Unless you develop on your own machine, about all I can think of doing it switching, looking, grabbing a screenshot and switching back.
Could you build a test blog? That’s what I do. I have two separate installations using the same database.
True, it can be accessed by anyone who knows the URL, but I don’t publicize the blog to the world (pings are turned off, etc.).
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rvblog
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@podz:
I have a laptop running windows xp pro – how do I develop on my own machine?
@davincim:
Is there a guide somewhere that explains how to build a test site – and how do I turn pings off (whatever they are)?
Thanks
http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/
Along with my local setup for test and development, I use Ryan’s ThemeSwitcher plugin:
http://dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/ThemeSwitcher
And instead of adding the tag in my templates, I just use the url query to load a theme:
http://my.site/?wptheme=My%20Test%20Theme
%20 = space encoded for url
I can set the theme back to my regular one the same way, or by deleting the wptheme cookie set for my site.
@rvblog: Luckily, I found the thread that outlines how to do a second installation: http://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic.php?id=21779
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@kafkaesqui:
So if my test theme is called “Blue Theme”, do I just activate the theme switcher plugin and then type in:
http://my.site/?wptheme=Blue%20Theme
in the browser address bar ?
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rvblog
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@davincim:
The thread looks pretty straight forwards – thank you very much for your help
rvblog, Yep, that’s all it takes (with the plugin).
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rvblog
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@kafkaesqui
I get the same error with the theme-switcher.php plugin as I did with the preview_theme.php plugin
the following error appears at the top of my admin panel immediately after I activate the plugin:
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/mysite.com/httpdocs
/wp-content/plugins/theme-switcher.php:2) in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/mysite.com/httpdocs
/wp-admin/admin.php on line 6
the error also occurs on line 7, 8 and 9
Does this theme switcher work with wp 2? i have uploaded the plugin, but it does not show up in my plugin listing
nevermind that, my host is having some sort of old server/new server crap going on
