I built the bulk of my UI back in Cata and I think it's time I tear it all down and build a new one. The way I would like to do this is with a clean slate; all settings deleted and addons back to default. However, I know rebuilding my UI is going to take me weeks (I like doing a lot of things myself, and I'm slow), and I can't have a half/non-functioning UI for that time. So, my questions are:
- Does backing up a UI like this miss anything (i.e., anything saved server side)?
- What is the best way to completely wipe out my current UI (is it as simple as deleting Interface and WTF)?
- Is there anything in general that you think I probably shouldn't delete and instead pull over from my old UI (e.g., I'm saving my TSM stuff)?
- Is there a way to easily swap between my current UI and my new, work-in-progress UI (e.g., installing a second client for the new UI)?
While I'm here, I have a few more questions about UI creation in general. With my current UI, each time I create a new character, I have to spend a few minutes selecting profiles for a bunch of addons since many addons seem to create and use a new character-specific profile for each new character. This fact also makes my current UI hard to share when people have asked. If there's something I can do to fix both of these things with my new UI from the start, I'd like to. I think my questions boil down to these:
- Is there a general way to force addons to use a "Default" or "Global" profile for new characters?
- If it has to be addressed per addon, can you point me to a guide that will help me address it for each addon myself?
- Is this still the preferred way to package and share entire UIs?
Thanks for the help!