What's the best way to test new themes?

[alwayspaws]

Before installing thirty bees, should I try a new theme with my live PS 1.6.1.11 site to make sure it works as expected?

[Havouza]

Testing with PS is no guarantee that it work with TB. Same with modules

[alwayspaws]

I'm trying to figure out how to check a new theme. Is your store on TB? I only have a test site and I'm going to start over.

[jnsgioia]

@alwayspaws Upload the new theme to your test site and see if it works. If you don't like it you can uninstall it and go back to the default theme.

[jnsgioia]

@alwayspaws I wouldn't test on a live site though.

[alwayspaws]

@jnsgioia Sounds good. Thanks! Wanted to do a couple of tests at the same time like testing the upcoming migration tool and the new theme. I guess I'd better slow it down a bit. :)

[alwayspaws]

@jnsgioia said in What's the best way to test new themes?:

@alwayspaws I wouldn't test on a live site though.

I'll test it on my developers site. Hate to spend money and then it doesn't work at all.

[jnsgioia]

I would, just do it all on your test site and then if you like it there you can move the whole shebang to your live domain. btw Siteground's backup function is a life saver :)

[jnsgioia]

@alwayspaws A lot of developers give you a money back guarantee if it doesn't work within the first month or two.

[Havouza]

I have a VPS with a Dropbox backup. take a copy every midnight. Works without any problem. Best 9 € per month I can spend

[alwayspaws]

@jnsgioia said in What's the best way to test new themes?:

I would, just do it all on your test site and then if you like it there you can move the whole shebang to your live domain. btw Siteground's backup function is a life saver :)

I have two test sites and one live site and was trying to get rid of one of them. Siteground keeps several backups of your site. Very happy with them.

[alwayspaws]

@jnsgioia said in What's the best way to test new themes?:

@alwayspaws A lot of developers give you a money back guarantee if it doesn't work within the first month or two.

I contacted the theme developer and he said that he wasn't working with TB so I doubt he'd give me a refund.

[Havouza]

I would never trust a money back guarantee using TB

[alwayspaws]

@Havouza said in What's the best way to test new themes?:

I have a VPS with a Dropbox backup. take a copy every midnight. Works without any problem. Best 9 € per month I can spend

I have a Dropbox account but no VPS - can't afford it. I also use Carbonite so I have automatic back ups that way.

[jnsgioia]

@alwayspaws No, I guess he wouldn't then. But how can you test it on his site to see if it would work with tb?

[alwayspaws]

@Havouza I don't trust money back guarantees on anything

[Havouza]

I have a VPS with 200 Gb SSL disks 16 gb guaranteed RAM and 100mbit minimum bandwidth. Pay 19 €

[alwayspaws]

@jnsgioia said in What's the best way to test new themes?:

@alwayspaws No, I guess he wouldn't then. But how can you test it on his site to see if it would work with tb?

Have you ever been given the option to test a theme? We're not talking about modules right now.

[alwayspaws]

@Havouza said in What's the best way to test new themes?:

I have a VPS with 200 Gb SSL disks 16 gb guaranteed RAM and 100mbit minimum bandwidth. Pay 19 €

Wow!!! If I ever have an actual live site running and making money maybe I can work my way up to that.

[jnsgioia]

@alwayspaws No, I am new to prestashop. And for my other sites I just built them by majorly modifying a free template.

[alwayspaws]

@jnsgioia You're doing pretty well for someone who is new. I began with Magento for year. wiped the site and began with PS 1.6 and now I'm going to wipe that site and use thIrty bees.

That's the plan!

[jnsgioia]

Well, I know php and html and am very familiar with databases. It is the hooks and modules that I am having to figure out. :|

[jnsgioia]

@alwayspaws Firefox's inspector has come in handy more than once :)

[Traumflug]

A local installation is just fine for testing. sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache-mod-php mysql and one has a fine web setup accessible via http://localhost/. These webhosters use the same software, after all.

[Havouza]

alwayspaws use Mac