I resolved this the old fashioned way: Hard Work. I analyzed, in detail, the data in the SQL tables to gain an understanding of how it functioned. I analyzed the generated HTML (via view source in the browser). I looked for elements that appeared to me to be likely candidates for tweaking. I narrowed it down to this statement:
<link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” media=”all” href=”https://justinseine.com/WP/?page_id=2/wp-content/themes/twentyten/style.css” />
I removed the “?page_id=2” parameter, uploaded it to the server in the appropriate directory and tested it. Voila! my formatting was back on my header page.
I then went into PhpMyAdmin and edited the WP_Options table and removed the same parameter from row one (siteurl).
This gave me back my formatted login and admin capability.
The problem is solved, but I do not know what caused it????
Never having touched WordPress before this weekend I had little appreciation for how it worked. Now I do. I also know what to back up and when to back it up….. Someone on this forum wrote: “Code is Poetry” I would like to add that “Bad Code is Hell!” Code On!
Persistence pays…
