Multiple Themes

We do encourage you to contact us if you run into problems when using the jonradio Multiple Themes plugin with a Paid Theme, as the problem may not be unique to the Paid Theme.

To state the obvious, the cost of purchasing a license for all Paid Themes for testing purposes is prohibitive for an Open Source plugin such as this one.
How do I change the Theme Options (Widgets, Sidebars, Menus, Background, Header, etc.) used for each Theme?
For the Active Theme, nothing changes when using the jonradio Multiple Themes plugin. For other Themes, selected using this plugin, changing Theme Options is explained, in detail, on the Theme Options tab of the plugin's Settings page.
How do I change the Template for a specific Page or Post?
For the Current Theme, nothing changes when using the jonradio Multiple Themes plugin. For a Page or Post where another Theme is displayed, as selected by this plugin's Settings, specifying the Template to be used is explained, in detail, on the Theme Options tab of the plugin's Settings page.
How do I select a Theme for a Category of Posts?
That functionality, to directly specify a Theme for a Category on the Settings page, is being investigated for a future version of the jonradio Multiple Themes plugin. But there is already a solution based on Permalinks:

In the WordPress Admin panels, go to Settings-Permalinks
Specify a Permalinks structure that begins with /%category%/
Push the Save Changes button
Go to Settings-Multiple Themes plugin
In the Section "For An Individual Page, Post or other non-Admin page", select the Theme for the Category of Posts
Enter the URL of the Categories page, e.g. - http://domain.com/news/
Click the checkbox "Select here if URL is a Prefix"
Push the Save Changes button

By default, the style.css file of the Current Theme is displayed. You can edit other Themes by selecting them in the "Select theme to edit" field and clicking the Select button.

Alternatively, you can edit any Theme on your own computer. If your computer runs Windows, NotePad++ and FileZilla run very well together, using FileZilla's View/Edit feature to provide a Theme Editor with syntax highlighting and other advanced features.

If one or more of the Active Themes have their own Theme Editor or other type of Theme Options panels, such as Elegant's epanel, please read the next FAQ.
How do I use Elegant's epanel?
Nothing changes for the Current Theme. epanel can be accessed just as it would be without the jonradio Multiple Themes plugin, simply by selecting the WordPress Admin panel's Appearance submenu item titled Theme Options preceded by the name of your Elegant Theme.

To make changes to other Active Themes that you will be specifying with the jonradio Multiple Themes plugin:

Deactivate jonradio Multiple Themes
Install the Theme Test Drive plugin found at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/theme-test-drive/
Activate the Theme Test Drive plugin
Go to Appearance-Theme Test Drive
In the Usage section, select an alternate Theme you will be using with jonradio Multiple Themes
Push the Enable Theme Drive button at the bottom
Click on the Appearance menu item on the left sidebar of the WordPress Admin panel to refresh the submenu
Click on the submenu item titled with your Elegant theme's name followed by "Theme Options"
Elegant's epanel will now appear
Make all the changes for this Theme, being sure to push the Save button
If you have more than one alternate Theme with Options you wish to change, repeat Steps 4-10 for each alternate Theme
Deactivate the Theme Test Drive plugin
Activate jonradio Multiple Themes
Changes to the Options for the Current Theme can now be made normally, just as you would without either plugin
Both the alternate and Current Themes should now display all Theme options properly when selected through the jonradio Multiple Themes plugin

Thanks to Elegant for allowing us to test copies of any of their Themes provided by their customers.
What happens when I change Permalinks?
Although it depends on what kind of change you make to your Permalink structure, you should expect to have to replace (delete and add) all of the plugin's Settings that specify a URL.
I added a new entry but why doesn't it appear in the list of entries?
You should have seen an explanatory error message after hitting the Save Changes button.
How can I change the Theme for an entry?
You will need to delete the entry and add it again, with the new Theme specified.