Elemental Theme won't disappear, Fruitful will not override it
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Hi everyone,
I am new to website building but was hoping Concrete5 would be more user friendly than WordPress. It seemed straight forward, but I simply can not change the theme from the default 'Elemental' to 'Fruitful.'
I installed it, changed it, I get a "do you want to apply this to all pages?" message, I click OK, but it never does anything. I can see the theme show up when I go into edit mode and select 'design' but no matter what I do it will not override the default elemental content.
Also, I checked in the 'files' area and only 'Elemental' theme content is there, the 'Fruitful' theme content never made it there. No pictures, nothing.
I've spent hours (sadly true) reinstalling, and trying to figure this out but if this doesn't work I'm just giving up.
How can it be that of the three free themes offered, only one works? (I've installed the other free theme 'Conglomerate' as well and have the same issue, everything just stays in 'Elemental' mode).
I appreciate any help.
Thank you.
I am new to website building but was hoping Concrete5 would be more user friendly than WordPress. It seemed straight forward, but I simply can not change the theme from the default 'Elemental' to 'Fruitful.'
I installed it, changed it, I get a "do you want to apply this to all pages?" message, I click OK, but it never does anything. I can see the theme show up when I go into edit mode and select 'design' but no matter what I do it will not override the default elemental content.
Also, I checked in the 'files' area and only 'Elemental' theme content is there, the 'Fruitful' theme content never made it there. No pictures, nothing.
I've spent hours (sadly true) reinstalling, and trying to figure this out but if this doesn't work I'm just giving up.
How can it be that of the three free themes offered, only one works? (I've installed the other free theme 'Conglomerate' as well and have the same issue, everything just stays in 'Elemental' mode).
I appreciate any help.
Thank you.
At a guess, the themes have not installed properly. Did you install through the dashboard direct from concrete5 or did you install manually by uploading and unzipping?
Do you have all of the caches turned off for development?
Hi C5 Forum,
Good day!
I'm trying out the latest version of C5, and I ran into this same problem.
I have tried to:
. install C5 via composer, then install the Fruitful theme via Dashboard, then activated it
. install C5 manually, then install the Fruitful via Dashboard, then activated it
. re-install C5 and then install the Fruitful theme via Dashboard, then activated it
. re-install C5 and then install the Fruitful theme manually, then activated it
. re-install C5 and then disable all caches before installing Fruitful, then activated it
. re-install C5 and then disable all caches after installing Fruitful, then activated it
. also tried removing the Elemental theme via Dashboard after installing Fruitful, but the site still uses Elemental even after it has been removed!
How does one check if a theme has been installed "properly"?
Are there any other things I can try?
Also, how does one activate the sample content with the Fruitful theme?
Thank you.
Good day!
I'm trying out the latest version of C5, and I ran into this same problem.
I have tried to:
. install C5 via composer, then install the Fruitful theme via Dashboard, then activated it
. install C5 manually, then install the Fruitful via Dashboard, then activated it
. re-install C5 and then install the Fruitful theme via Dashboard, then activated it
. re-install C5 and then install the Fruitful theme manually, then activated it
. re-install C5 and then disable all caches before installing Fruitful, then activated it
. re-install C5 and then disable all caches after installing Fruitful, then activated it
. also tried removing the Elemental theme via Dashboard after installing Fruitful, but the site still uses Elemental even after it has been removed!
How does one check if a theme has been installed "properly"?
Are there any other things I can try?
Also, how does one activate the sample content with the Fruitful theme?
Thank you.
After you installed the Fruitful Theme package through the Extend Concrete5 page, did you Activate it through the Themes page?
Hi, Thanks for the reply!
Yes, I did activate the Fruitful theme through the dashboard after installing.
After a few re-installs, I noticed that the theme of the site did change after installing and activating the new theme. However since the appearance did not change much (specially if you don't scroll down, see attached screenshots), I really thought that the theme did not change...
I'm sorry about that. :-$
(see screenshots below).
Where can one find instructions on how to load sample content with the theme, so that it will look like what's shown onhttps://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/themes/fruitful?...
Thanks again!
Yes, I did activate the Fruitful theme through the dashboard after installing.
After a few re-installs, I noticed that the theme of the site did change after installing and activating the new theme. However since the appearance did not change much (specially if you don't scroll down, see attached screenshots), I really thought that the theme did not change...
I'm sorry about that. :-$
(see screenshots below).
Where can one find instructions on how to load sample content with the theme, so that it will look like what's shown onhttps://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/themes/fruitful?...
Thanks again!
Hello again,
After going through most of the available info about the Fruitful theme, specially the video on
https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/themes/fruitful... ; I finally found that C5 has to be installed without the initial sample content before installing the Fruitful theme, and then the content has to be manually built up if you like your site to appear like those in the screenshots. I'll try this out.
Sorry for the trouble, and thanks again for the help!
[SOLVED]
After going through most of the available info about the Fruitful theme, specially the video on
https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/themes/fruitful... ; I finally found that C5 has to be installed without the initial sample content before installing the Fruitful theme, and then the content has to be manually built up if you like your site to appear like those in the screenshots. I'll try this out.
Sorry for the trouble, and thanks again for the help!
[SOLVED]
