Impossible preview

  • Jack

    (@netqui1)


    1 year ago

    Hi all,
    I have “Twenty Eleven” (version 4.5) on my site and would like to change it to “Twenty Twenty-Four”.
    The problem is when I ask to do a live preview it gets stuck and I can’t see anything.
    I waited over an hour, but to no avail.
    The preview page remains white with a black line in the center…
    Therefore, it is impossible for me to know if it will work.
    Does anyone have an idea of a solution?
    Thanks for any reply.

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  • Harry Hobbes

    (@harry-hobbes)

    If you have a test/development WordPress website, import some of your production content and then activate the theme on that website. Then you can get into the Editor to determine what is or is not displaying correctly.

    If you get it working on the test website, but not on the production website, then the problem will be in the difference between the websites, such as plugins or other settings.

    Thread Starter Jack

    (@netqui1)

    Hi Harry,

    Thank you for your reply.

    I’m a real “newbie” and I don’t have a “test/development WordPress website”.

    I’m going to start looking for how to do a “WordPress website test/development”.

    Not easy for someone who doesn’t know much about development.

    Maybe it’s better if I stay with my current setup…

    Thank you again for your help.

    johanponken

    (@johanponken)

    Jack, there’s nothing special about a “WordPress website test/development”. It’s just another WP installation, a separate on where you can experiment without disturbing your “real” one. You could maybe put it under a sub-domain. Happy googling & learning.

    Mod: my comment about #metoo was just info. I don’t need support. I hope I here gave support. OK?

    Thread Starter Jack

    (@netqui1)

    Hi Johanponken,

    Thank you for your advice.

    I will contact my hosting provider and see what I can do.

    Have a nice week end.

    Harry Hobbes

    (@harry-hobbes)

    Jack,

    I suggest you start here:

    1. WordPress Playground (“How to…”)
    2. Tutorials | Learn WordPress (Lots and lots of free training…)
    3. How to start using WordPress Playground | Learn WordPress (free “test” site)
    4. Appearance – Documentation – www.ads-software.com

    Playground appears to be a very robust resource for trying new things; AND you can export working  solutions.

    [Edit to Add…]

    If you’re like me, you’ll learn by trying this, then trying that, to see what works and what doesn’t work; meaning: making lots of mistakes.

    As such, some kind of a test site is requisite; sort of a “throwaway” site wherein catastrophic errors don’t matter: just re-build/reload the WordPress core and try again.

    It seems Playground provides this capability. Personally, I’ve not used Playground only because I maintain a couple of “throwaway” test sites just to prototype and play around with WordPress.

    Either way, one should have a resource wherein one can “make one’s mistakes” without impacting a production website.

    Thread Starter Jack

    (@netqui1)

    Hi Harry,

    This seems very interesting.

    I’ll take a closer look at this.

    Thank you very much for all this.

    What’s a shame is that my site works perfectly, and its layout is quite good. He’s been in office for 4 years and I just wish I’d gone to Twenty Twenty Four to be more modern.

    Nothing more, and it is a shame that the “Appearance” function does not work with this theme.

    Thanks again for your help.

    • This reply was modified 1 year ago by Jack.
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