Title: Cannot upload a theme.
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Cannot upload a theme.

 *  [Steefski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steefski/)
 * (@steefski)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-a-theme/)
 * Guys,
 * I just downloaded a theme. Then I zipped it for uploading into my control panel.
 * It does not work. I get the following message:
 * Unable to create directory /var/www/vhosts/youtopic.nl/httpdocs/wp-content/uploads/
   2012/06. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
 * Somebody knows what to do?
 * Thx..

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 *  [brazley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brazley/)
 * (@brazley)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-a-theme/#post-2844132)
 * are you uploading it from the wordpress dashboard or are you using ftp?
    if using
   ftp,which directory are you uploading it to?
 * courtney brazley
    :end
 *  [Michael Wiginton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roseapplemedia/)
 * (@roseapplemedia)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-a-theme/#post-2844138)
 * You may want to watch this video on YouTube
 *  [RichardWPG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardwpg/)
 * (@richardwpg)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-a-theme/#post-2844141)
 * Check if it’s compatible with version 3.4 or not.

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 * Last reply from: [RichardWPG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardwpg/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-upload-a-theme/#post-2844141)
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