Testing CSS in New Template
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Hey everyone I have a quick question. I was thinking of changing my layout to the contempt style layout, but my present CSS won’t work with it. Is there a good way to test out my CSS changes on a new blog layout without actually choosing it? I don’t want my blog to look all fun house mirror for 1-2 hours while I make all the changes.
Thanks
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You can set up a test blog and then use the CSS preview to make changes. Once you get things right, you can copy out the CSS edits you made and then past them into your main blog. I do that sort of thing all the time and actually have three test blogs.
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You can create a new test blog at http://wordpress.com/signup/
Then on the test blog you would select the theme and test the CSS using the Custom CSS Preview.
You could even export and import the blog’s content over to the test blog if you wanted.
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yep, I did the same thing, I also use the FireFox web developer tool which lets you see the changes in real time.
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I thought I knew how to use the web developer tool but obviously I am missing something. Which option allows you to see the changes in real time?
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on the web developer tool bar, click on CSS, then click on “edit CSS”. Also, its probably important to know that if you have the CSS editor on the screen that when you switch between tabs then you will lose your edited CSS unless you saved it, So I always click on the option “stick” (looks like a green arrow) that way when you switch between tabs then the CSS remains in the box. I probably just confusingly explained this, but I HTH in some way…
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