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ta100
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

My theme is missing on the Manage Themes Page (Dashboard <Appearance <Themes). Below the list of themes on this page, it says:

Broken Themes
The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template.
Name: Reworked Firebug 2
Description: Template is missing.

I know what a style sheet is and have it, uploaded it. I'm so basic I don't know what a template is. What file name(s) is/are this "template," how/where do I find this template, and where do I put it (which folder/ss)? This is serious because right now I have no access to my site that I have developed for many months.

Clues on maybe how this happened. Someone in the past worked on the Firebug theme, said some of it was still left but most was new. (I do not have access to this person.) I moved a copy of it into my themes, and renamed it, so I could develop another version of it. I think I noticed that WP said for the second copy, that it relied on the first copy for something. Was tiring to figure all that out, so I deleted the second copy. Since I deleted the second copy, I cannot see even the first copy. Or was it that I renamed things before I deleted...I don't know, but I think it was the deletion of the first second file (the copy) that wrecked things. But presently the Firebug theme folder is renamed "Reworked Firebug 2" in my files at my hosting site, and also at the top of my style.css sheet where it has the name and author (I put "anon") of the theme.

The person who worked the original Firebug theme and changed wrote "test" as the title of the it at the top of the style.css. But it was still then in the "firebug" folder.
esmi
Theme Diva & Mod
Posted 2 years ago #

You need an index.php template file in your theme at the very least.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development
ta100
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

It does have an index.php file. That is an excellent link. I can see that I am not at all ready to tackle this, but maybe someday. It's possible that something wasn't designed right/thoroughly when I received help (drastic redesign of firebug), or perhaps it was something I did after, or both, who knows. Lost that whole design I worked on for many months. Oh well, it isn't the only one that exists on earth. Might just stick with what I was doing...a WP theme and just change it a little. Can do that at least. Thanks, again, esmi.
Kirasherrine
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

esmi i am having the same problem
I am trying to upload a file through ftp server onto my file and it says the theme is broken...
i have:
style.css
header.php
footer.php
favicon.ico
images folder
index.php
comments.php
sidebar.php
page.php
single.php
searchform.php
search.php
404.php
archive.php

i think thats enough templates....could it be something within the codes?
ClaytonJames
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

Step one would be to verify that you have no "nested folders".
Kirasherrine
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

the only folder inside the theme folder is my images folder

also all my phps start with (except for my searchform and comments):
<?php get_header(); ?>
and end with:
<?php get_footer(); ?>
...should they start with:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /> ??

Also this is the header.php:
'<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
<head>
<title><?php bloginfo('name'); ?> <?php if ( is_single() ) { ?> » Blog Archive <?php } ?> <?php wp_title(); ?></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>" />

<meta name="generator" content="WordPress <?php bloginfo('version'); ?>" />
<meta name="description" content="<?php bloginfo(); ?>" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/favicon.ico" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?>" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" />
<link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo('pingback_url'); ?>" />
<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly&format=link'); ?>
<?php wp_head(); ?>
</head>

<body>
<div id="Page">

<div id="Header">
<img src="images/Header.jpg" />
</h1>
</div>

<div id="B1">

<img src="images/About.jpg" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>/" />
<h1>">" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>">
</h1>
</div>

<div id="B2">

<img src="images/Porfolio.jpg" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>/" />
<h1>">" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>">
</h1>
</div>

<div id="B3">

<img src="images/Blog.jpg" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>/" />
<h1>">" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>">
</h1>
</div>

<div id="B4">

<img src="images/Pressed.jpg" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>/" />
<h1>">" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>">
</h1>
</div>

<div id="B5">

<img src="images/Shop.jpg" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>/" />
<h1>">" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>">
</h1>
</div>

<div id="B6">

<img src="images/Contact.jpg" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>/" />
<h1>">" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>">
</h1>
</div>'

I really need help cause ive been working on this for months and i need this up.
Thanks guys
ClaytonJames
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

I am trying to upload a file through ftp server onto my file and it says the theme is broken...

Kirasherrine, just to be clear, are you trying to develop your own theme, or are you just trying to install a new one?

Frankly I am confused by this:

I am trying to upload a file through ftp server onto my file and it says the theme is broken...
i have:
style.css
header.php
footer.php
favicon.ico
images folder
index.php
comments.php
sidebar.php
page.php
single.php
searchform.php
search.php
404.php
archive.php

i think thats enough templates....could it be something within the codes?

Followed by this:

the only folder inside the theme folder is my images folder

Perhaps if someone could take a look at your actual site, they might be able to be more specific with a suggestion. Could you provide a link to your site and the name of the theme you are trying to upload?
Kirasherrine
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

I'm trying to load my own site.

http://www.kirasherrine.com

i finally got the images and code in but i cant even get my footer and some of the images still do not pop up
the_doctor199
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

To restart an old thread, I'm having the same problem that when I upload a theme, on the theme panel I'm getting the error that there is no template. The theme I'm trying to use is this one. Hope you can help :)
the_doctor199
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

Anyone any ideas on the above post?
the_doctor199
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

Anyone?
alchymyth
The Sweeper
Posted 2 years ago #

looks like this a child theme of modularity - have you installed the 'modularity' theme?
heyhawkan
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

I had the same problem. I downloaded something called "Thematic" and uploaded it to the "wp-content/themes" before I uploaded the theme-folder. And now everything works fine!

http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/thematic
Micah007
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

I had this problem just now. I then changed the name of my style sheet from css.css to style.css, and now it works fine.

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