{"id":62,"date":"2022-11-17T08:21:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T08:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/?post_type=ptkb&#038;p=62"},"modified":"2025-08-03T11:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T11:47:16","slug":"theme-installation","status":"publish","type":"ptkb","link":"https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/ptkb\/theme-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"62\" class=\"elementor elementor-62\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-946fbe7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"946fbe7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80bb6d6\" data-id=\"80bb6d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-703bd16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pt_title\" data-id=\"703bd16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pt_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n        <div class=\"pt-title-wrap\">\t            <h6 class=\"pt-title\">\n\t                Installable WordPress File\t            <\/h6>        <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a033799 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a033799\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We assume that you already have a running WordPress site. Now let&#8217;s install PatioTime theme.<\/p><p>You need to download the theme zip file from ThemeForest first. Go to\u00a0<strong>Downloads<\/strong>\u00a0on ThemeForest, and find\u00a0<strong>PatioTime<\/strong>. Download the files and find\u00a0<span class=\"highlighted2\"><b><i>patiotime.zip<\/i><\/b><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; that&#8217;s what you need for installation.<\/p><ul><li>If you download the whole package, please unzip it, in the\u00a0<strong>&#8220;WordPress Theme&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0folder, find\u00a0<span class=\"highlighted2\">patiotime.zip<\/span>.<\/li><li>Or, you can download the\u00a0<strong>Installable WordPress File Only<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; which is\u00a0<span class=\"highlighted2\">patiotime.zip<\/span>.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c97b33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6c97b33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/11\/theme-zip-file-2.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTAyOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2xvZnRvY2Vhbi5jb21cL2RvY1wvcGF0aW90aW1lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9zaXRlc1wvNlwvMjAyMlwvMTFcL3RoZW1lLXppcC1maWxlLTIuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1695\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/11\/theme-zip-file-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1029\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/11\/theme-zip-file-2.jpg 1695w, https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/11\/theme-zip-file-2-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/11\/theme-zip-file-2-1024x451.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/11\/theme-zip-file-2-768x338.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/11\/theme-zip-file-2-1536x677.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/11\/theme-zip-file-2-1440x635.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/11\/theme-zip-file-2-1200x529.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/11\/theme-zip-file-2-780x344.jpg 780w, https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/11\/theme-zip-file-2-600x264.jpg 600w, https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/11\/theme-zip-file-2-550x242.jpg 550w, https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/11\/theme-zip-file-2-370x163.jpg 370w, https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/11\/theme-zip-file-2-255x112.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1695px) 100vw, 1695px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba34bb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba34bb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>If you see &#8220;<span class=\"highlighted\">The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet&#8221;<\/span> error message: <\/strong>It means that you have uploaded the incorrect file. Please unzip the file you tried to upload and then find &#8220;patiotime.zip&#8221; file in it. More detailed information can be found in this article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/help.market.envato.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/202821510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theme is missing the style.css stylesheet error<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83c6115 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"83c6115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee7fa74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pt_title\" data-id=\"ee7fa74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pt_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n        <div class=\"pt-title-wrap\">\t            <h6 class=\"pt-title\">\n\t                Upload theme via WordPress admin panel\t            <\/h6>        <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a30b4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a30b4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>On your website admin panel, go to\u00a0<strong>Appearance<\/strong>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<strong>Themes<\/strong>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<strong>Add New<\/strong>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<strong>Upload Theme<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Choose\u00a0<strong>patiotime.zip<\/strong>\u00a0you just downloaded.<\/li><li>Install and activate it.<\/li><li>Once the theme is activated, if you are using PatioTime version 2.0 (or later), you will be directed to the theme&#8217;s <strong>Setup Wizard<\/strong>. Follow the wizard&#8217;s instructions to complete the installation and setup. (For a detailed description of the setup wizard, please refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/loftocean.com\/doc\/patiotime\/ptkb\/setup-wizard\/\">this tutorial<\/a>.)<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dbc80c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2dbc80c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a880cc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pt_title\" data-id=\"a880cc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pt_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n        <div class=\"pt-title-wrap\">\t            <h6 class=\"pt-title\">\n\t                Upload theme via FTP\t            <\/h6>        <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4b76ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4b76ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you can&#8217;t install the theme via WordPress admin panel, you can try to install it via FTP.<\/p><ol><li>Find the file &#8211;\u00a0<strong>patiotime.zip<\/strong>, unzip it.<\/li><li>Upload the unzipped folder to your\u00a0<strong>FTP &gt; WordPress site root &gt; wp-content &gt; themes<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Go back to your site\u00a0<strong>admin panel &gt; Appearance &gt; Themes<\/strong>, activate PatioTime theme.<\/li><li>Once the theme is activated, if you are using PatioTime version 2.0 (or later), you will be directed to the theme&#8217;s <strong>Setup Wizard<\/strong>. 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