Title: Thesis theme install/replacement theme issues
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Thesis theme install/replacement theme issues

 *  [ssmcintire](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssmcintire/)
 * (@ssmcintire)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thesis-theme-installreplacement-theme-issues/)
 * Hi All,
 * I am so not techy that I paid someone to install a theme yesterday and the theme
   didn’t work (Sterling) so I bought a new one (Thesis) which the gal installed
   today.
 * Then she said: “I went in and deleted the sterling theme, and the pages were 
   still there even after I deleted them, so then had to go delete menus as well,
   but I think I finally got all that sterling theme stuff off the site.”
 * But I can’t edit my site. I have no idea what to do. I go into the dashboard 
   and click edit homepage and it tells me that it’s in the trash and has to be 
   restored but she is telling me that it was the old sterling stuff. I am so confused.
   Should those pages have stayed? How can I fix this? I’m trying to be patient 
   and wait for an email back from the gal but would like to just get the new theme
   installed correctly.
 * It’s a brand new site without any content so I really don’t mind reinstalling
   stuff but I don’t want to make things worse and have no clue where to begin to
   clean out old stuff and put in new stuff. The word Thesis is in the navigation
   on the left but there is no homepage to edit, just a sample page I think.
 * My site is [http://8020social.com](http://8020social.com) but it really doesn’t
   matter because although it has a home page, I can’t edit it even though it exists
   somewhere in the trash I guess.
 * Thanks,
    Susan

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thesis-theme-installreplacement-theme-issues/#post-4041169)
 * Looks like you probably don’t have a home page created yet – you need to create
   some content for your site to work correctly. See this:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_Reading_Screen](http://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_Reading_Screen)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page)
 * This may also be helpful:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons)
 * For help with Thesis specifically, you can visit [http://diythemes.com/](http://diythemes.com/)
 *  Thread Starter [ssmcintire](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssmcintire/)
 * (@ssmcintire)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thesis-theme-installreplacement-theme-issues/#post-4041172)
 * Okay, I’ll check out these resources. Having not read it, my initial thought 
   is that if I go to 8020social.com and click on home, stuff comes up but I don’t
   know how to access it to edit it. That’s not already a homepage somewhere? Maybe
   that’s a silly thought. I’ll go read up and see if it helps.
 * Thanks,
    Susan
 *  [CardSolve1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cardsolve1/)
 * (@cardsolve1)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thesis-theme-installreplacement-theme-issues/#post-4041358)
 * WordPress and Thesis tutorials should help you get started.
 * Video step by step:
    [http://ameliabriscoe.com/](http://ameliabriscoe.com/) [http://www.byobwebsite.com/seminars/thesis-theme-2-0-seminars/thesis-2-1-launch-party/](http://www.byobwebsite.com/seminars/thesis-theme-2-0-seminars/thesis-2-1-launch-party/)

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 * Last reply from: [CardSolve1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cardsolve1/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thesis-theme-installreplacement-theme-issues/#post-4041358)
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