Restarting my blog design

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    dariawallace · Member ·

    I’ve changed my mind about the layout of my site and want to switch themes, but when I do so, all of the changes I originally made are automatically transferred to the new theme and I can’t seem to get back to a clean slate without deleting the site completely (and I want to keep the url!). Is there a way of starting again from scratch with the same domain name?

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    timethief · Member ·

    There is no reset button and if you delete a blog URL it will be gone forever. You simply remove what you entered here:
    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

    Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. You can quickly and easily change themes on any WordPress.COM hosted blog 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, Browse themes until you find one you like and click “activate” or the “preview” link, or type in the name of the theme you want to use 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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    dariawallace · Member ·

    Thanks for your help!

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