Posted 5 months ago #
I uploaded a new theme to my server and the theme arbitrarily changes back to the default theme, with no action by me.
Any idea what could be causing the theme to change on its own? It's driving me NUTS! I have changed it back to another theme that I had on the server and so far, it seems fine. It is only this one new theme that is causing hte trouble...the one I want!!! WAH!
Thanks in advance!
Posted 5 months ago #
My site was doing this too, or rather is. It keeps reverting to the default theme since I upgraded wordpress. I have renamed my theme to be the default and that works, but I feel its something of a hack.
Is this a known issue? Is there a 'proper' solution?
Many thanks
Laura
Posted 5 months ago #
I have been having the SAME problem for a while now. It reverts to the original theme created by word press. Now, the font is huge and pink and blue. HELP. This is extremely frustrating.
the theme is see on your site isnt the default one, HARAnna.
The problems with the font sizes and colors are due to the validation errors that are viewable here:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.harblog.com/
Specifically, the bold text is caused by that unclosed <strong> tag,
Specifically, again, you have an unclosed <font> tag.
Fix your validation issues and I'm guessing those issues will go away.
Posted 3 months ago #
I am having the same problem. I believe it is the result of a malicious act, as I have found, in several new posts after changing the theme back to a custom one, a list of pornographic links inserted into my posts. I have changed my username and password, and since, have not seen any more such inserted links, but tonight, I have found my theme reverted back to the default.
It seems to me that someone is changing the theme somehow in order to be able to insert links into posts, but, lacking a username and password, is unable to accomplish the latter.
Posted 3 months ago #
using 2.3.3?
Posted 3 months ago #
I am having the same problem with 2.3.3. My theme keeps switching to the default theme.
Posted 3 months ago #
Same problem with wordpress 2.5 ... the theme is switching to the classic once and a while on it's own .. ARGH !!
There MUST be a solution for this, isn't there ?? Someone ?? :)
I just put the theme I want in the CLASSIC directory in hopes that it will solve the problem, it's a waiting game unless I hear something from here ..
Fix the theme. Seriously. Check your web server error logs to see what's wrong with it. Or, if you installed the WP-Mobile plugin, re-read the instructions to properly install it (just a guess at a common issue)
If WordPress detects a "critical" issue with a theme, it'll fallback to the Default.
Posted 3 months ago #
HandySolo
I am new to Wordpress and am having a similar issue. I downloaded 2 themes and put them in the wp-contents/theme folder but they do not show up on my dashboard.
Can I delete files in the 'classic' or 'default' folders and replace them with the theme I want to use?
Posted 3 months ago #
To all on this thread (and this is from personal experience): do not muck around with the default themes. Leave them alone, do not replace them. If your active theme fails, WP will have nothing to fall back on. Then you will be in a panic because your blog is borked.
When you upload a theme, make sure the files are all in its containing folder. (ie: wp-contents/themes/name-of-theme) No theme files should be alone in the wp-contents or themes folders.
Make sure all necessary files are present:
index
header
footer
sidebar
style.css
Most will also include more such as post, single, archive, comments, search, etc.
Open style.css in a text editor to make sure it has the standard header info:
/*
THEME NAME: xxx
THEME URI: http://xxx
DESCRIPTION: xxx
VERSION: 1.0
AUTHOR: xxx
AUTHOR URI: xxx
*/
Posted 3 months ago #
Sometimes when I'm editing one of the template files, especially style.css, if someone opens the website while style.css is being uploaded to the server, Wordpress thinks that style.css is missing, and reverts back to the default theme.
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