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  violetsknickers · Member · Feb 19, 2013 at 7:41 pm

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  I want to change the theme and look of the site. How can i do this without anyone seeing the changes?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Feb 19, 2013 at 7:56 pm

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  You can make the blog private http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/ but I don’t recommend doing that as it will send disappointed visitors away and they may not return. It doesn’t take long to change themes. I do it frequently.

  Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes
  type in the name of the theme you want to use
  click the “activate” link when it appears

  After you change your theme all you need to do is go here Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets > Inactive Widgets and re-install them where you want them to appear. The widget contents and settings will be the same as they were prior to changing themes.

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  violetsknickers · Member · Feb 19, 2013 at 8:00 pm

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  That’s great thank you

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  timethief · Member · Feb 19, 2013 at 8:06 pm

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  You’re welcome.

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  kobenland · Member · Feb 19, 2013 at 8:17 pm

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  Maybe a little bit easier:

  Instead of clicking the ‘Activate’ link, you can click the ‘Live preview’ link right next to it. This way you don’t have to set your blog private.

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  violetsknickers · Member · Feb 19, 2013 at 8:20 pm

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  yes I’ve been doing that but i want to add more features before people see it. I guess i will just have to be quick :)

  Thank you