Theme and password protected questions

lnajarian37 · Member · Nov 3, 2014 at 8:28 pm
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can I use a purchased wordpress theme if I only have a premium account?

Also can I password protect only certain pages on my site?

Thanks so much in advance!

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timethief · Member · Nov 3, 2014 at 8:34 pm
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can I use a purchased wordpress theme if I only have a premium account?

Upgrading does not change the fact that you cannot upload any third party themes so be clear on that. The only themes we can use on WordPress.com blogs like your blog are licensed and adapted to run on our multiuser software the themes are found here http://wordpress.com/themes/

There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.com blogs for security reasons and we cannot:
upload any third party themes,
create child themes,
create our own themes,
edit templates,
create own own layouts,
or use stylesheets from other themes.

Relevant support docs:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

There is no upgrade you can purchase that changes that. WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can create themes, upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, and edit the database, etc. If you want FTP access and to install plugins or third party themes into a site then you will have to hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/ and set up your own WordPress.org install.
timethief · Member · Nov 3, 2014 at 8:35 pm
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Also can I password protect only certain pages on my site?

Yes. See:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/page-visibility/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/
lnajarian37 · Member · Nov 3, 2014 at 10:35 pm
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Thanks so much for your quick responses. I’m still a bit in the dark… I’d like to use this theme to create my own website: http://themeforest.net/item/spacia-creative-wordpress-theme/9220902

I’m unclear on what I need to purchase from wordpress to enable this?

Thanks again.

Best regards,
Lisa
timethief · Member · Nov 3, 2014 at 10:43 pm
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That is NOT possible.

There is no upgrade you can buy that changes what I already posted above.

To use that theme you have to hire a webhost http://wordpress.org/hosting/ and set up your own WordPress.ORG install.

Read http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
lnajarian37 · Member · Nov 3, 2014 at 10:48 pm
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Thank you!
timethief · Member · Nov 3, 2014 at 10:51 pm
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You’re welcome.

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