I have recently bought Newsmag template and would like to use it to update the design of a website I have already deployed but using a different template.
Is there any trick which will enable me to do that without unplugging the actual website ? My objective will be to work on Newsmag template and adjust it until I am ready to switch the templates.
Thanks for your assistance.
Chris
Hi
First make sure you do a full backup of your current wp-install and to the database also, here is the WordPress official documentation in this regard: https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups This is a security measure, just in case something goes wrong with the update process, you can always get back to the previous version.
After this step it’s done you can make the transition in two ways:
– put the site in maintenance mode using a specific plugin for that: https://www.sourcewp.com/best-wordpress-maintenance-mode-plugins/ then install our theme and make all necessary adjustments
– make test sub-domain and upload all content from your live site, with your current theme installed then switch at Newsmag and adjust the site. By making a second domain your live site won’t be affected and you can make any tests with our theme without any risk.
I hope this help.
Thanks!
