Very nervous to change theme

  • Resolved JanineRijnvis

    (@janinerijnvis)


    7 years, 5 months ago

    Hi Jeff

    I’m super nervous to change the theme on our website, I’ve just installed your plugin, I’ve gone in to the settings as per your instructions and clicked on the new theme I’ve also just installed. It opens in a new tab, with very minimal changes to it, ie, almost nothing of my old website is on there. I just want to make 100% sure I understand how Theme Switcha works.

    Can I work on my dashboard as normal, ie posts, menu’s, widgets, pages, woo commerce, etc, if Theme Switcha in settings in activated?
    Can I install plugins the normal way? ie, through the dashboard, but only Theme Switcha will “read” it?
    From what I’m understanding, working on the Appearance tab is a no go….how then would I “customize” my theme if I can’t Save and Publish (all the work I do in “customize” will then be lost).
    How do I save the work I’ve done on my new theme in Theme Switcha?

    Sorry for all the questions, Ive never done this before.

    Thanks so much for your time.

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  • Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    Glad to help:

    1) “Can I work on my dashboard as normal, ie posts, menu’s, widgets, pages, woo commerce, etc, if Theme Switcha in settings in activated?”

    Yes, but not all themes will remember changes made to widgets (it depends on whether they are using the WP API). The best way to make sure is to set up a test install of WordPress, recreate your setup, and then give it a try.

    2) “Can I install plugins the normal way? ie, through the dashboard, but only Theme Switcha will “read” it?”

    You can install plugins normally. Whether or not the theme is affected depends on the plugin (what it does, etc.).

    3) “how then would I “customize” my theme if I can’t Save and Publish (all the work I do in “customize” will then be lost).”

    This plugin is aimed at developers who are working on things at the theme level. Stuff like modifying theme templates, tags, and so forth. Any changes made to the theme template itself will not affect any other themes while Theme Switcha is enabled.

    4) “How do I save the work I’ve done on my new theme in Theme Switcha?”

    I try to explain all of this in the Theme Switcha docs, please have a look thru and also check out the FAQs. If you have any follow-up questions, feel free to ask. I’m here to help however possible.

    Thread Starter JanineRijnvis

    (@janinerijnvis)

    Thanks so much for responding so quickly. I feel more at ease now. I’m however not too sure about setting up a test install of WP…would this be through something like WP Desktop Server?

    Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    No problem, really it’s pretty straightforward. Here is the famous 5-minute install:

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Installing_WordPress

    Or if your web host provides another way of setting up WP, that’s fine too. The point is to do your testing on a test site, instead of the live site. That way you can experiment freely and without fear of messing anything up.

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