{"id":28,"date":"2016-09-03T12:02:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T12:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/mrdoc\/?p=28"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:57:15","slug":"how-to-install-your-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/how-to-install-your-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"1. How To Install Your Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After you download the package from ThemeForest, please unzip it. You&#8217;ll see a file called <strong>rayo.zip<\/strong>, which is the main file needed to upload and install.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Important: One of the most common reasons people have issues is because they try uploading the full zip that includes demo content, theme, documentation\u2026etc which displays the \u201c<strong>The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet.<\/strong>\u201d error. Please make sure you are uploading only the installable theme which is called <strong>rayo<\/strong><strong>.zip<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now that you made sure WordPress is up to date you can install the theme and there are two ways to install Rayo, via WordPress or via FTP.<\/p>\n<h3>Install Rayo via WordPress<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Log into your WordPress website and go to <strong>Appearance &gt; Themes<\/strong> and click <strong>Add New.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/via-wp-1-1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1058\" height=\"577\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-359\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/via-wp-1-1-1.png\" alt=\"via-wp-1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/via-wp-1-1-1.png 1058w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/via-wp-1-1-1-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/via-wp-1-1-1-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/via-wp-1-1-1-768x419.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1058px) 100vw, 1058px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Click \u00a0<strong>Upload Theme.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/upload-wp-1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1060\" height=\"578\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-361\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/upload-wp-1-1.png\" alt=\"upload-wp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/upload-wp-1-1.png 1060w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/upload-wp-1-1-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/upload-wp-1-1-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/upload-wp-1-1-768x419.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> &#8211; Browse the <strong>rayo<\/strong><strong>.zip<\/strong> file on your computer and click <strong>Install Now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/2-4-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1255\" height=\"327\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-362\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/2-4-1.png\" alt=\"2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/2-4-1.png 1255w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/2-4-1-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/2-4-1-1024x267.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/2-4-1-768x200.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1255px) 100vw, 1255px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Once WordPress has unpacked and installed the theme, just click to <strong>activate<\/strong> it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1461\" height=\"621\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1149\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/active-theme-rayo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/active-theme-rayo.png 1461w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/active-theme-rayo-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/active-theme-rayo-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/active-theme-rayo-768x326.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1461px) 100vw, 1461px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you get the <strong>\u201cAre You Sure You Want To Do This\u201d<\/strong> message when installing <strong>rayo.zip<\/strong>\u00a0file via WordPress, it means you have an upload file size limit. You need to install the theme via FTP or contact your hosting provider to increase the limit.<\/p>\n<h3>Install Rayo via FTP<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Step 1 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Unzip the <strong>rayo.zip<\/strong> file, you&#8217;ll get a folder <strong>rayo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2 &#8211;<\/strong> Log into your hosting space via FTP software<strong>(<\/strong>Use an FTP client like <a href=\"http:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/\">FileZilla<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3 &#8211; <\/strong>Upload that folder to the <strong>wp-content\/themes<\/strong> folder on your host.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/ftp-1-1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"527\" height=\"310\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-458\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/ftp-1-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/ftp-1-1-1.png 527w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/ftp-1-1-1-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4 \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Go to <strong>Appearance &gt; Themes<\/strong> and activate the <strong>Rayo<\/strong> theme.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1461\" height=\"621\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1149\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/active-theme-rayo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/active-theme-rayo.png 1461w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/active-theme-rayo-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/active-theme-rayo-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/09\/active-theme-rayo-768x326.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1461px) 100vw, 1461px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rayo - Import Demo Content\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NvS2cUp4Mq8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After you download the package from ThemeForest, please unzip it. You&#8217;ll see a file called rayo.zip, which is the main file needed to upload and install. Important: One of the most common reasons people have issues is because they try uploading the full zip that includes demo content, theme, documentation\u2026etc which displays the \u201cThe package [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-installation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1239,"href":"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions\/1239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.oceanthemes.site\/rayo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}