[consulting] custom theme not working on test site

[Dave Hall]

Hi Liza,

On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 21:22 +0800, liza chua wrote:
> Hi! Experts!
> 
> I just want to ask your insights/known solution about my issue on the
> test site I created. I actually used our live site's database and
> files on the test site I created. 
> Our custom theme is located here - sites/www.oursite.com/themes. We
> also have custom modules save under that folder but the theme and
> modules are not showing in Drupal admin.
> I've visited several forums but i can't find the answer. Anyone who
> has an idea? Can it be a compatibility issue since our live site is
> hosted in private hosting and has different system configuration? The
> test site is installed in Shared Hosting. Or the settings.php located
> here - sites/www.oursite.com/settings.php. I'm now clueless. Any
> thoughts or help from you guys will be really a big help!

I am guessing your test site isn't using the hostname www.oursite.com.
Try renaming the directory www.oursite.com to whatever hostname you are
using to access the site - such as mytest.site

You may also need to clear your cache tables.

Cheers

Dave