Accidentally "activated" a theme and wiped out old one HELP

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  jennconnally · Member · Mar 15, 2013 at 4:10 pm

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  I accidentally activated a new theme, how do I get my old code back?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 15, 2013 at 4:14 pm

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  Exactly what do you mean by “code”?
  CSS is theme specific. If you have custom CSS and later change themes, you need to delete whatever CSS you have in the Editor, otherwise, you’ll get undesired results.

  To ‘reset’ a theme, you need to delete the CSS in the Editor, make sure the “add to existing CSS” radio button is checked, then save. Things should go back to normal.

  Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes
  browse themes until your find one you like and click “activate”
  or type in the name of the theme you want to use and
  click the “activate” link when it appears

  After you change your theme all you need to do is go here Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets > Inactive Widgets and re-install them where you want them to appear. The widget contents and settings will be the same as they were prior to changing themes.

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  jennconnally · Member · Mar 15, 2013 at 4:32 pm

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  Thank you. I went in to the CSS Stylesheet Editor/CSS revisions and set the theme from an earlier date.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 15, 2013 at 4:32 pm

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  You’re welcome.