Title: Theme compatability
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Theme compatability

 *  [winnopeg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winnopeg/)
 * (@winnopeg)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-compatability/)
 * Will all themes made for 1.5 work with 2.0? Is there anything special that needs
   to be done for the pictures to appear in the wp-admin/presentation section? Sorry,
   I wish something explaining this stuff would be added to the codex.

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 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-compatability/#post-302462)
 * To make a “thumbnail” graphic: take a screenshot of your in-place blog. Open 
   the screenshot in your graphics editor. Resize to appx 300 x 225 px, and save
   as “theme-name.png”. Load into the /wp-content/themes/”theme-name” folder.
 * Most themes will work just fine in 2.0. Some that have a bunch of unusual backend
   stuff will probably not work.
 *  Thread Starter [winnopeg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winnopeg/)
 * (@winnopeg)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-compatability/#post-302466)
 * Alright. I’ll have to test my theme on it soon. Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [winnopeg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winnopeg/)
 * (@winnopeg)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-compatability/#post-302467)
 * Umm, hey. I have another quick questions here – how do you strikeout text? 😀
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-compatability/#post-302469)
 * You mean if editing a previous post? Use `<strike></strike>` around it perhaps?
   Truthfully, I’ve never used it, so I couldn’t actually state categorically….
 *  Thread Starter [winnopeg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winnopeg/)
 * (@winnopeg)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-compatability/#post-302472)
 * Works 😛 Thanks.
 *  [billyg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billyg/)
 * (@billyg)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-compatability/#post-302731)
 * loading my longtime-using giraffe theme doesn’t even show up in the presentation
   screen
 *  [Jason](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vxjasonxv/)
 * (@vxjasonxv)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-compatability/#post-302739)
 * Pickiness alert:
    `<strike>` should not be used. Use CSS (hint: text-decoration)
   instead.
 *  [callistawolf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/callistawolf/)
 * (@callistawolf)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-compatability/#post-302748)
 * Also, I’ve found inserting an image called “screenshot.jpg” into the theme folder
   will cause a thumbnail to show up in the admin panel. It can be a png too, not
   sure about gif.
 *  [tanster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tanster/)
 * (@tanster)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-compatability/#post-303086)
 * I’ve discovered that if you download the theme’s large image from the [WordPress Theme Viewer](http://themes.wordpress.net/),
   you can resize it perfectly to 300 x 225!
 * I’ve documented the steps I used [here.](http://www.tanster.com/?p=162)

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