# Every change kept. Any one brought back.

> Every change to a PixelGlass theme is kept. Look at any earlier version on your site, then restore it, in Settings › Design or with your agent.

A PixelGlass theme keeps its whole history, whoever made the change: you, a teammate or an agent. **A restore puts an earlier version back as a new step**, so nothing in the history is lost.

## By hand, in the admin

1. Open **Settings › Design**. Under **Theme**, press **History** on the theme's row.
2. Each version shows when, whose hand and the files it changed. **Now** marks the one readers see; **Held** marks one that waits.
3. Press **Show** to see that version in the frame. **Back to now** returns to the latest.
4. Press **Restore** on the version you want. It goes live once the theme is whole.

History is on a theme that someone has edited. The logo, the accent and the theme's settings are saved apart from its files, and change in Settings › Design.

## With your agent

> What changed in my theme this week, and who changed it?

> Undo this morning's masthead change on Atlas.

> Restore harbour to the version before the font change, then show me the home page.

The tools it calls: `theme_history`, `restore_theme_revision`, `render_page`.

## Examples

- **Monday's experiment, gone by Tuesday.** A newsletter's agent tries a bold new header. The readers' replies are cool, and **one Restore brings back last week's**.
- **A teammate's edit, checked first.** An admin sees a version by a colleague in History, presses Show to look at it in the frame, and keeps it.
- **An update taken back.** A coach updates her theme to its new release, dislikes the new footer and restores the version from before the update.

## Questions

### Can I undo a theme change on PixelGlass?

Yes. In Settings › Design, press History on the theme, then Restore on the version you want. An agent does the same with theme_history and restore_theme_revision.

### Does a restore delete the changes after it?

No. A PixelGlass restore is a new step with the old files, so the history keeps every version and you can restore a later one again.

### Can I see an old version before I restore it?

Yes. Show on a version in History puts it in the Design frame, on your own site. Back to now returns to the latest.

### Does History undo my logo or my accent colour?

No. History covers the theme's files. The logo, the accent and the theme's settings are saved apart, in Settings › Design.

### Who can restore a theme?

The owner or an admin, by hand or through their agent. A theme that builds goes live again once its build succeeds.

## See also

- [Design a theme with your agent](https://pixelglass.co/guides/design-a-theme-with-your-agent): Describe the look you want. Your agent edits the theme's templates and styles, checks each page and sends you the link. Every step can be undone.
- [Update a bundled theme](https://pixelglass.co/guides/update-a-bundled-theme): A new release of a PixelGlass theme merges over your own changes. Pick a side where they meet, or let your agent carry your design through.
- [Restore an earlier version](https://pixelglass.co/guides/restore-an-earlier-version): Post history keeps the last 50 versions of every post. See what changed, who changed it, and restore any version in the editor.
- [Themes](https://pixelglass.co/features/themes): Start from 9 themes made for magazines, newsletters, coaches and portfolios. Change the look in Settings, or ask your agent to redesign it.
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