Theme installed, white page problems

  • Okay, off the bat, I know this sounds like a very familiar problem (and I’ve read those threads), but I couldn’t find anything that matches by predicament.

    Here goes:

    I downloaded a theme for a news website I’m registered under along with several other people. However, I downloaded it to my own personal Mac as I intended to work on it from home.

    I then uploaded it, again from my personal Mac. It read that the installation was successful, but when I activated the theme, I got the white blank page. I’ve read some other threads about wp-content.php files

    I do not have WordPress installed on my Mac. I am assuming that the computer in the office does, but I have to wait until the morning (it’s 3 AM where I am) to do so.

    Basically, my question is, if I go ahead and install WordPress on my Mac, would I be able to make the changes to the folders I need to in order to remedy the problem?

    If I were doing everything from my own computer (i.e. had WordPress installed), I’m pretty sure other threads would help me. But this is a bit different according to what I’m finding.

    If that’s confusing, here’s the simplest way I can put it:

    Computer1 and Computer2 share a blog. Computer1 has WordPress installed. Computer2 does not. Computer2 uploads a new theme and installs it “successfully”, but upon activation it shows a white blank screen.

    How does this situation get resolved?

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  • Wow, we are in for a little journey.
    WordPress is not a computer application in the sense that most of the programs you run on your computer are. Instead it is a WEB APPLICATION, WordPress is installed upon a WEB SERVER, you access it using a WEB BROWSER which is a typical computer application.
    While it is possible to install a web server on your computer, and then install WordPress upon it, this is usually only useful to website developers.

    So I am afraid that your ideas of installing themes upon this computer or that does not make that much sense.

    Installing themes and configuring WordPress sites is something that is done by a website administrator, they are able to register authors, editors and so on to use their website in various ways. Since you have some form of WordPress in your environment, I suggest that you discuss your plans and objectives with your website administrator.

    Thread Starter barkeater

    (@barkeater)

    Okay, what I meant was that I purchased the premium version of a theme and downloaded its zip file to my computer.

    Then I uploaded it. Then I activated it. Then the fun began.

    I checked my computer for the root directory, basically to see if I had WordPress installed. I found nothing, which is why I don’t think its installed on my computer.

    But I uploaded the theme’s zip to the blog that I am a co-admin on. Which is why I was touching up the site in the first place. I was just using a different computer.

    So if I install WordPress after the fact, on my computer, will I be able to access root directory and make the changes I need to make?

    I checked my computer for the root directory, basically to see if I had WordPress installed. I found nothing, which is why I don’t think its installed on my computer.

    You are correct. WordPress is not installed upon your computer.
    You have a web browser installed on your computer, it communicates across the internet to your blog.

    But I uploaded the theme’s zip to the blog that I am a co-admin on. Which is why I was touching up the site in the first place. I was just using a different computer.

    Your blog is running on a web server (which is a computer on the internet), it is because the web server is on the internet that you are able to access your blog from any computer.

    So if I install WordPress after the fact, on my computer, will I be able to access root directory and make the changes I need to make?

    NO

    To make changes to your blog, you have to make those changes on your blog on the web server. There are several types of changes you could make:

    • You could change text in an article on your blog, or add a new article etc. To do this you would bring up the WordPress login and supply your username and password. You could also upload images and put them into articles. You could change your blog’s theme if you are the WordPress administrator.
    • If you want to change your blog’s CSS code, or customise a template, you will need to login to your website’s hosting management. This is an altogether different login to WordPress.
    • There are other types of changes too.
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