When you unzip the download there on your computer, the result should be the folder you will then upload into your wp-content/themes folder. Take a look inside and you should see style.css along with whatever else. Before doing the upload, however, I typically make a new folder named “source” inside the new theme’s folder and either move or copy the zip file into there as an easy-to-find backup for later if I might ever need one.
After you have done the upload, your new theme should appear at Dashboard > Appearance > Themes.
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andyandy
(@androidandreas)
Thanks for the explanation.
This is where my lack of know-how with unzipping files comes into play.
I have downloaded and unzipped the file containing the theme, and I do indeed see the style.css file in there.
However now I am unsure how to upload the file to the location you specify, i.e. the wp-content/themes folder.
In my version of Winzip it looks easy enough to upload to a specific location on a local drive, but I cannot see how to
upload to an online folder – so how exactly d I upload to wp-content/themes and where do I find it?
how exactly do I upload to wp-content/themes and where do I find it?
First you need a file manager that can do the upload, and the simplest (at least for me) is FileZilla: http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/
Overall, FileZilla is to the internet what Windows Explorer is on your local machine. So, download and install FileZilla on your computer, then ask your host to help you connect FileZilla at your server (using your server account credentials) via an SFTP connection. Some hosts will only allow an FTP connection, but you want SFTP for better security (encryption) if at all possible.
note: When you use FileZilla for the first time, you will want to click the “Server” tab at the top and tell it to “Force showing hidden files” for later on when you might access any “dot” file (such as htaccess with no actual file name and only its .htaccess extension).
After you get connected with FileZilla, ask your host to help you locate your “root” folder (or “directory”, as some folks know it) where your WordPress is installed. In my own case, that folder is named public_html. Once inside your own folder, you will see three folders (along with several individual files) beginning with “wp-“, and you want to upload your theme into the /wp-content/themes folder.
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andyandy
(@androidandreas)
Thanks – have now uploaded theme successfully!
