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You can upload it and not activate it but you might have trouble editing it without it being activated.

What Ive done in the past is buy a .info for a buck or two and then put the theme on that site… tinker with it til I get it looking the way I want, and then put it on my main site.

Also, Thesis is a really customizable theme if you use Thesis Openhooks plugin (there are good tutorials on the theme if you search them)

Good luck!

Aloysa,

There probably is a way to test the Theme, but with the different themes I have had, none of them have really been that difficult to change and tweek. Normally, I just wake up early one morning and give it a go. After a couple of hours, everything is just how I want it! By the way, I have Atahualpa right now. It's free and very easy to work with. Plus, you can do almost anything with it. It's very customizable.

Hope this helps!

MyJourneytoMillions said:

Aloysa,

 

check out the plug in – Theme Test Drive.  It allows only the admin signed into to see the new theme (and thus make changes without anyone noticing!)  It sometimes messes with your widgets but really really useful tool when switching over.

Thank you so much! Looks this is exactly what I was looking for!

A subdomain works best I find. If you want to outsource this you can talk to Jesse at PF Firewall.

I have used Theme test drive but be careful. If you go and insert plugins to try things out they actually become live on you existing site. The only way around this is the sub domain as far as I am aware.

I second the sub-domain. It shouldn't be that hard to set up, and I think it's easier than fooling around with a live site.

I know I say this every time, but I still recommend premium themes like Thesis or Headway. They're worth it to get a solid theme with great support.

If you go the free route, watch out for things like footer links to sites you don't want to be linking to.