Error in Theme

[citidm]

I am getting this message in the dashboard of my admin area. What can I do about it and what does it mean?

ERROR: The theme directory "genesis" does not exist.

[nutsandbolts]

Have you installed the Genesis framework? Even though the child theme will be your active theme, the framework has to be installed first.

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Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
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[citidm]

ERROR: The theme directory "genesis" does not exist.

That is the error. Interesting thing is that I am getting that error for every single theme I install. Must be a glitch in my installation.

I deleted the themes and then tried to reinstall but the error still shows up. It's not messing anything up but I'm just curious to what impact it might be having that I am not aware of and why it's happening.

Thank you for getting back to me.

[citidm]

Also when I go to the editor in the appearance section it says theme does not exist.

[nutsandbolts]

To clarify, are you installing the Genesis framework zip file before you upload your child theme?

Who is your host?

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Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
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[citidm]

Yes, I installed the zip from a download here and upload to wordpress.
I am only running the framework. I am using a vps server from godaddy but its unmanaged. I am in control of the vps via cpanel.

[nutsandbolts]

That's very strange... I wonder if the child themes are being corrupted on upload somehow.

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[citidm]

When I try to delete a theme from wordpress I get sent to a page that says "cheatin ugh"

I'm also using the premise plugin. Not sure if that is impacting it.

[nutsandbolts]

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[Andrea Rennick]

Make sure genesis is installed at /wp-content/themes/genesis/

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[citidm]

Thanks everyone,

I went into my cPanel and ran repair database.
Then I went into the the folder that houses my wordpress site on my computer and manually removed themes, I also removed un needed plugins, Then I ftp'd everything to the site.

Before I did all this I made several backups of the database and files.

Now it is fixed.

Thanks for all your help.

[hopeandfind]

HEllo

I'm getting this error when trying to install the Genesis sample and modernbloggerpro. I've already installed and activated the framework genesis Broken Themes

Error:

The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template.

Name Description
Genesis Sample The parent theme is missing. Please install the "genesis" parent theme.
Modern Blogger Pro The parent theme is missing. Please install the "genesis" parent theme.

Please help

[nutsandbolts]

Hi hopeandfind,

Can you post a link to your site?

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Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
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[hopeandfind]

http://localhost:8888

i'm so confused 🙁

I bought Modernbloggerpro from studio press.
thanks

[nutsandbolts]

Hmm, it's hard to offer much help since you're building locally. When you look at the front end of the site, is it displaying Genesis?

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Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+

[hopeandfind]

Error says

The parent theme is missing. Please install the "genesis" parent theme.

[nutsandbolts]

I understand that, but you stated above that the Genesis framework has been installed and activated. If the framework is active, your homepage should look something like this: http://www.genesisframework.com/

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Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
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[hopeandfind]

I have my domain

I will be transferring my wordpress.com blog and content over after I set up my .org

Should I not have done it local?

Yes Front end of the site shows Genesis as my theme. With no colours or customs just grey

[nutsandbolts]

It's hard to say what's causing the error, but it seems something didn't gel correctly when you installed WP or the framework.

I would set up your hosting, then go ahead and install WP on your domain and try installing it there. You can always import your content from wp.com once the child theme is activated on the live site.

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Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+

[hopeandfind]

looks nothing like the special theme I bought

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