[wp-testers] Theme keeps resetting to default - WP2.6-r8060

Charles E. Frees-Melvin charles.freesmelvin at gmail.com
Mon Jun 9 10:54:26 GMT 2008


There is probably an error with a template, if you have access to your
logs, find out the 1st person who gets the default theme, each time it
happens to get what page they were on, and try to go to that page a
triger it yourself.

2008/6/9 Dean Robinson <dean.j.robinson at gmail.com>:
> hold on, spoke too soon, just refreshed and its reset again, back to the
> drawing board
>
> Dean Robinson
>
> hahlo.com
> dean at hahlo.com
> --------------------------------------
> www.deanjrobinson.com
> twitter.com/deanjrobinson
> twitter.com/hahlo
>
>
> On 09/06/2008, at 1:51 AM, Kirk M wrote:
>
>> This usually means that WordPress is encountering an error in finding the
>> correct theme when someone(s) attempts to access your site. In this case
>> WordPress will revert to the Default theme rather than offering nothing at
>> all to the visitor.
>>
>> I've encountered this same type of problem in the past and it usually
>> involved the "wp-mobile" plugin I use so folks who visit my site via a
>> mobile device will have a mobile type theme for proper viewing.
>> Occasionally, when I'm doing my semi-annual "housecleaning" of my install or
>> testing a trunk revision I'll forget to move the "wp-mobile theme" out of
>> the "wp-mobile" plugin directory and back into my "/themes/" directory so
>> when anyone tries to access my site via a mobile device, the entire site
>> will revert to the default theme because WordPress can't find the
>> "wp-mobile" theme as directed by the plugin.
>>
>> This sounds like something similar. Do the times vary between reverting
>> back to the Default theme or are they mostly consistant? If they vary then
>> try running without any plugins activate (with the exceptions of Aksimet if
>> your running it) and see what happens. If the problem stops then reactivate
>> one by one until you find the one that causes the problem. Obviously if the
>> problem still occurs with all plugins deactivated, then it's a problem with
>> your current install.
>>
>> Hope this helps some.
>>
>> Dean Robinson wrote:
>>>
>>> Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this, I've recently put
>>> a copy of WP2.6 on one of my "lower traffic" blogs to test it out, all
>>> is working fine, except I set my new theme, and then after about an
>>> hour its resetting itself to the default.  When I go into the admin it
>>> says my theme is active, but when viewing the site the default theme
>>> appears, I have to reselect my theme again to get it working.
>>>
>>> This ( http://previously-on-lost.com/ ) is the site in question, I've
>>> just reset the theme again, about 5 minutes prior to writing this email.
>>>
>>> Will probably have to revert back to 2.5.1 if there is no known fix
>>> (or if its just me thats having this issue)
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> Dean Robinson
>>>
>>> deanjrobinson.com
>>> dean.j.robinson at gmail.com
>>> --------------------------------------
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>>> hahlo.com
>>> twitter.com/hahlo
>>>
>>>
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