[RichieBoy67]

My advice would be to stick it out with 4.2.. First remove all the old mods for 3.8 that will no longer work with 4.2... Then install the ones you want for 4.2...

Restoring a back up may not be too easy for someone who does not know how to do it though if you have cpanel it is pretty easy.

Take all your 4.2 files and put then in a directory for safe keeping--Call it 4-2 back up or something.. Then you have a clean root. Upload your 3.8 files in the same structure.

Then I would just create a new database and import the back up you have there. Use ssh or even cpanel. Change your includes/config to match and you are set..

This way if you have an issue you can go back to 4.2 very easily and you do not risk losing any data.

Right now the issues you are having are mostly cosmetic and superficial and pretty easily fixed though. It is just that you have so many, many plug ins installed for 3.8. There are only a couple installed that will even work with 4.2.. The others will cause issues.

Last night though you had asked for help with your themes so that was what I was focusing on. I did not even look into your plug ins except to look for the plug in that was messing up the template.

At any rate, follow the above instructions and you should be able to restore your 3.8 site without any drama.