November 17, 2006
Copying Ocadia theme to WordPress blog
In this article it is shown how it was possible to copy the theme Ocadia that is currently used by Schott’s Blog from kai-schott.de to localhost.
This was done within these three main steps: in the first step, the ocadia-folder had to downloaded from kai-schott.de. Then in the second step, it had to be uploaded to localhost. And in the final step it had to be activated.
Desktop Blog uses standard theme Let’s take a look at the Desktop Blog that is installed locally on localhost. At the moment, the Desktop Blog uses the WordPress standard theme.
Download the ocadia-folder
Start FileZilla Double-click the FileZilla symbol on the Windows XP desktop.
Connect with FileZilla to default site Connect to default site.
Go to the themes-folder Go to the themes-folder as shown on the screenshot. In the themes-folder of this example, there are three different themes: classic, default, and ocadia. Select the ocadia-folder.
Download the ocadia-folder Download the ocadia-folder from the website to the Windows XP desktop.
ocadia-folder on desktop The ocadia-folder has been copied to the Windows XP desktop.
Preparing the upload of ocadia-folder
FileZilla Server is running Make sure that FileZilla Server is running. It is integrated in XAMPP.
Go to FileZilla’s site manager Select FileZilla’s site manager.
FTP-connection has to be switched At the moment, the FileZilla client is connected to kai-schott.de. It is necessary to establish a connection to localhost.
Connect to localhost Click the Connect button to connect to localhost.
Break current connection At the moment, there is still a connection to kai-schott.de. The FileZilla client asks whether to break the current connection.
Press the Yes button.
FileZilla is connected to local host The FileZilla client is now connected to localhost.
Let’s take a look at some subfolders. For example, there is the subfolders mediawiki (there are the files for the Desktop-Wiki located). And there is the wordpress-folder that contains the files for the Desktop Blog.
Upload ocadia-folder to localhost
Drag and drop the ocadia-folder Go to the themes-folder like shown on the screen shot.
Drag and drop the ocadia-folder from the Windows XP desktop into the themes subfolder.
“ocadia”-folder is in the themes-folder The ocadia-folder is now located in the themes-folder.
Activate Ocadia theme
Select Themes in Desktop Blog administration Go to the administration of the Desktop Blog. Select the Themes tab.
Select the Ocadia theme An additional theme is available. It is Ocadia 1.2. Select this theme.
New theme is now activated The new theme is now activated. View site.
Desktop Blog has now a new theme The Desktop Blog has now a new theme.
These were the necessary main steps: Download the ocadia-folder from kai-schott.de to the Windows XP desktop, and then upload it to localhost. In the final step, it was necessary to activate this theme.
If you want to use the Ocadia theme for your own desktop blog, you can get it at wordpress.org, or at beccary.com.