Comments on: Building a Website with Drupal for Newbies – Building Your Site http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2008/04/22/building-a-website-with-drupal-for-newbies-building-your-site/ Programming blog - Discussions, Tutorials, Resources Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:37:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mary http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2008/04/22/building-a-website-with-drupal-for-newbies-building-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-8894 mary Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:26:12 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2008/04/22/building-a-website-with-drupal-for-newbies-building-your-site/#comment-8894 Roger, You shouldn't need to point Drupal to the folder, it should see it automatically. Just to make sure we're on the same page, this what your Drupal folder structure should look like: youdrupalfolder - includes - misc - modules - profiles - scripts - sites -- all --- themes ---- mytheme --- modules -- default - themes .htacess . . more files Once you upload your themes to sites->all->themes you should be able to go to your admin backend, go to Site Building->Themes and see them there so you can enable them. Are the files sitting inside the mytheme folder? Make sure the files themselves are in there, and not just a folder. mary Roger,
You shouldn’t need to point Drupal to the folder, it should see it automatically.
Just to make sure we’re on the same page, this what your Drupal folder structure should look like:

youdrupalfolder
- includes
- misc
- modules
- profiles
- scripts
- sites
— all
— themes
—- mytheme
— modules
— default
- themes
.htacess
.
.
more files

Once you upload your themes to sites->all->themes you should be able to go to your admin backend, go to Site Building->Themes and see them there so you can enable them.

Are the files sitting inside the mytheme folder? Make sure the files themselves are in there, and not just a folder.

mary

]]> By: Roger http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2008/04/22/building-a-website-with-drupal-for-newbies-building-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-8892 Roger Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:02:28 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2008/04/22/building-a-website-with-drupal-for-newbies-building-your-site/#comment-8892 Hi Mary Thanks, yes I created the folder. I'll go check the tut today, I have Drupal 6.15 installed. I could not get Drupal to find the >sites>all>themes>mytheme. How does one point Drupal to that theme folder. Hi Mary
Thanks, yes I created the folder.
I’ll go check the tut today, I have Drupal 6.15 installed.
I could not get Drupal to find the >sites>all>themes>mytheme. How does one point Drupal to that theme folder.

]]> By: mary http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2008/04/22/building-a-website-with-drupal-for-newbies-building-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-8887 mary Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:34:37 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2008/04/22/building-a-website-with-drupal-for-newbies-building-your-site/#comment-8887 Roger thanks for the feedback! Glad you're finding the tutorials helpful. First thing I want to say is this, this tutorial that you commented on covers Drupal 5. I recommend that you move up to Drupal 6, which I have covered in way more detail. See the tutorial series at http://codingpad.maryspad.com/beginner-tutorials/ (scroll down to the middle of the page). Next, where are you saving your downloaded theme folder? It needs to be in sites->all->themes. This themes folder may not exist so you will need to create it. Once you've created it, place your theme folder in it. So say the theme you want to install is called "somenewtheme". Then your folder structure would look like this: sites->all->themes->somenewtheme. Once you do this the theme should appear in your admin section under Site Building->Themes. Does this make sense? Also read through http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/03/16/building-a-website-with-drupal-6-part-6-playing-with-themes mary Roger
thanks for the feedback! Glad you’re finding the tutorials helpful. First thing I want to say is this, this tutorial that you commented on covers Drupal 5. I recommend that you move up to Drupal 6, which I have covered in way more detail. See the tutorial series at http://codingpad.maryspad.com/beginner-tutorials/ (scroll down to the middle of the page).

Next, where are you saving your downloaded theme folder? It needs to be in sites->all->themes. This themes folder may not exist so you will need to create it. Once you’ve created it, place your theme folder in it. So say the theme you want to install is called “somenewtheme”. Then your folder structure would look like this: sites->all->themes->somenewtheme.

Once you do this the theme should appear in your admin section under Site Building->Themes.

Does this make sense? Also read through http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/03/16/building-a-website-with-drupal-6-part-6-playing-with-themes

mary

]]> By: Roger http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2008/04/22/building-a-website-with-drupal-for-newbies-building-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-8886 Roger Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:48:38 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2008/04/22/building-a-website-with-drupal-for-newbies-building-your-site/#comment-8886 Thank you for the tuts. I am a raw beginner on Drupal and your tutorial is helping me to understand how things work. I have run into a couple of problems, one that after saving a theme to mythemes,: --I can't get Drupal to find it, I can only work in the themes in the themes folder. --I cant get Clean URL's to work --I can't find how to enable a new theme. Otherwise I am impressed and on the start of a huge learning curve Thank you again Roger Thank you for the tuts.
I am a raw beginner on Drupal and your tutorial is helping me to understand how things work.

I have run into a couple of problems, one that after saving a theme to mythemes,:

–I can’t get Drupal to find it, I can only work in the themes in the themes folder.
–I cant get Clean URL’s to work

–I can’t find how to enable a new theme.
Otherwise I am impressed and on the start of a huge learning curve
Thank you again
Roger

]]> By: mary http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2008/04/22/building-a-website-with-drupal-for-newbies-building-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-99 mary Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:21:57 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2008/04/22/building-a-website-with-drupal-for-newbies-building-your-site/#comment-99 Anna, Sounds like an interesting problem. First question is what version of Drupal are you using? Second, I am assuming you have checked that the Comments module is enabled? mary Anna,
Sounds like an interesting problem. First question is what version of Drupal are you using?
Second, I am assuming you have checked that the Comments module is enabled?

mary

]]> By: Anna http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2008/04/22/building-a-website-with-drupal-for-newbies-building-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Anna Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:46:35 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2008/04/22/building-a-website-with-drupal-for-newbies-building-your-site/#comment-100 HI, THanks for these tutorials. They are very good. I have been trying to migrate from Wordpress to drupal and it's terrifying. I keep hitting problems. My current one is that although I have set up permissions to anonymous comments, it keeps sending comments to moderation. TO confound things further when I go to the comment approval queue there are no comments there. If you can help me I would really appreciate it. Thanks HI, THanks for these tutorials. They are very good. I have been trying to migrate from WordPress to drupal and it’s terrifying. I keep hitting problems. My current one is that although I have set up permissions to anonymous comments, it keeps sending comments to moderation. TO confound things further when I go to the comment approval queue there are no comments there. If you can help me I would really appreciate it. Thanks

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