Title: Testing new Theme
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Testing new Theme

 *  Resolved [Jabbok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jabbok/)
 * (@jabbok)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-new-theme-1/)
 * I’m bored with my theme “[i3Theme](http://www.mangoorange.com/resources/i3theme/#download)”
   by MangoOrange. It has served me well but it’s time for a switch.
 * Can you test other themes and get them tweaked the way you want them before actually
   switching over? If so, how do you go about doing this?

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 *  [mdgrech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdgrech/)
 * (@mdgrech)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-new-theme-1/#post-914547)
 * Yes! you of course can edit a theme from the wordpress theme editor however I
   wouldnt recommend editing a live site on the spot. The best way to go about this
   is to setup a localhost which allows you run wordpress from a test environment
   on your own computer.
 *  Thread Starter [Jabbok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jabbok/)
 * (@jabbok)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-new-theme-1/#post-914550)
 * OK…sounds good. How do I set up a localhost?
 *  Thread Starter [Jabbok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jabbok/)
 * (@jabbok)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-new-theme-1/#post-914551)
 * Great! Thanks. Now, how do I set up a localhost on my computer? A link to instructions
   would be helpful.
 *  [tierzero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tierzero/)
 * (@tierzero)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-new-theme-1/#post-914589)
 * You can also install a second instance of wordpress in its own folder on your
   server and mess with a new theme there. That’s what I’m currently doing.
 * (To do this you simply follow the wordpress installation instructions from the
   start..including creating a (second) SQL database for this purpose)
 *  [Phil-ip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phil-ip/)
 * (@phil-ip)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-new-theme-1/#post-914591)
 * Or you can just use the plugin that makes the admin theme different from the 
   user theme.
    [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-test-drive/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-test-drive/)
 * > Theme Test Drive WordPress plugin allows you to safely test drive any theme
   > on your blog as administrator, while visitors still use the default one.
 * Im using it on my webpage and have had no problems what so ever. It works like
   a charm =)
 *  Thread Starter [Jabbok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jabbok/)
 * (@jabbok)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-new-theme-1/#post-914693)
 * All excellent help! Thank you very much.
 *  [cowboy3398](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cowboy3398/)
 * (@cowboy3398)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-new-theme-1/#post-914720)
 * I’ve never worked with wordpress before, so I decided I would create a new theme
   based on the default theme. I copied the ‘default’ directory to ‘d2’ and with
   no other edits, went to the preview pane. It was there, but I couldn’t preview
   it (blank screen). I thought it was just a name space collision or is there something
   I should be aware of? I tried changing the Template name, version, author, description(
   and those changes showed up), and clearing the browser cache, but it still wouldn’t
   preview.

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-new-theme-1/#post-914720)
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