Where is my Ramdom Header?

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  aspicco · Member · Nov 2, 2013 at 7:02 am

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  I used to use a theme that was retired. (THANKS WordPress… grrrr)
  It was functioning ok but they suggested I use a new one. Like an idiot I complied.

  I used to have an assortment of header images that would randomly appear every time anyone accessed my blog. Now I seem to be stuck with one image I choose (I can keep changing it but that’s not the point), and the “Misty Lake” theme I opted to use does not seem to permit the random header option.

  Do any of the other “new” themes have a random header option? My blog does not involve photos, only words, so the only image is the header… and now I am stuck with the same header?

  Or am I?

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  justpi · Member · Nov 2, 2013 at 9:49 am

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  a) All the themes that support a header image allow a random display of header images – provided you have uploaded at least two of them.
  b) You didn’t have to switch to a new theme. Retired means no longer available to newly created blogs: blogs created before a theme became retired can continue to use that theme. You can freely switch back to the theme you were originally using.

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  aspicco · Member · Nov 2, 2013 at 1:46 pm

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  I can switch back? PLEASE tell me how…

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  justpi · Member · Nov 2, 2013 at 2:00 pm

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  The way you’d switch to any available theme. Appearance > Themes: search for the theme you want, click Activate.

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  aspicco · Member · Nov 2, 2013 at 3:28 pm

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  But… if it is retired, wouldn’t it be unavailable?

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  justpi · Member · Nov 2, 2013 at 7:48 pm

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  I answered this in my first reply: retired means unavailable to newly created blogs but still available to blogs created before the theme became retired.

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  aspicco · Member · Nov 2, 2013 at 7:55 pm

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  It took me awhile to find it.
  You seem cranky. Maybe you ought to take a break… ;)
  Thanks for your help.

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  aspicco · Member · Nov 2, 2013 at 8:05 pm

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  OK I am back to my original theme… and all my original blogroll links are no longer displayed like they had been. Blogroll links were replaced by a list of recent posts.

  ah well… adventures in blogging.

  Thanks again for your help[.

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  justpi · Member · Nov 3, 2013 at 12:39 am

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  When you switch from a theme to a differently designed theme, the widgets you had added get deactivated. You go to Appearance > Widgets and drag them back from inactive to Sidebar.

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  aspicco · Member · Nov 3, 2013 at 1:03 am

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  Yeah I figgered that out, but oddly when I first switched from my old theme to a “new improved” theme, the blogroll was imported. Going back to my original theme deactivated it…