Problems when upgrading to 6

Hello,

I have made several attempts to upgrade to the latest version, but after all is said and done, the upgrade completely changes my site layout and there are many settings that are not included in the upgrade. A bunch of CSS doesn’t come across, all of my sidebar widgets are gone, my menu settings and customizations are completely lost.

I would like to do the clean install, but it’s not working for me.

I hope someone can help so that I can take advantage of the new theme Newspaper 6 but keep the site I’ve been working on so long to customize.

Thanks.

Philip

I currently use the child theme. Here is my site that I would like to keep looking and functioning the same way if I upgrade to Newspaper 6 and upgrade the plugins as well.

I hope you can guide me through the process because I attempted to follow the process you have outlined on the site and the result is nothing like what I have worked so hard to develop.

Thanks again.

Philip

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Yes, when you move to a NEW theme, you need to redo your menus for the new theme; sidebar widgets get moved to “inactive” state due to how WordPress works and some CSS has changed … it’s basically a NEW theme. But you’re not obligated to use it; the old v4 isn’t going to stop working. The only reason to upgrade to the NEW theme is if you want all the new features, new grid, new functions, new CSS, etc.

There is no 1:1 upgrade from v4 to v6 just as there would not be moving from any theme to another.

To use the new theme you need to upgrade per the instructions, then adjust and refresh certain things to fit the different layout, new menu options, and so forth.

One option is to clone your existing site into a sub-domain, then do the upgrade, revise things to work with new theme then move over the settings to your production site — this is how it’s done for most professional settings.

(I am not on staff here, and won’t be providing any help after today in these forums, but I was checking on something else for my own use and thought I’d give you that feedback — its not an update, it’s a whole new theme …. hence the issue you’re running into …)

• This reply was modified 11 years by simchris.

Thanks Chris. I totally understand and will be taking your advice. If you don’t mind my asking, what are the benefits of upgrading or is there a list of all the new features compared to the old ones?

Philip