Cannot change to new theme

  • I just got a new domain… installed WordPress into the root.

    When I went to the site there was a message to upgrade to ver 2.6.1… which I did.

    Uploaded a couple of new themes.

    Went to the “Design” page and the new themes were there.

    But, there isn’t anyway to select a new theme… if I click on the theme it just shows me what the blog will look like with the new theme, but I can’t change from the “Default” to one of the new ones.

    Please advise.

    Thank you.

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  • From the preview mode, you should see a button to activate the theme. I think it will appear in the upper right corner.

    Thread Starter gmentgen

    (@gmentgen)

    Thank you so very much. I had been to the “preview” page before and never saw the button… guess I can blame it on old age…in my 7th decade and going a little blind.

    Again, thank you for your assistance.

    I too am having the same problem. And my eyesight should be fine. O_o

    Basically it loads a fullscreen preview of the site, rather than in a box with the activate button on the top right corner, like I see in tutorial videos on some blogs.

    It is really confusing.

    I’ve tried it in Safari, Firefox, Camino, all giving the same result. I have not tried Internet Explorer on windows. Do I have to…?

    I had basically the same problem. I would go to “Design” pick out a different theme, click on “activate” from the black popup box and it would show that the “New theme activated” and even show the page thumbnail but when I click on “New theme activated – Visit Site” it just brought me back to my old “Default” theme. “””Would Not Switch”””

    So in reading this forum I started deactivating my plugins one at a time and tried changin themes again. Would not work. I could not find a plugin (Have about 20) that was the culprit

    Finally I deactivated them ALL. Then Reactivated them all, low and behold the “change theme option ” started working again.??

    I do not know what was going on but it worked for me.
    Arthur
    ps:Using WP 2.6.3

    “I FOUND THE CULPRIT”
    It was the plugin “Theme Test Drive”
    For what it is worth, That was My problem plugin.

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