- NewsmagInstall via FTP
- NewspaperHow to Install Newspaper via FTP
- NewspaperNewspaper theme documentation
- NewsmagNewsmag documentation
- NewsmagInstall via WordPress
- NewsmagHow to update the theme
- NewspaperHow to Update the Newspaper Theme
Hi,
Please send an email at contact@ytagdiv.com with your request and we will send you 1.6 version soon as possible.
@RuyR Please provide more details about this and also if you need 1.6 version please send an email.
@bulu4uu if you have Newsmag 1.6 version please follow this guide(use FTP method): https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-theme/ like for an update, but you will copy the version 1.6.
Thanks!
Hi,
What theme version do you use? I checked on my side using latest version of the theme(4.6.2) and it looks fine: http://screencast.com/t/AG0vCP1DljBN
If you need to update your theme please follow this guide and use FTP method: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme/ and also update plugins that come with the theme’s files from the /plugins folder.
Thanks!
Hi,
I’m using Version: 1.7.
If I have to delete the js_composer folder, then where can I download the complete folder to update via FTP?
Note that I have already updated visual composer via the WordPress plugin interface.
Hi,
I could send them this issue but they may require wp-admin and ftp access to check this and i don’t own a similar setup. If you can provide access to yours let me know.
Did you tried this with another theme, to check if the theme has some sort of incompatibility with your setup. You can also check the error logs to see if there’s something which can point to the cause of the error.
Thank you, Emil G.
Hi,
What theme version do you use?
Please make sure also that you have updated Visual Composer properly. You might try deleting js_composer folder entirely and update the new version via FTP.
Hope this helps!
Via FTP, go to /wp-content/plugins/ and delete the td-social-counter folder.
Then, upload the unzipped td-social-counter folder from the /plugins/ directory in your download.
Simple as that.
Salut,
Din pacate nu putem sa oferim suport la telefon, poti sa ne trimiti o lista cu problemele intalnite pe contact@tagdiv.com , eventual o sa cerem access wp-admin ftp daca e cazul.
Multumesc, Emil G.
Hi,
I’m not sure what you mean please provide more details and your site URL so I can check this. Also please make sure that you are using the latest theme version (4.6.2) and you update the plugins that come with the theme’s files from the /plugins folder. Please follow this guide if you need to update, use FTP method: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme/
Thanks!
Obviously the quick and dirty method worked
(trick is to delete via filemanager on server; then upload via FTP)
Always amazed that works. 😉
So, 10 minutes … and I just switched back on Disqus, photo new items right side, third ad, and the pages are 10x faster at least … maybe 20x faster…
so… shazam… there you are. In our case 1.7 does NOT work well with all the snazzo-riffic hardware, bandwidth, mod_pagespeed and other stuff we have on tap. 1.6 literally rocks.
I do believe you are correct in that some other things related to php queries and whatnot are baked in someplace, as that is HUGE difference.
from theme panel, click home page button – 2 seconds in IE 11 Win7/64. Previously 20 seconds … soooooo….
okay, happy that worked.
I guess we’re not crazy, then 🙂
I’m going to try the dirty in place rollback,
which basically entails via FTP quickly deleting the theme,
replacing,
quickly deleting the td plugins
replacing,
then login see if it still works with transient settings retained.
Dirty way of doing it quickly without first disabling everything and changing themes.
Normally works if nobody logged in and going up a revision; so will see if works going back. If not, can always reset and do it the long way (as per my “how to upgrade” sticky post ….)…..
so… site going DOWN …. (!)
stay tuned…..
I am noticing my 1.7 pages are loading muuuuuch slower than the 1.6 test sites.
Today I can’t fully judge as we were being slammed by yandex …. and others … from Russia.
Server processes spiked at 270 once, which surprised me it didn’t melt. Normal is 0.9 to 1.2 (!).
On 1.7 it’s taking forever right now to even preview a page. Frustrating.
Also weird is that my animated GIF keeps getting turned into a jepg even when I upload via FTP. (WTF?)
Soooooo……. we’re definitely NOT in the Summer of Speed we had going with Newspaper, that’s for darn sure.
Not quite sure what to do just yet. But it’s noticeable the speed hit visually …
Hi,
I have checked your site, but I’m not sure why do you have this issue. Please try this without any plugins active, leave just Visual Composer active, also clear cache an purge your files is you use CDN.
I have tested this on our demo and how you already saw it works fine. On our demo we use the latest theme version(4.6.2) so please make sure also that you use the latest version. If you need to update please follow this guide and use FTP method(also make a backup of your current theme’s installation): https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme/ update also plugins that come with the theme’s files from /plugins folder.
Thanks!
Hi,
If you have custom modifications to the theme files you ca take a look and see what files we change until latest update and update only that files. Anyway we have made many changes till version 1.7.
If you don’t have any modifications to the files please follow this guide to update and use FTP method(also make a backup of your current theme installation, so you can revert if something goes wrong): https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-theme/ and also update the plugins that come with the theme files from the /plugins folder.
In 1.5 theme’s version we have renamed some shortcodes:
– td_ad_box -> td_block_ad_box
– td_authors -> td_block_authors
– td_homepage_full_1 -> td_block_homepage_full_1
– td_popular_categories -> td_block_popular_categories
– td_video_vimeo -> td_block_video_vimeo
– td_video_youtube -> td_block_video_youtube
– td_text_with_title -> td_block_text_with_title
– td_slide -> td_block_slide
– td_social_counter -> td_block_social_counter
So the renamed widgets have to be re added to each sidebar after this update. Make sure that you backup your database and if possible get the widget list from your sidebars.
