Staging Subdomain with a New Theme & Error Message When Uploading Theme

  • patternsofconsciousenergy

    (@patternsofconsciousenergy)


    8 years, 8 months ago

    Hello,

    I have a few questions/concerns, so I’ll try to be as concise as possible.

    1. My host is BlueHost.
    2. WordPress is installed on the main domain, which is the live site.
    3. I created a subdomain dev.domain.com to test a new ThemeForest theme/layout
    4. I installed WordPress to the subdomain and created a separated wp-admin account for the staging site.
    ** So, first question: Will adding a new theme to the subdomain at all affect the primary domain?
    5. I installed the “All in one migration” plugin.
    ** Second question — I exported the original site to a file, which has a .wpress extension. What is this extension and why is it not a .zip? **
    ** Third question — If I import the staging site design to the primary/live domain, how will that affect the content which is already present on the live site? **

    But now, let’s get to the real issue I am having right now.
    6. I am using the following ThemeForest template: https://themeforest.net/item/brooklyn-creative-one-page-multipurpose-theme/6221179
    7. I have this template in .zip format

    Each time uploading gets to 100%, it jumps to this error screen that says:

    “Are you sure you want to do this?
    Please try again.”

    Does anyone know what the issue is? I really need to get this theme installed ASAP.

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    After reviewing the forums, it seems that I have two options:
    1. Get my web host to increase your PHP limits.
    ** This does not seem possible so far with BlueHost. **
    2. Upload your theme via an FTP client.

    I do not know how to upload the theme via an FTP client — can someone help?

    Thank you!!!!

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  • Moderator Bet Hannon

    (@bethannon1)

    Wow! That’s a lot of questions, and none of them are actually related to Multisite, which is a special configuration of WP where multiple sites share WP core files, themes & plugins in a network of sites. I’ll try to give some answers, then move this topic to the general forum, where you might get better help.

    When you created the second, subdomain site, you created a completely separate website. Nothing you do on either site will automatically affect the other.

    You’ll need to ask more on the “All in one migration” plugin support page, and although I’m not familiar with that plugin, I’m going to guess that the unique file extension is just a part of how their plugin works. It will only export & import files of that extension.

    Again, you should ask at “All in one migration” plugin support, but I would assume that importing a site like you ask in your third question will overwrite (aka completely erase) the current content of the live site.

    FTP is a way to transfer files. You might also (depending on the size of the files) do this via the Bluehost file manager. Upload the .zip file for the theme to wp-content/themes, then “unpack” it.

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