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1) do updates via FTP if you can
2) we’ve had nothing but problems with the envato “theme updater” – I recommend avoiding it unless you are very savvy in doing full backups of your site via FTP prior to running the plugin (in which case you wouldn’t likely use it anyway)
3) FTP is always best because you can a) make full snapshot backup of your site files, including images, themes, core WP files, config, htaccess, etc. – and also do a dbase backup via WP Admin > tools > Export (all); b) upload files so you know they are properly uploaded

CAVEAT/CAUTION: if your site has ownership permissions where files/folders are “owned” by Apache/server and not the ftpuser, then you may NOT want to use the FTP method for updates. If you are unable to replace your theme folder due to being “owned” by Apache, you can rename the theme folder, then upload fresh copy by FTP which would be “owned” by the ftpuser and not server. You can view “ownership” permissions of your folders by going to your hosting > filemanager > public root > files … “who” owns the folders will be shown in that application.

And YES, you can upgrade from 3xx to 3xxxx without first installing 3xxx.

New to FTP? Good to learn. Filezilla is free and open source way to get started.

• This reply was modified 12 years by simchris.
• This reply was modified 12 years by simchris.

We had a lot of problems with Envato plugin due to localized file permissions. So, we don’t use it. FTP is still the best way to go.

hi,
can you give me a link to your site.

you can open the td_config.php file via ftp and see what version do you have : http://screencast.com/t/9Xv5rXMzKw

if this feature doesn’t work for you then you need manually update the theme:
http://import.tagdiv.com/newspaper/doc/#howtoupdate

Thanks for you message.
Radu A.

LOL….
and I was hoping you’d be the guinea pig on this one!

Actually WP3Cache messed things up a bit on my v2 install and not using it. Leaning toward using WP Super Cache since it’s made by Automattic (who make WP). On the other hand the horror stories on that include garbage collection deleting entire website not just cache files, etc. Some of the stupid things about W3 include this issue:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-all-caches-should-delete-page-cache-folder

I’m doing tweaks to v3 now and will revisit cache plugin once there, but haven’t gotten to it yet. I keep wanting to have time to test Varnish on our server, but just no time to deal with another possibly server crippling adventure.

My actual problems with W3 only stemmed from fact that the install was “owned” by Apache and not the ftpuser, and hence it was impossible to delete stuff without using command line via shell. Ugh.

Anyway…. sorry. No help, right? I’ve not yet revisited caching with a plugin.
And so … I shall thus be quiet! 🙂

• This reply was modified 12 years by simchris.

Usually it’s a permission problem in not being able to write to the media folder, if I’m reading that right?

I *have* had an issue twice now with the latest version of WP, where I go to upload a file and it tells me “sorry – can’t do that right now” … which never happened up until this latest version of WP. Wait 2 minutes and it works. Almost like WP is busy doing something like checking for an update or something.

If you’re saying you have uploaded photos via the media manager, and they are not “findable” when you go to create a post, that isn’t an issue with the theme – if you can find the images using the default theme. If you’re uploading images via FTP to a media folder – WP can’t find images that way as it’s not in the dbase; you’d have to add the files via URL to the media library.

Not sure if that helped – perhaps more info?

@cagdas, did Marius’ post work for you? Activating a different theme, renaming the /Newspaper name in FTP and re-activating it in wp-admin (correct @Marius?)

Hi,
you may want to read through the entire pagespeed topic (big sticky top of the forum), as all of this has been well covered there.

Generally you can’t do anything about things like addthis (although I did post a hack to load that in async mode), or jetpack – as those load on other servers and will show up as errors when you run pagespeed analytics. If it’s not loading off your site, it will likely show up as an error of some kind – this includes recaptcha, adsense ads, etc.

Not sure what you mean about looking at source code of theme vs source code of the page — the theme code is not rendered while the code on your site is rendered with all the stuff coming from dbase and external and queries, etc. If you’re trying to compare the “demo” to your pages, that may not work either. You should follow the instructions to setup the cache (remember you need to CLEAR cache every time you change things like htaccess, new plugin, etc.), the speed booster, the page expires time.

For realistic speed – test without addthis, adsense, or jetpack. Then put that stuff back and decide how much impact you want to have on your site. I use addthis for social buttons on one site, and then the theme stuff on another. I don’t use jetpack as it’s slow and I hate loading stuff from a mothership that isn’t my own. I limit number of ads on page (4 ads will be slow if images!) – try loading text only ads, to speed up page!

But a *lot* of this, if not all, has been covered in the pagespeed topic. So, best to start there, and remember it’s virtually impossible to get above 91-93 in desktop with a busy site, lots of pix, wordpress theme, external stuff. Mobile will be slower, no matter what you do. 76+ isn’t too awful right now. 80+ is goal. 65 would be awful. To really optimize for mobile requires making a version of page which most newspaper sites won’t do, and that is mostly text, one picture, minimal navigation, etc.