Rename the short codes via SQL: https://forum.tagdiv.com/update-newsmag-to-1-5/
The shortcodes shouldn’t be a problem, they will just appear on page as a code, you have to locate them and manually modify them to the new format: http://screencast.com/t/Da8k0HHtSD or use the SQL query (in phpmyadmin) to automatically replace them in the database – http://screencast.com/t/G1SwZNDb
Hope this helps
Hi,
@crictracker
As Chris also stated if you had changes to theme’s files then updating the theme will lose theme so it would be better to note your changes then update the theme using the guide below (FTP method) and make the changes again.
Newsmag theme update guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-theme/
Please also make sure you do a backup of your current theme installation and wordpress also.
Let us know if you need other assistance related to this.
@Lukas
We’re currently working on fixing all reported issues and soon we will release an update which will fix them all.
The main issue has been fixed and the theme with the fix is live on themeforest. We’re very sorry for this issue. We mistakenly used a PHP 5.4 feature in the code and we failed to test the theme on php 5.2.8 (the minimum version required by WordPress).
We’ll have a much better checklist for deploy and I will make sure stuff like this doesn’t happen again.
Sorry for the inconvenience!
Thanks
Lucian C.
Hi,
If you update the theme from the previous version(4.6.1) you can use the patch to update, but if you update from the older version please update the theme following this guide and use ftp method: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme/ and also update the plugins that come with the theme’s files from the /plugins folder.
Hope this helps!
Hi,
I also tested this with the latest theme version 4.6.2 and did not found any issues with this: http://screencast.com/t/IFGr5RNCDg
If you need to update please follow this guide to update and use FTP method: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme/ and update alos the plugins that come with the theme’s files from /plugins folder.
Please also try this without any plugins active, leave just Visual Composer active, empty cache and purge your files if you use CDN and check if the issue is still there.
Thanks!
look at the header.php file in the theme folder
paste before the closing head tag.
Or, if using YOAST SEO plugin, there is a box in that plugin to paste in your confirmation code.
I actually found it easier to download the verification html file and ftp that to my website root, so you’re not tied to any theme or plugin for that. 🙂
4.4.3 with 1.7 is working on my site.
Just built new home page.
You might TRY deleting the old js_composer entirely
uploading new version via FTP.
Use Chrome and not I.E. (if doing so). Clear all caches first.
Try going to your page, then click “save” (update) right side.
Then try adding new item.
Seems to work okay … but VC is a very persnickety plugin, it seems!
I am disappointed as I just purchased Newsmag. The theme is great. The Quality Control on the update is #$%^&
I got an email that there is a new version so downloaded the update from Themeforest. Then my problems started.
First off the documented updated process via the WordPress dashboard fails with with an error that the directory already exists. So I use ftp & upload & unzip & get an error “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘, expecting ‘)’ in …../wp-content/themes/Newsmag/includes/wp_booster/td_menu.php on line 191”
So then I remove the whole Newsmag directory tree & install via the WordPress dashboard but still get the same damn errors. So I have to once again remove the whole Newsmag directory tree & reinstall the version of the theme that I originally purchased from Themeforest. So now all is working again but I haven’t got the update installed & I have wasted an hour or two of my time.
I recently purchased the Newsmag theme & just received an email about an update which I downloaded from Themeforest but I have the same problem.
Initially I followed the documentation regarding installing but the update failed with a message about the directory already existing. So I used ftp to upload the new version. Then gI ot the “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘, expecting…” error which broke the site. So I deleted the whole Newsmag directory tree reverted to default theme then installed the new version of the theme downloaded direct from Themeforest & installed & activated that but I still get this error.
I have had to revert to the the version that I downloaded from Themeforest when I purchased the theme last week.
It looks like your update is broken. I don’t expect to have to edit code to get this working. Please update the download on Themeforest to a file that will install & work correctly
I will be trying the upgrade in a little while once I have some free time to make our various customization changes and then do the uploads via FTP.
On one site I recently did an “in place” upgrade where I had no users logged in, and was surprised it worked going from 1.4 to 1.6.
But will update my own upgrade (mis)adventure when I get there today for anybody interested. My usual issue with forgetting to turn OFF all the plugins, and turning off the mod_pagespeed FIRST ..
Hi,
@recordere.dk can you provide a log from your server? Or can you give us FTP access to take a look? Send the details via email at contact@tagdiv.com
Thanks!
Hi,
Here it is: forum.tagdiv.com/topic/how-to-guide-to-moving-from-newspaper-to-newsmag/
You can also find an update guide in our documentation: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-theme/ (FTP method).
Thanks
Hi,
If you haven’t made any custom changes to theme’s files then overwriting the theme folder via FTP should update it the correct way: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-theme/
To make sure that the overwriting process isn’t causing other issue you could also delete the theme file first the upload the files of updated version.
Please make sure you do a backup of your current theme and WordPress installation before updating it so that you can revert back to it in case something goes wrong.
Update: Thanks Chris! I wasn’t aware you’ve also wrote!
Thanks
This may be a stupid question, but if I update the theme by just ftp overwriting the folder, what is that going to change with how the site is set up? I see the note about using a child theme, which I haven’t done, and don’t really understand.
Is it safe to just update as suggested, or is that going to mess stuff up?
