Whatdya know? They meant it.

When they said "If you make this change, you will lose all your customizations", that is. Turns out "customizations" includes all my links. Sigh. Well, I had planned on up-dating them and doing a bit of re-arranging some day. It looks like some day has arrived. They should all be back in some form or other by, say, the new year. So it shouldn't be a total loss, let this be a lesson for you: if you plan on changing your format, copy the relevant parts of your template first.

(I rather like the new format, though. It looks more like an inn at the end of the world. I wonder if I'll still like it after a few hours of re-instating links.)