{"id":15131,"date":"2012-02-20T08:29:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T13:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.template-help.com\/?p=15131"},"modified":"2017-02-22T04:06:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T09:06:14","slug":"joomla-troubleshooter-alternative-template-installation-methods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/joomla-troubleshooter-alternative-template-installation-methods.html","title":{"rendered":"Joomla Troubleshooter. Alternative template installation methods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<p>This tutorial shows alternative Joomla template installation methods. In case you have issues installing template through   <strong>Upload Package File<\/strong> filed in Joomla <strong>Extensions Manager<\/strong>. <\/p>\r\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\r\n<h3>Install from directory<\/h3>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Open downloaded template package<\/li>\r\n<li>Go to <strong>joomla<\/strong> folder<\/li>\r\n<li>Copy <strong>theme###.zip<\/strong> file and upload it to the <strong>tmp<\/strong> folder of your Joomla installation<\/li>\r\n<li>Open Joomla admin panel<\/li>\r\n<li>Go to <strong>Extensions &gt; Extensions Manager<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Into the <strong>Install Directory<\/strong> field type root to the uploaded ZIP package\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/info.template-help.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/joomla-install-alt-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/info.template-help.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/joomla-install-alt-1-300x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"joomla-install-alt-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"113\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/joomla-install-alt-1-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/joomla-install-alt-1-1024x387.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/joomla-install-alt-1.jpg 1051w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>Click Install button to begin installation<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>Please contact your hosting provider to get correct path to your Joomla <strong>tmp<\/strong> folder from the server root. <\/p>\r\n<h3>Manual installation<\/h3>\r\n<p>If the above method doesn&#8217;t work you still can install the template manually<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Open downloaded template package<\/li>\r\n<li>Go to Joomla folder<\/li>\r\n<li>Extract file from the <strong>theme###.zip<\/strong> archive. You should get a folder theme### with the extracted files.<\/li>\r\n<li>Upload <strong>theme###<\/strong> folder to the templates directory of your Joomla installation<\/li>\r\n<li>Open Joomla admin panel<\/li>\r\n<li>Go to <strong>Extensions &gt; Extensions<\/strong> manager and click <strong>Discover<\/strong> button from the top menu<a href=\"http:\/\/info.template-help.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/joomla-install-alt-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/info.template-help.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/joomla-install-alt-2-300x31.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"joomla-install-alt-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"31\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/joomla-install-alt-2-300x31.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/joomla-install-alt-2.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>When you are at the discover screen click <strong>Discover<\/strong> button in the top right corner<a href=\"http:\/\/info.template-help.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/joomla-install-alt-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/info.template-help.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/joomla-install-alt-3-300x58.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"joomla-install-alt-3\" width=\"300\" height=\"58\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/joomla-install-alt-3-300x58.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/joomla-install-alt-3.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>In the list below you should see your theme<\/li>\r\n<li>Check it and click <strong>Install<\/strong> button in the top right corner. <\/li>\r\n<li>Then your theme will be available through the <strong>Extensions &gt; Templates manager<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\r\n<p><!--more--><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial shows alternative Joomla template installation methods. 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