Accidentally change theme; fixed, but lost sidebar widgets; how get them back?

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    cousinlynn953 · Member ·

    Looking at themes for potential new blog, clicked on one and it changed the theme of my current blog. I clicked on the correct theme and got it back, but lost the right sidebar widgets. How do I restore them??

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    thistimethisspace · Member ·

    Hi,
    You can quickly and easily change themes to another one found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and no data will be lost or negatively affected by the change. The only time you may have to do some work is if you are changing to a dramatically different theme and have done any CSS editing.

    Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the blog go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes and browse themes until you 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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    cousinlynn953 · Member ·

    Thanks— Actually, I didn’t want to change themes. I just wanted to sample themes for a new blog that I’m thinking of creating.

    How can I do this without changing my current blog?

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    thistimethisspace · Member ·

    Register the new blog URL and play around with themes in it. http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/ To preview any theme make sure you have third party cookies enabled. http://en.support.wordpress.com/third-party-cookies/

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