Installing a new style

[ninabell]

Is there any way of installing a new style other than with FTP? There must be an easier way to install it! Why is it so difficult to install a new style? Wouldn't it be easier to be able to do it by just downloading from your computer?

[bolverk]

The only way phpBB can install a new style is for you to physically put the new style folder in the ../styles folder. The only way to transfer files/folders to a webhost (that is not local) is to use ftp or a webhosting file manager that does the same thing. SMF and other BB packages have the ability to browse, upload and install a new style stored on your local hard drive, phpBB does not. But in the realm of things, ftp is a basic skill anyone with a website should have.

[Kevin Clark]

Why don't you want to use FTP?
It's only dragging a folder/files from one side of your screen to the other.

If you're on a free forum host you can't do it though.

[ninabell]

Why don't you want to use FTP?
It's only dragging a folder/files from one side of your screen to the other.

If you're on a free forum host you can't do it though.

The reason I want to use FTP is because it is what I been told here. According to the link below posted by phpBB you need to use FTP to install a new style. That's all I want. I already downloaded the style.. all I need is to upload it to the Administration Panel of my forum to have it available and istall it. I am starting to get REALLY confused. And now, you are saying that all I need to do is to drag the folder/file of the style? Drag it and drop it where? Could you explain that with more details,please?

HERE are the instructions posted by phpBB for the installation of a new style.

[bolverk]

Do you have ftp access to your board?

[ninabell]

Do you have ftp access to your board?

I do should have it and that's where I get confused. I use Filezilla and I connect but then... once I connect, I don't know how to transfer that file.

[bolverk]

So you've never used Filezilla before, is that the issue? Read this Filezilla tutorial for beginners as it will explain the file transfer process.

[ninabell]

So you've never used Filezilla before, is that the issue? Read this Filezilla tutorial for beginners as it will explain the file transfer process.

Thank you! I will read them carefully.

[Kevin Clark]

What's the link to your board?
If you're on a free forum host you won't be able to do this anyway.

[ninabell]

What's the link to your board?
If you're on a free forum host you won't be able to do this anyway.

I am not in a free forum host. I have a paid hosting company.