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Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: How do you install themesI figured it out…via the “upload tab” where gangleri specified, I uploaded the zip file (single file) that I downloaded. I looked back at the GoDaddy FTP and the window that pops up only allows you to upload one file at a time (not folders).
Still, it was disappointing to find that wordpress.org had many fewer themes loaded already to choose from, and that the popular theme I found on wordpress.com had to be downloaded then uploaded manually. This seems to be a recurring theme…I thought this switch was supposed to make it easier, but it seems to be the opposite so far.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Best theme for static website (not blog)??MicDK: Do you mind sharing what you found that might work? I’m trying to do the exact same thing and having problems.
Micah: Do you have any tips on removing the sidebar/comments completely? Link to a good walk-through? I’ve tried to find these, but most are very vague or way too technical for me.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: How do you install themesAfter you extract the zip file, it’s an entire folder with 45-50 files–not a single file. As far as I can tell, you can’t use an FTP to upload an entire folder at one time. I uploaded a theme file-by-file and it seemed to work, but now the appearance is clearly more messy than the theme looks on wordpress.com.
Am I overlooking something huge here? Is there one magic file that’s all you need to upload? Is there a way to upload the entire folder at one time in an FTP client (I’m using the GoDaddy file manager)?
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Using WordPress.com theme with WordPress.orgI’m in a similar situation: trying to move from wordpress.com to wordpress.org (with GoDaddy hosting) and simply want the latter one to be a mirror image of the former. I’m coming across a ton of problems with this, but it seems like the biggest is that the .org dashboard doesn’t have the theme I used (Ocean Mist).
I downloaded this theme, then uploaded it piece by piece through GoDaddy’s file manager. This seemed to have worked, as Ocean Mist shows up with a preview thumbnail and description alongside the default themes. When I activated it, however, the output was really messy compared to the .com blog.
A subsequent problem is that the theme doesn’t want to let me upload a custom header image under “Appearance” like it did on the .com blog. Ocean Mist is definitely on the list of themes that support this, so I’m confused here. Does it have something to do with the fact that I had to manually upload the theme?
Slightly less significant is the fact that the images that transfered over to the new site have horizontal scratchy bars running through them. I can probably manually fix this for each one, but I’m just wondering why this happened.
Any help would be great, as this is incredibly frustrating. I thought I was over the hump in getting things straightened out with GoDaddy, but I guess that was just the beginning.