yes icons, no layout

I made a simple change in the Custom Options, "display userpic with your entries." And that wiped out most of my layout. I had a top picture, and several free text boxes to the right. All gone now.

Is this a glitch in the Component structure? Where did my layer go? AAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT: OK, I've figured out part of it. I need to rebuild a few parts. But, what happened initially? Why did my layer go away when I made that change?