Google sadly doesn’t differentiate from “tablet friendly” and “iphone friendly.” SO, I’ve stopped crying over trying for a perfect score on phones — it’s not my primary audience. Tablets are, then desktop.

Anyway… that might not help. But
1) set cache to page cache ONLY
2) don’t use any minification stuff until you have speed booster plugin working right
3) make sure your htaccess has expires headers
4) make sure your web server is doing gzip/deflate
5) optimize your images prior to upload; if possible use my hack to increase compression level for thumbnails (or use smush.it or similar; I prefer to edit my functions.php file to change compression to “50”)
6) run your speed tests
7) turn off anything you don’t absolutely NEED if you’re seeking highest score
8) test and retest

THEME UPDATES:
I find it’s best to fully over-write the old theme with NEW theme folder each time, via FTP. I’ve had mixed results with “patching” over the past 10 years with WP sites, and more often than not they break somewhere due to permissions.

Frankly, it’s good habit, since you can also download a full snapshot via FTP before you do an update, to ensure you have a full snapshot. I date and RAR mine here for archival purposes.

• This reply was modified 12 years by simchris.
• This reply was modified 12 years by simchris.

I love this theme! But I was unable to use the new Envato Toolkit to update the theme. Here are the instructions I followed: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-automatically-update-newspaper-theme/
The updater did make a backup and place it where it said it would. But it did not upload/install the updated version of the theme. This took down my site (blank) and would not allow me into the WP backend (also just blank). I fixed the problem by downloading the backed up files via ftp, creating a new Newspaper directory in the themes directory, and then uploading the unzipped backed up files. It all works well again. But I am not updated. So it seems a fix is required for this toolkit.

@mehedi
yes, I use BBedit on Mac and TextPad on PC, as my text editors, but basically you can also use notepad (not wordpad), or whatever the plain text editor on Mac is these days (I always want to say simpletext).

SO: create new blank text document with same name as the file you plan to minify (filenameXYZ.js), put into a folder or wherever you store stuff on your computer, and leave it open …

THEN, open the file from Newspaper theme folder you want to minify in text editor, select all (CTRL+A) and copy and paste into the minifier site, apply – then copy the minified text into your blank document then save. FTP up the minified version to over-write the original in the theme folder (you should have backup, or your themeforest install as backup obviously).

So, you’re replacing the original *.js file in the theme folder with your minified version.

Easy. Certainly there are plugins that might work for you, too, but I’ve not used one lately so can’t suggest best one beyond the discussion in the pagespeed topic.

Reload your page. If you’re caching the js files obviously you need to clear cache. Both on site if using cache plugin and in your web browser to see changes.

Remember you would need to do this each time you update the theme. But it really takes under a minute to do, for those who need it done. Try it.

====== OTHER OPTION =========
if you’re using my pals in Canada at Gossamer Threads, aka “GTMetrix” — a great tip many people entirely miss is that you can run a page score on your site, and it will tell you if CSS or JS need to be optimized BUT THEN IT WILL GIVE YOU LINK TO DOWNLOAD OPTIMIZED VERSIONS!!

Go here: http://gtmetrix.com/
put in your site URL, or a “post” URL – then under stuff to fix it will have section on JS optimization, open little sub box, and it will show you files which “should be optimized” and will have little text link next to each one. Download/save the optimized version, upload via FTP, and done.

• This reply was modified 12 years by simchris.

I explained it in my last post. Its two files in the last update in a folder with the name SPRITES. Just transfer them to the SPRITES folder in Newspaper theme via FTP

How/Where do i get the V3 files to upgrade in FTP?

greetings,

Shanon

Update the Sprite files i Newspaper Theme folder via FTP. That worked for me… I had to take them over separately since they dont had been transferred when I did the whole update

Update via FTP is best way to go, as with ALL wordpress themes. Or from a filemanager in your hosting panel.

You will need to make these changes after upgrade also:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-newspaper-from-v2-to-v3/

So sorry to be dense, but I download the files and then what? Just plop them into my theme folder via FTP and over write the existing Newspaper folder? Is it just some files that should be uploaded or the whole thing? I just don’t want to wipe out all the work I’ve done to set up colors and logo and background images and stuff.

Hey guys!

I’m tech savvy, but not a power user. I’m on 2.4 (what I purchased at) and would like to upgrade to the latest version. Is there a walkthrough for upgrading somewhere? Or do I just take the latest Newspaper download and upload it to the theme folder via my FTP like I did for the original install?

Also, is there a email newsletter I can join to get notices about future patches?