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The last step is compressing all the files into an archive. You should compress your [[Theme]] into a .tar.gz (gzip) or .zip (zip) file, with the files and folders inside your [[Theme]] in the "root" of the zip file. This means that your archive might have contents similar to:
The last step is compressing all the files into an archive. You should compress your [[Theme]] into a .tar.gz (gzip) or .zip (zip) file, with the files and directories inside your [[Theme]] in the "root" of the zip file. This means that your archive might have contents similar to:


<ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc">index.php</li><li type="disc">index.template.php</li><li type="disc">images/</li><li type="disc">languages/</li><li type="disc">style.css</li><li type="disc">theme_info.xml </li></ul>
*index.php
*index.template.php
*images/
*css/
*scripts/
*theme_info.xml  


Important is that these files are not in a subdirectory inside the archive. You can test this by extracting it to a folder and checking to see if the files are in that folder itself, or in a folder under that folder. After this, you&#039;re done. A little complicated, perhaps, but it&#039;s a lot easier the second time. Good luck!
Important is that these files are not in a subdirectory inside the archive. You can test this by extracting it to a directory and checking to see if the files are in that directory itself, or in a directory under that directory. After this, you're done. A little complicated, perhaps, but it's a lot easier the second time. Good luck!
 
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Latest revision as of 12:02, 1 July 2013

The last step is compressing all the files into an archive. You should compress your Theme into a .tar.gz (gzip) or .zip (zip) file, with the files and directories inside your Theme in the "root" of the zip file. This means that your archive might have contents similar to:

  • index.php
  • index.template.php
  • images/
  • css/
  • scripts/
  • theme_info.xml

Important is that these files are not in a subdirectory inside the archive. You can test this by extracting it to a directory and checking to see if the files are in that directory itself, or in a directory under that directory. After this, you're done. A little complicated, perhaps, but it's a lot easier the second time. Good luck!



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