Installing new themes

Last updated March 2, 2012. Created by kika on August 23, 2002.
Edited by jhodgdon, ishmael-sanchez, RoK, sepeck. Log in to edit this page.

Once you get Drupal installed and you start to come to terms with it you will probably want to customize the way it looks.

There are several themes which you can download from the Drupal web site which should get you started.

Installing a new theme is very straightforward:

1. Download a new theme package. Note that themes for different Drupal versions are not compatible, version 5.x themes do not work with Drupal 6.x and reverse.
2. Read any README or INSTALL files in the package to find out if there are any special steps needed for this theme.
3. Upload the contents of the theme package to a new directory in the themes directory in your Drupal site. In Drupal 5.x & 6.x, you place your themes in /sites/all/themes/yourThemeName
4. Click administer » themes and enable the new theme (Drupal will auto-detect its presence).
5. Edit your user preferences and select the new theme. If you want it to be the default theme for all users, check the default box in the themes administration page.