Admittedly I am no techno expert.
I’m still using version 7.2 and have never updated.
I’ve just downloaded the latest version, changed theme, deleted old newspaper, installed new version and had fatal error and had to roll back my site.
Is there an idiots guide to installing this update? Like an absolute idiots guide?
Sorry and thanks!
Hi,
That is quite an an old theme version from which you are updating. Here you can find a changelog for each theme update, to see what has been modified, new features etc
– https://themeforest.net/item/newspaper/5489609 (bottom of the page).
This would be the only guide that we created for updating the theme
– https://tagdiv.com/update-newspaper-theme/
The theme requirements guide has been updated as well, please check it carefully and if necessary ask your hosting provider to increase the values of the parameters mentioned in it
– https://tagdiv.com/newspaper-theme-requirements/
For the WP memory we recommend a value of 256M. Having low memory may cause such problems, or if using an older PHP version. You can see the values in the theme system status
– http://prntscr.com/n0dwzx
After the update, deactivate/delete all the old theme plugins and install the new ones from the theme package plugins folder.
Update WPBakery (if you used it), the theme package contains version 5.7
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin/
Note that the tagDiv composer introduced in version 8 of the theme, will automatically be installed and activated – https://tagdiv.com/tagdiv-composer-page-builder-basics/
Since update 8 this is the main page builder in the theme, WPBakery is still provided in the them package however, for users that want to keep using it.
Maybe consider making a copy or clone of the website (local or in sub-domain) and test there. Update there first and see what happens. Let us know if you have more questions.
Thanks
