Running MAMP, I cannot see my own theme in order to install it.

Permalink August 21, 2012 at 10:55 AM

I have MAMP and C5 running on Mac OS X (10.6.8). I have created my own theme, put it in a folder and placed the folder into Applications/MAMP/htdocs/concrete5.5.2.1/concrete/themes, where it resides along with the folders for the dark_chocolate, default, greek_yogurt and greensalad themes. I have the following files in my theme's folder: default.php, description.txt, full.php, main.css, thumbnail.png, and typography.css. My theme's folder also has the following folders: elements and images. The elements folder contains the footer.php and header.php files. However, when I try to install my theme through the Dashboard, I cannot see it; I can only see the "Plain Yogurt" (what happened to Greek Yogurt?) and "Green Salad" themes. I have cleared the cache several times, and have managed to remove the dark_chocolate and default themes from the list, but my own theme is still not visible in the list of themes.

Why can't I see my theme among those available through the Dashboard, and how do I fix the problem?

jbx replied on Aug 21, 2012 at 11:23 am Permalink Best Answer Reply

You shouldn't put anything inside the concrete folder.

Take your theme out of /concrete/themes and put it in /themes.

If you still have an issue then there is a problem with your theme, so post back and we can try and help you further...

Jon

vealface replied on Oct 22, 2012 at 5:02 pm Permalink Reply

Hi,

I managed to load my theme (thank you again, jbx!), and my default.php page loads up nicely, along with all the images. However, none of my navigation links work. Everytime I click on a link, I get the following message: "Not Found The requested URL /concrete5.5.2.1/[filename].php was not found on this server." Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

vealface replied on Aug 22, 2012 at 10:08 am Permalink Reply

Thank you. I will give it a try.

vealface replied on Aug 22, 2012 at 10:21 am Permalink Reply

Success! Thank you again. I came across a parse error in my default.php file, but I think I can handle that problem on my own. I'm just happy to be able to apply my own theme!