How to install a WordPress theme

Found In: WordPress Themes

1) Download and install FTP software. A free FTP client can be found here: http://filezilla-project.org/
2) Upload the entire theme folder to your WordPress installation. It must be uploaded to the themes folder.
This is usually located at: /wp-content/themes/
It should look something like this: /wp-content/themes/abc-theme/

Tip: Your theme folder contains files such as index.php, functions.php, *.php

Plugins

If there are any plugins associated with this theme, upload these plugins to the plugins folder within your WordPress installation. Plugin folder location: /wp-content/plugins/

Activating Theme

After uploading, login to your WordPress Dashboard
1) Activate the plugins you just uploaded – Found under “Plugins”
2) Click Appearance -> Themes. Select the theme you just uploaded, click ACTIVATE.

Using Thumbnails

To define a thumbnail for each post, you must use the custom field tag:
“post-img”, followed by the image url as value.

Example:
Custom Field: post-img
Value: /thumbnails/picture1.jpg

Remember

Before you use this theme, we strongly recommend you install all the plugins located in the /plugins/ folder to ensure 100% proper theme rendering.

The following plugins are recommended for installation:

/ad-minister/ – A complete system for handling ads, including ad-rotation.
/flickr-rss/ – Allows you to integrate Flickr photos into your site.
/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/ – Shows related WordPress posts
/wp-pagenavi/ – Adds a more advanced paging navigation to your WordPress site.
/wordpress-popular-posts/ – Shows the most popular entries on your blog

+ any other plugin found or mentioned within the theme distribution.