Rename Wordpress Theme Folder

Question

I'm trying to rename my theme folder (lets say it's twentyeleven) to something different. I have followed all the tutorials I could find which says I should first activate another theme, then change the folder name on the ftp, change the theme name in style.css and then of course activate my theme again.

I've also tried copying the theme and make the changes.

This does not work at all for me. The site looks really weird.

Am I missing something?

Answer 1

Check that the links to the style sheets in header.php match the location of your new folder, if that is the case. Also check links in style.css For example: < link href="twentytwelve/style.css" ref="stylesheet" /> should look something like this.