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  • October 9, 2013 at 9:02 am #65969
    grover002
    Member

    Hi,

    I am considering to buy the Genesis framework. One question though:

    Is it possible to work on the design while my current theme is active? And then have a preview before the newly designed template is activated?

    Or, if not, how do I develop without my visitors being bothered by my construction site 🙂 ?

    Thanks for your input!
    Bas

    October 9, 2013 at 10:51 am #65982
    emasai
    Participant

    There are plugins you can use which hides your site from anyone who is not logged in. You can display a custom page while you are working on it.
    http://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-coming-soon-page/
    http://wordpress.org/plugins/underconstruction/

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    October 9, 2013 at 1:07 pm #65993
    grover002
    Member

    Thank you, but I do not want my site to be "under construction". It must stay live with the current theme as long as the new theme is being designed.

    October 9, 2013 at 4:57 pm #66025
    emasai
    Participant

    Then you will need to set up the new theme on a different WordPress installation. Depending on who you are hosting your site you can often have several WordPress installations on your hosting account. Check with your hosting service.

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    October 10, 2013 at 12:29 am #66083
    grover002
    Member

    Well, I have a VPS so I can have as many WP installs as I like. I was hoping there was a more convenient way.

    Suppose I devolop on a separate WP install, i.e. on a subdomain dev.mysite.com, is there an easy way to export the theme and import it in the www-domain?

    October 10, 2013 at 5:08 am #66106
    HelenaB
    Participant

    I use the Duplicator plugin to move clients' sites from my private servers to their servers. Pretty simple to use but make sure you back everything up on your current site before you remove it / replace it with the new one (just in case!).

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