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Hello all you MyBB lovers!

I have decided to start a chain of basic, on the go, lessons, just to get a little bit more knowledge into your brain! If you want to add something please do, as we want this guide to support as many as it can!

Well, let's get started!

LESSON: IMPORTING THEMES

You may think, "Psh, what? Anyone can import a theme."

Well, yes, but people need to know how to do it correctly.

Follow these basic steps when importing a theme, and you won't have any problems!

1) Get the theme.

2) Get WINRAR available Here

3) After you have the theme, unzip the directory.

4) You will see a new folder. Double click the folder.

5) There should be another folder, and the XML file for the importing.

6) Double click the next folder. There next should either be a set of images or another folder with the Theme Name on it.

7) If it's the set of images, backtrack (push the back button) and right click the folder. Click "Add to archive", change the transformation to "ZIP" not "RAR"...."ZIP!"

8) If there's another folder with the Theme Name, then refer to the bolded words in step 7.

9) Go to your file manager

10) Click "Upload" and type in the directory "(your root)/images" (of course without the quotation marks) or whatever your images directory is called.

11) Upload the archived folder

12) Go to your Admin Control Panel, and click "Templates and Styles"

12) Click "Import a Theme"

13) Browse through your computer and pluck the XML file from the theme folder.

14) Click "Ignore Version Compatibility"

15) Click "Submit"

16) If you want to change it to the default theme, click the green arrow upon backtracking.

TROUBLESHOOTING:

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Next lesson: Uploading Files

Stay tuned!

Cheers, Hero.

Post: #2

Wonderful tutorial Hero! I think that they should add a special section for guides and tutorials and I also think that because of you, we will have less activity in the support section

Post: #3

Somebody sould make a sticky "Usefull tutorials" and include links because soon nobody will see this topic and many peoples are lazy to read back. :|

Post: #4

Agreed, this tutorial might fall back and never be seen again...it's a shame. ;(

Post: #5

(08-31-2009 10:56 AM)Hero Wrote:  Agreed, this tutorial might fall back and never be seen again...it's a shame. ;(

I hope that a mod will make a sticky topic.

Post: #6

There should also be a suggestions section to the board which would allow us to pitch in ideas in order to benefit the board.

Post: #7

Very helpful guide, thanks!!! <3

~ Biasa199