Title: changing WP theme
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# changing WP theme

 *  [carlos_perez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlos_perez/)
 * (@carlos_perez)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wp-theme/)
 * Hi,
    I downloaded a theme and I want to change it. I know very little html, css,
   etc. I’m learning as I go. I have a free html editor but it doesn’t show split
   screen. 1. Would it be unwise to make and save a copy of the code; change one
   thing at a time with a working copy; try it and see what happens; reload the 
   original if it blows up? 2. The theme (aqua bloc) has this in the code: ‘ <!–
   remember to complete the following –> <meta name=”language” content=”en” /> <
   meta name=”author” content=”Author’s Name” /> <meta name=”copyright” content=”
   Copyright Holder’s Name” /> <meta name=”keywords” content=”Comma separated keywords”/
   > <!– remember to upload a favicon of your choice to the root directory –> <link
   rel=”shortcut icon” href=”[http://newbieaffiliatesclub.com/favicon.ico&#8221](http://newbieaffiliatesclub.com/favicon.ico&#8221);/
   > ‘
 * Is “remember to complete the following” a programming comment? And am I supposed
   populate those fields?
 * Thanks for any help,
    Carlos A **REAL** newbie.

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wp-theme/#post-1165897)
 * > 1. Would it be unwise to make and save a copy of the code; change one thing
   > at a time with a working copy; try it and see what happens; reload the original
   > if it blows up?
 * that is the only smart way to go about it
 * > Is “remember to complete the following” a programming comment? And am I supposed
   > populate those fields?
 * yes and yes
 *  Thread Starter [carlos_perez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlos_perez/)
 * (@carlos_perez)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wp-theme/#post-1165948)
 * Thanks again, samboll.
    Carlos

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