I want to update the theme from 4.3 to the latest version 6.x
Wordpress has been updated.
I did the theme alone and Visual Composer broke. Front page was totally wrecked.
What steps would you suggest to upgrade the theme and visual composer with a chance of not breaking my front page layout?
Is it possible that I’m going to have to rebuild the entire front page in the new Visual Composer?
Gordon Atkinson
Hello Gordon,
Newspaper 6 is a whole new theme so an update from 4 to 6 may cause the same issues as switching to another theme (but we did try to maintain compatibility where ever possible).
Always make a full backup of your current installation – https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups and then do a clean update, meaning that we recommend that you delete the old version of the theme before uploading the new one – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/ update also the plugins that come with the theme files from the /plugins folder. In the “how to update” guide is specified that you will have to run the script that will import from database your settings.
The shortcodes have been changed so old ones will not work anymore. Please note that old files customization or custom css will not work with the new version and you will have to adjust or re-add them.
Bottom line is that newspaper 6 is a whole new theme built from scratch.
Unfortunately you will have to clear your agenda and spare a bit of time to adjust all your settings to the new version of the theme.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Hope this helps!
Thank you!
I understand. thank you.
