How do I update the Newspaper theme?
I’ve been running Newspaper for a while.
Obviously, I have a lot of configuration and customization I don’t want to lose.
I want to update the theme to the latest (I think I am on V 6.3.2.
How can I safely update the theme without messing up my current site?
I see text in the Newspaper theme that says:
“To update from version 4 please run this update script. Note: please backup your site before updating!”
But if I click the “update script” it pops up a warning that tells me it will mess things up:
“Are you sure? Please backup your site before running the update script!
WARNING: THIS IMPORT SCRIPT WILL CHANGE YOUR SIDEBARS, WIDGETS, TEMPLATES ON PAGEs, TEMPLATES On POSTS AND SHORTCODES
WARNING: AFTER THE IMPORT SCRIPT RUNS IT CANNOT BE ROLLED BACK AND YOU CANNOT GO BACK TO VERSION 4 ONLY FROM A DATABASE BACKUP.”
Bottom line — I want to update Newspaper to the latest and greatest (including Visual Composer), but I want to keep my site intact.
JD
Hi,
The script you mentioned is for updating from newspaper 4. you already have newspaper 6 so the script will not work for you. Unfortunately if you have customization done to the theme files, you need to re-add it in the new version as newspaper 7 is a major update and most of the files got changed. The best thing to do is keep a back-up of your modification and delete your old theme files. Install the new theme via ftp: https://forum.tagdiv.com/install-via-ftp/ and then apply the customization to the new theme files. You skipped quite a few updates so there can’t be any other way around it.
Please make sure you update the plugins that come with the theme as well: visual composer, the social counter, revolution slider. These are bundled with the theme and they need updating if they are to work properly in newspaper 7.
Thank you!
Got it.
I understand for this round to do the update to 7 and then redo the customization.
Going forward from Newspaper 7, will I be able to update without breaking configuration of the theme?
If so, how so?
JD
Hello jdmeier,
Please notice that if you have an older version of Newspaper, for example, 6.3.2 version, the update processing is the higher one than if you update your theme always on time. Yes, in the future, if you will have the Newspaper 7, it will be more easily to update to the next version if you respect and it is updated at the right time and your customization will not be lost.
Thanks for your understanding!
