Roy
(@gangleri)
You just upload the theme to your themes folder (/wp-content/themes) and make sure you don’t have “nested folders” (/wp-content/themes/themename/themename) then things should be just fine.
Ok, so in other words I just need to set up the directory folders and leave the folders empty, because if I used host connection to set up wordpress all I need to do is point my files to the folders? Would that be a safe assumption?
Roy
(@gangleri)
Actually no. How did you get the WP files on your server? I only know the FTP-way myself. In any case, when you download and unzip the WP file, you will already have folders, such as /wp-admin or /wp-content and subfolders such as /wp-content/themes. When you put the WP pack on your server, the folders will automatically be there (that is to say: you uploaded them yourself). When you look on your server (with FTP or the file manager of your control panel), you can see the WP folders, right?
Im just going to use Root in place of “www.nestinvestors.com”.
The folders you should see as soon as you open the ftp connection should be :
images
included
wp-admin
wp-content
wp-includes
And a whole bunch of other junk. Open the folder “Content”. Open the folder “Themes”. Make a new folder in here, and for now lets name it “Example”.
So, it would be (including root for fun) Root/Wp-Content/Themes/Example. You HAVE to have a few things in order for your theme to appear. You need :
index.php (note the small case “i” on index..)
style.css
If these things are NOT in the directory, your theme aint showin up bub.
Well Gangleri I uploaded wordpress using godaddy “Host Connection” and they automatically uploaded it to my computer. However the root directory is “www.nestinvestors.com.” This is were I get lost, because it then after, gives me this page to modify my directory CLICK HERE , at this point this is when I try to modify it and as you can see Konzine, that’s when I get all that junk and start from starch again.
My suggestion.
Get an FTP handling software, like fireftp for mozilla.
Download a fresh, brand spanking new .zip’d WordPress.
Empty the contents of the .Zip, to a folder on your Desktop.
Take everything INSIDE the folder on the desktop (So you want to be grabbing all that “junk” we were talking about before) and drag it INTO your root directory.
THEN! Go through the install process again.
Once installed, upload a theme as stated in my previous post.
Go to your Admin tools, change the theme, have wordpress and then somehow profit.
