I have WP installed and all.I just need to know how to make changes without those actually actually getting published on the website. I have a tiny bit of experience with Dreamweaver and remember something about Remote vs. Local View.. Same thing with WP? Heeeelp?
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You can save posts and pages as drafts.
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anything I can do about links and themes though?
Themes and plugins take effect immediately. The best thing to do for those is to set up a test site, either on your PC (Linux, Mac or Windows) or on a cheap hosting service. This way you can test things out before they go live.
Links can be set to private so only you can see them. I never use private links but I think they are only visible in the admin pages.
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