Any way to filter the themes list?

johnpankowicz · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 9:20 pm
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Is there a way to filter the list of themes based on various criteria? (responsive, columns, etc). I had read that when I choose Appearance –> Themes, that I should see an option “Features Filter” for doing this. But I do not see this option anywhere.

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pcosta88 · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 9:26 pm
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Hello!
You can access WordPress themes here:
http://theme.wordpress.com/
timethief · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 9:27 pm
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Click the big blue “Find a Theme” button on that page.
pcosta88 · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 9:35 pm
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Actually, the color is more #2ea2cc. :-D
johnpankowicz · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 9:40 pm
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Thanks pcosta88.
But it makes me wonder why the #2ea2cc button isn’t also on the Appearance –> Themes page also.
pcosta88 · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 9:44 pm
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That’s an interesting idea that would make searching for themes easier for sure.
johnpankowicz · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 10:06 pm
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Once I find a theme I want, is there anyway to find it on the Appearance –> Themes page, so that I can activate it? — without needing to scroll through pages of themes.
pcosta88 · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 10:10 pm
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Yes, you select “Activate” on the theme.

This is what my display shows. Notice that the Eighties theme has been highlighted on the right.
http://pbrd.co/1wB3tqJ
johnpankowicz · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 10:21 pm
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I don’t have a “Search Themes” box like you do.
pcosta88 · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 10:24 pm
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Could you take a screenshot of what your appearance–>themes page looks like?
You can use http://pasteboard.co/ to help upload.
johnpankowicz · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 10:28 pm
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Here is the link: http://pbrd.co/1wB6aIR
pcosta88 · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 10:38 pm
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Try it in a different browser and see what happens.
johnpankowicz · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 10:44 pm
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I was using Firefox 32.0.1. I tried it in IE 11 and I still don’t see the search box.
johnpankowicz · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 10:50 pm
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I downloaded and installed Chrome — same problem.
lizthefair · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 10:55 pm
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I think the problem is the “search” box doesn’t show up automatically (which is definitely confusing). Try clicking on the top of the page (close to where the word “Themes” appears. That should open the search box.
johnpankowicz · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 10:59 pm
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Hi lizthefair. I tried clicking all about that area — still no search box. I tried it in Firefox and Chrome.
lizthefair · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 11:11 pm
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That’s very strange. I’ve circled the place you should be clicking in the image below.

When you click there, does the search box still not appear?
johnpankowicz · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 11:18 pm
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I tried that whole area and nothing appears.
Do you have any other indication that the box is there before it appears, because I have nothing. The cursor doesn’t change when I move around that area. Nothing shows up when I hold down on the cursor and drag (Sometimes this causes invisible controls to appear.)
lizthefair · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 11:28 pm
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Actually, in testing this I just realized you don’t have to click to make it appear you just have to wait for the page to finish loading (which I evidently get impatient about) the search box is the last thing on the page to load. what happens if you refresh the theme page and then let it sit for a minute or two–maybe it’s just loading slowly?
johnpankowicz · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 11:47 pm
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I tried that a number of times but it never shows up.

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