I've deleted my sidebar data by mistake!

  • Resolved gooddinnermom

    (@gooddinnermom)


    11 years, 9 months ago

    Help! I was trying to add something to my sidebar code in the Editor and by mistake have totally deleted everything in the sidebar!
    How can I recover this? If I just go in and re-add my widgets, is that the only way? No, I do not have a parent-child theme (yet).
    Thanks ??

    https://gooddinnermom.com

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  • Download a new copy of the theme to your local computer – and replace that file using FTP (or another file manager your host uses).

    BTW, modifying theme files is a bad idea (that’s why you should be using a Child Theme ?? ) – as is, all your changes will be overwritten when the theme is updated.

    Thread Starter gooddinnermom

    (@gooddinnermom)

    I think I’m doing this wrong since I’m not sure what FTP is. I switched my theme to Twenty Ten and my sidebar is there. Then I just re-installed Delicacy on my theme manager page and it’s still missing. Am I installing it wrong?
    Thanks! :\

    Thread Starter gooddinnermom

    (@gooddinnermom)

    Whew, I deleted it and reinstalled it. Thanks for your help!

    FTP is a way to access files on a server. But you may be able to just replace the code in that file with the original code. Download a NEW copy of the theme to your computer – open it and find the sidebar.php file – copy that code into the file on your site.

    BUT before you do that, are you using the most current version of Delicacy – it looks like the most recent update changed a lot.

    Cross-posted – glad to hear that. Now, please make a child theme- otherwise you will have much bigger problems down the road :).

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