i want to upgrade my theme but i don’t know how to do, please help me. thanks
best bet is to review the docs for the theme:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/newspaper-documentation/
really simple, but best way to do it is via FTP:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme/
1. How to update the theme (manual)
Here are the steps required to update the theme via FTP:
◾Connect to your FTP account using Filezilla
◾It is a good idea to make a backup of your current theme installation
◾Unzip the theme downloaded from http://www.themeforest.net to a folder, in this folder you will find a file called Newspaper.zip
◾Unzip the theme (Newspaper.zip)
◾Via Filezilla go to the wordpress theme directory “your site public html/wp-content/themes/Newspaper”
◾Overwrite the files from that FTP folder with the ones from the content of Newspaper.zip
Thanks @Christopher!
hi my theme Version: 3.6 i want to upgrade to last version, i uploaded the files from FTP but it gave error!
how can i upgrade my newspaper theme?
Hi,
Please follow this steps:
1. First please make a backup of your current theme installation so you can revert back to it in case something goes wrong.
2. Then copy the theme files using the same method Christopher suggested above: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme/
3. After this please deactivate all plugins and follow this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/newspaper-v-3-7/
4. Make sure you do this with all plugins disabled.
Please let me know if you can’t manage to do this.
Thanks
Clarification on this since I have the same question…
- Is it better to first just erase the /newspaper directory and then re-add (rather than overwriting files)?
- What exact plugins should be deactivated? (it is just deactivated or also deleted)?
- At what point in the install should they be deactivated (before /newspaper upload or afterwards)?
Thanks
deactivate all plugins; clear any cache; turn off mod_pagespeed if being used
upload new files, new plugins,
turn on plugins. Done. 🙂
(I generally don’t turn off my plugins, since I’m updating my theme via FTP and the stuff I’m using doesn’t cause dbase writes/crashes if the theme being updated quickly via FTP)
I do upgrade via FTP; simply over-write existing theme folder with new one.
Over write existing plugins with new ones.
Your mileage may vary.
