Title: Problem with default template
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Problem with default template

 *  [cheechw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cheechw/)
 * (@cheechw)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-default-template/)
 * I am having trouble getting my first page to display properly. The sidebar is
   at the bottom of the page, the second column does not appear and the page background
   color does not appear. I can press the ‘previous entries’ at the bottom of the
   page and the next page works as it should. It also works as it should in every
   instance except the displaying the first page. Any suggestions. I noticed this
   after updating Firefox to 1.0.1. I am using WordPress version 1.5.

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 *  Thread Starter [cheechw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cheechw/)
 * (@cheechw)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-default-template/#post-160637)
 * Doh! The site link is [http://www.austoon.com/blog](http://www.austoon.com/blog)
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-default-template/#post-160644)
 * Might be best to fit a solid theme you are satisfied with and adapt it to your
   needs.
 *  Thread Starter [cheechw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cheechw/)
 * (@cheechw)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-default-template/#post-160646)
 * This was my adaptation of the default theme provided with 1.5. It has been working
   fine. I have not updated it in the last 2 weeks. I have enabled the default theme
   and it gives the same results as my adaptation. What do you mean by a solid theme?
 *  [rustindy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustindy/)
 * (@rustindy)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-default-template/#post-160648)
 * He probably means a well-designed (internally) theme. Kubrick looks purty, but
   it’s pretty spaghettied inside and breaks pretty easily if you do the wrong thing
   with it.
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-default-template/#post-160649)
 * Pretty spaghettied ? 🙂
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-default-template/#post-160650)
 * Oddly – although it does not look promising the old WP Classic can be a better
   starting point for hacking.
 *  [rustindy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustindy/)
 * (@rustindy)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-default-template/#post-160652)
 * “Spaghettied” – coder slang 😉 Means code all over the place, not easy for most
   people to follow. I’ve always hated two things about Kubrick – the CSS file, 
   and the CSS in the `index.php`. There’s absolutely no reason for it to require
   CSS code inline. Just more spaghetti to confuse people who don’t know CSS very
   well.
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-default-template/#post-160654)
 * Don’t go there 🙂
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-default-template/#post-160660)
 * BTW RustyIndy that is a very fine looking Gemini blog you have there with an 
   NTU style maybe ? Its cool whatever.
 *  Thread Starter [cheechw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cheechw/)
 * (@cheechw)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-default-template/#post-160678)
 * Thanks. I guess that I will go back to my adaptation from the classic model. 
   I liked Kubrick because it appeared to me that it broke all of the components
   into their own structures. I liked this because it gave you access to the individual
   functions, per se. I am relatively new to php and found it interesting that the‘
   default’ view broke the system down to a component view, which I found easier
   to modify. I find it difficult to understand why WordPress would release a ‘default’
   view on a theme that is not ‘solid’.
 *  [rustindy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustindy/)
 * (@rustindy)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-default-template/#post-160684)
 * Root: yup, I’m using the Pollux style on Gemini right now from NTU 🙂 Modified
   it slightly to get my asides and moblog things going. I will eventually be finished
   my Passioni theme though – this is just an interim solution for me. I love Gemini
   😀

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