Transitioning process to Obsidian theme

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  ryanteague · Member · Oct 4, 2017 at 3:21 pm

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  Hi, I want to transition my site from the Twenty Eleven theme to Obsidian: https://wordpress.com/theme/obsidian

  I’m not really sure how the transition process will work.

  I’d partly like to be able to try the site in Obsidian before it is publicly viewable but is this possible? Or what will happen to my current site if I simply change the theme?

  Any guidance at this stage very helpful!

  Thanks

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  staff-imahappyengineer · Staff · Oct 5, 2017 at 5:07 am

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  Hello @ryanteague,

  You can set your website to Private while you update your theme.

  You can test, and customize the theme for your site by clicking Open Live Demo from the theme page. Then click on Try and Customize.

  If you’re working on – ryanteague.com – you can use this link below to get to that page:

  https://wordpress.com/customize/ryanteague.com?theme=premium/obsidian

  From here, you will see a live preview of this theme on how it would look for your theme, you can also Customize it using the options on the left.

  When you’re already decided that you want the theme, you can click the blue Purchase button at the top left hand side.

  It also comes with a set-up guide from this link – https://wordpress.com/theme/obsidian/setup/ I would read this first carefully, before changing anything to make sure that I understand how to set this up, especially the Home Page.

  Eitherway, you can always come here to the forum or contact Support to assist you along the way.

  Let me know if you need further assistance.

  Regards,
  Rose

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  ryanteague · Member · Oct 5, 2017 at 11:29 am

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  Thanks for the advice. I will begin the process as soon as I have time and will shout with any further questions.

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  staff-imahappyengineer · Staff · Oct 5, 2017 at 4:42 pm

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  You’re welcome! :)