Switching Themes

  • CFreeborn

    (@cfreeborn)


    10 years, 4 months ago

    I’d like to try out some new themes, but also have the ability to change back to my original if I don’t like the new. Is the best way to do this by making a backup of the original and then reverting, and if so how do I do those steps?
    Thanks!
    charlesfreeborn.com

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  • Rajesh Soni

    (@rajeshsoni)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    You can install, activate new themes, and then switch back to any of the previous themes and all the theme settings would be automatically re-applied. No need for a backup.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Rajesh is correct – Your theme & plugin settings are saved in your database and should be retained for future use.

    Thread Starter CFreeborn

    (@cfreeborn)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Cool, Thanks!

    Thread Starter CFreeborn

    (@cfreeborn)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    One more question – When I’m building the new theme do I have to go through the “add” process for every image again, or can I bring over the selections from my previous theme?
    My site is image heavy and contains no blog style content.
    Thanks!

    Rajesh Soni

    (@rajeshsoni)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    This will be helpful… https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

    Thread Starter CFreeborn

    (@cfreeborn)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Ah hah…. that’s what’s meant by a child theme. I thought it meant it would have muppets and smurfs on it….
    I’ll read up on it.
    Thanks!

    Thread Starter CFreeborn

    (@cfreeborn)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    I understand the concepts, but creating .css files is over my head. Can I copy a previous .css and edit? I assume the wp-themes/content is a folder I created with the downloaded theme files in it? Where may If find more basic instructions on WP architecture?
    Thanks.

    Thread Starter CFreeborn

    (@cfreeborn)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Quick question. Is the wp-content/theme folder located on my local machine (and from there uploaded to my hosting account) or is it already on my host’s server and accessed through the cp?

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