I have configured a site to be exactly how I want.
When I move the site over to another URL I loose pretty much everything.
I have used the WORDPRESS migration install tool, which creates a new database and moves over the site in its entirety except for CCS and Newspaper configurations. I have to go in via the Theme Tab and reset all the colors and header settings. Basically I have to reset everything manually.
The one thing that I cannot seem to resolve is the placement of the Revolution Slider.
On the original site, I select Style 6 and this places the Slider directly under the Main Navigation Menu without a gap. The color is all seamless. When I move this over to the new site, no matter what I do I cannot get the Revolution Slider to be in the correct position as the original site. This can be demonstrated by going to https://www.culpablecrimes.com to see the Slider in the correct position, then moving to https://culpablecrimes.mokana.com and seeing the white space between the menu and the slider.
After the WORDPRESS migration, I even did a massive FTP of the original site and checked the database for any CSS. Still the same results. None of the CSS and color schemes are active.
Lastly: I would upgrade to 8.7 if I could find the instructions on how to do it. Where are they?
Thanks
MOKANA
DUPLICATOR is the only thing I’ve used to migrate a site to another location, including changing name of one site to shorter version.
The upgrade docs are found in the documentation link top right of forum.
DUPLICATOR was the first approach I tried with the same results. I found the upgrade docs. in the docs I read it stated that after the upgrade, the theme settings would have to be reapplied.
So where does Newspaper store the theme settings? Apparently not in .css. I could find anything in the database.
I am using the political theme. It is the only one that keeps the Revolution Slider tight up against the top. Any migration destroys it but if I reinstall the Political Demo it works, but that install destroys everything else.
as far as using the Envato Market update process. I have the Theme tab up and the update link shown. I click on it and it does nothing. It shows a link, but it does nothing upon clicking it.
If you go into the Theme there is an update link there and it does work. The Envato Market plugin does not work other than showing you what you have purchased.
Hi,
The theme panel settings can be exported/imported when migrating the website
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/import-export-theme-settings/
Anything else would be standard website migration
– https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
– http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-move-wordpress-to-a-new-host-or-server-with-no-downtime/
The duplicator plugin is highly recommended in the matter.
The positioning of the slider has a simple explanation. In the first website you provided, the politics demo is installed.
By default all pages have a padding top set by the theme, the politics demo when installed will deny that padding with a negative margin
– https://www.screencast.com/t/uTFFjjKq
– https://www.screencast.com/t/ZOZJnCEq1Q
This can be achieved without installing the politics demo. Either remove the padding top with CSS, or set a similar negative margin to the row containing the slider
– https://www.screencast.com/t/bpsVWamZy
– https://www.screencast.com/t/ZOoL1dF8Zc
The Envato plugin may not be the best method to update. There are other more reliable methods
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/
By FTP is the most recommended among all of them. Also remember to update the theme plugins as well.
Thanks
