jamestl2

That's because I reapplied the new theme after I found out the fact that it went back to the default theme. Eventually it will switch back though, according to this pattern.

It switched back sometime this morning, and I still can't find the source of the problem.

Thanks for the plugin advice I'll check it out. The new theme is staying for now, but I'm sure it will change back randomly at some point later today.

Not that I now of, even if they did, why would they only change it to the default theme? I never told anyone my username or password, unless they hacked somehow, I am unsure.

Yeah, for now everything is working fine because I switched it back to the custom theme in my admin dashboard. But for some reason later it will jump back to the default theme, it happened last night too. It was on the new theme when I logged off, shut down, etc. then when I woke up this morning it was back to the default theme for some reason.

Alright thanks, Doesn't sound like the cause of my switching problem is in the admin panel though. For example I won't even be online when it jumps back (And I have made sure before that it is at the new theme right before I close out of everything).

So are you saying that I can't edit custom themes to fit the way I need them without it reverting back? (The only editing I did with my downloaded themes was with the header and footer.) By reset do you mean reinstall? Or just setting it in the dashboard? (I tried resetting it in the wordpress dashboard, but it would go back at random even after I "reset" it to my custom theme.) Also, when TCH-MikeJ chose the one he wanted, was he still able to edit it to his needs?

It happened again last night (my computer was off) so it wasn't a "one time thing". I did change it to what Bruce said and it hasn't changed. If by "playing around" you mean editing my theme, I have done that, but I haven't touched my .htaccess file or my permalinks, which are still: /%category%/%postname%/ . Also here is the code I was told to type in the .htaccess file, which it is right now: ># BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress

Well, now my problems sort-of returned. Earlier this afternoon, I finished designing my site with a new theme and began to market it. Later (a few minutes ago) I noticed it had randomly changed back to the default theme. I wasn't even logged in or anything when it did. Is there something I am suppose to do to "secure" my new theme, or is this just a glitch? I changed it back to my new theme just now, but I don't know how long it will stay there for.

Yes, this did the trick. I'll post back if I encounter any more problems Thanks everyone

Well, first, here is the code to my .htaccess file: ># -FrontPage- <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /wordpress-2.2/wordpress/ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /wordpress-2.2/wordpress/index.php [L] </IfModule> # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress Not sure if viewing the wp-config.php code would help either, but I could also post additional code. Second, if there is any way I can give you temporary access to my admin panel, I would gladly do so. If neither of these things work, I would only want to reinstall and redownload everything as a last resort.

I tried different combinations of activating and deactivating them but it still changes back to the default theme.

I didn't realize plugins made a difference (I only had a few installed). EDIT: Appareantly they didn't I tried deactivating them, but the theme still changed ( I had the following ones installed: Adman, TDOMF, All in one SEO pack, and Google Sitemaps)

It is not in a subfolder, it was a while back, but I moved it to the public_html root folder. Are you sure all I need to save is the wp-config.php file? because I still have plugins, content, etc. Would I then delete the newly created wp-config.php file? Also the site works fine under the default permalink structure, just the custom one appears messed up.

So what else am I suppose to do with this "test blog"?

Well i've been working on my test blog and created a couple random posts and permalinks for it, and the theme doesn't seem to have any problems attached to the test, but it is not the 2.2 version.

That's what my permissions were too when I first tried to change the theme.

Yep, tried that too. Might it have something to do with the mySQL database, or maybe it requires certain permissions of the theme being uploaded specifically?

Tried uploading and unzipping in multiple ways (including the way you mentioned), but it still seems to change back to the default theme.

Well, I tried switching it to the "classic theme" (which already came with it) and have no problems there. So it must be something with how I'm uploading them.

I also tried this on a couple other computers and the same thing happened. As soon as I access it, the homepage will display a new theme, but when I click on an internal link, it still goes back to the default theme, I have no idea why. Yes, i'm reffering to the site in my sig.

This blog works fine in my browser, its just when I try to load my site in my browser window it seems to revert back to the default theme.

Still the same, I don't think it is the theme's fault, because everything is fine when I change the permalink structure, it just reverts to the default theme with my custom structure is activated, so I am guessing my error lies within the custom permalink code, which was entered as: /%category%/%postname%/ EDIT: This also only happens when I connect to my site in a new browser window. For example, I will click the "refresh" button to see what it would look like in that new window. After I did that I went back to my presentations tab in the dashboard and it went back to default for some reason, only after I checked it in a new window.

So does the problem have something to do with my site? Or is there anything I could test to change like permissions in a particular theme, specific code to enter in my permalink structure, etc.

I tried that before but then it doesnt even show up under available themes.