Title: Change theme info
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Change theme info

 *  [rob_the_villain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rob_the_villain/)
 * (@rob_the_villain)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-theme-info/)
 * Hi all,
 * I’ve built a website and used the WP Default theme as the starting point. I’ve
   changed it completely and it no longer resembles the original theme at all. How
   can I change the info at the top of the stylesheet without breaking the page (
   that seems to happen every time I change something!):
 *     ```
       /*
       Theme Name: WordPress Default
       Theme URI: http://wordpress.org/
       Description: The default WordPress theme based on the famous <a href="http://binarybonsai.com/kubrick/">Kubrick</a>.
       Version: 1.6
       Author: Michael Heilemann
       Author URI: http://binarybonsai.com/
       Tags: blue, custom header, fixed width, two columns, widgets
   
       	Kubrick v1.5
       	 http://binarybonsai.com/kubrick/
   
       	This theme was designed and built by Michael Heilemann,
       	whose blog you will find at http://binarybonsai.com/
   
       	The CSS, XHTML and design is released under GPL:
       	http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php
   
       */
       ```
   
 * Cheers

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-theme-info/#post-1708345)
 * keep the structure as it is;
 * some guideline in here:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development#Theme_Stylesheet](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development#Theme_Stylesheet)
 * most important: leave the `/*` in the first line, and the `*/` in the last line,
   and don’t use them inbetween.
 * if you could post a broken example, someone might be able to suggest how to fix
   it.
 *  Thread Starter [rob_the_villain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rob_the_villain/)
 * (@rob_the_villain)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-theme-info/#post-1708364)
 * Thanks for replying. I’ve tried keeping the structure the same but everytime 
   I click save it reloads the page and says “the requested theme does not exist”.
 * I tried changing the theme name to something else and that message comes up.
 * Kinda frustrating as it’s all my design!
 * Cheers
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-theme-info/#post-1708393)
 * you could try to make the changes locally on your computer and upload the changed
   style.css via ftp to the theme location.
 *  Thread Starter [rob_the_villain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rob_the_villain/)
 * (@rob_the_villain)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-theme-info/#post-1708403)
 * Nope that doesn’t work either.
 * Cheers

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