are you sure it is a WordPress theme?
please post the name of the theme and the download link.
general: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes
Thanks for the help. i searched free WordPress templates-I am assuming it will be a WP template. The template is at:
http://websitetemplatesonline.com/free-template/FitLine-Web-Template.html
The name of the theme is FitLine
It’s just what I’m looking for and really want it to work.
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That’s not a WordPress compatible theme and cannot be used.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes
Look for good free WordPress themes here.
Thanks for the info. It’s really a nice template-do you know of anything like it in the free wordpress world?
Thanks again.
Can you tell me what it needs to work ?
indeed a nice template 😉
turning a html template into a WordPress theme needs:
– replacing all static outputs in the menues, titles, contents, etc with the equivalent dynamic WordPress functions;
– possibly separating the template into the parts header.php, index.php, and footer.php;
– adapting the html/css for instance of the menues to match the new output.
for this, you would need knowledge of theme design, http://codex.wordpress.org/Site_Design_and_Layout
and quite a good understanding of php, html, css.
basically do-able – probably a few many hours full time work …
Thanks Sweeper.
I will be looking for a way to support this template. Any Suggestions?
There is no such thing as “supporting” that template in WordPress. Someone would basically have to create a custom theme “copying” the design from that template. As Sweeper said, that requires a lot of experience and knowledge of coding. But there are people who do that kind of work for pay — you could post on the Jobs Page if you want to find someone.
What I am talking about is another way to get this on my site-obviously someone put a lot of effort into getting it to work.
There must be a way to get it working- another software that will allow this template to appear on my site when someone types my URL into their browser.
Sure there is: use it on a static html site. Add all the content by hand. Build all the links by hand. Don’t forget to add each menu link by hand, on every single page, every time you add something new…
If you want to use a CSS/HTML template on a WordPress site, however, you must turn it into a WordPress theme (or have someone do it for you). Themes are the way WordPress displays designs. There’s just no way around it. The same will be true of every other CMS out there — all of them work by hooking bits of database content to locations in the template. A plain HTML template won’t work on any of them unless it’s built into a theme appropriate for that particular CMS.
Perhaps I am not being clear. I am talking about something OUTSIDE OF WORDPRESS. I know this is the WordPress Forum but I thought Someone here would know of a hosting software or a method of getting this template up and running on GoDaddy’s 4G. I’m Quite sure there is a way for this template to magically when someone types my address into their browser. Does anyone have the names of the intermediate products that I need to connect my template with my host?
You have already had your answer – it will need to be manually converted to a WordPress theme to be able to use it with WordPress. Someone with the skills and experience should be able to do it quite easily – post a job on jobs.wordpress.net to hire someone if you want that specific look on your WordPress site.
If however you are now asking about how to use that specific html template without WordPress, that question is outside of the remit of the WordPress forums. In that case I’m afraid this topic would need to be closed and you should ask for help on a general web design forum elsewhere.
You may find a WordPress theme you like as much as that template by searching the WordPress theme directory using the tag filter interface: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/tag-filter/
Dear cubecolor,
There is a great big world outside WordPress. You Have to get out more.
Does anyone have the names of the intermediate products that I need to connect my template with my host?
general: ftp or the file management (cpanel ?) of your hoster;
in which case the first part of the answer by @amy Hendrix would apply.
however, help with anything OUTSIDE OF WORDPRESS is not covered by this forum ;-(
Cubecolor, Just noticed my post was cut off. I will re check the many available templates and get one of the templates I was previously admiring.
Thanks to ALL for the Help
