Why is the theme never activated??

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  translationskills · Member · Jul 13, 2016 at 6:50 pm

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  Hello
  This issue has been wasting my time!!!!
  I am new here. I have chosen a theme and activated it but it is not displayed on my site. I tried different one but nothing happened. My site is still plain and basic ! why? What should I do? Also you mention in the support tips that we can preview the theme Before activating it but this is jot available. I have clicked on the three dots next to the theme and the preview choice is not listed

  Kindly let me know your reply
  Thanks

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

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  timethief · Member · Jul 13, 2016 at 6:51 pm

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  What is the name of the theme?

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  timethief · Member · Jul 13, 2016 at 6:52 pm

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  Switching themes https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/#switch-themes can be easily done, provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the site. Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. You can quickly and easily change themes on any WordPress.COM hosted blog to another one found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and no data will be lost or negatively affected by the change. The only time you may have to do a lot of work is if you are changing to a dramatically different theme with different features and/or if you have done any CSS editing.

  Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the blog go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, Browse themes until you find one you like and click the “activate” or the “preview” link, or type in the name of the theme you want to use when it appears.

  The theme customizer https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/ provides a preview function for exactly that purpose ie. so you can view what a theme will appear like prior to changing one.

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  translationskills · Member · Jul 13, 2016 at 6:58 pm

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  Dear

  Of course I am logged in as administrator as you say but it didn’t work.
  The option of preview is also unavailable in the list . Would someone please help??

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  timethief · Member · Jul 13, 2016 at 7:02 pm

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  What is the name of the theme?

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  translationskills · Member · Jul 13, 2016 at 7:04 pm

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  The current one is twenty sixteen

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  timethief · Member · Jul 13, 2016 at 7:29 pm

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  https://vovoweb.wordpress.com/ is wearing the Booklite theme. The set-up instructions are at https://wordpress.com/themes/book-lite/ and the love demo site is at https://booklitedemo.wordpress.com/

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  timethief · Member · Jul 13, 2016 at 7:31 pm

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  If you are referring to another site hosted by wordpress.COm wearing the Twenty Sixteen theme the set-up instructions are at https://wordpress.com/themes/twentysixteen/ and the live demo site is at https://twentysixteendemo.wordpress.com/