Theme Options Uneditable After Upgrade to WP 3.1 (for Non-Genesis Themes)
 

Hello - after upgrading to WP 3.1 the Theme options do not update when changed!

I can view all options and their settings as usual but when altering any of the Magazine Theme Options under Appearance, hitting submit renders no changes whatsoever.

Please help.

Have you disabled all plugins to rule out a plugin conflict?

Examine message 22 for the fix. Send your thanks to turkeybucket for the solution.

Frozen Magazine Theme Options after WP3.1 and W3 Total Cache
 

Hi, The Magazine Theme Options refuses to accept a reset that I needed to do to put a new post in the Homepage Main placeholder. I am not sure though if this was a WP3.1 or a W3 Total Cache issue. I am not knowledgeable in programming though I am OK at problem-solving. Incidentally, the Theme accepted the post but in another, low rank placeholder. My website: http://synthesistblog.com/. Would really appreciate any help, even options to look at. Thanks.

Moderator Note: This post was merged into this thread.

hi Charles - I just did and the test is negative. In fact, I can e.g. enable other themes and tweak their settings. The problem is with Magazine 1.0 and its settings panel.

Everything worked fine until WP 3.05 and when I tried to alter the Tabber content order it did not work, thus making me realize that none of the Magazine 1.0 settings can now be altered, they are retaining their current status.

Theme Options not updating
 

I'm having the same problem with the Executive theme -- the Theme Options won't save now that I've upgraded to 3.1.

I've deactivated all plugins, so I know there isn't a plugin conflict.

Turkeybucket, sorry to hear that. At least I know now I am not doing something wrong :-)

Have you renamed the administrator account by any chance? I'm trying to figure if it's some odd permissions issue.

I haven't changed anything with my administrator account.

Any idea / directions from the programmers of the theme? This is the first time I'm having any issues with the WP upgrade and it's frustrating. My site depends on updating the Tabber order periodically to display various content categories.

Thanks.

A quick note to the moderators: I opened this thread in the Classic Theme section, because my installation is exactly that - *NOT* related to Genesis and Child Themes. Someone apparently moved it.

It's still in the Classic Theme Support forums. Look at the top of this page.

Fixed it.

In the Theme Options file,

change:
'mods_'.get_current_theme();
to:
'theme_mods_'.get_current_theme();

Dude. You're awesome!

Can anyone confirm this fix?

Seems to be related to http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2010/10...w-store-their/ and http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/15736 (Note: Nacin's link has a trailing . )

I made the change listed above in the theme-options.php file using the Editor and I am still unable to change the settings.

Any ideas? It's really frustrating.

I am having the same exact issue today with my church press theme.....would love a solution!

I tried the above change as well with no results.

Same issue with Lifestyle 4.0. Tried the fix above, but didn't work

I just installed a fresh Church 4.0 today and noticed the same issue. In the Theme Options, nothing registers. I turn eNews 'off', enter thumbnail dimension sizes, click save settings, and all the option go back to blank and no changes happen.

:bang:

I just tried too and nothing...now I wish I hadn't upgraded.

I have quite a few of the mentioned themes operating and the change to the php hasn't fixed for me either.

Any help would be appreciated!

Hi Charles,
Thanks. Before I emailed, I only deactivated W3 Total Cache to eliminate one of two possible sources. The same freezing persisted. Now, I will deactivate the top three ones I activated latest to test your suggestion.

Hi Charles,
I have deactivated plug-ins as you suggested. And the freezing of the Magazine Theme Options persists. Please provide more troubleshoot options. Thanks.

Potential Fix
 

Try changing this line in the Theme Options file from

to

Be sure to use a lowercase version of your actual theme name.

I will gladly provide them as they become available. So far, I have no more options. Have you tried turkeybucket's fix(es)?

I can now confirm that this *IS* the solution.

E.g. for my Magazine 1.0 theme I used the name of the theme folder, "magazine_10" and the line

was changed to

Many thanks to turkeybucket!! :clap:

I confirm a perfect fix too! Thank you!

Hi Charles,
It worked. As you suggested, I did try turkeybucket's suggestion as implemented by Acro for Magazine_10. Thanks a lot for quick help.

I'm leaving this thread open in case anyone has a problem after applying the fix in message 22.

In my Church theme I switched:

into:

And can say that all is well again! :clap:

(Just be sure to keep the " ; " at the end or errors pop up. )

THANK YOU ALL!!

I file in the "theme options" I only have this string:
If I try to change with this:
I get the blank page.
How can I fix this?

With neither of them works. My theme is Lifestyle theme 4.0

Both of those examples require editing. Show us the changes you made.

Very thanks

If your theme is Lifestyle, you would not use the name Church as the name of your theme.

Try
or

You need to put the actual name of your theme folder.

Thank you very much for your reply. I tried to put that code, but does not solve the problem.

What is the url to your theme style sheet? If you do not know it, what is the url to your web site?

My site is: www.dimmicosacerchi.it

Thanks. :)

Your theme folder name is:

nuovo-tema

although your theme name is:

Lifestyle

Thanks you very very much!!! :clap:

This fixed worked for me in the news theme. THANKS!!!

I am in the process of changing Lifestyle 4.0 too...and in other themes, yes, code has worked a treat.

...just edited message...it worked! lifestyle_40 is what I needed...not lifestyle_4.0

HI I am having the same problem changing it as suggested didn't work.

$settings = 'theme_mods_lifestyle_40'; // do not change!

http://wander-argentina.com/

Nevermind, it didn't work when I did it in the wordpress editor but it did work when i did it on the file and uploaded via ftp

ah but now the limit title thing is gone in the lower categories so the page looks messy

^ To simo80, you need to change that code to be theme specific. I have Allure 2.0 so the code I needed to put was this - $settings ='theme_mods_allure_20';

Yours would probably be - $settings ='theme_mods_lifestyle_40';

It took me a couple of tries to get it right, but once I did, it worked just fine.

Oops, I see you got it solved, never mind.

You'll have to change the code depending on your theme. If your theme is Lifestyle 4.0 then code referencing the Church or Magazine theme isn't going to work.

Try

Yes this is the solution. It works for me too under magazine theme 1.0

:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:Many thanks to turkeybucket!! :clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

Still having trouble here with Lifestyle...

$settings = 'theme_mods_lifestyle_40'; // do not change!

This matches my folder name correctly, but it's still not letting me change anything.

URL is www.bucketreviews.com

I'm using agentpress_1.02 - the standalone theme and tried updating like this:

$settings = 'theme_mods_agentpress_1.02';

but it's not working..

my site is www.beautyandherbags.com/blog

Been trying all afternoon and can't figure it out. I'm sure my theme folder name is 'lifestyle_40' ... Any help would be much appreciated!

For those that are still having trouble... I figured out a fix, at least for me. Delete your theme on your server altogether, make the change via your computer, then re-install via WordPress.