Title: Installing theme trouble Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Installing theme trouble * [Stu181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stu181/) * (@stu181) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/) * Hi, * I’m trying to install my arcade from the theme page of my bluehost domain. * I keep getting message “The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet. Theme install failed.” * Looking inside the file myarcadeblog.zip > core >= myarcadeplugin.css * BUT no style.css. * Any please? * Thanks Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/page/2/?output_format=md) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152302) * Where did you get this theme from? * Thread Starter [Stu181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stu181/) * (@stu181) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152308) * Downloaded it from here WP.org * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152310) * That certainly doesn’t sound right, themes can’t even be uploaded to the directory here without a style.css file. * What is the exact URL that you got your theme from? I can’t find any in the theme directory titled either “myarcadeblog” or “my arcade blog”. * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152311) * What is the full name of the theme? * Thread Starter [Stu181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stu181/) * (@stu181) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152312) * Sorry, just dbl checked * It’s from [https://wordpress.org/plugins/myarcadeblog/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/myarcadeblog/) * BUT it’s a plugin? NOT a theme? * I’m a bit new at all this! * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152313) * Oh, was it [http://wordpress.org/plugins/myarcadeblog/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/myarcadeblog/)? * That’s a plugin, not a theme. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152315) * Ah, yes, exactly. That’s a plugin which you install via the Plugins section of your blog’s Dashboard. 🙂 * Thread Starter [Stu181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stu181/) * (@stu181) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152318) * Yes I’m afraid it was! * But I did try Tirqui earlier and got the same response. * That is a theme, got it from the official site AND it contains a style.css file but I got the same message. * Been on this all day and still no running games theme. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152319) * What is the URL you get that theme from? * Thread Starter [Stu181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stu181/) * (@stu181) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152321) * [http://www.emanueleferonato.com/triqui-mochiads-arcade-theme-for-wordpress-official-page/](http://www.emanueleferonato.com/triqui-mochiads-arcade-theme-for-wordpress-official-page/) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152325) * Ah, that’s a mess. They included the plugins and the theme in the same zip file, WordPress can’t install it directly. You’ll need to install that theme manually: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes#Adding_New_Themes_Manually_.28FTP.29](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes#Adding_New_Themes_Manually_.28FTP.29) * Also, we generally can only support themes from [https://wordpress.org/themes/](https://wordpress.org/themes/) here. * One more point, if you want to have a game-themed blog, you don’t need a game- themed theme. Just find a theme you like and launch your game site around that. 🙂 * Thread Starter [Stu181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stu181/) * (@stu181) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152330) * You mean like theme twenty eleven and launch a game site around that?? * That sounds like it needs much technical expertise. * I’ve been searching and reading but not found a guide to how to set up a simple game site. * Much appreciate if you know where I can get some info on doing that. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152332) * > I’ve been searching and reading but not found a guide to how to set up a simple > game site. * Well, that depends on what you mean by “simple game site.” * For example, I could launch a blog right now with Twenty Eleven as the theme, and start publishing posts regarding XBox, PlayStation, Wii, PC, and Mac gaming news. As far as I’m concerned, that would be a simple game site. 🙂 * Thread Starter [Stu181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stu181/) * (@stu181) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152336) * I’m trying to make something where kids can click on the game and play it. * Simple (flash, I think) games for kids, like puzzles, educational games, simple car racing games for boys, hairstyling for girls. * Very simple games for pre-school to 10 year old kids. * Simple, engaging and educational. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/#post-5152337) * Ah, ok, that you will probably need a specialized theme or plugin for. 🙂 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Installing theme trouble’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 18 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [Joe Deagnon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdeagnon/) * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installing-theme-trouble/page/2/#post-5152827) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics