Thread: Blog Theme

OK, this is driving me crazy. My blog tells me that the theme I selected is "uploaded but incomplete," and that the "stylesheet is missing."
What does this mean, and what step have I missed? I have watched the tutorial over and over, but can't figure out what has gone wrong.

Try uploading it again! I got it in the end!

I can't seem to get it to upload in the approved fashion. After clicking on the theme I want on the right, then trying to transfer to the left, the 'upload' window doesn't open.

Go into your blueFTP.
Connect.
look for your wordpress
find the template that you have downloaded
make sure that all files are there.
sometimes when you load a new theme, some files can be missing.
Do you have the downloaded file on your computer?
I like to have my theme files in my bluevoda file for easy access.. then I can more easily check each and every file to make sure they are all there...
let me know what I can do to help.

I'm sorry, but I am just totally lost. I've never tried to construct anything like this before, have never used FTP. So I don't know exactly what you are referring to when you say "look for wordpress."
I am not sure I am even doing the right things at all. My compu-comprehension is about zero, and everyone else seems like profesionals.
Pretend that I am a child who knows absolutely nothing, and start from there. I don't think I'll get FTP otherwise. I seems extremely complicated to me.
I appreciate your help and interest, even though I am not a very apt pupil.

Alan

In BlueVoda - click tools - there you will see FTP manager.
BlueFTP will then come up.
Select connect.
There add your username and password
make sure that your server IP is the same as logging into your control panel...
Are you with me?

Dont worry if I loose ya again..I can always grab ya back up!...just ask questions that way I can know where you are...ok?
Do you have messenger?

Up to this point, I am OK. After that, things start getting sticky for me.

Originally Posted by Manfred

Up to this point, I am OK. After that, things start getting sticky for me.

What is a messenger?

instant messenger like msn or yahoo types....
It would be easier to follow doing that instead of posting and waiting..etc.
What templates do you have?
and if you downloaded them..where are the files you downloaded?

Originally Posted by kassi59

instant messenger like msn or yahoo types....
It would be easier to follow doing that instead of posting and waiting..etc.
What templates do you have?
and if you downloaded them..where are the files you downloaded?

And I have been doing it the hard way all along.. I wish I had someone like Kassi to suggest easier ways.

Originally Posted by ez-ez

And I have been doing it the hard way all along.. I wish I had someone like Kassi to suggest easier ways.

lol...just ask me!...

Originally Posted by kassi59

lol...just ask me!...

Too late now.. I've already sat and waited to email and stuff.. silly me, never thought that I could use meesenger.. but then again, others may not have wanted to give me their meesenger contact nayways.

Better late than never!...

Ok. Alan, we seem to be hitting and missing one another so Ive written up a guide for you to follow. If Im not as clear as I feel I am then feel free to let me know and we can go from there.
I did a bit of investigation and found out that september 6th the wordpress server was buggy - you can read about it HERE
So that may have been your problem. If not try this:

add your template to your bluevoda file
open blueftp
connect
on the left scroll down until you find the file 'wordpress'
double click wordpress
double wp_content
double click template
highlight new template on right
at the top of Blueftp click move to
tick include subdirectories
click ok
your new template will then copy to your ftp
after file has finished copying to the right side
double click both folders on right and on left to open the files
You should see the exact same thing on both sides.
if not...again highlight the missing file on left and copy to the right.
you should see other folders within.
double click those on both sides and check to see if all files have copied.
continue thru each folder until you are sure all files and subdirectories are in fact copied over to ftp area...
if all are the same on both sides your new template should show up on your wordpress blog.

What you gave me seems clear enough. However, I do not have a 'wordpress' file. I can't remember what I downloaded my blog under. I'm not good w/ files, and especially have trouble w/ winzip. I think I'm a hopeless case.
I may just be one of those people who has to have something shown to me face-to-face, especially something as complex and unfamiliar as this.

Now dont get discouraged. thats will be your worst enemy. It all comes about in time..and patience.....
Did you download wordpress with fantastico?

Originally Posted by Manfred

What you gave me seems clear enough. However, I do not have a 'wordpress' file. I can't remember what I downloaded my blog under. I'm not good w/ files, and especially have trouble w/ winzip. I think I'm a hopeless case.
I may just be one of those people who has to have something shown to me face-to-face, especially something as complex and unfamiliar as this.

Hey how are you doing? Please dont get discouraged. the hardest part of this is posting back and forth...the work itself isnt so difficult. Just ask and answer questions and we can get this completed!
hope to hear soon.

Originally Posted by kassi59

Hey how are you doing? Please dont get discouraged. the hardest part of this is posting back and forth...the work itself isnt so difficult. Just ask and answer questions and we can get this completed!
hope to hear soon.

