Site has broken links and look has changed

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  avcrofts · Member · Feb 23, 2017 at 1:24 am

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  Greetings!

  This morning I logged into pepperforthebeast.com to show my friend a page on my site, and while I could load the main page, all the menu items (Blog, FAQ etc.) would pull up an error message (Not Found [CFN #0005]). I first made sure I was up to date on my URL payments (all current) then went into my WordPress back end to see if I needed to do some updates and maybe that’s why the links weren’t working. On my dashboard I updated to the new WP version and then I also updated on the themes that I was prompted to. When I rebooted, my website had lost all of its original visuals: the font, background photos, etc, were gone. And the links all still gave me the error message. Help! What have I done? And can I regain the visuals I had before as well as the functionality of the links? On the back end the data for the linked pages is all still there. Thank you.

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

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  jjchrisdiehl · Member · Feb 23, 2017 at 1:38 am

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  Just to confirm, are we looking at pepperforthebeast.com or uweeye.wordpress.com (or are they one in the same?).

  You mentioned updating your themes and WordPress core, as far as I know WordPress.com automatically keeps these things updated for you. Are you using a self-installed copy of WordPress from WordPress.org? Or is this website through WordPress.com?

  Have you tried going to Menus in your dashboard and recreating the menu links?

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  avcrofts · Member · Feb 23, 2017 at 3:36 am

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  Thanks for responding! It’s just pepperforthebeast.com–not uweeye which is an old and retired blog.

  When I log on to WP, it’s .org not .com.

  I don’t seen a tab named “Menus” under Dashboard–should I be seeing one?

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  avcrofts · Member · Feb 23, 2017 at 3:38 am

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  Actually, let me clarify on WP. When I log in, when I click on the WP icon in the upper left, the menu lists wordpress.org under About WordPress. I just assumed mine was .org. How can I confirm?

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  jjchrisdiehl · Member · Feb 23, 2017 at 1:48 pm

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  WordPress.com sites will have wordpress.com/therest/ofthe/sitefolders in the address bar when you go to the admin page. If the site is a .org version it would just be pepperthebeast.com/sitefoldersetc.

  If this is a .org site then you should move this post to the WordPress.org support forums for further support. Here’s some info regarding the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org.