Prestashop theme not detected

0
votes

I'm new to Prestashop development. The first thing I've tried is to create a new theme copying the default theme directory in Prestashop 1.6. The problem I have is that, once created, the theme is not detected by Prestashop: is like the directory wasn't there.

If I create a new theme from the admin panel and replace the directory content with the same files, it works ok.

What should I do to make Prestashop detect my theme? I haven't found any information about it.

Thanks a lot.

3
themesprestashopprestashop-1.6

3 Answers

2
votes

I already answered on similar question here, there are two ways to solve your issue through backoffice

  • Copy default theme in Preferences -> Theme press Add new theme button and then at the bottom Create new theme + choosing Copy missing files from existing theme.

OR if you already copied theme dir/files by FTP

  • Same steps, but without copy missed files (of course if you have no missed files) and just put correct new dir name in Name of the theme's directory
0
votes

This is actually the way it is done - Copying the default theme.

There could be several reasons for that:

  • Have you changed the name of the copied folder?
  • Did you use only a single lowercase word as a name?
  • Did you copy it to the /themes folder?

Here is additonaly info after the copying to do some cleanup: http://doc.prestashop.com/display/PS15/Creating+your+own+theme

Also it is perfectly fine to create a copy of the default theme from the backend. You can find instructions here: http://doc.prestashop.com/display/PS16/Laying+the+Theme's+Foundations#LayingtheTheme'sFoundations-Standingontheshouldersofgiants:copyingthedefaulttheme

0
votes

For people who are using Prestashop 1.7 or higher and is facing the same problem when copying the Starter Theme, I recommend you to check if you actually have a themes/your_theme/config/theme.yml configuration file because the one that is loaded by default is a theme.dist.yml so Prestashop won't recognize it.