Title: update warning
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# update warning

 *  [dheffern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dheffern/)
 * (@dheffern)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-warning/)
 * I’m using Thesis. Every time I hit “update” after editing a page, I get a whole
   screen full of “Warning: Illegal string offset ‘type’ in /home/dheffern/mobreastfeeding.
   org/wp-content/themes/thesis_182/lib/admin/options_post.php on line 150”
 * If I then hit the “go back” arrow on the WordPress site, the page doesn’t seem
   to have taken my edit, but if I switch away to (eg) media and then come back 
   to the page, it does have my edit.
 * The edit also shows up on the site itself.
 * This happens on all pages whenever I hit “update” even if no changes were actually
   made.
 * The website is [http://www.MObreastfeeding.org](http://www.MObreastfeeding.org)
   
   Please put any suggestions in very simple English. Thanks for whatever help you
   can offer!

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 *  [janet4now](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janet4now/)
 * (@janet4now)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-warning/#post-5224151)
 * Try to activate a wordpress theme (like 2014, 2013) and see if you still have
   the same problem.
 *  Thread Starter [dheffern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dheffern/)
 * (@dheffern)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-warning/#post-5224185)
 * Janet, thank you! And what does that mean? I’m already using a theme called Thesis.
   How does one activate a WordPress theme on a site that already exists?
 *  [janet4now](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janet4now/)
 * (@janet4now)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-warning/#post-5224189)
 * go to appearances > themes and if you don’t see twenty-fourteen or twenty-thirteen
   there you can search and install. Then activate. [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes)
 * If the problem is still there after doing this try and deactivate your plugins
   and check again.
 *  Thread Starter [dheffern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dheffern/)
 * (@dheffern)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-warning/#post-5224211)
 * Thanks, Janet! I found 2013 and 2014 and read about them. I don’t use any plug-
   ins. My son tells me that switching themes is going to require transferring my
   banner and other things I don’t know how to do. So I need to wait for him to 
   have a day off to help me. Thank you so much for helping me figure out that changing
   themes is what needs to be done.
 *  [kaspar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaspar/)
 * (@kaspar)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-warning/#post-5224505)
 * Will updating the Twenty-Thirteen theme change the banner image, etc. that I 
   have uploaded and set? I know there’s an update available but I don’t want anything
   I’ve customized to change!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [kaspar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaspar/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-warning/#post-5224505)
 * Status: not resolved

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