Title: Lost my theme/formatting – help please!
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Lost my theme/formatting – help please!

 *  Resolved [vlyman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vlyman/)
 * (@vlyman)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-my-themeformatting-help-please/)
 * Hi there, I completely screwed up my website and was wondering if you had any
   quick pointers. I’m new to this site and to all things wordpess and website related,
   so please be understanding. I’ve had a website for 2 years now, which someone
   else designed for me using a wordpress site. I decided to try posting a blog 
   post on my website for the first time. I wrote the first test post, and then 
   hit the design button. I chose “dark night.” Lo and behold, it changed the design
   on my entire website except the home page! I thought it was just for the blog
   post page! I don’t know what the template was before, or how to get it back. 
   Is there anything in the history that can show me this? The person who designed
   this site for me is unreachable. I know she put some individual formatting in(
   I think). I’m wondering if any of this is stored anywhere and if there is a simple
   way to get it back! Please help. Totally screwed.
 * Thank you. my website by the way is
    [http://www.valerylyman.com](http://www.valerylyman.com)

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-my-themeformatting-help-please/#post-1589605)
 * Go back to the Design page and choose another theme. Preferably the one whose
   image matches (or is close to) your site’s previous appearance.
 *  Thread Starter [vlyman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vlyman/)
 * (@vlyman)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-my-themeformatting-help-please/#post-1589611)
 * On the design page there are about 20 themes. None of them really look like the
   one I had – I’m pretty sure she did some modification. So the question is, is
   the modification saved somewhere? i.e., if i pick one of those designs, will 
   it show up with the additional formatting? I could easily just try each of these
   templates, and see which one fits. But I didn’t know if there was a history saved
   somewhere, like the equivalent of a certain number of undos, and if so, I didn’t
   want to risk losing that.
 * Thanks for your comment.
 *  [ltgmax15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltgmax15/)
 * (@ltgmax15)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-my-themeformatting-help-please/#post-1589634)
 * I am not able to get pictures from the themes when I pick one. I cannot get the
   pictures of the themes to show up. Please help. I cannot fix my website because
   of this. It happens no matter what theme I pick.
    Thank you
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-my-themeformatting-help-please/#post-1589655)
 * **[@ltgmax15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltgmax15/)**: Don’t highjack
   another poster’s thread. Please post a new topic.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-my-themeformatting-help-please/#post-1589656)
 * > is the modification saved somewhere?
 * If the theme was modified, the changes will still be there. You may have to go
   through each of the theme until you find the right one. There is no revision 
   history for themes.
 *  Thread Starter [vlyman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vlyman/)
 * (@vlyman)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-my-themeformatting-help-please/#post-1589660)
 * so just click on each theme until one looks right? I am just so surprised that
   by one click – without option to save or review – the entire layout of my website
   changes. to update content, I still have to “save.” why not design?
 *  Thread Starter [vlyman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vlyman/)
 * (@vlyman)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-my-themeformatting-help-please/#post-1589661)
 * Okay got it! Thanks Esmi!

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