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I just installed Wordpress on my host server and have successfully uploaded several themes to the "wp-content/themes/" directory. When I log onto my blog, and go to Appearance and Themes, I do not see any of them listed, nor can I edit the default theme. When trying to edit the default theme, I get the message "The requested theme does not exist." Any ideas as to how to resolve this? Thanks in advance.</p> <p>-CHIA- </p></div> </div> </li> <li id="post-1032076" class="postitem "> <div class="threadauthor col-3"> <p><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854im_/http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f4273f5d0037dc99413b460894ca2de2?s=48&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&r=g" class="avatar avatar-48" style="height:48px; width:48px;"/><strong>selfmade64856</strong><br/> <small><span class="authortitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/support/profile/586920">Member</a></span><br/> Posted 2 days ago <a href="#post-1032076">#</a> </small> </p> </div> <div class="threadpost col-7"> <div class="post"><p>You need to first go to the Site Admin/themes to "activate" the themes. After you've done that then go to appearance/themes to activate the individual theme for your blog. </p></div> </div> </li> <li id="post-1032088" class="postitem "> <div class="threadauthor col-3"> <p><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854im_/http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fae451be6708241627983570a1a1817a?s=48&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&r=g" class="avatar avatar-48" style="height:48px; width:48px;"/><strong>mercime</strong><br/> <small><span class="authortitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/support/profile/187497">Member</a></span><br/> Posted 2 days ago <a href="#post-1032088">#</a> </small> </p> </div> <div class="threadpost col-7"> <div class="post"><p>@selfmade64856: your instruction is for WPMU, it's not done that way in single WP :-)</p> <p>@chiaxhong: first, for the other themes you uploaded in wp-content/themes/ make sure that the theme is not nested in another folder which sometimes happens when unzipping. In other words, format of theme folder should be like<br/> - wp-content/themes/mythemefolder/index.php<br/> - wp-content/themes/mythemefolder/style.css<br/> etc. etc. etc. </p> <p>As for editing of default theme, you might need to CHMOD default theme files to 755 or 777 first via FTP first </p></div> </div> </li> <li id="post-1032090" class="postitem "> <div class="threadauthor col-3"> <p><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854im_/http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/61b40336b18a65dd16fa8b7d7866d70f?s=48&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&r=g" class="avatar avatar-48" style="height:48px; width:48px;"/><strong>chiaxiong</strong><br/> <small><span class="authortitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/support/profile/2264760">Member</a></span><br/> Posted 2 days ago <a href="#post-1032090">#</a> </small> </p> </div> <div class="threadpost col-7"> <div class="post"><p>Is that the administration panels? Or could you just walk me through it...I am still a noob at this. ;-P</p> <p>-CHIA- </p></div> </div> </li> <li id="post-1032097" class="postitem "> <div class="threadauthor col-3"> <p><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854im_/http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/61b40336b18a65dd16fa8b7d7866d70f?s=48&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&r=g" class="avatar avatar-48" style="height:48px; width:48px;"/><strong>chiaxiong</strong><br/> <small><span class="authortitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/support/profile/2264760">Member</a></span><br/> Posted 2 days ago <a href="#post-1032097">#</a> </small> </p> </div> <div class="threadpost col-7"> <div class="post"><p>Mercime, the themes are in the correct folders as you mentioned. They just aren't showing up when I attempt to find them while editing in the "Appearance - Themes" section of my blog.</p> <p>-CHIA- </p></div> </div> </li> <li id="post-1032111" class="postitem "> <div class="threadauthor col-3"> <p><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854im_/http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f4273f5d0037dc99413b460894ca2de2?s=48&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&r=g" class="avatar avatar-48" style="height:48px; width:48px;"/><strong>selfmade64856</strong><br/> <small><span class="authortitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/support/profile/586920">Member</a></span><br/> Posted 2 days ago <a href="#post-1032111">#</a> </small> </p> </div> <div class="threadpost col-7"> <div class="post"><p>- mercime - Aha! I hadn't even really thought of that, I just assumed ;)</p> <p>- chiaxiong - You're in good hands with mercime, you'll be good to go in no time :)))</p> <p>Ciao </p></div> </div> </li> <li id="post-1032119" class="postitem "> <div class="threadauthor