How To Install Vani Theme

Installation of Vani theme is very easy. Its the same method that you follow for installation of other Drupal 8 themes. This tutorial shows how to install Vani theme on a Drupal 8 website.

Methods to install Drupal 8 theme

There are two methods to install a new Drupal 8 theme. You can use either method to install Vani theme.

  • Using Drupal inbuilt uploader
    This is recommended method to install a Drupal 8 theme.
  • Manually using FTP
    Use this method only when Drupal uploader method is not working.

Installing Vani theme using inbuilt uploader


Step 1:

Login to your Drupal 8 website as administrator.

example.com/user

Step 2:

Navigate to:
Home >> Administration >> Appearance

example.com/admin/appearance

Or simply click Appearance link.

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Step 3

Click + Install new theme button.
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Step 4:

Visit Vani project page and copy download link of theme.

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Step 5

Paste the download link in the Install from a URL field. And click Install button.
Once completed, you should get a success message.

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Step 6

Go back to Appearance page. At bottom of the page you should now see Vani theme listed.
Click Install and set as default link.

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Step 7

After installing theme, you can now customise theme from theme settings page.
Click Settings link of Vani theme. On this page you can do theme settings like manage homepage slider.

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Installing Vani theme using FTP

Step 1: Download and Extract

Download the latest version of Vani theme from the project page here:
https://www.drupal.org/project/vani

The downloaded file in in compressed format: tar.gz or .zip Extract the downloaded file.

Step 2

Upload vani folder in /themes directory of your Drupal installation.

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Step 3

Follow step 6 and step 7 mentioned above.