Wordpress: Keep site live while changing themes?

[edz]

I want to change my theme on WP, when I click on the preview theme button, my site looks a complete mess.

So my question, can I edit a new theme, while I keep my existing theme live?

Thanks in advance.

 

[edz]

oh, i know.. i'll just disable the menu, and leave them on the homepage

 

[Phil V]

Until you publish changes, the site stays live as it was.

Surely that's what the preview post button is for?

 

[edz]

Im changing the whole websites theme.

When i preview a theme, i cant make changes, afaik. No worries, disabling the menu will do me

 

[Phil V]

Isn't there a way to load it onto a pc locally to play?

In Prophoto I can customise away at an alternative PP theme without publishing, but I think that's a ProPhoto thing? There's maybe a plugin.

 

[frank]

If you have room on your webspace and extra mysql why not create a duplicate to play around with. When your happy with the change copy or transfer to where the live site is.