Title: Broken Theme – “Stylesheet is Missing” – HELP! Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Broken Theme – “Stylesheet is Missing” – HELP! * Resolved [bon508](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bon508/) * (@bon508) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-stylesheet-is-missing-help/) * Hi All, * Total WP newbie here, desperate for help. Warning: I are blonde! 🙂 (So I need blonde-proof instructions, please.) * I just created my first WP Blog ([http://www.best-data-online.com](http://www.best-data-online.com)) and after spending about an hour viewing various themes, found one I REALLY like–“ Binary Blue.” * I uploaded it to my wp-content/themes folder (I’m installing through cPanel), and got this error message when I went to select it from my WP Dashboard: * “The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template. * “BinaryBlue — Stylesheet is missing.” * I checked my file manager… I DO see stylesheets (that’s the style.css and other. css stuff, right?) in the folder. But they’re in a folder within a folder (i. e., /public_html/wp-content/themes/BinaryBlue/wp-binary-blue-101). Does that matter? * The instructions that came with this theme say: * “IMPORTANT!!!! Make sure you have set up your wordpress installation correctly, especially the WPLANG! This variable MUST have a valid value like EN_US, ZH_CN, ES_ES and so on, otherwise it may happen that your wordpress installation will produce errors like the well-known Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: cachedfilereader in /some/directory/structure/here/wp-includes/wp-l10n. php on line 72. * “It is ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY for the Binary Blue theme to have a valid locale definition in your wp-config.php, as the theme is fully and therefore depends on a correct setup! Because this is the most commonly known issue with localized themes and plugins, I have now – finally – implemented a check routine that will look whether the WPLANG is set with a non-empty value, and if this check fails, the complete theme will fall back to its native German language.” * I have NO IDEA what any of that means. I don’t know if the warning has anything to do with the missing stylesheet… doesn’t seem to. * Can anyone help me out with this? Or should I just try another theme and see what happens? It took me a long time to pick this one out, and I REALLY like it… but if it ain’t gonna work, I might as well ditch it and try something else. * But before I did that, I thought I better check to see if someone could tell me what I did wrong (so I don’t do that same thing with every other theme I try). * Thanks in advance for your help! * Bonnie Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [hbalagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hbalagh/) * (@hbalagh) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-stylesheet-is-missing-help/#post-460168) * you would not have it a folder w/in a folder so instead of it being * public_html/wp-content/themes/BinaryBlue/wp-binary-blue-101 * it would be * public_html/wp-content/themes/wp-binary-blue-101 * Thread Starter [bon508](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bon508/) * (@bon508) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-stylesheet-is-missing-help/#post-460190) * Hey, thanks for the quick reply. That DID fix the error and I was able to load the theme… but it’s in German! * Re-reading the above instructions (above) from the theme creator, I can’t find any WPLANG file; I checked the wp-config.php file, which says, in part: * < // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the // chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages. // For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’ // to enable German language support. define (‘WPLANG’, ”); * /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ * define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’); require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings. php’); ?> * Ummm… sheesh, this is all Greek to me… * There’s no “languages” file in the WP-Includes folder. What is a “MO” or “de. mo” file and where can I find one to install? * I feel like such an idiot. * More help please? * Bonnie * [spencerp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spencerp/) * (@spencerp) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-stylesheet-is-missing-help/#post-460192) * This [read](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_in_Your_Language) might help.. =) * spencerp * /Now, Off to do another install…later peoples. =) * Thread Starter [bon508](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bon508/) * (@bon508) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-stylesheet-is-missing-help/#post-460196) * I’m getting closer! 🙂 * I’ve edited my config file, created a “languages” folder… now all I gotta do ( I think) is find the .mo file for English. The list of .mo files provided with the help at WordPress.org does not include English. * So I need to find a en.mo file somewhere, then upload it to my “languages” folder… right? * Am I getting warm? Anyone got a en.mo file they can lend me? 😉 * Bonnie * [spencerp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spencerp/) * (@spencerp) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-stylesheet-is-missing-help/#post-460198) * This thread has an explaination on it: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/80155?replies=4](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/80155?replies=4) * spencerp * Thread Starter [bon508](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bon508/) * (@bon508) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-stylesheet-is-missing-help/#post-460201) * THANK YOU! Here’s a big virtual KISS (on the cheek), Spencerp! * I got the theme working, and in English! “Whoo-Hoo!” * Thanks again! * Bonnie * [spencerp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spencerp/) * (@spencerp) * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-stylesheet-is-missing-help/#post-460202) * Haha.. *blushes*.. Thanks! And, you’re welcome! =) * spencerp Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Broken Theme – “Stylesheet is Missing” – HELP!’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [Stylesheet](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/stylesheet/) * 7 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [spencerp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spencerp/) * Last activity: [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-stylesheet-is-missing-help/#post-460202) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics