Title: Question about stylesheet
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Question about stylesheet

 *  [blueamulet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blueamulet/)
 * (@blueamulet)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-stylesheet/)
 * I’ve been looking at the Polaris theme which I might possibly find a use for…
   I’d like to investigate further, but after trying to install so that I could 
   play with it, I got this message:
 * Broken Themes
 * The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet
   and a template.
    Name Description Polaris_v1.0 Stylesheet is missing.
 * What seems strange is that I compared the zip file contents to what was transferred
   to my server, and I saw the same files (or what appear to be the same) in both
   places. It looks like the stylesheet IS there. But why is WP telling me it isn’t?

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 *  [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/)
 * (@adeptris)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-stylesheet/#post-2119079)
 * Did you ftp or use the ‘Add New’?
 * Are the polaris themes files in the right folder at the top level.
 * Is the folder name well formed (like a slug) with no spaces or periods, EG: `
   wp-content/themes/polaris_v10/` then all theme files in this folder?
 * **FTP General Notes:**
    When we unzip from file, or already in some theme zips
   there are sometimes two levels of folders, if using FTP we need to transfer only
   the inner folder with the files so we may have: `Polaris_v1.0/polaris/`
 * Polaris_v1.0 is the zip name and top level folder, with the theme in a sub-folder`/
   polaris/` inside the zip, that will upload great from ‘Add New’.
 * For FTP we would un-zip and upload only the inner `/polaris/` Folder and Files
   to the themes directory.
 * HTH
 * David
 *  Thread Starter [blueamulet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blueamulet/)
 * (@blueamulet)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-stylesheet/#post-2119220)
 * OK, I deleted the folder on my server and then just transferred the inner “polaris”
   folder as you advise, thanx. I wonder why the authors make themes with so many
   levels?? That is confusing for an intermediate like myself…LOL
 * Soooo, at the moment I am ready to return to my site and see whether this theme
   will correctly install. It may or may not be suitable for my needs, but I think
   it looks lovely and might be useable either on my current site or a whole new
   one….
 * I don’t mind making “mistakes” like this, it always turns into a learning experience,
   which is a good thing. 🙂
 *  [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/)
 * (@adeptris)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-stylesheet/#post-2119227)
 * Great,
    If it is ok then mark this topic as ‘resolved’, WordPress is a great 
   learning curve.
 * Regards
 * David
 *  Thread Starter [blueamulet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blueamulet/)
 * (@blueamulet)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-stylesheet/#post-2119275)
 * Oh, yes it did install perfectly once I chose the inner folder and just ftp’d
   that one. However….as lovely as it is, I’m lost over exactly how to make it behave
   for me… Hmmm and Hmmm… I’ve always had trouble with custom menus, grrr.

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 * Last reply from: [blueamulet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blueamulet/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-stylesheet/#post-2119275)
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