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I'm having problems getting the 'custompackage' theme I've set up recognised in the Admin panel. I've been able to successfully update the Theme>Default>custom theme but for whatever reason the package name isn't working.

I've followed the steps on the Magento Commerce pages 3 times but have had no luck. The troubleshoot information suggests that maybe i've got the directory wrong, but I'm reasonably confident that I don't - screenshots of where they're saved are below. Is there any other reason this might be happening?

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I have also had problems installing Compass - is this possibly causing the problem? (The error I get with this is 'marshal data too short (augment error). - Any help with that also would be greatly appreciated!)

Thanks!!

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  • what is the name of theme you have enter, by default its "default". And from the picture it show a different theme name.
    – Trimantra Software Solution
    Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 12:20
  • yes, it reverts back to 'default' every time i try to update it to 'custom package' - i was just trying to illustrate what i was trying to do with the image. I've looked into all of the file structures and names and can't find anything wrong with the file folders etc.
    – Frances
    Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 12:31
  • i've also made sure the directory had permissions of 755 so I"m not sure what's causing the issue - any further help would be great! thanks for both of your responses by the way!
    – Frances
    Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 12:32
  • try adding theme from System >> Design. If your theme is readable then it should be available in drop-down list.
    – Trimantra Software Solution
    Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 12:33
  • ok you're right it doesn't appear in the drop down menu - this means it hasn't worked at all? - try again from the start? (would problems with Compass affect this at all?)
    – Frances
    Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 12:35

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The exception is thrown from Mage_Adminhtml_Model_System_Config_Backend_Design_Package::_beforeSave if the this evaluates to false Mage::getDesign()->designPackageExists($value).

Going deeper in designPackageExists method you will find it returns the evaluation of 

is_dir(Mage::getBaseDir('design') . DS . $area . DS . $packageName);

This means it looks for the folder packageName in app/design/{area}.
For some reason it does not recognize your folder.
Check for misspells or read rights.

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  • thanks for your feedback, i've looked back through all of the file names and can't see anything wrong with them, or the file structures. You mentioned something about read rights? - permissions? i've just tried to change all permissions to 755 for the magenta directory - will this suffice or do i need to do it for all individual files? (anything else you could suggest I try would be great!)
    – Frances
    Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 12:52
  • You shouldn't give 755 rights to all files and folders. Try t only for your package folder, as a test. Other than investigating why is_dir(Mage::getBaseDir('design') . DS . $area . DS . $packageName); returns false, I have no other idea.
    – Marius ♦
    Commented Aug 5, 2014 at 13:03

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