Title: Parallel install for testing?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Parallel install for testing?

 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [22 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parallel-install-for-testing/)
 * I want to make some major changes to the CSS that controls my page, and am comfortable
   backing up and reversing changes. But, in case of major breakage – but where 
   I know tweaks can be made to repair – I’m wondering whether I need to install
   WP again in a separate directory and use that just for testing, so that when 
   it is perfect, I can move over the necessary alterations.
    It’s not that my page
   gets a huge number of hits, it’s just that like anyone, if there is going to 
   be a change, I’d like it to be smooth to the viewer, and for my trial and error
   process to be between me and my monitor 🙂 So is doing a parallel install the
   way to go on this, or is there any easier way maybe just involving the copying
   and renaming of a couple of the wp files in the directory that I currently have?

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 *  [Cena (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cena/)
 * (@cena)
 * [22 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parallel-install-for-testing/#post-32018)
 * I would think it’d be easiest just to create an ‘index2.php’ (or whatever), linking
   it to your test.css.
 *  [Sushubh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sushubh/)
 * (@sushubh)
 * [22 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parallel-install-for-testing/#post-32020)
 * yup, as cena said… u can create as many copies of ur index file with as many 
   names. there is also a wp.php file in case u want to start with the most basic
   template!
 *  Thread Starter [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [22 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parallel-install-for-testing/#post-32022)
 * Thanks – I’ll go with this advice 🙂

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