Changing Theme

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  virtualstaffinghub · Member · Nov 2, 2016 at 2:26 pm

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  I keep trying to activate another Theme (Affinity – https://wordpress.com/theme/affinity/virtualstaffinghub.wordpress.com ) and it says it’s active, but it keeps showing a different theme.

  Help please?
  Thank you

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Nov 2, 2016 at 10:04 pm

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  Hi,

  You do have the Affinity theme, but it looks like your static front page still displays a featured image from the Sela theme. That’s an expected consequence of switching themes. Featured images may be retained from a previously activated theme. You may replace the featured image on that page, and any others that might have come from elsewhere. See the Featured Images support page for instructions on removing and setting a featured image.

  Btw, if you had created a new site with the Affinity theme activated and a static front page, it would have come with four default featured images, which would be attached to the Home, Blog, About, and Contact pages, respectively. I’m not sure if you’ll have those four added to your media library after switching to Affinity.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Nov 2, 2016 at 10:19 pm

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  Correction:

  which would be attached to the Home, Blog, About, and Contact pages, respectively.

  The “Blog” page wouldn’t have a default featured image assigned if the site was created with the Affinity theme activated and a static front page, but the other three pages would.

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  virtualstaffinghub · Member · Nov 3, 2016 at 4:28 am

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  Hi! Thank you so much for finding time to answer my query.
  I’ll take a look at the link you’ve provided and see what I can do from there.

  You rock! :)

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  virtualstaffinghub · Member · Nov 3, 2016 at 4:41 am

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  Welp, I can’t seem to correct it.
  Is there any way I can get help from the staff?

  I’m thinking of just deleting the account and start over again, but I might not be able to get the same domain name :/

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Nov 3, 2016 at 5:24 am

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  I can’t seem to correct it.

  You now have no featured images displayed, which evidently allows the site header image or images to display on the blog page, static pages, and single posts, as well as on archives pages, with the Affinity theme activated.

  At Customize > Header Image >, whether intentionally or not I can’t guess, you’ve set the “suggested” or default images to display randomly at all of those locations. This can easily be changed. To set a single site header image instead of randomized header images, do the following:

  1. Either click on one of the suggested images, an image you previously uploaded (found under the heading “previously uploaded”), or click “Add new image” to upload another image from external files.
  2. If you upload another image from files, wait for it to upload and then click select and crop. Next, when prompted to do so, crop the image or choose to skip cropping.
  3. After selecting an image (and cropping, if necessary), click the Save & Publish button.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Nov 3, 2016 at 5:28 am

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  Since you now evidently have no featured images set on published posts or static pages, you may set featured images on any post or static page that you’d like one to display instead of the site header image. See the Setting a Featured Image section of the Featured Images support page for instructions.