Can you please keep me from pulling my hair out?

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  bethtempleholmes · Member · May 18, 2014 at 11:14 pm

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  HELP ME – PLEASE! I selected my address – BethTempleHolmes.WordPress.com. I selected a theme to work in, and then I opted to look at the other ones. Somehow, I lost my theme that I was originally working in, and I found myself on a page that told me to start writing my blog. I couldn’t get back. Nothing was saved. So I logged out, and logged back in, and now I cannot find BethTempleHolmes.WordPress.com, and I cannot recreate it. Please, can someone help me? I feel like I’m getting ready to pull my hair out! If you need my email, it’s beth@bethtempleholmes. com.

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  timethief · Member · May 18, 2014 at 11:21 pm

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  The login link is http://bethtempleholmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/
  If the post was created on the dashboard of your own blog at Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New then you ought to be able to recover a lost post or page from revisions if needs be.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-revisions/
  See also if applicable > restoring from trash http://en.support.wordpress.com/trash/#restoring-from-trash

  (If you are referring to a Page then see here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/page-revisions/)

  I recommend:
  Always create your posts on the dashboard of your own blog at
  Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New
  Always allow pages to fully load before clicking any other links.
  Use an offline blog editor so you have backups on your own computer http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/

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  timethief · Member · May 18, 2014 at 11:22 pm

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  Somehow, I lost my theme that I was originally working in, and I found myself on a page that told me to start writing my blog. I couldn’t get back. Nothing was saved.

  WordPress.com sells custom design upgrades. They allow us to “preview” change that do not actually display on the blog unless we purchase the upgrade.

  If you have not purchased the custom design upgrade note that no changes you try out aside from those such as Custom Background, Custom Header, etc. which are stated on the theme description pages in the features column (right hand side) will be visible to visitors.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/

  You do not need to load the design tools unless you have the Custom Design upgrade. All of these functions can be accessed from your dashboard – without loading the custom design tools – no upgrade required.
  Appearance > Header
  Appearance > Background
  Appearance > Theme Options (applicable only to some themes)
  Settings > Reading (set a static front page)
  Site Title and Tagline > Settings > General

  If you are using the preview mode for the Custom Design upgrade some of the settings in that mode will save but they won’t show up on the front end unless you purchase the upgrade.

  To go back to the free options, go to Appearance → Themes → Customize → Colors and click the “exit the preview” link in yellow at the top of the panel on the right.

  See also: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/video-tutorial-customizing-your-theme/