Switching themes

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  peakperspective · Member · May 21, 2013 at 4:05 pm

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  I’m looking to switch themes. From Spring loaded to perhaps Liquorice or Bueno. Firstly, I’m nervous about losing data – mostly content from pages and posts, but not necessarily widgets (although I’d like to make sure my “freshly pressed” widget will transfer over).
  Secondly, when testing out the new themes with a live demo, many of the links don’t work. As an example, I have a page on the menu that when clicked, reveals a page full of linked recipe titles. When you click on any of the links, they don’t take you to the pages.
  Is there a backup procedure I should consider? I’ve seen a question about a mirror blog, but I’m not familiar with them.
  Many thanks!

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  timethief · Member · May 21, 2013 at 4:08 pm

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  No content is ever lost when changing themes.

  Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes
  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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  timethief · Member · May 21, 2013 at 4:10 pm

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  Secondly, when testing out the new themes with a live demo, many of the links don’t work. As an example, I have a page on the menu that when clicked, reveals a page full of linked recipe titles. When you click on any of the links, they don’t take you to the pages.

  I’m sorry but we cannot help with what we cannot see. Please post an active link starting with http:// so we can examine what you describe.

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  peakperspective · Member · May 21, 2013 at 4:18 pm

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  Thanks for the quick response. I’m not entirely sure if this will work for you, but fingers crossed. This is the page with the recipes in “live demo” mode. The links don’t work here. Will they work once I switch over?http://peakperspective.wordpress.com/wp-admin/customize.php?theme=pub%2Fliquorice
  Again, thank you!

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  timethief · Member · May 21, 2013 at 4:26 pm

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  Volunteers cannot view your blog using that link.

  I have been here for 7 years and have used or tested out almost every free theme there is. I suggest that you simply change themes because your concerns are not grounded in reality. It’s easy to switch themes and no content is ever lost, all links will remain intact.

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  peakperspective · Member · May 21, 2013 at 4:32 pm

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  Alrighty. I appreciate your expertise and will trust your good judgement. Cheers.

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  timethief · Member · May 21, 2013 at 4:33 pm

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  You can do this not to worry. :) If you need more help just post again.