I'd like to make a blog just for testing new templates and things but I'm not sure how to do it.

I don't want the archives appearing in my current blog.

Sorry for being such a dummy about it. Someone else set-up the blog for me and I don't know much at all about HTML, etc.

Basically, just follow the instructions in the manual for creating a new blog.

You'll want to create a separate folder on your server and use that for the test files. You can look at the settings on your current blog to get an idea of the paths to use.

For example, if your Local Site Path for your current blog is

/home/you/public_html/blog

then for your test folder, you'd use

/home/you/public_html/test

where test is the name of the new folder you created for the test blog.

Just take a step at a time and post back if you have more questions.

Hint: I use the OtherBlog plugin very heavily in my test blogs, because it allows me to pull entries from my active blogs so I can use live data.

Thanks. In the part that asks for the URL...do I put the name of the test blog...or keep the current URL for my blog?

I figured it out. Thanks again.