I'm starting to think that this is a bug as my theme works when previewing and when updating but when I navigate away from the Host pages and then return the default blue skin is back even though my skins are selected. If i'm still using on of the Portal containers (MinimalExtropy - Title_Grey) would that override my skin?

Just to make sure here's the code of my skin:

<%@ Control language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" Inherits="DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LANGUAGE" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Language.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LOGO" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Logo.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="SEARCH" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Search.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="NAV" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Nav.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="TEXT" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Text.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="BREADCRUMB" Src="~/Admin/Skins/BreadCrumb.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="USER" Src="~/Admin/Skins/User.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LOGIN" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Login.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="LINKS" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Links.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="PRIVACY" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Privacy.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="TERMS" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Terms.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="COPYRIGHT" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Copyright.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="STYLES" Src="~/Admin/Skins/Styles.ascx" %>

<div class="pagecenter">
    <div class="header" id="TopPane" runat="server">
          <div id="topLinks">
         
          Search CCCS :  
          <dnn:SEARCH runat="server"
            id="dnnSEARCH"  
            UseWebForSite="true"
            ShowSite="false"
            ShowWeb="false"  
            UseDropDownList="false"
            Submit="<img src=&quot;images/goUp.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Search&quot;  align=&quot;absmiddle&quot;  /&gt;" />
        </div>
             
   
    <div id="newNavigation">
  
   <dnn:NAV runat="server"
       id="dnnNAV" 
       ProviderName="DNNMenuNavigationProvider"
       IndicateChildren="false"
       ControlOrientation="Horizontal"
       CSSNodeRoot="main_dnnmenu_rootitem"
       CSSNodeHoverRoot="main_dnnmenu_rootitem_hover"
       CSSContainerSub="main_dnnmenu_submenu"
       CSSNodeHoverSub="main_dnnmenu_submenu_hover"
   />
  
    </div>

    <!-- END OF new header by Mike -->
    </div>
   

<div id="LeftPane" runat="server"></div>
<div id="ContentPane" runat="server"></div>
<div id="RightPane" runat="server"></div>
<div id="BottomPane" runat="server"></div>



<!--  this is the footer -->
    <div id="Div1" class="footerX" runat="server">
           
             <ul id="footerLinks">
                    <li><a href="#">Accessibility</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Legal Notices</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Glossary</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Site Map</a></li>
                    <li><dnn:USER runat="server" id="dnnUSER"  CssClass="user" /></li>
                    <li><dnn:LOGIN runat="server" id="dnnLOGIN" CssClass="noborder" /> </li>
             </ul>
                       
           
            
              <div id="copy"><dnn:COPYRIGHT runat="server" id="dnncopy" CssClass="copy" /> </div>  
    </div>
</div>

please, please help!

Hi there, I've check my site settings in the admin section - I presume I selected the default page skin and admin skin properly? I'm confused to determine what you mean by that.

Perhaps I should make the skin using the portal and not Visual Studio?

This is all driving me crazy!

Any help is appreciated.