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I have specified \"clean\" as my default theme in my config.php file. Nevertheless, what\'s coming up is \"XSilver,\" which was the out-of-the-box default. Why is this happening? I don\'t like it; I want it to use the theme that I have specified. Where else should I look for these settings, if not in config.php (line 138)? In addition, I should add that I do not wish to use the \"geeklog\" logo at the top of my site; I wish to use my own logo. I would think this is pretty normal that people would want to do this. Where do I go to change this? I couldn\'t locate the place where this logo is specified. Thank you.

Most likely the previous XSilver theme is being picked up in your cookie. Your last theme preference is stored and used even if you log out. Delete your cookie or try a totally different browser type which will probally store it\'s cookies elseware. I normally use IE but have opera, Mozilla and others installed for testing. I rather not be deleting my IE cookies as I have a lots of sites I\'d like to retain them for. Regarding the image in the header. Refer to the documentation on templates but you will find a header.thtml file under each theme that is a good template to start with - it is what defines the site header layout.

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Also the theme is stored in the user preference. The one in config.php is for anon users. You might need to change it in your preference.

It could be a refresh problem. Some IE users experience a problem in that the page will not refresh. I'm not sure what the problem is but I did find a fix.

Place this at top of the page of /layout/<theme>/header.thtml

<?php
header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT" // Date in the past
header("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s&quot . " GMT"
// always modified
header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate" // HTTP/1.1
header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0", false);
header("Pragma: no-cache" // HTTP/1.0
?>

This is very annoying that when we post some code here that we get smiley faces or all of the code doesn\'t show up. How can we get around that? Or is it just a feature?????!!!!

For you -- it\'s a feature For others I have it fixed wiht a new CODE formatting logic that I\'m currently testing.

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Thank you for the replies. Today, of course, the \"problem\" is not showing up. I.e., it is showing with my preferred (\"clean\") theme, instead of the \"wrong\" theme, as it was yesterday. But I\'m betting it\'s the cookies; I didn\'t think of that. Oh wait, d\'oh! I\'m on a different computer! Hang on a sec... (dum de dum...) Yes! That\'s it! I deleted the cookie for \"theme\" on that other computer and reloaded the page; it came in with the preferences set by config.php. For what it\'s worth, I don\'t think \"theme\" should be \"cookied,\" if it overrides what\'s selected in the preferences like this. This probably applies to \"language\" as well. Thanks for the answers.

The setting in config.php is the default theme for new and anonymous users. If you allow your users to change the theme, then obviously their setting should be used instead of the default theme, don\'t you think? And the cookie is set so that the site keeps the user\'s preferred theme even when they are logged out. IMO, this all makes perfect sense if you think about it. bye, Dirk

Yes, but why can\'t I see the new default theme even after I have logged off (= anonymous user!)?

To quote myself from above: bye, Dirk

Sorry, I've overlooked this information ... shame on me. This cookie thing is a good idea actually. You don't have to log in just to be able to view the weblog in the layout you prefer. I was just confused at first because normally you'd expect the settings to get lost after logging off.