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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Theme problem – Etherna?Thank you, I suppose I’ve got nothing to lose if I install and tidy up over a few days as my old theme isn’t working properly anyway. I just didn’t want to do it if it would disable my website in someway having an incomplete theme, or annoy any possible new customers. We are a very niche business and at this time of year my customers should be too busy to be looking for a supplier so I think I will take the opportunity to refresh my site and content with the new theme. Thank you everyone for the advice and links, i feel like I can make a more informed decision now and I can start working through the recommended tutorials and advice. Much appreciated.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Theme problem – Etherna?Thank you. The wierd thing is.. I hadn’t changed or updated anything for a few months when it went wrong, that was why I assumed updating the plugins might have solved it i.e. something outside of my control, but they didn’t.
Thank you for the links, really really helpful, particularly the starting point. I’ve been reading through and I’m actually thinking I might just bite the bullet and start again with a new theme as there are some really powerful templates available by the looks of it. So many to choose and as there isn’t a ‘like for like’ swap, it might be time for a change. I had a look at the demos and videos (and ratings) for one called Engage. They actually look easy to use particularly as I was reading the tutorials in your link so I’m quite excited as I think I should have the ability to plug my text and pictures in and make some amendments to the pages/headings.
A very basic question – If I completely revamp my site using the new theme, is it just a case of my website looking a bit funny for a day or two as I customise the bits whilst I create it, or does wordpress allow you to customise the new one offline for a few days but only publish it when it’s complete, which I’m assuming could take a while as I learn and watch tutorials?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Theme problem – Etherna?Thank you, in the logo settings it does appear to be pointing to my uploaded logo image it just isn’t being shown on the top of my website and has been replaced by the words ‘Etherna’ – could this be because the theme is no longer supported it is causing problems?
When you say to look for another theme, where would I look? and will I find one that can just be swapped on a like for like basis or do they all need tailoring completely? I looked in appearance > Themes and it shows the current theme is ‘Etherna’ and the only other alternative Twenty Seventeen (with an option to preview). When I preview the 2017 option which appears to be the only other option it seems everything goes wrong – my website is unrecognisable.