{"id":57,"date":"2009-02-23T08:56:21","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T14:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.edynamo.com\/?p=57"},"modified":"2009-03-02T12:49:01","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T18:49:01","slug":"how-to-install-a-wordpress-cms-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/edynamo.com\/blog\/?p=57","title":{"rendered":"How to install a WordPress CMS theme"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Step 1: Download your theme of choice<\/strong>
\nUnfortunately WordPress can\u2019t read minds, so you\u2019ll have to pick out the theme you want to use. Call me biased, but some of the templates on our\u00a0free WordPress themes<\/a> page are quite nice. For this tutorial we\u2019ll choose the\u00a0Blue Green\u00a0theme. Click the download link, and save the .zip file to your hard drive.<\/p>\n

\"WordPress<\/a><\/p>\n

Extract the\u00a0\/blue-green\/<\/em> folder only. All you have to do with\u00a0Readme.txt<\/em> is read it (which is why it\u2019s called a readme file) and isn\u2019t needed for the next step – uploading the theme to WordPress.<\/p>\n

Step 2: Upload the theme directory to WordPress<\/strong>
\nSeems simple enough, right? It really is, if you know where to upload it. Use an FTP client such as\u00a0FileZilla<\/a> to connect to your hosting account. Navigate to where WordPress is installed and locate the\u00a0\/wp-content\/themes\/<\/em> directory. Upload the\u00a0\/blue-green\/<\/em> directory it. After you\u2019re done, it should look something like this.<\/p>\n

\"Uploaded<\/a><\/p>\n

The hard part is now out of the way. The next and final step is to activate the theme within your WordPress admin panel.<\/p>\n

Step 3: Activate the theme within your WordPress admin panel<\/strong>
\nLogin to your WordPress admin panel, and navigate to the\u00a0Presentation<\/em> tab. You should now be at a screen that looks like this.<\/p>\n

\"WordPress<\/a><\/p>\n

Wow, look, you can already see the\u00a0Blue Green<\/em> screenshot below! WordPress reads the directory and searches for the screenshot image and stylesheet within it. Simply click on it, and your theme is activated.<\/p>\n

\"Congratulations!<\/a><\/p>\n

That wasn\u2019t so bad was it? WordPress makes it simple like that. If you still need help, feel free to ask in our\u00a0general support<\/a> forum for assistance. Feel free to leave a comment orsubscribe to our feed<\/a> if you liked this tutorial.<\/p>\n

by <\/em>ThemeLab<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unfortunately WordPress can\u2019t read minds, so you\u2019ll have to pick out the theme you want to use. Call me biased, but some of the templates on our free WordPress themes page are quite nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/edynamo.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/edynamo.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/edynamo.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/edynamo.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/edynamo.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/edynamo.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90,"href":"http:\/\/edynamo.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/edynamo.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/edynamo.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/edynamo.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}