Make new WP homepage while website is active?

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by mrdeflation, May 29, 2010.

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    I want to totally redesign the homepage of my website and use a totally different template from wordpress. How to I go about keeping my homepage exactly the way it is while I make a new one?
     
    mrdeflation, May 29, 2010 IP
  2. juhasan

    juhasan Well-Known Member

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    I would not do any work on the active site. you can just install a demo site, install the theme and work on that. Better you install Wordpress in your own laptop/computer.
     
    juhasan, May 30, 2010 IP
  3. petr_ind

    petr_ind Notable Member

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    Develop it on offline first.
    Or you can use subdomain that can only accessed privately.
    In there you can test the new site.
     
    petr_ind, Jun 11, 2010 IP
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    Norebbo Active Member

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    Easiest thing to do is to have an online sandbox of some sort where you can develop it. Installing and testing on a local machine is kind of a pain if you don't have php and mySQL set up already, so definitely do it online in a password protected directory. Then, when you're ready to go live it's just a matter of deleting your current site and transferring the new one over.
     
    Norebbo, Jun 11, 2010 IP
  5. izzy_desain

    izzy_desain Greenhorn

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    take your new site in deferent folder ex: yoursite.com/test
     
    izzy_desain, Jun 15, 2010 IP