Title: Theme Transfer
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Theme Transfer

 *  [glasgowsmile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glasgowsmile/)
 * (@glasgowsmile)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-transfer/)
 * I’ll try and explain this as best as I can…
 * This site is my primary website [http://thecardist.net](http://thecardist.net)
   
   and this site is being used to test a new theme and work out functioning problems
   before I use it on the primary site [http://testing.thecardist.net](http://testing.thecardist.net)
 * I’m wondering, when it’s time to move the them on the testing site to the primary
   site – what’s the best method to do so?
 * I considered simply changing the inner blog address in the settings to match 
   the primary, while also changing the primary to something else… but I don’t want
   to risk causing any major issues.
 * Then I considered simply installing the theme and taking several hours to add/
   arrange the content as I had on the test site.
 * Thoughts?

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 *  [BlazeForce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blazeforce/)
 * (@blazeforce)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-transfer/#post-2062372)
 * When the new theme is finished simply transfer it over to the themes folder on
   for the main site.
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-transfer/#post-2062374)
 * “Theme” != “Content”
 * To transfer the Theme, simply copy the Theme folder/files from `testing.thecardist.
   net\wp-content\themes\theme-name\` to `thecardist.net\wp-content\themes\theme-
   name\`.
 * If you also want to transfer your _content_, the easiest way is to _export_ your
   data from the test site ( `Dashboard -> Tools -> Export -> All Content`), and
   then _import_ the data file to the live site (`Dashboard -> Tools -> Import -
   > WordPress Data File`).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-transfer/#post-2062374)
 * Status: not resolved

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