theme problem

**-RanZ-** · October 13th, 2004, 1:36 AM

Im having a prob with themes, I downloaded a couple from xoops.org and followed the instructions yet there not working.....any ideas on what Im doin wrong? I uesd thhe scripta installer

**john** · October 13th, 2004, 7:34 AM

Which themes?

You say they aren't working. What are the symptoms?

If it's a blank page, make sure that the theme isn't nested an extra level deep (ie /themes/mytheme/mytheme), and that the permissions aren't set to read-only by owner (400). I've seen a few that were like that, and it works fine in an environment where permissions don't matter (like windows), but fails in a shared linux environment. Make sure the theme files are set to something like 644.

Lemme know.

John

**pvera** · October 13th, 2004, 7:37 AM

One of my clients installed her themes exactly as she downloaded them, so of course they did not work. The downloaded themes have extra stuff, there should be a README that tells which parts of the theme package are actually uploaded into the server.

I am betting you have the same problem.

**David** · October 13th, 2004, 10:24 AM

Which themes? The themes aren't very hard to install. As long as they don't have a tar file with them, just upload the theme folder to the theme directory. If there is a tar folder with it, you have to upload it as well, but via the templates manager in xoops.

I'd suggest not using scripta to install with unless you are using the script for test purposes.

**-RanZ-** · October 13th, 2004, 1:57 PM

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Originally Posted by djsckizo

Which themes? The themes aren't very hard to install. As long as they don't have a tar file with them, just upload the theme folder to the theme directory. If there is a tar folder with it, you have to upload it as well, but via the templates manager in xoops.

I'd suggest not using scripta to install with unless you are using the script for test purposes.

Im just using scripta for testing purposes, if I actually go with xoops im gonna download and install it myself. I am using the 7dana.com themes and they dont have readme files in em

I upload it to the themes folder, chomd it 777 and switched to it in the prefrences and it just stays the default theme

**john** · October 13th, 2004, 2:43 PM

In the preferences section, right under where you select the default theme, there is an option to "Update module template .html files from themes/your theme.templates directory?". Make sure it is set to "yes".

If that doesn't do it, let me know.

John

**David** · October 13th, 2004, 4:11 PM

Yeah, what John just said should solve your problem. If not, clear your browser cache as well and try it. Still doesn't work, dump everything in your your template_c folder and try again. That doesn't work....well, show one of us and we should be able to help.

**john** · October 13th, 2004, 4:22 PM

If you clean out the templates_c folder, leave the index.html file in there. Clean out everything else.

Let us know.

John

**-RanZ-** · October 13th, 2004, 4:42 PM

thanks guys, got it

xoops is lookin pretty good, think I might go with it over post nuke for my new site

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David says LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! Resident. Joined in Mar 2004 Lives in fear of Obama. Hosted on Pass 7 13,091 posts Gave thanks: 8 Thanked 34 times	Yeah, what John just said should solve your problem. If not, clear your browser cache as well and try it. Still doesn't work, dump everything in your your template_c folder and try again. That doesn't work....well, show one of us and we should be able to help. __________________

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