Title: Adding a new theme
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Adding a new theme

 *  [Bob31](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bob31/)
 * (@bob31)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-new-theme-2/)
 * I have downloaded the latest version of the Suffusion theme to my computer and
   uploaded it to my remote server, but it isn’t being listed on the Appearance 
   menu as an “available” theme. It appears to be listed in the “suffusion” directory
   on the host’s server. Perhaps I should have loaded it directly into the “themes”
   directory instead of this subordinate directory. I’m not sure about this. Why
   isn’t it being shown as being available? What do I need to do to correct this
   problem? Thanks for your help with this.

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 *  [danielgrieve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielgrieve/)
 * (@danielgrieve)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-new-theme-2/#post-1402634)
 * Hi Bob,
 * Just to be clear, the theme folder should be placed in the directory:
 * /wordpress/wp-content/themes/
 * Is that where the folder is located? Make sure that there isn’t a folder within
   a folder (which sometimes happens if you’ve downloaded a .zip). One file to check
   is ‘style.css’ which is in the downloaded theme’s folder. In your case that should
   be here:
 * /wordpress/wp-content/themes/suffusion/style.css
 * Just gotta get that directory structure right and it should show up (as long 
   as the theme has been properly made!)
 *  Thread Starter [Bob31](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bob31/)
 * (@bob31)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-new-theme-2/#post-1402644)
 * I think that I mistakenly put the new version of the suffusion theme into the“
   suffusion” folder that was already in the wp-content folder. That is probably
   why it isn’t being shown as being “available”in the Appearance menu. I’m in the
   process of moving it now. I’ll see if that corrects the problem. Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [Bob31](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bob31/)
 * (@bob31)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-new-theme-2/#post-1402657)
 * I have the suffusion theme for version 3.3.6 downloaded into the theme directory
   of my blog, but I can’t get my FTP program to download it into the remote theme
   directory. The process keeps failing. What could be causing this? The process
   worked before when I put it into the subordinate folder. Do I need to load this
   theme file by file? What should I try to do to complete this process?
 *  Thread Starter [Bob31](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bob31/)
 * (@bob31)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-new-theme-2/#post-1402751)
 * When I transferred the new version from the downloaded suffusion folder of its
   folder into the themes directory on my remote site, the new files apparently 
   replaced the current files from the older version. The new version is now available
   from the Appearance menu. I assume that all I have to do now to use it is to 
   activate this theme and then set it various features to my choices. I hope that
   I can do that without causing a lot of new problems. We’ll see. Thanks for your
   help with this.

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 * Last reply from: [Bob31](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bob31/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-new-theme-2/#post-1402751)
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