How To Install Themes In Drupal CMS

Step-by-Step Instructions To Install Themes In Drupal CMS

Requirements:

• Drupal installed.
   

Procedure:

1. First go to your drupal installation directory. Browse to sites folder and then all folder. That is drupal\sites\all
   
2. Now create a folder themes in drupal\sites\all
    
3. Copy your theme(usually .tar file) to this themes folder.
    
4. Extract that file. It will create a new folder with that theme name.
    
5. Now open your web browser and browse to Administer->Site building-> themes section.

   Your installed theme will be available there. Just Enable that theme and select default to use that as default theme.
   Thats it....
    

Example:

• For example,  Take a theme, acquia_marina-6.x-1.5.tar (one of the nice themes). Copy this theme to themes folder.
   
• Extract that file. It will create acquia_marina folder. Now you can delete that .tar file if you want.
   
• Enable it as shown in the following image. Tick Enabled and Default boxes.