it’s not on the list. Is it no longer available? How do I find it – I went through the selections several times. Thanks,
  Tracey

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

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  ifmomsaysok · Member · Mar 10, 2015 at 5:16 pm

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  That is not a WordPress.COM theme. Third-party uploads are not allowed on the .COM multi-user platform. The only themes that can be used for a WordPress.COM site are found in the directory.

  https://theme.wordpress.com

  Perhaps there is a similar theme that would work for your friend’s site.

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  justjennifer · Member · Mar 10, 2015 at 5:19 pm

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  Unfortunately, it now looks like when a theme is retired, it is no longer available to anyone, not just on new sites that have been set up.

  You’ll have to choose another magazine-style theme.
  https://wordpress.com/themes/filter/magazine/

  Sorry for no better news.

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  justjennifer · Member · Mar 10, 2015 at 5:35 pm

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  @ifmomsaysok- then this is confusing: https://semicolondemo.wordpress.com/

  Trying to activate it brings me to the Appearance>Themes section of my site’s Dashboard with a “Not Found” notice.

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  justjennifer · Member · Mar 11, 2015 at 2:19 pm

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  @jobrecht-I was thinking about this a little more. It’s also quite possible that you caught a new theme when it was being tested. It may just be a matter of time before it shows up again in your Dashboard. Thursdays are the day that new themes are usually announced.

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  ifmomsaysok · Member · Mar 11, 2015 at 2:34 pm

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  That is weird @justjennifer because I couldn’t find it in the directory, nor on any retired list, only a .ORG version of it. It is a pretty theme, hopefully it will be offered soon.

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  sarahsemark · Member · May 29, 2015 at 12:41 pm

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  Hello @ifmomsaysok and @jobrecht,

  The theme you found in a fork of the original Semicolon theme from .com. There are quite a few similarities, but it’s been updated & changed a bit. @justjennifer is right—you caught this theme before we’d publicly launched it.

  It’s now available here: http://themes.wordpress.com/apostrophe

  You can download it for your .org site as well as use it on any site here on WordPress.com.

  Cheers!

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  justjennifer · Member · May 30, 2015 at 1:24 pm

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  Thanks, @sarahsemark!

  Glad to know we weren’t entirely hallucinating! :)