Need Help Uploading Quick Sets

[bobm]

I've read the materials but still having a problem uploading the quicksets.  They don't seem to appear anywhere in the files and don't come up when I try to activate themes.  Do you have any suggestions for me?

Thanks - bob M

[Tony Lee]

Hi Bob,

All of the currently available quick sets should already be displayed within the following menu:

Privateer - Quick Display - Change Style

Please let me know if you are seeing quick sets there or not.

If you are trying to add a new quick set to the list of those available, then there are two ways to do so:

1) Upload the quick set in question via the Privateer - Quick Display - Import Style panel

2) Upload the quick set files to your /privateer/stylesets/ directory

Normally, the quick set file would be a *.sql file.

The quick sets are not themes, but rather sets of styles that the privateer can apply to itself, so they won't show in the Settings - Appearance panel with normal themes.

If that doesn't help, please let me know the following and we can go from there:

a) Do you see any quick sets in the Privateer - Quick Display - Change Style menu ?

b) Are you trying to upload a new quick display via the built in Import Style menu or by uploading it to the /privateer/stylesets/ directory on a server?

c) If using the Import Style panel, do you get any kind of error message?

d) If uploading the style set to the /privateer/stylesets/ directory, is it not being shown in the Change Style menu?

If all else fails, feel free to send me a copy of the quick set that you are attempting to apply and I'll look it over to make sure that it should work properly.

Thanks!
~Tony

[bobm]

Tony - I do not see anything in the any quick sets in the Privateer - Quick Display - Change Style menu.

I think that is the problem.  I've uploaded Privateer and it comes up as a theme for my WP blog but I can't find any quick sets.

Thanks - bob M

[Tony Lee]

Ok, if that is the case there are four primary possible reasons for it.

First, the wrong folder could potentially be uploaded...though I am thinking not if you can get to the Privateer menus. Just in case, make sure you uploaded the /privateer/ folder and not the the folder with the same name as the zip archive.

Second, I could have messed that piece up and used a directory structure that will not work on all wordpress installs, especially if yours is quite different than normal. I'll check that momentarily and let you know if that is the case. If so, I'll fix it and provide a new copy of the php class that handles quick sets.

Third, you could be running a php version that does not support one or more of the functions that I am using to manage quick set file access. This shouldn't be the case for most hosts...but it is possible. If you can find out what version of php is on your server I can go through the code and make sure that nothing newer than that is in use.

Finally, you could be using a server configuration that is preventing things from working properly. This would be the hardest to track down and fix...so we will worry about this if none of the other two options are the problem.

Anywise, I'll let you know what I find shortly.

~Tony

[Tony Lee]

Hi Bob,

Just checking up to see if things are working now or not. I went over the code and did not see any obvious directory problems.

Please let me know if you still cannot use the quick set functionality.

~Tony

[bobm]

Tony - sorry to pester you with this - I know you're busy.  I downloaded the file to my desktop and the quick sets seem to be in the downloaded file.  However, when I ftp'd the file to my server, the file shows up but not the quick sets.  I'm not sure what the problem is.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.  No huge hurry - just when you get time.

Thanks - Bob M

[Tony Lee]

Hi Bob,

No problem at all. The most likely culprit is an incorrect filesystem structure.

Via FTP, double check to ensure that the directory structure to the theme looks like this:

/wp-content/themes/privateer/(more stuff)

And not like this:

/wp-content/themes/privateer_1_6_final/privateer/(more stuff)

If it looks like the latter, then the problem is that the theme is in the wrong directory. Move the /privateer/ directory up into the /themes/ directory and remove the /privateer_1_6_final/ directory then things should work.

The zip archive actually contains the theme, the manual, a plugin, and a few other files. Only the theme directory /privateer/ should be uploaded to the /wp-content/themes/ directory.

Anywise, if you currently have it as /wp-content/themes/privateer/ , then please let me know and I'll help track down what is going on and get it working.

~Tony

[bobm]

Tony - what I have uploaded (by ftp) to my server looks like this:

/wp-content/themes/privateer/stylesets/privateer

But the different quicksets don't seem to appear or show up anywhere.

thanks for your help.

Bob M

[Tony Lee]

Ok. The problem then is that the quick sets are in the wrong place...so the theme cannot see them.

The theme itself is the /privateer/ directory, which should be in /wp-content/themes/.
That appears to be correct.

However, the stylesets should be all located in /privateer/stylesets/ .
It looks like you uploaded a copy of the theme into that directory.

The actual styleset files should be in there, these all have .sql extensions.

They are probably in /privateer/stylesets/privateer/stylesets/ right now...which the theme cannot see.

If this is a new install, I would:
* Activate a different theme
* Delete the privateer theme ( /privateer/ ) that is located in the /wp-content/themes/ directory
* Upload the privateer theme ( /privateer/ ) to the /wp-content/themes directory
* Add any extra quick set files to /privateer/stylesets/

If not, or if you have already configured it, I would:
* Delete the privateer directory that you currently have under /privateer/stylesets/
* Grab the original quick set files form the downloaded theme ( in the /privateer/stylesets/ directory ) and upload them to /wp-content/themes/privateer/stylesets/
* Add any extra quick sets to the /wp-content/themes/privateer/stylesets/ directory

If you need a hand with this, please call or email me and I can get it squared away for you...but the above should make them work on your site.

~Tony