.com vs software question

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  zharptitsa · Member · Mar 5, 2013 at 3:51 am

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  I cannot find a clear cut answer, at least not in a language I speak. I wanted to use offline software to manipulate my blog and try out themes before publishing them, but I have a wordpress.com site. Does that mean that if I’m experimenting with themes it can all be seen online by viewers each time I make a change? It’s hard to know what can be done with a theme until you activate it and play with it a while. Meanwhile everything looks a mess, and even if I switch back to a prior theme, all my former colors and options have changed. There’s no way to do this offline and then publish when ready?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 5, 2013 at 3:59 am

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  Does that mean that if I’m experimenting with themes it can all be seen online by viewers each time I make a change?

  Yes,but you can make the blog private > http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

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  timethief · Member · Mar 5, 2013 at 4:01 am

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  I recommend that every blogger has a test blog set up as a mirror blog.
  Scroll down to Creating a mirror blog http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/05/19/how-to-select-a-wordpress-com-theme-part-1/