Changing to a new customized blog design.

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    rbeaird · Member ·

    In my customize section it shows the design I want but what posts is not what I want and I cannot change to the design I want. How do I make it take the new design? Hopefully I don’t have to completely delete the blog and start over.

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    timethief · Member ·

    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/

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    timethief · Member ·

    Note: 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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    rbeaird · Member ·

    I just altered the free one that I had and it shows up but won’t let me use it. In my other blog I can change all I want and it will take the changes. I changed from one theme to another and then tried to change the colors etc in the new theme and it reverts back to the first one every time.

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    rbeaird · Member ·

    Went to the dashboard and same result.

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    timethief · Member ·

    This is the link to the Flounder theme description http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/flounder/
    Specifically and exactly what are you changing?

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