can't login via ssh, sftp - - cluebat please?

[Drone4four]

I recently changed the default port for sftp by following a simple guide on YouTube called, “How to Find and Change SFTP Port Number”.

On my DigitalOcean droplet remotehost I changed the port line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config to something other than the default (22). Now I can't login using ssh or sftp. Here is the error message I am now getting:

$ ssh user@remotehost
ssh: connect to host remotehost port 22: Connection refused
$

So I immediately logged back in using the Console Access feature in my browser through my DigitalOcean dashboard and reverted the port line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config back to 22. I still can't login to my remote host via ssh from my local terminal. I also can't login to via sftp with my konqueror sftp client. Konqueror tells me this:

Details of the Request:
URL: sftp://user@remotehost
Protocol: sftp
Date and Time: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 02:26 PM
Additional Information: Connection refused
Description:
Connection refused

It's worth noting that I also tried sftp://user@remotehost:22, still no dice.

I Googled around and came across this guide on DigitalOcean.
I don't have a firewall. And there is no output for

sudo netstat -plutn | grep 22

I am doing something trivially wrong here. Can someone please unleash a cluebat on me?

[Drone4four]

Here comes the cluebat: It turns out the problem was the Port entry in /etc/ssh/sshd_config . It was completely FUBAR'ed. I think it had to do with Console Access erroneously capturing the '2' key about 14 times but only showing '22'. The java-based Console Access terminal emulator is imperfect. I don't really know. Anyways, to reset my ssh configuration files I purged my system of openssh and reinstalled it. I could then login perfectly, I just had to reset my rsa key, which was no problem thanks to my previous foray into the world of automatic key login in a thread I created some time ago titled, “setting up rsa key: "Agent admitted failure" error". Essentially I followed a guide called, “3 Steps to Perform SSH Login Without Password Using ssh-keygen & ssh-copy-id”