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Downloading and extracting themes using shell or putty in linux

Submitted by inder on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 2:51am

You can directly download themes from your ssh or putty.

1) Go to themes directory of your drupal installation. E.g:-
cd sites/all/themes

2). Download archive using wget command:
wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/acquia_marina-6.x-2.0.tar.gz

3). Uncompress archive:
tar zxvf acquia_marina-6.x-2.0.tar.gz

4). Delete/Remove archive:
rm -rf acquia_marina-6.x-2.0.tar.gz
5)Confirm your theme is there:-
ls -a
Also check and enable it from:- admin/build/themes

Drupal theming steps for Converting drupal 5 x theme to drupal 6 x standards

Submitted by inder on Sun, 07/05/2009 - 1:17pm

For converting an existing drupal5 theme to drupal6 theme you can follow these steps:-
=>Create an .info file

Create a themename.info file in your theme directory, which should look something like this:

<?php
 name = Human-Readable Theme Name
 description = One sentence description of theme.
 core = 6.x
 engine = phptemplate
?>

how to Install a module or theme on the Linux shell command line

Submitted by inder on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 2:47pm

   1)Copy the module download link. Normaly ending with .gz. In a Web browser, go to the module's page at drupal.org , right-click the Download link for the version you want, and copy the link location.
   2) In an SSH goto module folder of drupal
      cd www/sites/all/modules

Installing and Upgrading Drupal and Modules and themes from the Linux Shell Command Line

Submitted by inder on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 2:39pm

Getting started with Drupal install on the command line:

Theme a CCK and content typeusing your custom theme Drupal 6

Submitted by inder on Sat, 07/24/2010 - 11:20pm

Spending several days for me to find out how to theming Input Form in CCK2 on Drupal 6, hope this can help you and save your time.

To theming CCK2 Input you just need:

Common method of adding and extracting modules and themes to your drupal installation

Submitted by inder on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 2:53am

Place your custom or downloaded theme folders at:-

sites/{sitename}/themes/{themename} folder
e.g download acquia_marina theme from http://drupal.org/project/acquia_marina and place it at:-
/sites/all/themes/acquia_marina
configure it from
After placing module folder in your modules directory you can see and configure it from
http://localhost/admin/build/themes
you can check new module and enable it from this above admin link.

More Info:-
http://drupal.org/node/120641