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i am struggling on how to change theme to the one i downloaded

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prestonso commented

Make sure the theme folder is located under "/themes/". Then go to Administration > Site building > Themes and select the theme you downloaded as the default enabled theme. There are huge amounts of documentation on themes you can read on drupal.org.

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prinsloomin commented

i have done that, my problem now is how do one create subsites

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rflemin commented

When I try to administer (change the default) theme, I can't see one that I downloaded, just the core themes. I've unpacked it and put it in Drupal-6.10/themes, Drupal-6.10/sites/all/themes and it doesn't show in the admin page. I can change themes within the core set, but can't ever see the new one (AD Blueprint). Do I need to restart Drupal so that it re-reads its own directories? Arrgh! Thanks for any help.

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dnaromance commented

Hi,

It's weird...have you try remove it and upload it again? You should put in sites/all/themes folder will be enough, cause themes folder reserved for core themes.

I'm not sure it related to cron? Anyone?

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rflemin commented

nope. Tried unpacking and moving AD Blueprint to sites/all/themes and I still can't see it with Administration/Themes. this wasn't, technically, an upload because I am running on a WAMP localhost.
I'm having a similar problem with trying to install additional modules - all I can see are the core modules. I thought it might be a privilege problem, but I am signed in as user 1. I did have a problem with the White Screen, but changed the php.ini resource limits setting and now I can enable more core modules, but I still can't see the new one (CiviCRM). I also had a problem with mySQL (bad PATH) but that's fixed. I can see that I have a MySQL database named Drupal, with a lot of stuff I didn't put in it, but nothing named Themes. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

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vm commented

ensure you are using the proper versions of themes or moduels for your version of drupal. Ensure that the .info files in both themes and modules are being uploaded with the modules/themes folder.

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dnaromance commented

Hi,

Yup, I agree. You can't use 5.x theme for Drupal 6.x, but I don't think that's your problem. What I agree is Drupal 6.x used to check the .info file for Drupal theme version, so maybe you check the .info file and see whether what version stated there?

Argh..really hope to sort it out for you...

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punekiran commented

Hi,
I am a rookie to drupal. i am facing the same problem as kailoon.

How to apply a downloaded free theme to my drupal website.

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dnaromance commented

Hi,

It's simple. You just have to use FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and upload your downloaded themes folder into sites/all/themes directory. You can use gFTP (for Linux), or FileZilla (for Windows).

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billythekid commented

hi there!

i was facing the same problem as you. im a complete noob to drupal, switched over from joomla. And it seems much easier to use.

Could be your FTP client. Im using Cpanel. I installed my new themes and modules to the right folders, but they still werent showing up.
I then tried two things: both compressing and extracting. I figured it might have something to do with the .tar.gz extension (okay for linux/unix servers but not for windows run servers).
Anyway, now my new theme shows up and im able to use it.

could be worth a shot, if you're still having problems.

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veenit33 commented

I am completely new to drupal..
can ne1 help me how do i apply a downloaded theme?
reading from the above posts..i extracted and pasted all the downloaded themes to sites/all/themes/ folder..
i stil cant see it except der r only the default themes..when i go to site building -> themes..

plz help..
thanks in adv..

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Jeff Burnz commented

Dude, its easier if you dont user shortages or other fang dangled IM lingo.

Try clearing the theme registry, are you sure you extracted the files completely? What are you uploading to sites/all/themes? they should be folders and not another archive (some zip/archive programs require a 2 step process to completely un-archive the theme).

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veenit33 commented

I have extracted the files completely..
i mean there is only 1 file in the folder...

Assuming the folder name is ...adt....
then the file inside the folder is named ...adt...
der is only 1 file..
the type of file is FILE...and size apprx 80 KB..

wat do i do?

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silverwing commented

Have you downloaded another copy? Or try downloading another theme from this site and unpack it to see if your unpacker is working correctly. (At a minimum, most themes will have at least 5 items, plus an image folder - usually.)

~silverwing

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venkateshdrupal commented

Is it possible to use drupal module's in my site alone without using the help of drupal default web site.

Thanks in Advance.

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vm commented

no. Drupal modules plug into drupal's apis. Without using drupal's apis and hook system, drupal modules are useless to your site.