Why can I not see an "install themes" tab?

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  mollieruthphotography · Member · Nov 6, 2012 at 4:14 am

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  When I was going through the tutorial on ProPhoto of how to link them to my WordPress site, they said to download a zipped file off of their site and that I would be able to upload it on to this one. They said that if you go to Settings>Appearance>Themes there will be a tab that says “Install themes”. I do not see this tab anywhere. They even gave a photo example of where it should be and its simply not there. I asked a friend who has wordpress and she said the tab was there for her. I tried switching browsers and that didn’t work either. So frustrated!! Please help!
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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 6, 2012 at 4:20 am

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  Please realize that there are different flavors of WordPress. If you are talking about a wp.COM blog, then there is not a way to install a theme that is not available from your dashboard. No themes from the internet!
  wp.com blogs can use only these themes:
  dashboard—>appearance—>themes
  or from the themes showcase:
  http://theme.wordpress.com/

  Here are details about the different kinds of wordpress:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org