Playing arround in localhost

  • Resolved edgon

    (@edgon)


    10 years, 1 month ago

    Hi there!

    I′m just starting with wordpress and I have a lot of questions.
    I use “xamp” to run the install and I want to know some basics:

    1) If I change any module of any file (styles, etc.), I am doing it locally; I mean, I don′t need an ftp transfer to upload changes. Am I right?
    2) If I change, let′s say the header background color of theme twenty fourteen, I just have to make a copy of the corresponding file (xxx.php), rename the original (xxx_old.php), play arround with the new original file until I get what I want and if I don′t like what I get, then I just have to re-name again the original file (xxx_old.php to xxx.php) and things will go to what they were before I started to play arround.

    Thanks in advance if anyone can help!

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  • 1. Correct. All you need is access to the file system, it doesn’t matter how you have it. Most hosting servers are only accessable through FTP, so that’s why that’s used as the most prominent example.

    2. There’s no need to do it that way. Making modifications to themes should be done using a child theme, and that will let you do what you need to while still keeping the original files but with the added advantage that any changes that you make won’t get over-written when your original theme gets updated.

    Thread Starter edgon

    (@edgon)

    Thanks catacaustic for your answers, but I still have a doubt with your first answer. In my computer I have a wordpress file system that includes the files I might modify (the ones I mentioned in my previous post), that′s the file system you are referring to?

    Regarding my second question, I understand and I′m going to proceed as you suggested.

    Thanks again.

    When I say “file system” it pretty much means “a group of files and folders somewhere”. That’s all there is too it. All you need is osme sor tof access, and that will vary depending on where the files are stored. Local files can be done through your local PC, remote files can be done through FTP of SSH, and there’s also a few other methods. What it comes down to is that if you can access the files, that’s all you need.

    Thread Starter edgon

    (@edgon)

    It′s clear now.

    Thanks very much Catacaustic.

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