Solved! [was HELP! Styling disaster]

[jesse_the_k]

I had my style just the way I wanted it. Then basically by mistake, I changed my style setting to what you see now.

I thought I'd documented my desired style -- its name, its theme, and what changes I'd made.

But I can't seem to lay hands on it right now.

I'm so flustered I'm not even sure whether I've lost that info.

Before I slowly recreate all those elements, are there any traces in the DW system of what my previous style was? Of the custom CSS I'd added?

Any thoughts are most welcome -- I will use them to file a more-coherent-sounding support ticket than what you've read so far.

Comments

[runpunkrun]

I THINK if you switch back to your previous style, it'll remember your changes. At least I think that's how it went for me when I accidentally changed my style.

Is this the look you're trying to duplicate?: https://web.archive.org/web/20190713153024/https://jesse-the-k.dreamwidth.org/

YESSSSSSSSS!

[jesse_the_k]

All the gods and goddesses bless the archive!

Thank you!

Re: YESSSSSSSSS!

[runpunkrun]

The Wayback Machine comes through again!

Looks like that's Stepping Stones style, and if it comes down to it, you can scrape your css from the Wayback copy's source.

Re: YESSSSSSSSS!

[jesse_the_k]

brilliant.

thank you so much for spreading soothing tech goodness!

[sasha_feather]

I can only help if the style you are talking about is hair/ clothes/ accessories :D

[jesse_the_k]

HA!

You sure can help, but that wasn't the issue today.

Proof of my panic is I didn't even notice the ambiguity.

[swingandswirl]

I thought you were talking about personal style and got very confused for a second :D

Hee

[jesse_the_k]

Yeah, evidently I was too panicked to English coherently.

Any style recs always entertained!

[liv]

I think this is fixable by going to:
https://www.dreamwidth.org/customize/advanced/styles

You should get a list called "Your styles". Most likely they will have unhelpful auto-generated names. But you can click the "Use" button next to each item in the list and one of them will hopefully restore your DW to exactly what you had before.

If that doesn't work you may need to do something with layers. But your old custom CSS and everything else should be archived.

[jesse_the_k]

HELPFUL!

Thanks

[runpunkrun]

That is helpful!