Hello,
I have been a long-time user of the NewsMag theme and am considering a switch to the Newspaper theme. I have a few inquiries regarding the migration procedure. Firstly, are these mentioned themes compatible with each other? Secondly, what potential risks should I be aware of, and do you have any recommendations to prevent them?
Thank you!
Hi,
You could try it in a testing/staging install first. A copy of the website can be created with the duplicator plugin for example, or by any other means. Then you can remove the Newsmag theme and its plugins, and install the Newspaper theme and its plugins.
Then it depends on how you want to proceed. One way would be to install a Newspaper demo, which will provide a new homepage and the templates. Or you can import demo parts, they are all available in the cloud library https://cloud.tagdiv.com/#/load/All
Besides sharing a few blocks from the composer, they are different themes after all.
In terms of risks, not sure what to say. Be sure to move your ad codes, analytics codes, also check the SEO, set the widget sidebars. If you use a child theme perhaps, that will have to be remade, in case it is still needed. If you have other pages, check those as well after switching the themes, they may have to be rebuilt or adjusted.
Let me know if you have questions, we can discuss more.
Thank you!
Main things to watch out for:
– custom CSS in ‘theme’ panel, might be better in customizer; but expect some stuff will need update due to different ‘selectors’
– probably have to rebuild home page in theme builder (just like going from newsmag 3 to 5)
– probably need to redo sidebars (make sure to copy/backup any custom stuff into external file to redo)
– may have to redo header and footer
– will likely have to choose new defaults, for post template, archive templates
Not too horrible. But staging site recommended.
One thing I am testing out now is “WP-Staging” plugin which is kinda cool for this kind of thing.
(( disclaimer: I don’t work here just way early adopter years and years ago in the TagDiv multiverse 🙂 ))
