In the plug-in directory, there’s a new “Preview” button in the themes list. Clicking that button will spin up a special blog at yourname-preview.micro.blog. It will copy the most recent 10 blog posts over to the new site so you can see how real posts look in the preview.
A couple notes about how this works:
- The preview site is a real blog but is hidden from most of the user interface. It will not show up in your list of blogs. You will obviously not be charged for it.
- Micro.blog will clear out the preview site so that copies of old posts are not available on the web long term. About 5 minutes after publishing to your regular blog, it will delete the preview posts. The preview site will still exist but will be empty.
The preview site uses Hugo just like a regular blog, but there’s no way to change any of the settings or install other plug-ins. If you need that capability, use the New Test Blog feature instead.