Title: Theme error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Theme error

 *  Resolved [blfeigel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blfeigel/)
 * (@blfeigel)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-error-34/)
 * I’m testing creating new sites, but they initially come out blank and there is
   a theme error on the dashboard: “ERROR: The theme directory “mytheme/test” does
   not exist”. “test” is the name and/or path I gave the new site.
 * This is easily fixed by updating the theme options, but it would be great to 
   figure out why it’s doing this and know if it may cause any other issues when
   cloning sites with real content.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/ns-cloner-site-copier/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/ns-cloner-site-copier/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Never Settle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neversettle/)
 * (@neversettle)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-error-34/#post-4353302)
 * That is strange. Have not seen anything like that before. Are you by chance naming
   your Source site (in Settings > General) the same name as your theme folder? 
   This value in the database might be getting replaced by the auto replacements
   that we have to run to make sure all the old values correctly reflect the new
   values so the clone works. If that doesn’t ring any bells you can always send
   the logs from the clone operation under /wp-content/plugins/ns-cloner-site-copier/
   logs to
    dev [at] neversettle [dot] it and we’ll take a peak.
 *  Thread Starter [blfeigel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blfeigel/)
 * (@blfeigel)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-error-34/#post-4353359)
 * Just sent the logs. Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [blfeigel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blfeigel/)
 * (@blfeigel)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-error-34/#post-4353362)
 * Actually, the naming issue was the problem. Did a few test after changing the
   theme name and theme folder name that didn’t pan out, but all I did was add “
   theme” at the end so I noticed the error was slightly different.
 * Instead of:
    “ERROR: The theme directory “mytheme/test” does not exist”
 * It was:
    “ERROR: The theme directory “mytheme/testtheme” does not exist”
 * Once i completely changed the name I no longer had any issues.
 *  Thread Starter [blfeigel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blfeigel/)
 * (@blfeigel)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-error-34/#post-4353363)
 * Resolved
 *  Plugin Author [Never Settle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neversettle/)
 * (@neversettle)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-error-34/#post-4353367)
 * Thank you very much for sticking with the troubleshooting on your end. We were
   digging into the logs that you sent but this saved us time too. Really appreciate
   your follow up.
 * All the best!
    NS

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 * Last reply from: [Never Settle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neversettle/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-error-34/#post-4353367)
 * Status: resolved