Child theme: file not valid.

[Alexander]

Hi,

i whant to create a child theme from the basic prestashop theme.

When i download the child theme and upload it again i got an error.

Error: file not valid.

I followed the official guide but still no luck.

[Bernard95]

Hello,

I've got the same issue, I tried several kind of zip files,  different names, different files in, ... Always the same message, and no explanation.

Does someone know which kind of file or structure is requested ?

[prestol]

hello

yes have same ....

my step..

 

i download child theme

i upload same child theme

ERROR

i dont have any blocking addon turned on

 

i tested in

CHROME

FIREFOX

INTERNET EXPLORER

... all same

 

here is video..

 

 

Edited August 2, 2019 by prestol (see edit history)

[prestol]

bump

[vilzuh]

Same problem here. Uploading the child theme to the server by ftp results in HTTP error 500 when trying to enable the theme in back office. 

[Lezardo]

[Temporary Fix]
Please follow this https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/issues/15004

I tried, it works. Wasn't working before I applied the fix

Your child theme archive should not contain a folder with same name as the archive but directly the files of child theme

[Alexander]

Thx Lezardo,

 

I will check this later this week.

[prestol]

as others have said, there is something wrong with unzipping using browsers. Doing it natively in the filesystem below:

ssh user@yourserver
cd /var/www/html/yoursite/themes/
ls 
(shows your child theme uploaded as zip) 
unzip child_theme.zip

 

go back into Back office and select the child theme 

edit:

this breaks the site as well... HTTP ERROR 500

 

 

installing child theme with ftp produces the following error

. [PrestaShop\PrestaShop\Core\Domain\Theme\Exception\ThemeConstraintException code 2

Edited November 13, 2019 by prestol (see edit history)