by Brian S.
Eventually after deleting the themes I ended up with this error
"Coding error detected, it must be fixed by a programmer: page layout file /var/www/moodle/theme/base/layout/general.php does not contain the main content placeholder, please include "<?php echo $OUTPUT->main_content() ?>" in theme layout file."
My eventual fix was to import via cpanel the entire themes folder of a clean 2.5 installation. This may not be the best fix but I include it incase some one finds this post and wishes to try that.
Problem resolved
"Coding error detected, it must be fixed by a programmer: page layout file /var/www/moodle/theme/base/layout/general.php does not contain the main content placeholder, please include "<?php echo $OUTPUT->main_content() ?>" in theme layout file."
My eventual fix was to import via cpanel the entire themes folder of a clean 2.5 installation. This may not be the best fix but I include it incase some one finds this post and wishes to try that.
Problem resolved