my blog has changed…..

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Aug 11, 2010 at 5:43 am

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  @darthmooga,

  Excellent post.

  However, I do want to set the record straight about “…the default setting should be set to not strip widgets…
  …Other themes have not been designed as Cutline replacement don’t do that.”

  I switch themes on my test blogs many times daily when I’m volunteering in these forums and most the widgets from one theme usually change to the default set of the new theme. The switch between some themes may leave some widgets, but never all widgets. This doesn’t seem to be a “default setting” so much as a matter of the significant and unavoidable differences between themes.

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  mvwphoto · Member · Aug 11, 2010 at 5:48 am

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  @1tess: but that makes it even more idiotic and unthinking to just kill a popular theme and replace it with another, inferior one. If you know it’s going to cause trouble, DO NOT do it.

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  mvwphoto · Member · Aug 11, 2010 at 5:50 am

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  PS 1tess: as I see your post, my cats start to miyauw.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Aug 11, 2010 at 5:59 am

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  @mvwphoto

  Oh, it was not my idea; the whole process has been folly. I only meant that was one of the least problematic things about the switch; something so simple yet it’s known to be not controllable. I guess that means we agree?

  When I first started here we used to worry about losing contents of text widgets. And while it is prudent to back them up elsewhere, at least I can say I’ve not lost any in multiple changes per day—it’s a housekeeping chore to get rid of them…

  (chuckle about the cats)