Wordpress Help Needed

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I'm a noob here but have a question. My friend says this isn't possible but I hope it is.


I want to know if I can create a "global themes directory" that I could choose from when setting up new blogs. This would prevent me from having to load the theme to each separate blog. I'm using Filezilla as my FTP if that matters. Seems like there should be a way to do this.


Thanks so much,
Neal
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  • Profile picture of the author fan994
    Sorry Neal but I can't help you out. Though I would think you would have to upload each one.
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  • Profile picture of the author NealAshley
    Thanks fan994; anyone else know for sure if this is possible or not?
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    • Profile picture of the author Radix
      it would be more work than to load it each time.
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  • Profile picture of the author jjssj
    I dont think wordpress can work like that, you best bet is to get help for wordpressdotorg forums
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  • Profile picture of the author edgegirl
    Try the blogtechguy.com (sorry I can't post links yet) since he deals with WP exclusively he may have an answer for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author VegasGreg
    Its only 2-3 extra clicks to upload a theme and you would still have to choose one in the WP admin panel, so maybe I am confused as to exactly what you are trying to do.

    You could create a wp-content folder on your desktop with all the themes you might need and all the plugings that you use. Then you can just upload that 1 folder to your new WP site and everything you would need would be there. That is usually the easiest way.
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  • Profile picture of the author NealAshley
    Thanks for all the suggestions. Some good points were brought up and why this may not be a good idea so I think I'll just keep my favorite themes in a folder on my desktop and upload when I need them.

    Thanks,
    Neal
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  • Profile picture of the author GB2008
    One thought on this - though I do agree with keeping your themes separate so you don't lose all your blogs. If you have your own server, you could just create symlinks to a central themes directory - then each wordpress installation would see the same themes files.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lunatic
    You could change the default template that is loaded with Wordpress if you wanted to. I could digg out the code that does this for you if that would help you.
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