Solved!

I can’t say which step specifically (as I uninstalled/re-installed WordPress). But I ended up downloading JUST the wordpress file instead of the full packaged zipped, then unzipped it to wp-content theme folder, went into Themes on my dashboard and could activate it from there instead of having to “install” and unzip through WordPress itself (very similar to Chris S’s initial advice – just needed to be with the WordPress only download).

Thanks for the help and suggestions.

Okay after doing some searching around I tried going via url to the following after having moved the unzipped / zipped Newspaper folder into the wp-content/themes folder:

1. http://localhost/murphytimes/wp-admin/themes.php

It displays the other themes but I noticed that down the bottom under “Broken Themes” it has this:

Newspaper Template is missing. Standalone themes need to have a index.php template file. Child themes need to have a Template header in the style.css stylesheet.

Any ideas? Thanks.

Thanks for the replies.

I tried your way Chris S but it’s still returning the same error.

Catalln: given it’s installed on my local windows machine can I still use FTP? Or is that only if I’ve it live on a web hosting server somewhere?

Thanks.

Thanks for the response!

Ok is it possible to just remove the “by *username*” part altogether then?

*UPDATE: Problem solved. Just had to empty the cache on an installed plugin.