How do i redo my site and keep the old one updated ?

[Audrey4]

Hi,

I would like to find a way to keep my old weebly site up to date, while I redo the new one (weebly too), in parallel. I do not want the new one to be published before it is completed. I did not find it in the help. Can anyone help me?

thanks,

[Adam7]

Does your site contain a blog, @Audrey? If not, the easiest thing is to make a copy of your site and work on that. When you're ready to go live you just swap the site addresses and publish.

[Audrey4]

Hi Adam,

Thank you for your prompt response. So if I "publish" a page, it will be only the active page that will be published? And not all changes on multiple pages ?

In that case, I will be able to work the new site, without it being plublish during the updates of the old one?

[Adam7 · Accepted solution]

If you publish your site, all changes you made to any page of your site will also be published. If you don't want someone to see new pages you've added, you could hide those from your site navigation until you're ready. You'll find an option for that for reach page on the Pages tab.

[kreativekreativ]

So just to clarify: 

You copy all the pages on your existing site. Then you can pick a new theme and edit the copied version of the pages whilst keeping them 'hidden'?

When all your copied pages are approved, you then delete all the old ones? 

If someone could please clarify the exact steps I would be so grateful. I need to redesign an existing Weebly site while still keeping the current one as is. Once the redesigned one is approved, only then can I publish the new site. 

There are a few replies on this type of question, but no one gives the exact steps. Please help!

Thanks in advance!

[Bernadette3]

HI there. I believe I answered your other post about copying the entire site. This is best if you are testing out new themes as switching themes can cause some editing to be required- especially headers. You could also do Adam's suggestion of copying the pages and hiding from navigation. I would do the following: copy the site and figure out which theme you want. Once you find one you like go back to the main site and switch the theme. Then create a copy of each page and edit at your own pace. Once you are happy with your new pages you can delete or hide the originals and publish the site. Does this make sense?

[JDJ333]

This sounds good but I am not sure how to make a copy of the site and work with it separate from my present site