WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Trying to add a new theme, having trouble right from the start! http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/trying-to-add-a-new-theme-having-trouble-right-from-the-start WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Trying to add a new theme, having trouble right from the start! en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:53:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 perfectionistgal on "Trying to add a new theme, having trouble right from the start!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/trying-to-add-a-new-theme-having-trouble-right-from-the-start#post-452416 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:45:26 +0000 perfectionistgal 452416@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Of course it would be a great idea to add themes based on personal favourite, unfortunately, if you host your own wordpress.org, then you are allowed to upload themes that you like.

]]> perfectionistgal on "Trying to add a new theme, having trouble right from the start!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/trying-to-add-a-new-theme-having-trouble-right-from-the-start#post-452415 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:43:03 +0000 perfectionistgal 452415@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You cannot add a new theme on a wordpress blog, but you can only choose themes by going Dashboard>Appearence>Themes.

]]> thesacredpath on "Trying to add a new theme, having trouble right from the start!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/trying-to-add-a-new-theme-having-trouble-right-from-the-start#post-452363 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:01:01 +0000 thesacredpath 452363@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ We cannot add themes at wordpress.COM, we are limited to the themes found in the dashboard under appearance > themes. Themes found on the internet are for self-hosted wordpress blogs using the software from wordpress.ORG.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

]]> ludusnaturae on "Trying to add a new theme, having trouble right from the start!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/trying-to-add-a-new-theme-having-trouble-right-from-the-start#post-452343 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:52:36 +0000 ludusnaturae 452343@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Appearance -> Themes (not "add a new theme").
Just browse, preview, choose and activate the one you like best.

]]> papertails on "Trying to add a new theme, having trouble right from the start!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/trying-to-add-a-new-theme-having-trouble-right-from-the-start#post-452339 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:25:10 +0000 papertails 452339@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I've been looking at youtube tutorials on adding a new theme to my wordpress blog, majority of them show me to click on the "add new theme" tab under appearances, but i'm not sure if this is an older version of wordpress as i don't have this tab!? any help would be much appreciated, as you can tell by my blog, i'm very new at this and already pulling my hair out haha. blogger.com was easy to use, but once i get my wordpress blog personalised i'm sure i'd like it much better!

thanks in advance

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