Title: Adding a theme
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Adding a theme

 *  Resolved [jimdun9241](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimdun9241/)
 * (@jimdun9241)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-2/)
 * I tried to add a new theme. I used the default theme files without any changes,
   but when I go to DESIGN and THEMES, I still only see Default and Classic.
 * I have read the documentation about adding a theme.
 * I created a folder named theme1 in the themes folder where classic and default
   are stored. I uploaded the following Default files to theme1:
 * header.php
    footer.php sidebar.php index.php
 * Any ideas what might be wrong?
 * Jim

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 *  [Michael Fields](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mfields/)
 * (@mfields)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-2/#post-872626)
 * Your theme **NEEDS** a style.css file for WordPress to recognize it as a theme.
   copy over the style.css from the default theme and modify the comments at the
   very top with your own information and you should be good to go.
 *  Thread Starter [jimdun9241](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimdun9241/)
 * (@jimdun9241)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-2/#post-872653)
 * I had loaded a blank style.css, but just to be sure, I uploaded the default style.
   css. No change. So I entered a URL to check that my theme folder was in the right
   place. Only the default/classic themes were in the theme folder.
 * I contacted my server support people. They found that I had missed part of the
   directory structure when I created the folder. They moved it to the right place
   and the theme is working. My server support people are great (hostrocket.com)
 * How do I indicate that a problem is resolved, or does someone else do that?
 * Jim
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-2/#post-872657)
 * _How do I indicate that a problem is resolved_
 * On the right – change the status in the dropdown + click Change.

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-theme-2/#post-872657)
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