Title: Assistance with missing code style css stylesheet
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Assistance with missing code style css stylesheet

 *  Resolved [ellenandhope](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellenandhope/)
 * (@ellenandhope)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assistance-with-missing-code-style-css-stylesheet/)
 * I am a novice – but with your help and patience maybe I won’t need to ask the‘
   simple’ questions. I cannot get any theme template to load.
    I get the error 
   Unpacking the package…
 * Installing the theme…
 * The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the `style.css` stylesheet.
 * Theme install failed.
 * Please help.
 * I have figured out FileZilla
    I have figured out how to look for the second level
   folders in the download of the theme.
 * Please help.
    Thanks.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assistance-with-missing-code-style-css-stylesheet/#post-4312038)
 * Where did you download this theme from?
 *  Thread Starter [ellenandhope](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellenandhope/)
 * (@ellenandhope)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assistance-with-missing-code-style-css-stylesheet/#post-4312042)
 * I tried many
    timeline-wp codium-grid flexiblity3 indeziner hybrid skeleton
 * so maybe my first question should have been is there a recommended location for
   templates?
 * I appreciate your help.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assistance-with-missing-code-style-css-stylesheet/#post-4312138)
 * See:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes#Adding_New_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes#Adding_New_Themes)
 * Do you have this problem with themes from here?
 * [http://wordpress.org/themes/](http://wordpress.org/themes/)
 *  Thread Starter [ellenandhope](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellenandhope/)
 * (@ellenandhope)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assistance-with-missing-code-style-css-stylesheet/#post-4312193)
 * thank you for your response
    my lesson here is I cannot assume that themes that
   look like they are from a reputable source are actually downloadable. am I correct?
   I am reading through the material you recommended as a test, I downloaded two
   themes from the location you indicated and both installed flawlessly. I’ll work
   my way through those to find the type of template that I think I’m looking for.
   Finding the right template is harder than picking out the entire wardrobe for
   a wedding party!
 * thanks
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assistance-with-missing-code-style-css-stylesheet/#post-4312195)
 * >  my lesson here is I cannot assume that themes that look like they are from
   > a reputable source are actually downloadable.
   >  am I correct?
 * Since we only support themes from this site, I really don’t know about themes
   from other places, but in general, yes, you should be careful about where you
   get themes from. This article has some more info along these lines:
 * [http://www.chipbennett.net/2010/12/10/only-download-wordpress-themes-from-trusted-sources/](http://www.chipbennett.net/2010/12/10/only-download-wordpress-themes-from-trusted-sources/)
 * It’s also possible that the themes you’ve tried are okay, but perhaps contained
   in more than one folder – but in any case, the developer/vendor should provide
   any installation info if it’s not standard.
 * >  Finding the right template is harder than picking out the entire wardrobe 
   > for a wedding party!
 * LOL – well, I’ve not heard that one before!
 * But don’t sweat the details too much – because you really can modify themes pretty
   easily once you learn a few basics of WP/HTML and CSS.
 *  Thread Starter [ellenandhope](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellenandhope/)
 * (@ellenandhope)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assistance-with-missing-code-style-css-stylesheet/#post-4312196)
 * thank you very much for your assistance and resources to learn
 *  [fawel11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fawel11/)
 * (@fawel11)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/assistance-with-missing-code-style-css-stylesheet/#post-4312363)
 * It means the zip file should be unzipped. After doing that you can see another
   zip file into the folder. That is the main theme file. And now install this file
   from your WP dashboard.

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