Title: Installation Fail
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Installation Fail

 *  [riverhooks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riverhooks/)
 * (@riverhooks)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-fail-2/)
 * uploaded a zip file to install a theme from within the dashboard at the install
   themes tab. install failed got the message style.css stylesheet not found. O.
   K. Fine. I open the the zip file and looked inside . I found a file style.css
   I don’t know if that is what the installation message was referring to. I am 
   not html or css coder I just want the thing to install any useful tips will be
   appreciated . Thank you .

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 *  [Darin Kotter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkotter/)
 * (@dkotter)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-fail-2/#post-2483138)
 * WordPress themes have to have a valid style.css and index.php files. So just 
   because there’s a style.css file, doesn’t mean it is valid. Basically it needs
   some comments at the top of the file. You can view what is needed [here](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development#Theme_Stylesheet).
 *  [Nikki Blight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kionae/)
 * (@kionae)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-fail-2/#post-2483160)
 * Maybe this is a dumb question, but did you unzip the file after you uploaded 
   it? Because PHP can’t access the files within an archive. You have to unzip them
   in order to install a theme.
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-fail-2/#post-2483164)
 * Is this a premium theme as there are other files and folder bundled in and one
   them folder should be a theme folder that needs to be in wp-content/themes

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last reply from: [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-fail-2/#post-2483164)
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