OK I think I’ve solved this issue.
I had to convert the line endings on the file to UNIX line endings (LF) from Mac line endings. This was interfering with the parsing of the tags at the top of the file.
Ah – it’s only on the appearance page in the admin panel.
So in “Manage themes” where it says “Current Theme” it displays the thumbnail image of the theme and then displays the whole text from the file instead of it’s title. It then displays it again as the description!
The theme displays correctly on the frontend.
Hi t31os,
Thanks for the quick reply. i can’t link to the site itself for security reasons. What extra information would be helpful?