I'm a big time novice that downloaded XOOPS from my web host. Since downloading, I have visited my domain and logged in as the administrator to create my site. I downloaded a theme to my desktop b/c I want to customize the look of my site with this theme.

How do I upload the theme to the default XOOPS template I am using? I see options to upload a template, but not a theme. Please help. Thanks.

You will need to upload your theme via FTP.

In FTP, navigate to yoursiteroot/themes - here you should see 3 folders. The 'default' folder contains your default theme. You can overwrite the theme.html file in this folder with your own, or you can create a new theme folder in your /themes/ directory & upload your theme files to that location.

If you create a new folder in the themes directory with your new theme files, you will then need to navigate to your XOOPS site admin > Preferences > General and select your new theme in 2 places - under 'Default Theme' and under 'Selectable Themes'. Also set "Check templates for modifications?" to Yes.


Hope this helps!

Thank you so much for the advice and I will try this later. :)