I've lost all formatting of the content.

I have formatted a lot of content in the site already using the dashboard, won’t that styling and the widgets be lost?

Oh, I see that the plugins are higher in the directory stucture, so they wouldn’t be affected. Would it be better to replace only the twentytwelve folder?

The Post/Page formatting will not be lost and any widgets can be set up again.

Would it be better to replace only the twentytwelve folder?

No. The issue is in your child theme.

First, let me confirm that you are aware that the only file in my child theme folder is one .css file. If the issue is in the child theme, once I removed that .css file wouldn’t those revisions just not occur?

I’ve only placed about four revisions in it.

FYI:This is it

/*
Theme Name: Twenty Twelve Child
Theme URI: https://eco-act.org/twentytwelve-child/
Description: Twenty Twelve Child Theme
Author: Joe Eckloff
Author URI: https://eco-act.org
Template: twentytwelve
Version: 1.0.0
Tags: light, dark, two-columns, right-sidebar, responsive-layout, accecssibnility-ready
Text Domsin: twenty-twelve-child
*/

@import url("../twentytwelve/style.css");

/* Hypertext Link anchor color changes
---------------------------------------- */
a {
	outline: none;
	color: #CC9966;
}
a:hover {
	color: #594A41;
}

/* Changes to main nav
---------------------------------------- */
/* main menu - centering
	---------------------------------------------------------- */
	.main-navigation ul.nav-menu,
	.main-navigation div.nav-menu > ul {
		border-bottom: 1px solid #ededed;
		border-top: 1px solid #ededed;
		display: inline-block !important;
		text-align: center;
		width: 100%;
	}
	.main-navigation ul {
		margin: 0;
		text-indent: 0;
	}
	.main-navigation li a,
	.main-navigation li {
		display: inline-block;
		text-decoration: none;
	}
	.main-navigation li a {
		border-bottom: 0;
		color: #6a6a6a;
		line-height: 3.692307692;
		text-transform: uppercase;
		white-space: nowrap;
	}
	.main-navigation li a:hover,
	.main-navigation li a:focus {
		color: #000;
	}
	.main-navigation li {
		margin: 0 40px 0 0;
		margin: 0 2.857142857rem 0 0;
		position: relative;
	}
	.main-navigation li ul {
		margin: 0;
		padding: 0;
		position: absolute;
		top: 100%;
		z-index: 1;
		height: 1px;
		width: 1px;
		overflow: hidden;
		clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);
	}
	.main-navigation li ul ul {
		top: 0;
		left: 100%;
	}
	.main-navigation ul li:hover > ul,
	.main-navigation ul li:focus > ul,
	.main-navigation .focus > ul {
		border-left: 0;
		clip: inherit;
		overflow: inherit;
		height: inherit;
		width: inherit;
	}
	.main-navigation li ul li a {
		background: #efefef;
		border-bottom: 1px solid #ededed;
		display: block;
		/* Changed size from 11pt
			---------------------------------------------------------- */
    font-size: 13px;
		/* Changed to match above increase
		font-size: 0.785714286rem;
		--------------------------------------------------------------*/
				font-size: 3rem;
		line-height: 2.181818182;
		padding: 8px 10px;
		padding: 0.571428571rem 0.714285714rem;
		width: 180px;
		width: 12.85714286rem;
		white-space: normal;
	}
	.main-navigation li ul li a:hover,
	.main-navigation li ul li a:focus {
		background: #e3e3e3;
		color: #444;
	}
	.main-navigation .current-menu-item > a,
	.main-navigation .current-menu-ancestor > a,
	.main-navigation .current_page_item > a,
	.main-navigation .current_page_ancestor > a {
		color: #636363;
		font-weight: bold;
	}

Change:

Text Domsin: twenty-twelve-child

to:

Text Domain: twenty-twelve-child

I was so friggin releved, but it did’t help.

You can download a pre-made Twenty Thirteen child theme from here. Try that child theme instead.

I’ve been trying to fix this for hours, how far back would I have to go to start over? Could I keep my pages, links, and any other content? Since the only changes I made were small as you saw, maybe that would be the fastest way to get me going again.

The last thing I did was try to move a placed logo in my header above my navigation .

Lesson to self: Look into backup plugins.

Could I keep my pages, links, and any other content?

All of your content is stored in your database – not in your theme. So you can switch themes without impacting on your core content.

I’d like to keep the same theme I built it on. I’ve already shown it to the person I’m building it for, and to change the design now would not be good.

Have you left?

I just replaced the complete twentytwelve folder and removed most images from the library – did not help.

I changed themes. I replaced everything in my child theme .css file and only changed the page background color, but the problem persists. I’ve set up my files wrong.

I’ve spent over ten hours with this. I’d love to eat or go to the bathroom. Can anyone help (with the WordPress issues)?

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