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Blake Lieberman
23,772 PointsI created a genesis child theme. But its not uploading. How do I do it correctly?
I created a genesis child theme but when I upload it in a zip file to my site it fails to upload. What am I doing wrong?
Blake Lieberman
23,772 PointsAre you sure you want to do this? Then it wouldn't load. The file was 10mb. I used managewp and it worked out though.
Austin Whipple
29,725 PointsSounds like it may have been a connectivity issue or a temporary problem with your FTP client while trying to add the file to your wp-content/themes/ file.
Since you've got it all working out now, I'm going to modify the topic line of your post. Enjoy the theme development!
Blake Lieberman
23,772 PointsI don't have a ftp set up on that digital ocean server.
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Austin Whipple
29,725 PointsAh ha! So to manually add a custom theme (or child theme) to a site the old fashioned way, you need to add it to the /wp-content/themes/ directory before you can activate it via the WordPress Dashboard. Uploading through the Media Library or to a different location on your web server won't work. ManageWP can streamline this and other WordPress admin processes.
Check out this WordPress Codex article on themes for more information.
Austin Whipple
29,725 PointsAustin Whipple
29,725 PointsHi Blake, what kind of error message is shown when the upload fails?