{"id":6002,"date":"2016-06-13T12:07:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T12:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qantumthemes.xyz\/manuals\/fluid\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=6002"},"modified":"2021-07-30T19:51:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T19:51:10","slug":"theme-installation","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/knowledge-base\/theme-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"1.2 Theme Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"2-minutes-installation-process\" >2 Minutes installation process<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Installation - Kentha Music WordPress Theme\" width=\"920\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LEsehahi8FA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First of all, please be sure your<a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/knowledge-base\/requirements\/\"> server meets the system requirements<\/a>\u00a0and that your <a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/knowledge-base\/getting-started\/\">WordPress installation<\/a> is correctly performed. We made a plugin to<strong>\u00a0check your server status, <\/strong>and highlight any<strong> missing requirements. <a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/knowledge-base\/1-8-server-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Please find it on the Server Check plugin page.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can install your new\u00a0theme in the following ways:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>From the admin dashboard, using the WordPress theme installer (<strong>easiest<\/strong> method).<\/li>\n<li>Manually via FTP<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Please make\u00a0sure that you start from a fresh WordPress installation, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>without any plugin(s).<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"automatic-theme-installation\" >Automatic theme installation<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li>Login to your website in\u00a0<strong>\/wp-admin<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Go to\u00a0<strong>Appearance &gt; Themes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Install Themes<\/strong>\u00a0and then\u00a0<strong>Upload<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click on the\u00a0<strong>\u201cBrowse\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0button and select the zipped folder of the theme from your computer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kentha-correct-theme-zip-folder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6998\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kentha-correct-theme-zip-folder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kentha-correct-theme-zip-folder.jpg 504w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kentha-correct-theme-zip-folder-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kentha-correct-theme-zip-folder-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kentha-correct-theme-zip-folder-320x245.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Upload the theme called <strong>kentha.zip but <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">DO NOT ACTIVATE IT<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Once done click on <strong>\u201cReturn to themes\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click<strong> &#8220;add new&#8221;<\/strong> and <strong>upload<\/strong>\u00a0the theme <strong>kentha-child.zip<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Activate<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<strong>kentha<\/strong>-child.zip<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Install the required plugins (please read <a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/knowledge-base\/1-3-plugins-installation-v-1-7\/\">next manual chapter<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 id=\"troubleshooting\" >Troubleshooting:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Error: The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet<br \/>\n<\/strong>If you see this error,<strong> it means that you are trying to upload the entire product package instead of the correct theme zip file<\/strong>. Please <strong>unzip<\/strong> the product folder in your computer and upload <strong>only the theme zip file and the child theme&#8217;s zip file.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kentha-correct-theme-zip-folder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6998\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kentha-correct-theme-zip-folder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kentha-correct-theme-zip-folder.jpg 504w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kentha-correct-theme-zip-folder-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kentha-correct-theme-zip-folder-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kentha-correct-theme-zip-folder-320x245.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Error: Are you sure you want to do this?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Please check <a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/knowledge-base\/requirements\/\">system requirements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"manual-theme-installation-ftp-installation\" >Manual theme installation (FTP installation)<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li>Download the zipped theme folder and extract it on\u00a0your local PC.<\/li>\n<li>Locate the correct theme folder inside of the unzipped folder, it will contain kentha-child.zip and kentha.zip<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make\u00a0sure you unzip the correct theme folders (kentha.zip andkentha-child.zip). This will produce 2 folders: kentha and kentha-child<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Connect to your hosting provider using an FTP client (e.g. Filezilla is one of the best free FTP clients, you can get it\u00a0<a title=\"Filezilla download\" href=\"https:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/download.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to your WordPress installation folder (usually is not the root folder but it should be public_html, www or something else, depending on your hosting provider settings).To be sure that you are in the WordPress folder, you should\u00a0see the following three folders inside:<br \/>\n\u2013 wp-content<br \/>\n\u2013 wp-admin<br \/>\n\u2013 wp-includes<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to <strong>wp-content\/themes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Upload the two previously unzipped theme folders (kentha and kentha-child,\u00a0<em>see step 2. above<\/em>) in\u00a0<strong>wp-content\/themes\u00a0<\/strong>folder.<\/li>\n<li>On your browser navigate to the admin dashboard of your wordpress site (usually yoursite.com<strong>\/wp-admin<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Go to\u00a0Appearance-&gt; themes and activate: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Kentha Child<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Install the required plugins (<a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/knowledge-base\/1-3-plugins-installation-v-1-7\/\">next manual chapter<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you encounter any activation problem please check the system requirements, your WordPress version and disable any plugin you may have in your website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT IS A CHILD THEME AND WHY YOU SHOULD USE IT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This theme provides<strong> a child theme<\/strong>, making it <strong>easier to\u00a0update your site with\u00a0new\u00a0theme versions without losing any customizations<\/strong> or settings. The following instructions will teach you how to correctly install and activate the theme using the child theme,<strong> which will make your life much easier down the line<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"need-support\" >Need support?<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Make sure<a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/knowledge-base\/1-8-server-check\/\"> the server meets the requirements<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Make sure to disable every external plugin while installing the theme<\/li>\n<li>Take a <strong>full<\/strong> screenshot of the Server Check result page<\/li>\n<li>Open a helpdesk request including every website detail and link the screenshot using a service like DropBox or https:\/\/imgur.com<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht_kb_category":[498],"ht_kb_tag":[520,518,521,516,517,519],"class_list":["post-6002","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-installation","ht_kb_tag-css","ht_kb_tag-files","ht_kb_tag-missing","ht_kb_tag-theme-installation","ht_kb_tag-upload","ht_kb_tag-zip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/6002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/6002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_category?post=6002"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/kentha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_tag?post=6002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}