Theme Demo vs. Preview
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I noticed that previously one could preview a theme that showed what one’s actual site would look like. It appears that previewing one’s blog with a particular theme is no longer an option for users, and that the Demo of a theme is all that is available.
Do you know if that is correct and, if so, why did WordPress decide to go this route instead of previewing users’ actual sites with any given theme? Thanks!
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Select the theme and then click the Preview link.
Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. You can quickly and easily change themes on any WordPress.COM hosted blog to another one found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and no data will be lost or negatively affected by the change. The only time you may have to do some work is if you are changing to a dramatically different theme and have done any CSS editing.
Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the blog go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, Browse themes until you find one you like and click “activate” or the “preview” link, or type in the name of the theme you want to use 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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Ah, perfect! I must have been looking in the wrong place yesterday. Phew, and thank you for your help!
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