How to install a new theme in PS 1.5.4.1

[rgwhitaker]

I just installed PrestaShop 1.5.4.1. The admin panel is working fine.

 

I've tried every way I can think of--and from what others have written on the web--about installing a new theme that I purchased from PrestaShop's addons page. Nothing works.

 

The latest piece of info I read said to install the Theme Installer, then select the file in the text box under the Install From Your Computer section, then click Next.

 

When I do that I receive an error that says "Bad configuration file."

 

The theme I have also have a /SOURCES_XXXXXXXX/ zip file that must be unzipped. It is password protected as well. Could that be the problem?

 

How do I successfully install a theme?!

[tdr170]

Inside the main folder of the unzipped theme file there must be a config.xml file or this is the error you will get.

 

The other option is to upload the theme manually.

Upload the theme to the themes folder just the theme no need to upload liveedit.tpl, debug.tpl, index.php or .htaccess if they are present in the themes folder

Then you will most likely have a modules folder upload the modules in this folder to the modules folder of your install.

 

the folder structure should look like this:

 

..themes/

default

yourtheme

.htaccess

liveedit.tpl

debug.tpl

index.php

 

Now go to the BO Preferences, themes and you should see the new theme.

 

 

What is inside the Sources.zip file.

Edited August 11, 2013 by tdr170 (see edit history)

[rgwhitaker]

This is interesting.

 

After I purchased the theme, then downloaded the .zip file to my hard drive, I unzipped the .zip file. Here is the structure that was unzipped (I unzipped the files under the \themes\themename\ directory):

 

\documentation

\screenshots

\sources

\theme

\themeinstallator

fonts_info.txt

index.html

info.txt

 

There was also a sources zip file which I unzipped and the \sources directory was created.

 

There's no config.xml file as you can see, but if I go under the \theme folder, it's there.

 

Do I simply copy the \theme folder over to my server and rename it the name I want for my theme?

 

This is confusing!

[rgwhitaker]

Followup:

 

OK. Here's what I did:

 

I redownloaded the .zip file for the theme that I purchased.

 

I re-unzipped it on my local hard drive.

 

I noticed that there was a directory called \theme that was part of the zip file.

 

Under the /theme directory, there were three more directories: /img, /modules, and /themes.

 

Under the /themes directory, there was a /theme520 directory.

 

Under the /theme520 directory there were some other directories (ie, /css, /cache, /img, /js, /lang, /mobile, and /modules), along with a lot of .tpl files, and some .php files.

 

So, I simply took the contents of the /theme520 directory and copied them onto the server within the /themes/mytheme/ directory, went into the PS admin and there it was!

 

Now, it looks like there's another /modules directory (on my local hard drive) with modules like tmfooterlinks, tmheaderlinks, mnnivoslider, and tmpics. Where should I copy those to on the server?