Rebuilding Site – help with basic stuff

  • DavePlank

    (@daveplank)


    14 years ago

    I have a wordpress site that someone else did for me.
    I want to rebuild it using a bought theme but leave the old site in place until the new one is ready to go.
    What do I do – I think I read I should put the site under development in a separate subdirectory until it is ready but I don’t really know what that means – while I did a lot of content and page building last time I didn’t do any of the techy stuff.
    can someone point me in the right direction here?

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  • RichardWPG

    (@richardwpg)

    14 years ago

    Do you have the most recent backup? If you have the backup, it’ll be a lot easier.

    Thread Starter DavePlank

    (@daveplank)

    14 years ago

    I have backup but i don’t understand how that helps this issue!? i just want to build something new without disrupting existing site. sorry if i seem stupid but I’m just trying to be careful and have never had explained the process of making a site “live”

    loughcorrib

    (@loughcorrib)

    14 years ago

    If I understand your question correctly.

    Go in to your wpfolder wp-content/themes is your original theme there if so add your new theme here. Then should be a simple call from admin panel to call new theme.

    HAVE A BACKUP OF OLD SITE FIRST.

    govpatel

    (@govpatel)

    14 years ago

    You can install a Preview Themes plug in and only you as admin will be seeing the changes with the same content. Your visitors will still see the old theme as is.
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/preview-themes/

    loughcorrib

    (@loughcorrib)

    14 years ago

    Dave,
    Sorry meant to add create a folder ie http://www.example.com/test/wp

    put wp in here and test it then change url when you are happy with it

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