I downloaded under Fantistico, but I think it was saved in my documents. Now I can't find 'wordpress.' I DO find 'green marinee,' the theme I tried to download later, in documents, on both sides of FTP. But the blog says the style sheet is missing, and the upload is incomplete. When I tried a transfer between these two, it took so much time that FTP logged out on me. The transfer was never completed. If I was even doing it correctly to begin with.

Good work Alan! very good information.

After installing wordpress fantastico will ask you for an email address to send the information about your wordpress site. admin/username/password and the such. You need that.
your url is the name of your blog at the end of your site address.
www.kateart-cards.com/wordpress is mine....no frills..lol..just named it wordpress...lol...
ok, be patient. let me find the file where the style sheet is located. I dont know exactly. Ill get back to you.
Im sure you are doing it correctly. I also get logged off while doing file transfers..dont get discouraged.
Ill be right back.

Open your blueftp.
double click on your wordpress on your right.
on the left go to your documents where your template is stored.
double click that folder.
On your right within your wordpress you wll find a folder called wp_content double click that.
double click themes.
On your left find 'green marinee' double click to open.
now comes the difficult part/well not difficult...tedious.lol
you have to go thru each and every file at the same time going from left to right and make sure all information has in fact been moved.
Now am I understanding correctly.
Your wordpress IS installed and working properely?
Your trying to get the theme uploaded?

Yes, that's correct. I may not be able to get to this until tomorrow morning though--work and a dental appt will probably prevent it. Thanks!

haha...well dental appt and work I can say are much more pleasureable than going thru all those files...lol....
ok, well if you need more explaination. just ask.
keep up the good work. your doing great!

Ok, I don't have 'wordpress' per se, on the right. Or the left, for that matter. I have a lot of wp- type of folders, but don't know which one you are referring to.
When I double-click 'green marinee.zip' on the left, the zip file opens, and covers the viewing area. What is the proceedure for this--or is it incomplete? I am finding that zip files are a royal pain. They don't want to transfer, but instead to open in the FTP viewing area.

ok. when you downloaded wordpress..what did u name it...that name is the file you need to find...
my fault..as I named mine 'wordpress' sorry...
you have to deal with the zip first.
unzip and move that folder to your bluevoda file.
zips are a pain I agree. so I do it the hard way...after the file is unzipped I just move it to my desktop then to my bluevoda file.
you first have to have the access to the theme file before you can move that into ftp.

feel free to tell me if Im not being clear...I sometimes will get to far ahead of myself!...lol

One more thing Alan is that you may need to download that theme again due to the server issues they were having. That might be a good thing, that way you can know that your download is a good one.

OK, on the right, I found:

wp-admin
images
wordpress-logo.png

Is that what I am looking for, or would it be easier if I s****ped the whole thing and started over?

Now is that your wordpress blog folder or your template file?

if thats your theme file. Id delete it and download it again fresh...as Id stated wordpress was having serving errors and that may be why your having such a problem..

just give me a minute or two Ill post a screenshot so you can see...ok?
how was the dentist?...I just had a visit last week...ick...lol

I just don't know. We're talking computer semantics here--I'm lost when it comes to things like that.
I've found that when I try to find out what things are/do things without knowing what I i'm doing, I tend to create a bigger mess than I already had.
I am a writer, not a computer scientist. I find this stuff painfully difficult. Phrases like "user friendly" scare me to death because it usually means friendly for experienced users. Which I'm not. Sorry about the rant.

on the left ive highlighted my blog file (wordpress)
on the right is that file after Ive uploaded it and opened it.
If you dont have all of that information then your missing files.
If you blog is in fact working and all is well, then your template has not been downloaded correctly and you can just delete it and do a fresh download.




After downloading a fresh template. go to wp_content and double click to open.




THEMES SCREENSHOT-




After opening wp_content you will see the file templates.
double click that to open.
there you will be able to move the fresh template from your left side to your right side....
lol..as you can see Ive downloaded a bunch of templates...

Oh rant on!....it s'ok...I do it all the time!...lol...I do understand the term issues..I have them myself!....just let me know if your with me or not!...no problems...Ill try to make it as painless as possible..lol..not like the dentist!....hehe

you can also email me with your username and password then I could go into your ftp myself and have a look for you so I can tell if there is a problem. that maybe quicker. DONT POST THAT INFO HERE!...not a good idea!...lol
feedback@kateart-cards.com

I just don't know. When it comes to computer semantics, I'm lost. This is painfully difficult for me, as I am not a computer scientist, or even slightly interested in it. I just want an attractive forum for writing.

well then email me and Ill see what I can do to help. I really do understand...for me tho Ive become interested in the computer more and more...but I can help you set it up so you can have that if you'de like me to. I know its frustrating.

The dentist HURT! AndI have to go back. Thanks for the info.

and blogs arent as painful...lol....well ok, maybe...
Like I said email me with your username and password and I can upload it for you so you can have it...