You mean from the front end login? yes. I logged in when I first installed it, and I've logged in several times since.

Yes the default shows up now. the PHP and the folder is in the skins folder

do you think it could be that I don't have it installed on the root, but in a sub folder?

Yes, refreshed every time I make a change in css, emptied cache and cookies. Still Nothing

I'm brand new to wiki. 1. I placed the gumaxdd folder in the "skin" directory. Then placed GuMaxDD.php & GuMaxDD.deps.php in the skin directory (outside of gumaxdd) 2. I opened DefaultSettings.php and inserted gumaxdd with the lower case "d's" $wgDefaultSkin = 'gumaxdd'; Noth...