Title: FTP client and theme install
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# FTP client and theme install

 *  [mrsseymourglass](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrsseymourglass/)
 * (@mrsseymourglass)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-client-and-theme-install/)
 * Hi all,
    New to wordpress.
 * Recently was given access to our server on which we have wordpress installed.
   I have been trying to upload a new theme for a while.
    Was told that I should
   do it through an FTP client. I am using Total Commander. When I connect to the
   server and the wordpress site, however, I cannot see any files. There is no “
   wp-admin” file, and no directories of any kind.
 * Currently, everything I move to this wordpress site shows up in media. So if 
   I move a theme zip file, it shows up in media as a zip file. Not helpful.
 * I have had some success installing themes the regular way, but get stuck with
   the cheatin’ error. All the fixes for this error require me to have access to
   the wordpress directories…so it’s kind of a catch-22.
    Any guidance would be 
   appreciated… Thank you!
 * //Also, please note: am newbie regarding programming, but am willing to research,
   and have access to a smart IT person (but he lives far far away, and is difficult
   to contact–hence why I am on this forum).

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 * [FTP Client](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ftp-client/)
 * [theme upload error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/theme-upload-error/)

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