Custom themes do not work

  • I have downloaded several free WordPress themes by different designers and transferred them to server under wp-content/themes folder. Files seem to be ok in this folder. When I go to WordPress admin panel I notice on dashboard that all the windows of these themes are blank white although there are text under these windows so I can recognize them. When I activate this blank empty window of a theme and then visit the site, there is no graphics and colors are distorted. What is the reason for this failure and how can I get rid off this? (I have installed WordPress by using Fantastico and also reinstalled it, so there should be nothing wrong in WordPress installation itself).

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  • Make sure that you are uploading the entire theme (all files and images) to wp-content/themes/themename. Check that the folders uploaded, such as images/ also have the files (ie. all the images) uploaded too.

    Thread Starter petrre

    (@petrre)

    Thanks for your reply. It is obvious that there are themes which are not compatible with WordPress 2.7.1. On the other hand, there are also a lot of themes with no installation instructions. However, I managed to solve this problem quite easily. I found the Theme Test Drive plugin, which installs zip file from an URL. This plugin installed a new theme succesfully.

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