New Theme Update Report - Good Surprises! Edit - Mistaken!

Happy Saturday!

Edit: after writing this and working on the staging site for a while, it decided to lose its formatting on the home page. Makes no sense to me but there you go. Changing theme without losing anything was just a dream!

Nothing that I do on the staging site behaves in the same way as on the live site.

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Thank you to everyone who put me in touch with the concept of having a staging site so that I could check out the effect of switching themes!

After the initial disappointment of discovering that the new theme isn't going to completely rescue my site speed, I now have a positive surprise to report.

I was so worried about all the work that would come from switching themes, thinking that my site would need a complete overhaul and that lots of things would be lost.

But in fact . . . it hasn't lost anything! (Yes, ok, I know, I hear you . . . you told me so hahahaha, ok maybe you did)

The only change is in the aesthetics!

So I'm thinking of buying the premium version of Generate Press and switching the live site over immediately.

I can always tweak the design and look of the site over the next few days/weeks no?

Is there any reason why I shouldn't jump in the deep end like this? I mean it's not as if my site is famous, with millions of loyal visitors, so why would it matter if it looks different for a couple of weeks?

Pros of Going Live Immediately

• no time pressure on adjusting the theme as the site speed will improve ( a little) NOW immediately.
• So, no delays on speeding up the site - thought I better repeat that one! As it's pretty important I think 😂
• I can buy the premium version of the theme and install it directly to where it's going. (How would I switch the premium version theme from my staging site to my live site anyhow?)
• I won't have to make a note of all the changes and then apply them twice

Cons of Going Live Immediately

• I might have overlooked something which gets broken with the change of theme
• Maybe I'm being rash?
• Perhaps it's bad to have a website that changes its image over the course of a few weeks?
• ??

Would love to hear your thoughts!

Thanks for reading and have a fabulous day!

Soraya