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Work on new joomla template in way that only I can see changes?


Is it possible to install new template and adjust website to it, without anyone else seeing changes until i decide to go public?


Solution

  • Yes there are ways you can do this.

    Specify Template in URL Parameter

    You can install the new template and specify the new template via a parameter in the url like this: https://website.com/index.php?template=newtemplatename

    Test Pages

    You can create test menu options and assign these menu options to the new template in the Menu Assignment tab in the template settings.

    Alternatively Set Up a Test Copy

    Unfortunately, the above testing methods may not work very well as a new template will likely have different module positions and names so your modules may not display as you would expect.

    For this reason, it is often easiest to make a test copy of your website where you can change the module position names to suit the new template for a complete test.

    It can be fairly straightforward making a copy of a Joomla website using the free or paid version of Akeeba Backup and Akeeba Kickstart and placing the new website in a sub directory such as /test or similar without interfering with the live website.