musebelts

I have already spent several days in Ubuntu support forums. My Ubuntu is installed correctly as I have been told after performing several checks. Everything is updated. I was told several times that it is a WordPress Issue to to go to www.remarpro.com for support. After googling the same problem I found that this has happened to other people as well and some running Mac and Windows OS.

I cannot move the file into the correct wp-content/Themes folder using my file manager. I get access denied. I also cannot get get access to the Themes that come with WP through my WP DashBoard.

I just DL the Theme Spun. I unzipped it and extracted the file. It will not allow me me to put inside the wp-content themes folders. I get access denied.

Irex standard. I unzipped it as any other zip file. I then took the Irex theme file and installed it into the wp-content/Themes folders.

I can only open the themes it came with. I cannot access the theme I purchased and installed into the wp-content/Themes folders in VAR, SRV and USR.
I can see the folder. I can open it but I cannot access the folder throught the Dashboard to customize.

I tried that originally and got “access denied” prompt.
I did manage to access the folder through Chown sudo chown -R www-data your-theme-directory. That got me into the folder. I was able to put the theme into the themes folder. But now I cannot access it either through WP Dashboard.

I have been able to move the the Theme file, I purchased to its new location in /usr/share/wordpress/wp-content/themes. However I can not access the theme file itself through my WordPress Dashboard/Theme.
I used the chmod 755 on the file. I can open the file and see its contents but unable to open the file in Dashboard.

Thank you. I am looking into this as I finish this posting. I appreciate your help.

I am running Ubuntu 13.10

I do NOT have permission to Read/Write. Only Access. I went up the chain of files and cannot change anything. It says I am not the owner. I own the computer and the business.
I appreciate your tenacity in helping me.
Karl

Thank you for your reply,
I tried doing this and I get “Access Denied”
I tried under the /var/www/ and /usr/share/ as well in both wp-contant/themes. No luck.

Any advice?

Do I need FTP to install a theme and its associated Plugin onto WordPress that is installed locally on my computer? I have tried to upload a Theme that I purchased and the WP Dashboard asks me for my FTP credentials.
I am simply trying to install a Theme and a plugin on to my locally installed WP. I know I will have to use an FTP when I upload my files onto my hosting servers.

Karl

I appreciate your response and expertise. Your response will help me save much time.
I will be using Themes and a plugin I purchased. I want to create the site on my computer than upload to my webhosting servers via Filezilla.

Thank you again for your patience and time.

Karl

Thank you for your kind response.

Since I am just creating but not hosting my own site do I need to create a server within my own computer?
If I do that what do I set my IP address to? My own IP address or another IP address that is a few number off?
I am running LINUX and the setup process is quite a bit more.