Scratchpad theme not activated.

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  sadiamariam24 · Member · Jul 22, 2020 at 9:33 am

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  Hello,
  Trying to activate scratchpad theme. My old theme keeps showing up.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 22, 2020 at 11:25 pm

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  https://speechifysadia.wordpress.com/ is currently displaying Scratchpad.

  If you still aren’t seeing it, please try clearing your browser’s cache: https://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/

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  sadiamariam24 · Member · Jul 23, 2020 at 5:26 am

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  Hi,
  Thanks for your response.
  I cleared the cache from my browser. Still no change. I see only my old theme.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 23, 2020 at 6:29 am

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  Do you still see the old theme, or do you still see the old layout?

  Changing the theme just applies the new design to your site. It doesn’t change the layout to match the demo of the new theme. You need to follow the theme’s instructions at https://wordpress.com/theme/scratchpad to set it up that way.

  Specifically, your site is configured to show a static frontpage, which the Scratchpad demo site shows most recent posts on the front page. You can change this for your site at My Site ->Design ->Customize ->Homepage settings:

  Set the Homepage