Title: Screwy behavior in theme selection
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Screwy behavior in theme selection

 *  Resolved [tragicallyhip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tragicallyhip/)
 * (@tragicallyhip)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/screwy-behavior-in-theme-selection/)
 * I downloaded a free theme and copied it to my themes directory on my server. 
   In my WordPress admin screen, I see the theme name, screenshot, and description,
   and if I click it, it selects it properly.
 * Then I began to modify the theme. I changed one image used in the header (same
   name and location), and a few style parameters. I gave the enclosing folder a
   new name, and uploaded it to the themes directory. When accessing the Presentation
   > Themes, the theme is there, but it shows only as the first few lines of text
   from the stylesheet, not the title, screenshot, and description. If I click this
   text, it selects the theme, but continues to show the content of the stylesheet
   rather than the title, screenshot and description.
 * I’ve done a side-by-side comparison of the CSS files, and cannot find the problem.
   Can anyone help me resolve this?

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 *  [sadish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sadish/)
 * (@sadish)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/screwy-behavior-in-theme-selection/#post-490703)
 * where is your website located ?
 *  Thread Starter [tragicallyhip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tragicallyhip/)
 * (@tragicallyhip)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/screwy-behavior-in-theme-selection/#post-490720)
 * The website is [http://www.applemorphic.com](http://www.applemorphic.com). But,
   it appears correctly to the public. It doesn’t appear correctly in the admin 
   screen.
 * The WP install is in the root public folder of my domain host. It is a standard
   install, including uploading and working with themes, until I change a theme’s
   stylesheet. Then I get [this weird behavior](http://www.applemorphic.com/wordpress_theme_ui.png).
   Also, I just noted that I was able to make a minor change to a style within the
   WP UI and it saved properly. I’ll explore this more extensively. When I’ve attempted
   to change a theme’s stylesheet via WP that I had changed previously, it tells
   me the theme doesn’t exist. Perhaps there is a directory setting in my WP config
   that I’ve got wrong?
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/screwy-behavior-in-theme-selection/#post-490743)
 * There is something wrong with the editor you used to save the stylesheet.
    I 
   remember several cases like that, just need to find them in the forum… The editor
   adds some screwy (invisible) things, or wrong line breaks? – something like that
   🙁
 * EDIT. Here you go: line break, editors…
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/25490?replies=20](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/25490?replies=20)
 *  Thread Starter [tragicallyhip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tragicallyhip/)
 * (@tragicallyhip)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/screwy-behavior-in-theme-selection/#post-490912)
 * Moshu,
 * That did it. I downloaded TextMate for OS X, and made the mods suggested by the
   post at the link you provided. Lo and behold, it now works. Dreamweaver just 
   came off my list.
 * Thanks so much for your help.
 * Tragicallyhip

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 * Last reply from: [tragicallyhip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tragicallyhip/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/screwy-behavior-in-theme-selection/#post-490912)
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