{"id":8638,"date":"2016-03-10T01:22:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T06:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.template-help.com\/?p=8638"},"modified":"2018-02-09T08:11:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T13:11:28","slug":"magento-how-install-a-template-over-existing-store-without-sql-import","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/magento-how-install-a-template-over-existing-store-without-sql-import.html","title":{"rendered":"Magento. How Install a template over existing store without SQL import"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following tutorial will show you how to install Magento template over existing Magento website.<\/p>\r\nMagento. How Install a template over existing store without SQL import<\/a>\r\n

Important notice! Magento engine versions of your current website and the new Magento template should be compatible. You can check it in the Details tab on the demo preview page.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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  1. Upload the app, js, lib, skin<\/strong> folders from template package\/themeXXX<\/strong> folder and the media<\/strong> folder from template package\/sources\/sample_data<\/strong> to your site directory on the server using cPanel or via FTP, your theme folders can be different.<\/p>\r\n\t\t

    If your FileManager section in the hosting cPanel allows to extract (unzip) files, zipping the folders together to upload and extracting them from the archive will save a lot of time:<\/p> \r\n\t\t\r\n\"Magento._How_Install_a_template_over_existing_store_without_SQL_import_1\"<\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t

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    At the admin panel go to System > Design<\/strong>, select the new theme<\/strong> as the default and Save<\/strong> the changes:<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n\"Magento._How_Install_a_template_over_existing_store_without_SQL_import_2\"<\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t

  3. In order to get the demo sample pages and blocks, please open the Template Settings<\/strong> page on the demo, it is usually in the footer links. There you will find the needed pages\/blocks\/widgets settings and the location of the codes to add:<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n\"Magento._How_Install_a_template_over_existing_store_without_SQL_import_3\"<\/a>\r\n\t\t

    We recommend clearing and disabling Magento cache<\/a> when editing the static pages. <\/p>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t

  4. To add sample pages, navigate to CMS > Pages<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\t\t

    This tutorial will show you how to add them: Magento. How to install sample content pages manually<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t

  5. Go to CMS > Static blocks<\/strong> to add the template blocks.<\/p>\r\n\t\t

    This tutorial explains how to add them: Magento. How to install sample static blocks manually<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t

  6. If your template includes widgets, you can configure them in CMS > Widgets<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\t\t

    Please follow this tutorial to add widgets: Magento. What are Magento widgets and how to use them<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\"Magento._How_Install_a_template_over_existing_store_without_SQL_import_4\"<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t

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    Save the changes and refresh your website.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n

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    Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n\r\nMagento. How Install a template over existing store without SQL import<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The following tutorial will show you how to install Magento template over existing Magento website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":66063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[729],"tags":[580,706,648,2407,581,767,766],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8638"}],"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\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8638"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84003,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8638\/revisions\/84003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}