Title: Genesis/Serenity Theme Gone
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Genesis/Serenity Theme Gone

 *  Resolved [chrisnferguson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisnferguson/)
 * (@chrisnferguson)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/genesisserenity-theme-gone/)
 * In preparing to launch my site with its own domain (i.e. without “wordpress” 
   at the end of the url), I was instructed to go into my GoDaddy hosting account
   and transfer all the wordpress files into the html folder.
 * However, after doing that my site did not publish. When I go to my wp dashboard
   all I see are my pages (without the images I uploaded) and my posts. The dashboard
   is telling me I have no theme installed. All my widgets, plugins, and images 
   in my media library are gone.
 * GoDaddy is now telling me I was supposed to backup my database, download it, 
   and then upload it to my hosting account, THEN transfer the wp files to the html
   folder.
 * At this point I am not sure what to do reinstate the site. Since wp is telling
   me I have no theme, do I reinstall the theme at the risk of losing my work? Do
   I backup the database, download it, and then upload the files to my hosting account.
 * I would truly appreciate some guidance.
 * Thank you.

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 * Last reply from: [chrisnferguson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisnferguson/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/genesisserenity-theme-gone/)
 * Status: resolved

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