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This is an actual terrible problem I am experiencing too.
I am producing a new site and I am at develop end. I was just refining the pages when update arrived.
THIS IS BAD!
Guys, how can you change things like that?
Newspaper was an incredible clean tool to create gorgeous and flawless site and I suggested it to clients and collegues.
I have at least 35 static pages build with old and original VC only on this site and in your idea I should remake it?
Worse, if I activate the TD Visual Composer I experience a lot of visualization problems on my pages (image block, title block and code errors).
Even worse, you cannot use all the plugin that interact with normal VC.
At least We should have the possibility to continue to use old VC with normal compatibility.
In your opinion, what I should tell to my clients?
And what should I do now that I’m leaving for holiday and I have planned the site launch at my return?
We have a lot of sites with different VC layouts.
Visual Composer had 11 options (+ individual layout) and we used some of them.
TD-Composer has only 4 options (1/1 | 2/3 + 1/3 | 1/3 + 2/3 | 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3).
The bad thing is, if you update to the new version and watch the duplicated site with the new TD Composer, you will lose the content outside the 4 standard layouts without any warnings, because you can’t access them.
It would be nice to see more layout options in the new TD-composer or we can’t update to the new version. If we don’t get the same layout options as in VC composer, we have to redesign/relaunch our complete website and this would be very terrible.
Furthermore we miss the backend editing with composer (personal opinion).
It’s Yoast SEO. Even with an update to 5.1 it is still giving the errors. I disabled the plugin and, as if by magic, the connection was kept.
after update the theme will it change my CSS style sheet i edit CSS some to rtl ???
Hi,
A child theme purpose is to customize the theme safely, without losing the modifications when the theme is updated. You can include the files that you want to modify in the child theme, and create the same structure or path leading to the file as the main theme.
Files included by you in the child theme will have priority over the files from the main theme. If you copied and modified a post template file in the child theme, the this file will be used.
The tutorial mentioned all the files that can be overridden with a child theme, at the moment.
Thanks
The counter is updated with each page load.
For example: press F5 (reload page in browser) = +1 Post Counter.
Yeah I updated from 8 to 8.1.
Version 8 worked without any problems. And now we are back on version 8, and it still works without problems.
Hello,
@Kerran elamassa
Newspaper 4 and visual composer 5 are 2 things that should not be in the same sentence. Newspaper 4 was launched 3 years ago and has since then been updated to newspaper 8. The code has been changed so much since then that the theme is basicaly a totally different one. Please update your theme to the latest version (8.1) by simply deleting your old theme and installing the new one as a totally different theme. There will be a few compatibility issues but you will have to re-create a few styles and elements in order to get the theme to work properly. You simply skipped way too many updates to have a flawless transition between versions. Sorry.
There are many error reports because people simply do not use the theme as intended withe the recommended plugins and the intended way of using visual composer.
If used properly and the way it;s meant to be used, the theme provides absolutely 0 errors when updating. We test our products very carefully before each release.
As for VC, you should not have purchased it as it is already provided free of charge in the theme package.
Thank you!
Hello hammerman,
You should simply make a theme update, clear all the caches and check the results. The problem was caused by the Visual Composer which was not be updated and that’s why you have brought that error with the theme. Now, it was solved in the latest theme version because the Visual Composer has been updated to 5.2 version of it.
Thanks for the message!
Hi,
Try updating the theme by FTP as mentioned by Chris
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/install-via-ftp/
Check the update recommendations as well from this tutorial
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/
Thanks
Hello,
Please use this guide and choose another update method: https://forum.tagdiv.com/newsmag-how-to-update-the-theme/
Thank you!
Hi,
First please deactivate all plugins except the ones provided with the theme, an clear any caching installed. If you are using a child theme, switch to the main theme. Check any custom code you might have entered in the theme panel, or added to the theme files.
Then check the homepage and see if it displays properly. Try editing the homepage with the tagDiv composer and check if everything works properly.
You could try and deactivate the tagDiv composer as well, and delete it. Then upload it again and check the results.
The surest way to update the theme is by FTP, as a last resort you could reinstall the theme. Maybe something went wrong during the update process
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/install-via-ftp/
Please let us know how it goes.
Thanks
Hello bformhals,
Indeed, it seems to be a problem regarding on background with Block 12. We will make some deeper investigations in this case and we will hope to fix it at the new theme update, sorry! Until this moment, you should try using the other block.
Thanks for your understanding!
Solved the problem – had to delete manually tagdiv composer folder and re-install it. It wouldn’t update with the update from 8 to 8.1 š
TIPS:
for TD Composer, make sure you delete old TDC plugin folder, and upload NEW one — *not* overwrite/merge; after you do that, run the WP-Optimize plugin, AND resave permalinks, this clears all ‘transients’ — and one presumes anybody running a caching plugin is clearing that, disabling, it, etc., prior to any WP updates!
Can anybody let me know if all this can be done in the child theme? So that after the theme update fb comments are not lost ?
This happened: 
This happened after I updated the them for 3 column row, that had a background color. When I take this out 
the problem dissapears. But this is not ok – since I need to give some of these columns a background color.
What to do?
I am extremely frightened to even attempt to update the theme even though I’m still mucking around even setting anything up. So many error reports. Even worse I purchased Visual Composer from Envato and I’m thinking I don’t even need it now. I didn’t check here about any updates before purchasing it.
Hello! Iām using Newspaper 4 and Visual Composer 5.1.
Problem 1:
When I update to VC 5.2 my site crashes: āFatal errorā that points to āwp-content/themes/Newspaper/vc_templates/vc_row.php on line 30ā. Site works again when I re-install VC 5.1.
Problem 2:
I have tried to update the theme for Newspaper 7 (I have the .zip file) but could not do it with WP dashboard or FTP program ā site crashes, I guess this has something to do with Visual Composer (5.1) as well.
Question:
Is there a simple (or at least safe) way to update the theme & plugin? I would be happy to update only up to Newspaper 7, because I canāt live without Visual Composer. I have 500+ pages (not posts) that are created with VC, so unfortunately I canāt start using TD Composer.
Thanks for help!
That old video from 2015 shows “Visual Composer” — not “TD Composer” — two different things. TDC was just introduced to provide a faster, more efficient with web server, optimized page builder for those who primarily use it for home page layout, grids on categories, and business page layouts.
See the docs for TD Composer for how that works.
VC and TDC are two entirely different things.
They likely need to update the tutorial page to point at the new TDC stuff !
https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-composer-tutorial-2/
The Envato plugin doesnāt work very well. Best to do updates via FTP, as you can also make a backup while doing so, and then have ability to āroll backā website if you break something.
FTP always best way to update; and you must always DELETE the original theme folder, then upload new one; *NOT* over-write as you end up with old/new files mixed together — this is not how WordPress is designed to work. Same with plugins. All plugins when updated via the WP admin panel *delete* old folder then upload *new* one; not merge or over-write/mix them.
The Envato plugin doesnāt work very well. Best to do updates via FTP, as you can also make a backup while doing so, and then have ability to āroll backā website if you break something.
The Envato plugin doesn’t work very well. Best to do updates via FTP, as you can also make a backup while doing so, and then have ability to ‘roll back’ website if you break something.
i try to update theme using envato plugin but its give me a error in console
https://www.screencast.com/t/sEwRTU5bL
