I want to customise a premium theme but don't want it to go live until I am happy with it.
Is there a way (aside from installing two instances of phpBB) of developing the second theme on the forum so that only myself and someone else can see the development version and no one else sees any different when they visit?
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TheJay wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 8:25 am
I want to customise a premium theme but don't want it to go live until I am happy with it.
Is there a way (aside from installing two instances of phpBB) of developing the second theme on the forum so that only myself and someone else can see the development version and no one else sees any different when they visit?
It's possible but not worth the effort (+ the risk of breaking something during development).
Just follow Mick's advice and test on a copy of the board (a live board shouldn't be a guinea pig anyway!).
You could set up a copy of the live board in a different directory (or on a free host, just temporary).
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It would be good if a theme/style could be set on a per user basis so we could have a development account as that seems like the easiest way to do it without duplicating everything.
You could install the new style and access it via link yourdomain.com/index.php?style=xx where xx is the id of the style. But you need remember to set override user style to yes in ACP so no one can use in ucp.
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Make a forum on your board only you and your collaborator can see. Copy some topics to it to populate it. Assign that style to that forum. Easy. Most people do not know (or forget) that each forum can have a different style.
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stevemaury wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 5:43 pm
Make a forum on your board only you and your collaborator can see. Copy some topics to it to populate it. Assign that style to that forum. Easy. Most people do not know (or forget) that each forum can have a different style.
stevemaury wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 5:43 pm
Make a forum on your board only you and your collaborator can see. Copy some topics to it to populate it. Assign that style to that forum. Easy. Most people do not know (or forget) that each forum can have a different style.
What about if you want to work on styling ucp mcp FAQ members lists etc? That won't work.
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stevemaury wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 2:46 pm
Create some dummy users.
I think Mannix is making the point that using the settings you mention does not let users test out the UCP using the style.
The best way to properly test out a style thoroughly is using a test forum, other methods are cutting corners and will ultimately lead to silly mistakes that wouldn't have been made if using a proper test setup from the start.
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