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Switching themes on a live site

by ryanjm
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I've searched around for this but haven't found a good answer yet:

I have sites that are getting traffic, but I want to change the Wordpress theme to something better. The issue is that the new theme will need to be customized, tweaked, images added, etc... and will likely take a day or two to do. Is there any way to set all of this up without actually making the new theme go "live" until I'm done making the changes? Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Talkreal
    Have you considered installing Wordpress on another directory and tweaking the new theme there? When you are satisfied with the results, transfer the changes to your main site.
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanjm
    By "another directory" do you mean another web domain? I've got plenty of junk ones I could install and tweak the theme, so that's definitely an option. Or do you mean I could install wordpress in something like domain.com/wordpress and then just change the settings to show up at the root domain after a bit and set the install on the root domain to show up somewhere else and also 'non public' ?
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    • Profile picture of the author Talkreal
      Originally Posted by ryanjm View Post

      By "another directory" do you mean another web domain? I've got plenty of junk ones I could install and tweak the theme, so that's definitely an option. Or do you mean I could install wordpress in something like domain.com/wordpress and then just change the settings to show up at the root domain after a bit and set the install on the root domain to show up somewhere else and also 'non public' ?
      Either way would work fine. However, if you install it on a junk domain, you have the benefit of keeping the theme up on that site and using it. If you install it on the same domain you will need to delete it when you're done to keep it from being indexed in the search engines.
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  • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
    Whichever option you choose, sub-directory or throw away domain, make sure you set Wordpress so that your site is hidden from search engines. You don't want your test domain being indexed instead of your real domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author tentblogger
    why not try developing locally on your own box so you don't mess anything up?

    I can't post links yet but here is the link to how i do this...

    Install WordPress Locally on Your Computer for Testing, Development | TentBlogger

    good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author GerryMedia
    The best ways I could recommend as already mentioned above are:

    Hiding the development from the search engines. You can either put an htaccess password to the development site or set Wordpress to be hidden in search engines (go to admin panel -> settings -> privacy and select second option)

    WordPress › Support » How to hide a test WordPress site?

    Second as mentioned by Tent is to install wordpress locally on your computer. You would need to install XAMPP first

    apache friends - xampp
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