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  1. studiocelia
    Member

    Hi, I purchased the "Linen" theme yesterday as I began setting up a blog. I also purchased the domain and the web hosting service. When I purchased the theme, I must have not noticed instructions on how to install it-just skipping through them. I received an email confirmation that the purchase went through. Since I did not notice the instructions, I returned to my blog, only to discover my error. I sent a message to customer service yesterday and have not received a reply. I am wondering if anyone in the forums could help me? Just to cover what this luddite would consider all the bases, perhaps it should be noted that I also have two other blogs: butthisistheminervois.wordpress.com and itssouthernese.wordpress.com. A quick check of them revealed no missing theme in either. Thanks for any help!

    The blog I need help with is engineturning.me.

  2. lance
    Theme Wrangler

    Hi, if you purchased web hosting service for your blog chances are good it's not a WordPress.com blog, since we host for free. Where is your blog hosted?

    Where did you make the theme purchase?

    For the difference between a WordPress.com blog and a self-hosted one, see http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/.

  3. studiocelia
    Member

    Thanks Lance for your swift reply. I set up a blog on WordPress.com: http://www.engineturning.wordpress.com... at the time I set it up, I was prompted as to whether or not I would like to pay an additional $32.00 per year for a domain (plus an additional 8.00 for privacy). I chose to purchase this option and the domain I chose was "engineturning.me". The instructions during the purchase and post purchase process indicated that I would simply set up the blog at the original WordPress.com blog that I began (engineturning.WordPress.com) and all information and updates would migrate to the domain automatically. I purchased the "Linen" theme from the selection of "Premium" themes on the regular wordpress.com site. If you look, you will see it among those listed. The fee for the Premium site was US $68. As far as from my perspective, everything I did was with WordPress.com-or its related partners.
    It seemed like a pretty seamless process except that I somehow failed to install the theme and am now at a loss as to what to do next.

  4. lance
    Theme Wrangler

    OK, I'll take a look at http://engineturning.me/ and see if I can see why the theme didn't get activated properly after your purchase.

  5. lance
    Theme Wrangler

    I looked at all the payment transactions for your engineturning.me site, and everything is there as you said – except the premium theme purchase.

    Could you try purchasing it again? It looks like the payment might not have gone through. You can purchase and activate from the dashboard for that site: go to Appearance > Themes and click the Premium link, then "Purchase & Activate" under Linen.

  6. studiocelia
    Member

    Thanks Lance. I received a confirmation email when I purchased the theme and this morning I checked my AMEX account and the $68 charge from yesterday is showing as pending. I am reluctant to make another charge unless I am certain the pending one will be refunded. Should I just wait on customer service to get back to me? It sure is frustrating.

  7. lance
    Theme Wrangler

    I'll reply to your email — we are the same people as "customer service." :)

    For sensitive data like the payment information it's best not to post here, since it's a public forum—instead send it to us via your email reply.

  8. studiocelia
    Member

    Hi Lance, I sent reply with credit card payment info this AM in reply to private email.

  9. matiasventura
    Theme Wrangler

    Replied to your email, thanks Celia. :)

  10. picsterbooks
    Member

    Hi,

    I purchased a Theme, but my bank suspended it pending Fraud Check. The charge has gone through the bank, but I don't have my Theme.

    Is there a way to check and reconcile? I can't seem to find a My Account section with purchase history.

    Thanks

    Branden

  11. michiecat
    Theme Wrangler

    Hi picsterbooks, according to our records, I can confirm that your transaction was declined. That is why you are unable to view the theme. Can you try purchasing the theme again?

    You can view your purchases in your Dashboard by clicking the "Store" link on the left side. Scroll down until you see the headings "My Subscriptions" and "Blog Subscriptions".

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