first, try turning off the css caching…  forum – options – global settings…

if that doesnt work, then you might be one of a handful on one of those hosts will really tough set ups not allow php parsing of css files…   in which case  you will have to use a different theme…  try switching to the css only theme and see if that works any better…

Thanks.  It was already off.  I just tried to upload the CSS only theme and I am getting an error. Installed plugin failed.  No valid plugins were found. 

You can download the CSS only theme from our download section and give that a try. As Steve said, this may be the root of the issue.

I see you are also seeing two ‘forum’ areas on your page, For this you can follow these tips: http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/faq/troubleshooting/i-am-seeing-multiple-forums-displayed/

Ok, it looks like changing the Limit forum has make it only one, but it did not like the CSS theme.  I am getting an error message – not valid plugi.

‘Not valid plugin’?

where are you putting the theme files? Should be (by default) /wp-content/sp-resources/css-only/ ???

This is the error I got:

Unpacking the package…

Installing the plugin…

The package could not be installed. No valid plugins were found

SP Plugin install failed

Return to SP plugins page

Notice: Unable to remove the uploaded plugin zip archive: /problem-with-post-edit-buttonome/content/63/5613563/problem-with-post-edit-buttontml/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/css-only.zip

Thought you were playing with a theme????   looks like you are uploading a plugin…

be sure to go to forum – themes – upload theme if you want to upload an sp theme…

I’m not “playing around”. I’m just doing the defaults. I downloaded the css theme then used the Theme uploader.  This seems to be the default location. 

Yellow Swordfish said
‘Not valid plugin’?

where are you putting the theme files? Should be (by default) /wp-content/sp-resources/css-only/ ???

Hi, there is no folder called css-only under sp-resources.  Should I make one and copy the files there?  Do I need to unzip the files on my computer and upload that actual files?  Or will WordPress unzip them? 

I would first go to Forum Admin > Integration – Storage Locations. Then check where it shows the theme folder to be and make sure no red/orange button is displayed.

Then if you want to upload the css-ony theme manually got to your /forum-themes folder, create a css-only folder and copy the extracted zip files into it.

Brandon C said
I would first go to Forum Admin > Integration – Storage Locations. Then check where it shows the theme folder to be and make sure no red/orange button is displayed.

Then if you want to upload the css-ony theme manually got to your /forum-themes folder, create a css-only folder and copy the extracted zip files into it.

 

 

 

Thanks for the last instructions.  I checked and all the locations are set with no red/orange.  I uploaded the css-only under forum-themes.  Do I need to set something else?

did you ever switch to the css only theme…  just download the zip from our theme download page – dont change the name – and upload via the forum – themes – upload theme admin panel…

Mr Papa said
did you ever switch to the css only theme…  just download the zip from our theme download page – dont change the name – and upload via the forum – themes – upload theme admin panel…

Ok, after doing a manual upload (as the default install put it somewhere else), then activating the theme, I think it is working!  Thank you all! 

Now that I have it up.  How can I increase the font size in the CSS-Only Theme?  I would like to double the size throughout. 

Thanks,