is there anyway i can take a look at my theme that i am making without anyone else seeing it? like set the theme to my name only?
in the address bar of your browser, add something like
Quotetheme=mythemname
to the url that is displayed, like this: http://mydomain.com/coppermine/?theme=mythemename
This way, nobody can see them theme you're working on unless you switch it in config or supply a link to it.
See how this is done in our demo (use the theme selection at the bottom).
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