How did you choose your theme?

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  ingridcc · Member · Nov 23, 2013 at 3:28 am

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  Thanks, timethief. I kind of like Yoko, will have to think about this…

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  timethief · Member · Nov 25, 2013 at 12:29 am

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  I like Yoko and have used it on my personal blog previously.

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  ingridcc · Member · Nov 25, 2013 at 1:36 am

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  I guess I’ll really have to be sure about changing though – I assume since Bueno is retired, I wouldn’t be able to change my mind and go back to it if I switch themes?

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  timethief · Member · Nov 25, 2013 at 1:47 am

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  Yes you can switch back because you used it on the blog before. Why not register a test blog and make it a private? Then you can export/import content into it make it a mirror blog. That way you can see what the theme change would be like, use it for testing widgets and even use it as a backup blog.

  Register a blog > http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Change blog visibility to private > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 .
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/
  export.import content

  Log into the main blog, go to Tools → Export, and download the XML (WXR) file to your computer.
  In the new backup blog, go to Tools → Import → WordPress, and upload the file you downloaded in step 1. After you upload the file, you can choose the option to Download & import file attachments if you want to move your media files.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Nov 25, 2013 at 4:02 am

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  I’m with Timethief here. A test blog is a GREAT way to try things out.

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  ingridcc · Member · Dec 1, 2013 at 12:27 am

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  Thanks again, Timethief, I set up a mirror blog and ended up picking a totally different theme for my blog, only after I switched to it did I notice it’s the same as yours! It comes out much better on a tablet than my beloved retired Bueno.

  Bueno actually seemed fine on my smart phone–the sidebar was moved out of the way automatically. But when I checked it on one of the mini-tablets, the sidebar was all squeezed in with the body of the posts…really hard to read.

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  phoenixtearsheal · Member · Dec 7, 2013 at 6:01 am

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  I like San Kloud; Fiore; the new Spun; and the owl on Sine On :)