Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Joomla Troubleshooter. Alternative template installation methods in joomla

Install from directory


  1. Open downloaded template package

  2. Go to joomla folder

  3. Copy theme###.zip file and upload it to the tmp folder of your Joomla installation

  4. Open Joomla admin panel

  5. Go to Extensions > Extensions Manager

  6. Into the Install Directory field type root to the uploaded ZIP packagejoomla-install-alt-1

  7. Click Install button to begin installation

Please contact your hosting provider to get correct path to your Joomla tmp folder from the server root.


Manual installation


If the above method doesn’t work you still can install the template manually


  1. Open downloaded template package

  2. Go to Joomla folder

  3. Extract file from the theme###.zip archive. You should get a folder theme### with the extracted files.

  4. Upload theme### folder to the templates directory of your Joomla installation

  5. Open Joomla admin panel

  6. Go to Extensions > Extensions manager and click Discover button from the top menujoomla-install-alt-2

  7. When you are at the discover screen click Discover button in the top right cornerjoomla-install-alt-3

  8. In the list below you should see your theme

  9. Check it and click Install button in the top right corner.

  10. Then your theme will be available through the Extensions > Templates manager


Joomla Troubleshooter. Alternative template installation methods in joomla

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