Assistance with missing code style css stylesheet

  • Resolved ellenandhope

    (@ellenandhope)


    11 years, 3 months ago

    I am a novice – but with your help and patience maybe I won’t need to ask the ‘simple’ questions. I cannot get any theme template to load.
    I get the error
    Unpacking the package…

    Installing the theme…

    The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet.

    Theme install failed.

    Please help.

    I have figured out FileZilla
    I have figured out how to look for the second level folders in the download of the theme.

    Please help.
    Thanks.

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  • Where did you download this theme from?

    Thread Starter ellenandhope

    (@ellenandhope)

    I tried many
    timeline-wp
    codium-grid
    flexiblity3
    indeziner
    hybrid
    skeleton

    so maybe my first question should have been is there a recommended location for templates?

    I appreciate your help.

    See:

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Themes#Adding_New_Themes

    Do you have this problem with themes from here?

    https://www.ads-software.com/themes/

    Thread Starter ellenandhope

    (@ellenandhope)

    thank you for your response
    my lesson here is I cannot assume that themes that look like they are from a reputable source are actually downloadable.
    am I correct?
    I am reading through the material you recommended
    as a test, I downloaded two themes from the location you indicated and both installed flawlessly. I’ll work my way through those to find the type of template that I think I’m looking for.
    Finding the right template is harder than picking out the entire wardrobe for a wedding party!

    thanks

    my lesson here is I cannot assume that themes that look like they are from a reputable source are actually downloadable.
    am I correct?

    Since we only support themes from this site, I really don’t know about themes from other places, but in general, yes, you should be careful about where you get themes from. This article has some more info along these lines:

    https://www.chipbennett.net/2010/12/10/only-download-wordpress-themes-from-trusted-sources/

    It’s also possible that the themes you’ve tried are okay, but perhaps contained in more than one folder – but in any case, the developer/vendor should provide any installation info if it’s not standard.

    Finding the right template is harder than picking out the entire wardrobe for a wedding party!

    LOL – well, I’ve not heard that one before!

    But don’t sweat the details too much – because you really can modify themes pretty easily once you learn a few basics of WP/HTML and CSS.

    Thread Starter ellenandhope

    (@ellenandhope)

    thank you very much for your assistance and resources to learn

    fawel11

    (@fawel11)

    It means the zip file should be unzipped. After doing that you can see another zip file into the folder. That is the main theme file. And now install this file from your WP dashboard.

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