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Movable Type has the ability to change the theme to have a different look for your website. The Theme must be downloaded and installed manually with Movable Type. This article will explain how to upload and change the theme to the “CreamBurn-Website” theme for your Movable Type website.
Steps to change the theme in Movable Type
- Log into your Movable Type Dashboard
Click your site title in the list. Navigate to the Themes link in the Design drop menu.
Click Find Themes.
Click the CreamBurn-Website link.
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Click Download.
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Click the ZIP tab to download the zip file.
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Upload the ZIP file to the following directory. ( This is where public_html/movabletype is the installation directory. This may be different than you directory )
Extract the theme.
Important! The theme folder is in a subfolder of the zip file. You will need to find the folder named CreamBurn-Website in the ZIP file and copy it only to the themes directory you made. Otherwise the theme will not show in the Dashboard.
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Go back to your Themes section of your Movable Type dashboard. You should see the theme in the list of themes.
Click Apply next to the theme you just uploaded.
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The previous theme will go to the bottom and the new theme will show on top.
Click Publish in the green confirmation area of the themes page.
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Click Publish. Have all files selected.
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You should receive a confirmation that the site was published.
Click Close.
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The CreamBurn-Website theme will not display the images until mt-static/support/theme_static/CreamBurn-Website folder is renamed. Go back to your cPanel File manager and rename the the following CreamBurn-Website folder:
Rename the file to CreamBurn.
Now when you visit your website you will see the new theme applied.
