How To Install A Theme In Magento Website

Installing a Magento Theme is a task of few clicks. Installation can be performed very quickly & at ease. Let’s learn installing a Theme in your Magento Website.

Extract the files when your Magento theme has downloaded to your local computer. Subfolders like app, js, media, skin, etc. will be visible to you. Upload these files or directories to the Magento installation’s root directory. Using FTP, you can upload the files. You may easily upload the files by taking a short glance at Connect your hosting provider account using FTP.

Go to the System >> Configuration option after logging into the Magento admin panel.

In the left pane, access option Design & enter your theme’s name in section Current Package Name & Translations. Click on Save Config on the upper right hand top corner.

That is it. Your theme is installed. Simply, clear the cache from Cache Storage Management option available under System >> Cache Management. It is available as shown in Image 1.

Browse your website & it will be live with newly installed theme. If in case you are unable to view the new theme, clear the browser’s cache.