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How to create a custom theme in Wordpress?

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I just created a custom theme for my wordpress project inside my wp-content/themes/mycustomtheme, I added an index.php and a style.css file to the new theme but when I go to themes in my dashboard the newly created theme is not shown as an option. What else am I missing? Can anybody help me?
This is my style.css

/*
Theme Name: Start WordPress
Theme URI: http://wordpress.org/themes/startwordpress
Author: Me
Author URI: http://wordpress.org/
Description: The Start WordPress theme is my first custom theme.
Version: 1.0
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: bootstrap, black, brown, orange, tan, white, yellow, light, one-
column, two-columns, right-sidebar, flexible-width, custom-header, 
custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, microformats, post-
formats, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, translation-ready
Text Domain: startwordpress

This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL .
Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you've learned   
with others.
*/
posted May 29, 2017 by Surajit Pal

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WordPress Themes typically consist of three main types of files, in addition to images and JavaScript files.

1. The stylesheet called style.css, which controls the presentation (visual design and layout) of the website pages.

2. WordPress template files which control the way the site pages generate the information from your WordPress database to be displayed on the site.

3. The optional functions file (functions.php) as part of the WordPress Theme files.

Example: -

Follow the path of wp-content > themes to arrive at your themes folder. You’ll see the WordPress default themes – twentyfifteen, twentyfourteen, twentythirteen – and index.php. Create a new directory for your theme; I called mine newwordpresstheme.

/*
Theme Name: New WordPress Theme
Theme URI: n/a
Author: you
Author URI: n/a
Description: example description...
Version: 1.0
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: example-tag
*/
answer Jun 6, 2017 by Biswajit Maity
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