Moving A Helix Template To A Different Site (dev To Live)
Chad Criswell
Maybe I am overthinking this... We have a site that we are wanting to put a new pre made helix template on. However the live site is pretty busy with new articles being posted every day. Putting on the template and customizing it, moving modules, and testing is going to take a week or two at least. We can't leave the live site static for that long in order to do the work on a dev account and then move it over.
Can a Helix template be moved from one site to another? Or how can I get around this problem? I can't stop posting and allowing comments, etc. for two weeks while the new layout and styles are customized.
Paul Frankowski
Accepted AnswerHi Chad.
Do we talk about template itself or whole website? Yes, a huge difference!
Helix Ultimate is Joomla Template, like Casiopea template. And only website contains text, images, modules, users, comments, etc.
Each template has (or may have) different module positions. But in general, anytime you can install a new template and set it as default only for selected submenu items, to test & preview what more you have to do to make perfect design. It means that you can make changes without worring that something may be broken for viewers. If older template is also based on Helix Ultimate, switching from template A to B, is very easy process. In other cases it will time more time & efford.