col-3"> <p><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854im_/http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fae451be6708241627983570a1a1817a?s=48&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&r=g" class="avatar avatar-48" style="height:48px; width:48px;"/><strong>mercime</strong><br/> <small><span class="authortitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/support/profile/187497">Member</a></span><br/> Posted 2 days ago <a href="#post-1032119">#</a> </small> </p> </div> <div class="threadpost col-7"> <div class="post"><p>cheers selfmade64856</p> <p>chiaxiong: is your WP install in your own server or on webhost? How did you install your WP via fantastico? I ask because you don't seem to know about <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://ftp./" rel="nofollow">FTP.</a> </p></div> </div> </li> <li id="post-1032125" class="postitem "> <div class="threadauthor col-3"> <p><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854im_/http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/61b40336b18a65dd16fa8b7d7866d70f?s=48&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&r=g" class="avatar avatar-48" style="height:48px; width:48px;"/><strong>chiaxiong</strong><br/> <small><span class="authortitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/support/profile/2264760">Member</a></span><br/> Posted 2 days ago <a href="#post-1032125">#</a> </small> </p> </div> <div class="threadpost col-7"> <div class="post"><p>It is on a webhost. I just upload the zip file into the "wp-content/themes" and than click a button to unzip them into a folder.</p> <p>ex) wp-content/themes/atahualpa331/readme.txt<br/> wp-content/themes/atahualpa331/functions.php<br/> wp-content/themes/atahualpa331/style.css</p> <p>etc, etc</p> <p>-CHIA- </p></div> </div> </li> <li id="post-1033048" class="postitem "> <div class="threadauthor col-3"> <p><img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854im_/http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fae451be6708241627983570a1a1817a?s=48&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&r=g" class="avatar avatar-48" style="height:48px; width:48px;"/><strong>mercime</strong><br/> <small><span class="authortitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/support/profile/187497">Member</a></span><br/> Posted 2 days ago <a href="#post-1033048">#</a> </small> </p> </div> <div class="threadpost col-7"> <div class="post"><p>Maybe this video will help - installing and activating videos<br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=91" rel="nofollow">http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=91</a></p> <p>Also, make sure that all your WP files and folders have been uploaded in your server. </p></div> </div> </li> </ol> <div id="topic-paging" class="col-3"> <p id="pages"></p> </div> <h2 class="post-form">Reply</h2> <p>You must <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/support/bb-login.php">log in</a> to post.</p> </div> <div class="col-2 topicmeta"> <h4>About this Topic</h4> <ul> <li><a class="rsslink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/support/rss/topic/257895">RSS feed for this topic</a></li> <li>Started 2 days ago by chiaxiong</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/support/topic/257895#post-1033048">Latest reply</a> from mercime</li> <li>WordPress version: 2.7</li><li id="resolution-flipper">This topic is not resolved</li> </ul> <div class="tags"> <h4>Tags</h4> <ul id="yourtaglist"> <li id="tag-9933_2264760"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/tags/themes" rel="tag">Themes</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br class="clear"/> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ document.write('<scr'+'ipt src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://crazyegg.com/pages/scripts/23144.js?'+(new Date()).getTime()+'" type="text/javascript"></'+'script>'); //]]> </script> <div id="footer"> <div class="wrapper"> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/report-bugs/">Report a Site Bug</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/about/privacy/">Privacy</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/about/gpl/">GPL</a>     See also: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.com/" title="Hassle-free WP hosting">WordPress.com</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.tv/" title="Videos, tutorials, WordCamps">WordPress.TV</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://central.wordcamp.org/" title="Find a WordPress event near your home">WordCamp</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://jobs.wordpress.net/" title="Find or post WordPress jobs">WP Jobs</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://ma.tt/" title="Co-founder of WordPress, an example of what WordPress can do">Matt</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://www.facebook.com/pages/WordPress/6427302910">Fan WP on Facebook</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090403073854/http://wordpress.org/development/feed/" class="rsslink">Blog RSS</a> </p> <h6>Code is Poetry</h6> </div> </div> </body> </html>