Theme Change from Zass Child to somethign else
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Hi! When trying to see a demo of another theme to try and possibly change Zass, I get a fatal error. I would like to see how it would look on my site before I activate it and make any changes.
Can you please help me?
Thank you in advance.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Yes, sure thing! So, each theme has a designated instructional setup page and also a live demo site that you can click through. Could you send a link to the theme you’re looking at? Did you find it in our showcase at https://wordpress.com/themes/
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Hi! Yes. I did. I am just looking through different themes to which I like best, but I didn’t know that it would be so difficult just to try out different demos so that I can pick which suits my current website best. I really just don’t like the lay out.
Another question, if I change the theme, will everything still remain, all of the pictures already uploaded ect? Are there any specific changes that I need to be aware of?
Thank you so much!
The link is: https://wordpress.com/theme/modern-business
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For the most part, changing themes is safe, you won’t lose your content at all, but there are 2 things to look for:
1. Your new theme may have different names for the menu areas. If you find that your menu is missing, you’ll need to re-declare the menu’s location. Your custom menu won’t be lost, you’ll just have to tell it where to show up again.
2. Your new theme may have different names for the widget areas. If you find that your widgets are missing, you’ll need to move them from Inactive Widgets to their new locations. Your widgets won’t be lost, you’ll just have to tell them where to show up again.
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Thank you so much! Is there a way to do this without making the website live, just to try it out without customers seeing the change?
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Yes, the Customizer will show you a live preview of the theme on your site before you activate it: https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/#previewing-a-theme
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Sorry, it actually gives me an error message. How can I upload the image for you to see?
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Oh wait, sorry I misunderstood. If you have a self-hosted site like you do, we don’t have access to your Media Library, so that won’t work. :)
Please try sharing the screenshot via https://snag.gy/ instead.
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Hi there,
We do not have access to your media library since you are on a self-hosted site. Did you send the snaggy link?
I believe there was some confusion about your site initially. It appears you’re in the wrong forum. Your site is using the open source WordPress.org software and you need to seek help at these forums:
https://wordpress.org/support/forums/
These forums are for WordPress.com hosted sites only. Since we do not have access to self-hosted WordPress.org sites, we are unable to provide any direct assistance to your issue.
If you want to know more about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org you can read this document:
Thanks!
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Hi Darnell,
Thank you for your response. I am unsure why I am not able to get help through this forum when I jus purchased the Jetpack through wordpress.com and this forum was the suggestion I was given. I am completely confused.
Please help. I can’t go from one wordpress to other for different things. This is not going to be helpful.
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Hi there,
Your Jetpack Premium Plan is connected to another site,
galilee-life.com– unless that is the site in reference?If so, as a paid user, you can reach out for support here:
You can get assistance via live chat or email with a paid Jetpack plan. The forums is mainly for free support.
Questions for Jetpack related issues should be posted in these forums:
https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack/
However,
box2055.temp.domainsis a self-hosted site that doesn’t appear to have a Jetpack connection.But, if you provide the image via https://snag.gy/ and provide us the direct link , we can see if we can point you in the right direction.
Thanks,
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Hi Daniel,
Thank you. I have provided the image, but will do so again. No problem.
Yes, the site in question is galilee-life.com
I have connected this site with Jetpack and I am able to see and access all of the information via the backend of the website.
I will provide the image now.
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Hey there,
Thanks for the clarification that the site in question is
galilee-life.com. In order for us to view the link, we would need the snag.gy direct URL link to view the screen shot.You can share the link that is generated in this thread.
Alternately, since this is a Jetpack site, I can view the screenshot if you upload to your media library.
Whichever is easier for you.
Thanks,
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