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Romo Daneghyan
Romo Daneghyan

Reputation: 2189

can't upload new theme in joomla

I use joomla and I am beginner at Joomla platform.I go to Extension Manager: Install. When trying to install new templates, its writing "Unknown Archive type". Archive type is .zip. I try to install by this way/ "Upload Package File", but I can't . And also, the directory Templates is writeable 777 . What's the problem? Thanks beforehand

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3435

Answers (4)

Hobbes
Hobbes

Reputation: 801

I encountered the same issue. The problem was I was trying to upload a .rar file. For some reason this is not supported by joomla.

Upvotes: 0

George D.
George D.

Reputation: 1650

  1. Uncompress the file into a new folder.
  2. Then compress that folder into a .zip format.
  3. Now upload the package file again and you should not get that error again.

Make sure you don't have an "zip" or "tar.gz" files inside the zip file you are uploading. Also never change folders and file permissions to 777. All newbies make this and it a very serious security problem for your app. Ask your host to do all folders 755 and files 644 as @Lodder said.

Upvotes: 1

Lodder
Lodder

Reputation: 19733

The only problem I can think of, is that you need to unzip the ZIP before uploading. It is possible you have other zip files inside the main one, hence the Unknown Archive type error.

Upvotes: 0

gobbi
gobbi

Reputation: 19

I think that you have to change the permission of other directories too. Off course, it can be other things.

Check out this link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/2300161/Joomla-v-1-5-Template-Installation-Troubleshooting-Manual. It is for version 1.5.

Upvotes: 0

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