help with deleting broken theme

  • Very new to this, using wordpress through bluehost

    while uploading theme using the dashboard from elegant themes got an error.

    have re downloaded the elegant theme to desktop, but unable to upload to wordpress as says it already exists.

    how can i delete the broken theme and start again?

    thanks

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  • If using the option to remove a theme from your dashboard fails, then you should be able use your ftp client or the file manager in your hosts control panel, to delete the broken theme. Then I think you should be able to install the fresh copy.

    You should be able to find the theme in the wp-content/themes folder. You can delete it there, then try the upload again.

    Thread Starter middleastexpat

    (@middleastexpat)

    Thanks for the help,
    all sorted,
    very new to this so there may be many more questions in the near future!

    You’re welcome!

    I had a theme that errored out upon installation. I went in thru cPanel and deleted that theme – wound up with a blank page. I tried over-riding the problem by re-installing WordPress – installing the newer WordPress 3.2.1, and instructing Filezilla to overwrite the existing files. I still have a blank page when I go to that blog.

    What am I not doing correctly?

    Thanks,

    Jeannie

    Please post a new topic.

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