Can't choose a new site design

urbanmoon

The very first of the new site design themes I chose was Nyx. I did some customizations in it, decided I didn't like it and wanted to try a new them. Every one I choose, I can never seem to make it stick. I do customizations to the new theme, click "Done". It then asks if I want to Publish Changes Now? and I say "Publish Later" (because I dont want it to be made public yet). But then it drops me back into that very first theme I chose.

It's like that first theme is the default one set, but I can't find where to set a different one as default.

If I choose "Customize > Choose a new site design" I see under "My Designs" two customized ones. That pest of a "Copy of Nyx" with the word "Current" under it, and the other one I worked on that I WANT called "Copy of Isis".

When I hover over Copy of Nyx, all I see is "Edit". When I hover over Copy of Isis, I get "Edit" and "Delete".

How can I set Copy of Isis as "Current"? I'm not finding it anywhere and am going in circles.

TIA

Anita

moose135

"Publish Now" saves those changes. "Unveil" makes your new site visible to the public (and makes the old version of your site disappear).

WinsomeWorks

moose135 wrote: »

"Publish Now" saves those changes. "Unveil" makes your new site visible to the public (and makes the old version of your site disappear).

What I'm not grasping then is... what is "Publish Later" for? I mean if it's not really saving anything....

moose135

I'm not sure, Anna - it may be tied to the new functionality that will let you makee changes to your site but keep them in a "preview" mode until you decide to make it public. I haven't "unveiled" my new look yet, so I don't know if the Publish Now/Later buttons will behave differently when I do.

AperturePlus

moose135 wrote: »

"Publish Now" saves those changes. "Unveil" makes your new site visible to the public (and makes the old version of your site disappear).

This is the only thing that confused me while playing around with new styles. I think that the wording of this button is confusing. Whilst in the sandbox, "Publish Now" should read something like "Save Style" as "Publish Now" made me feel that it would make the style live on my site.

Changing this wording might save others confusion as well?

urbanmoon

moose135 wrote: »

"Publish Now" saves those changes. "Unveil" makes your new site visible to the public (and makes the old version of your site disappear).

Thanks, moose135! I was very nervous to try that for fear of making my toying around live. I agree with AperturePlus, other wording would certainly have removed that confusion.

WinsomeWorks

urbanmoon wrote: »

Thanks, moose135! I was very nervous to try that for fear of making my toying around live. I agree with AperturePlus, other wording would certainly have removed that confusion.

Yes, that wording makes no sense, as "Publish" always means that you're opening something to the world. It should be changed to end all the confusion that will continue about it for months...

GaryBakker

Whew. This explains a lot. While playing around in the sandbox, I don't want to "publish" my changes. I just want to "save" my changes.

Another vote for changing the very misleading wording.