Installing a New SMF Theme

For Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.11, if you have downloaded the Zip file for the theme to your PC, you can take the following steps to place the theme on the server where your forum resides:

1. Log into the forum as the administrator for the forum.
2. Click on Admin.
3. Click on Themes and Layout under Configuration.
4. Under Install a New Theme, click on the Browse button beneath the "From a file" option and browse to the location of the .zip theme file you downloaded and select it.
5. Click on the Install button.
6. Another small window will open where you will see "Install a new theme?" Click on the OK button. You should then see a page stating "Installed Successfully". If you click on the Themes and Settings tab, you should see the new theme listed.

If you ever want to delete the theme, take the following steps:

1. Log into the forum as the administrator for the forum.
2. Click on Admin.
3. Click on Themes and Layout under Configuration.
4. Click on the Themes and Settings tab.
5. Find the theme you want to delete. At the right-side of the entry for that theme, you should see an icon that looks like a piece of paper with a red "x" over it. Click on that icon to delete the theme.

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