How To Install A New WordPress Theme

by Court on July 23, 2008

In this video we will show you how to install a new WordPress theme. The vid is part of my ‘How To Start A Blog‘ series. Make sure that you subscribe through RSS if you don’t want to miss any of the 50+ videos that will show you how to start a blog for profit.

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Another great guide!
Thanks Court,
JR

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Great teaching. Im glad you are using video to teach. Online video is the wave of the future.

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I just started out and am using one of your SEO themes, but to be honest I think i might switch out to an unoptimized theme just so i am forced to learn how to do it myself.

regardless, thanks for all your hard work! keep it up

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Great video! I’ll recommend it to my readers, especially those using FileZilla.

I’m using Fire FTP and have screenshots of that for my readers, but until I saw your video, I didn’t realize how different FileZilla is. Especially for beginners, this is a really useful video and covers important details.

Thanks!

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Barbara edit

I have downloaded a theme. How easy is it to change this after things get going? I haven’t really found one I loved, but hope to — so in the meantime I put one on there.
Your instructions are very good, they have been very helpful to me.
Also, you prefer 2 column? I like the looks of some 3-column, but does this seem like too much information at once to the reader? I will research this.
Thanks

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Joshua edit

Hey Court.
First, I just wanted to say thanks for helping me get started in this big ol’ world web marketing .

Second I wanted to let you and other users know that this video is a touch outdated.

Changes have been made to the directory structure for the gator host in Filezilla.
You must now upload your wordpress themes to www/wp-content/themes

Also changes have been made to how you access/change your themes in fantasico.
Instead of clicking “Design” You must goto the “Apperance” tab of the left side of your brower. Then you click themes.

Hope that helps!

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- steve edit
  
  Hi, Joshua
  Could you explain to me how you uploaded your site to www/wp-content/themes from Courtney’s templates. Thanks a lot.
  
  Steve.
  
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Orlando edit

Why would you work on the Install of wordpress and pay hosting fee? Instead of creating an account directly at wordpress.com? im curious how the dynamics behind that?

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Marsha edit

This is a great series for a total beginner like me! However, I got lost at the point where you were using something (called “filezilla” I think ) to upload your Wordpress theme. Where do I find something like that? I am using IE and Windows Vista, if that makes any difference &. I’d prefer not to install anything new if there is another program I can use which I have already.
Thanks!

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Dmitri edit

I can’t load a theme to my site because FileZilla just won’t connect to the server, how do i fix this problem, anyone have any idea?

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Lee edit

FileZilla won’t connect to the server for me as well. Would be thrilled if someone could give some ideas to help.

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Hi. Can someone please tell me why i should have the services of a web hosting company while at the same time have wordpress. Why cant i just have direct connections with wordpress?

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I like the tutorial, thanks for making it.

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steve edit

Hi guys i’m having problems with with the uploading of one of court’s themes. wordpress is telling me that i have a theme installed but that its broken(Stylesheet is missing). no matter what i try i can’t seem to get it right. can anyone help me? Thanks.

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Allan Beaulieu edit

I have windows vista. When I try to extract my theme they say that “there is already a file with the same name as the folder name you specified. Can I get some help with this. It wont extract my theme properly!!

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Joe edit

@At the why you should get your own webhost over using wordpress.com questions- Your not blogging to have fun blogging, your blogging for money. You want to become a authoritative site about whatever your niche is and your going to want to have the freedom to run different forms of monetization and analytics . That wont be possible on a domain @wordpress.com or anything else for that matter. Not saying you wont have a high page rank but never the same freedoms as your own .com

@ How to use filezilla- I never even tried it. I used to use coreFTP lite until I began using wordpress. Now I dont even bother since EVERYTHING including plugins can be installed right from the WP dashboard. Hell, I dont even download them anymore I use the automated install process. You can check out my webpage for more info. Good luck!

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arlet edit

can someone explaing to me why my filezila gives me an error connecting. the host I put my website adress.com , is file zila connection to Wordpress? confused never used filezila before

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Rose edit

I really like the videos and i have learned a lot, but i am stuck with the themes. i downloaded filezila, i downloaded a couple of themes, but i dont seem to be able to upload them or to get filezila working….pls..somebody help me..

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I love the videos. It teaches me a lot by putting up examples. Thanks court!

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Sheila edit

Filezilla won’t connect to my server to upload the theme, is there something I missed? Do I need to configure filezilla or ??? Please Help.

Thanks,

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lorena - business name Sabrina edit

Hello Court,
Thanks for showing us your video about how to install a new Wordpress theme.
But I have a problem. I don’t have in my computer a remote site file installed.
So how can I install a new Wordpress theme? I have now installed Mozilla Firefox software and File Zilla on my computer. What shall I do now? Sorry I’m a beginner….
Many thanks in advance for your help.
Ciao
Lorena

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