I am trying to edit a theme, but it doesn't matter whatever changes I make into theme.html, it doesn't affect the web site.
I try to comment the whole theme.html body, or add some text after the body tag. But I don't see anything.
I didn't set caching in the system preferences.
What am I doing wrong?

The chances are that all your modifications are there but the reason for not seeing them is because your browser is still seeing the old version. After making changes to a theme, you should always carry out the following:

1- be sure that you set "Update module template .html files from themes/your theme/templates directory?" to "YES" in General Settings! (should be turn off when your site is live)
2- Delete all the files (except any index file) in the templates_c and cache folder in the root of your site.
3- Configure your browser to always look for a new version of a website, or
4- Delete all your browsers cached files.
5- Refresh your browser and visit your pages again.

This nearly always remedies the problem. If your changes are still not visible, then it's time to re-check your work.


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Hi,

I know exactly how you feel. I had the same problem and found another way of doing it, perhaps i should say simpler...

On the local site of my ftp (I'm using dreamweaver) I rename the folder of the particular theme. If it is called MyTheme, I rename it to something like MyTheme2. I then open theme.html and replace all the MyTheme lines with MyTheme2.

I then copy it to the server, go to preferences and select the theme. Done!

It may not be the best way but it works and it's fairly easy as I find myself constantly having to change the theme a bit.

Good Luck!

Eugenie

eugenia, That sounds more complicated to me, but each to their own.

Do as Noo-b said, clear your template_c folder (but keep index.html).

CTRL + F5 do a hard refresh. (clears old browser site, to show the latest version).

You shouldn't need to clear cache as this not really theme related.

Maybe you're right I'll try that way next time. I've got a tendency to make things more complicated than they are

e

I updated my theme.html file, but I don't see the changes in my browser no matter what I do.
I think I did all 5 thigns mentioned by noo-b but it still doesn't work.
I deleted all the files in template_c and etc, and yet I cannot see the changes.

Edit: Ok, I just noticed my ftp program did not show me the correct state of template_c. It showed as if the folder is empty(except for index.html) while it was not.