Installing Custom Theme
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Hi all!
I am setting us a small website, I mostly use HTML/PHP coding but now I am looking for an easy to use CMS so other people can easily edit content, no need for anything fancy... I am considering using Concrete5.
Things start acting strange from the very start, I'm not sure if this is a message telling me to stay away from this product and stick to my old habits...
I just installed Concrete5 version 5.4.2.1 so this is a clean install...
I created a basic theme and uploaded it into the themes folder...
Guess what, nothing appears in the 'pages and themes' page, 'More Themes' just states : " Download more themes from the concrete5.org marketplace. "
I tried renaming the theme, no change, I copied an existing theme from my themes folder (obviously changed name) but alas, nothing shows either.
Any hints for me ? If nothing goes I guess I'll move on and evaluate something else...
I am setting us a small website, I mostly use HTML/PHP coding but now I am looking for an easy to use CMS so other people can easily edit content, no need for anything fancy... I am considering using Concrete5.
Things start acting strange from the very start, I'm not sure if this is a message telling me to stay away from this product and stick to my old habits...
I just installed Concrete5 version 5.4.2.1 so this is a clean install...
I created a basic theme and uploaded it into the themes folder...
Guess what, nothing appears in the 'pages and themes' page, 'More Themes' just states : " Download more themes from the concrete5.org marketplace. "
I tried renaming the theme, no change, I copied an existing theme from my themes folder (obviously changed name) but alas, nothing shows either.
Any hints for me ? If nothing goes I guess I'll move on and evaluate something else...
Thanks C5LABS,
I looked at those tutorials even before posting my query ;-)
As I wanted to keep first things easy I followed these instructions:
http://www.concrete5tutorials.com/theme-tutorials/concrete5-sandbox...
A plain simple empty theme, I expected not much could go wrong...
But obviously their step 6 is going wrong as no new theme shows...
I will act as inhttp://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/converting... and report back here.
I looked at those tutorials even before posting my query ;-)
As I wanted to keep first things easy I followed these instructions:
http://www.concrete5tutorials.com/theme-tutorials/concrete5-sandbox...
A plain simple empty theme, I expected not much could go wrong...
But obviously their step 6 is going wrong as no new theme shows...
I will act as inhttp://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/converting... and report back here.
Let me know how you get on.
Was a no-go, did not show up either...
To make sure I installed concrete5 on another server and tested...
It worked...
I wiped out and reinstalled Concrete5 on the initial server and ...
It works...
Not sure what I did wrong but the main thing is I got it working, both the empty and converted are there...
Thanks, I'm off to play now with the template !
To make sure I installed concrete5 on another server and tested...
It worked...
I wiped out and reinstalled Concrete5 on the initial server and ...
It works...
Not sure what I did wrong but the main thing is I got it working, both the empty and converted are there...
Thanks, I'm off to play now with the template !
Ok good luck, thanks for the best answer!
You're welcome, your answer was the best one as it is good for anybody having similar issues to easily find tutorials ;-)
Sorry to have bothered you and thank you for your support (prompt answers), since it was a fresh installation I did not expect something would be wrong, I learned something, which is not even to trust fresh installs ;-)
Sorry to have bothered you and thank you for your support (prompt answers), since it was a fresh installation I did not expect something would be wrong, I learned something, which is not even to trust fresh installs ;-)
Then you can create your own based on the same principles applied.
For a how to tutorial follow Frz at:
Converting a site into a theme
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/converting...
and at:
"concrete-ize" a basic HTML theme in 8 minutes
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/make-a-the...