Title: wordpress control panel gone crazy Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # wordpress control panel gone crazy * [tonywright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonywright/) * (@tonywright) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/) * whn i choose the presentations tab of the wordpress control panel, there’s lines and lines of code in blue, as if a hyperlink, rather than there simply being a list of the themes. * when i choose ‘theme editor’ this is the case again. * i have been editing the css file of my forum but haven’t once touched anything to do with word press. * my site is [http://www.rapnews.co.uk](http://www.rapnews.co.uk) * does anyone know what could have happened? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 34 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272118) * Your css is there and looks okay – try pressing ctrl and f5 together a couple of times, emptying thr browser cache too. * Thread Starter [tonywright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonywright/) * (@tonywright) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272121) * I’m afraid that these solutions don’t work. It’s as if the theme of my theme editor is corrupt. The page is totally covered in mad amounts of code, all formatted into one huge hyperlink, which obviously doesn’t point to anywhere…this is really weird. * [iand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iand/) * (@iand) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272122) * Have you got the same problem as here: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/38242](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/38242)? * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272123) * Using a Mac ? Which page precisely is the error on ? * Thread Starter [tonywright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonywright/) * (@tonywright) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272125) * I’m using a PC. I’ve never had any trouble before. I’ve been editing the theme files of my forum, but I fail to see that this has anything to do with the wordpress stuff. * the problem is on the ‘presentation’ tag’s page in the admin area. and also the‘ theme editor’ page. * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272126) * The first / of the css file has failed for some odd reason. Using FTP, download the css file. You’ll need to delete then replace that / * Thread Starter [tonywright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonywright/) * (@tonywright) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272128) * im very unfamiliar with css. please could you expand upon your much appreciated advice. what css file do i download? from what directory. and whats all this about / * thank you ever so much for your help. * [Beel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beel/) * (@beel) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272129) * [http://rapnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/default/style.css](http://rapnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/default/style.css) * Could it be that there are no line breaks in the css? I will test it on my site… * Edit: That wreaks havoc on my site, too. One loooong link going nowhere. I’d edit my css and make sure there are line breaks at the end of each line, especially at the top where the theme info is located. * Thread Starter [tonywright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonywright/) * (@tonywright) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272130) * thanks for your continued help, and taking the risk of testing it on your site. * what do you suggest i do? * should i randomly put some line breaks in there? * [Beel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beel/) * (@beel) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272131) * I edited my previous post to tell you what I’d do. It was no big deal because I host my site off my computer so it is a quick and easy test with no uploading/ downloading of files. * Go Buffaloes!! * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272132) * Copy it and keep the copy. * Then paste the whole lot into this: [http://flumpcakes.co.uk/css/optimiser/](http://flumpcakes.co.uk/css/optimiser/) click Go and copy out the result. that will sort the css * Then just copy header part back in – try pasting this: * /* Theme Name: rapnews Theme URI: [http://rapnews.co.uk/](http://rapnews.co.uk/) Description: a theme Version: 1.0 Author: Tony */ * Then save and upload by ftp. * [TechGnome](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techgnome/) * (@techgnome) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272133) * And double check that it’s eing uploaded ASCII, not binary. * -tg * Thread Starter [tonywright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonywright/) * (@tonywright) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272134) * ive done this but its totally affected my actual website [http://www.rapnews.co.uk](http://www.rapnews.co.uk) which didn’t have a problem. its only the pages within the wordpress admin system that need sorting. * Thread Starter [tonywright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonywright/) * (@tonywright) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272135) * it’s actually resolved the wordpress admin section’s problems and simply created new ones on the main page. its messed up the text colours and sizes. * i have no choice but to put the original css back on as this is extremely ugly and at least the first problem was behind the scenes. * Thread Starter [tonywright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonywright/) * (@tonywright) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/#post-272138) * any last ideas? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 34 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘wordpress control panel gone crazy’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 34 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [tonywright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonywright/) * Last activity: [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-control-panel-gone-crazy/page/3/#post-272188) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics