{"id":15608,"date":"2012-03-07T04:32:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T09:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=15608"},"modified":"2016-02-22T05:24:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T10:24:10","slug":"opencart-how-to-install-template","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/opencart-how-to-install-template.html","title":{"rendered":"OpenCart 1.5.x. How to install template"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<p>This tutorial shows how to install OpenCart template<\/p>\r\n<h3>Downloading template package<\/h3>\r\n<p>First of all you need to download purchased OpenCart template. Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial on how to download purchased template. <\/p>\r\n<h3>Extracting files<\/h3>\r\n<p>When download is complete you need to extract files from the template package. Feel free to check the detailed video tutorials on how to extract files from the template package package using <a href=\"\/help\/unzipping-your-template.html\" target=\"_blank\">WinZip(Windows)<\/a> and <a href=\"\/help\/how-unzip-template-mac.html\" target=\"_blank\">StuffitExpander(MAC)<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>When all packages are extracted your template files structure should look as follows:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>documentation<\/strong> * (Product documentation. Information about installing and configuring themes)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>screenshots<\/strong> * (Screenshots of the theme)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>theme\u0425\u0425\u0425<\/strong> * (Root file folder theme)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>sources<\/strong> * (Sources)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>clipart_library<\/strong> * (Clipart library)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>psd<\/strong> * (PSD layouts and buttons of the first page)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Backup.sql<\/strong> * (database in your OpenCart )<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>info.txt<\/strong> * (Information about archive)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>fonts_info.txt<\/strong> * (Information about the fonts used in the template)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 id=\"upload_file_server\">Uploading OpenCart template<\/h3>\r\n<p>To install OpenCart template you need to upload it&#8217;s files to your hosting server. Open the OpenCart template package and go to the <strong>&quot;theme\u0425\u0425\u0425&quot;<\/strong> folder.<\/p>\r\n<p>Upload all files and folders from the <strong>&quot;themeXXX&quot;<\/strong> to the root directory of your OpenCart installation.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-1-300x75.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"opencart-theme-install-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-1-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-1.png 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial on <a href=\"\/help\/how-upload-files-server-2.html\">how to upload files to the hosting server<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"attention\">The template files won&#8217;t harm your store in any way.<\/p>\r\n<h3 id=\"template-activation\">Template Activation<\/h3>\r\n<p>When the template upload is complete you need to activate it in the OpenCart administration panel.<\/p>\r\n<p>Access your OpenCart administration panel and go to<strong> System &gt; Settings<\/strong>, Select <strong>Your Store<\/strong> and click <strong>Edit<\/strong> link.<\/p>\r\n<p>Switch to the <strong>Store<\/strong> tab and in the<strong> Template <\/strong>select box choose your newly installed template.<\/p>\r\n<p>Click <strong>Save<\/strong> button in the top right corner to keep your changes.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-2-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"opencart-theme-install-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-2-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-2.jpg 972w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3 id=\"upload_file_base\">OpenCart template sample data<\/h3>\r\n<p>Sample data installation allows you to make your OpenCart store appear as at the template preview.<\/p>\r\n<p>Please do not install sample data if you have a running store as it will replace your products and restore settings with the sample ones<\/p>\r\n<h4 id=\"backup_db\">Backup OpenCart store data<\/h4>\r\n<p>Open cart allows you to backup data and restore data from the backup in a few clicks. If your store doesn&#8217;t have any important information feel free to skip this step.<\/p>\r\n<p>To backup your OpenCart data<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-3-300x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"opencart-theme-install-3\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-3-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-3.jpg 972w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Access your OpenCart administration panel<\/li>\r\n<li>Go to <strong>System &gt; Backup\/Restore<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Click <strong>Select<\/strong> all link to select all database tables.<\/li>\r\n<li>Click <strong>Backup<\/strong> button in the top right corner to create a database backup.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-4-300x160.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"opencart-theme-install-4\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-4-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-theme-install-4.png 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>The backup file can be saved to any location in your computer.<\/p>\r\n<h4>Restore data from the backup\/Install template sample data<\/h4>\r\n<p>You can use this procedure to restore your OpenCart store data from the backup or to install the sample data provided with the template package.<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Access your OpenCart administration panel<\/li>\r\n<li>Go to <strong>System &gt; Backup\/Restore<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Click <strong>Choose<\/strong> file button<\/li>\r\n<li>Select the <strong>Backup.sql<\/strong> file from the template <strong>sources<\/strong> directory\r\n<p>If you are restoring OpenCart database from the previously created backup the backup file can have different name and be in different location<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>Click <strong>Restore<\/strong> button in the top right corner to restore OpenCart data from the backup file.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/files\/OpenCart\/opencart_install_template.htm\" target=\"blank\">OpenCart. How to install template<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial shows how to install OpenCart template<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1156],"tags":[648,1157,767,766],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}