WordPress MU

hello all -

sorry if this has been covered before, but i am on the road and could not find a solution.

http://wordpressthemesbase.com/detail/856.html

everything works WONDERFUL with my new blog (using domain mapping) but as soon as i use this particular theme, when i try to go into the "backend" i get thrown to the theme main page and cant seem to get any farther.

i even created two dummy blogs, both with their own separate and unique domain names, but as soon as i try activating that theme above, i cannot edit the backend anymore.

does anybody have any tips on what needs to be edited out in the theme so i can get to the backend again?

my simple solution so far has been to go into the database and delete the wp_domain_mapping record, do what i need to do, then re-create the domain mapping record.

Try themes from official places. That site is NOT.

http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/

It is not a problem with MU or the domain mapping, but that theme, from that site. Don't use it.

ok thank you very much.

i am considering going into the php when i get home and commenting out massive parts of it and see if i can get it narrowed down to the specific line that's causing the problem.

i am thinking its something as simple as changing a $_REQUEST['HOSTNAME'] or something like that.

my wife likes that theme!

Check your error logs on the server, They will give you the exact line in the exact file.

But I'm betting it has dodgy code in it.

i find reverse-engineering is more fun than looking at boring error logs :-)

i am NO expert by any imagination, but i did go in and start trying to figure out why this was the only theme that was giving issues. i carefully compared it to the wp default theme, and pretty much got it down to one missing line:

<?php wp_head(); ?> <!-- missing line -->
</head>

i have never really studied themes before, so please forgive the ignorance.

thanks.

Missing line as in a space? Doesn't matter.

Missing code? That might be it.

still, look at the error logs.