Updating to Newspaper 8 is not worth doing

So having used the theme for two years with no problems – purchased it having researched it – it now moves to a proprietary page builder instead of the widely used VC – causing untold problems for lots of people.

Tagdiv should concentrate on what ‘news’ websites are doing – not ‘improve’ something that is already excellent.

I have 7,000+ posts – 20 new each day, I run a business

Firstly it was the ‘super fast’ mobile theme that can’t take ads from the desktop version – ads are how we make money

Now updates will only be issued for the new page builder in the future – not VC – that’s not what we paid for

People have paid for this product – there should be updates for both options and the chance to stay the same.

Do you ever research what news websites are doing now? Newspaper isn’t that much better than many other options anymore.

But now it’s more difficult than ever to use, content is disappearing, people are confused, and developers aren’t improving the features that other news sites are adopting, and so it will probably falling behind.

Plus – my site loads in under 2 seconds with the right settings, I fail to see how any improvement in using the TagDiv Composer is worth any speed improvement it may give

I think you’ve made a mistake with 8 – and have to look elsewhere now which is a shame – look through available themes that are bestsellers for news – they all use VC – and everyone is happy – this improvement isn’t worth the hassle

¡Absolutely true!

After 6 months / 1 year, they will put new options in the TagDiv Composer that will be more heavy that Visual Composer. You will see it, time to time…

We are lucky that the market is big and we can choose other new options

Thanks Catalin

I’ll set up a staging site and see how the change goes

Pat

What about all the SEO the home page has secured after all the years – when a new home page is made?

If you setup home page same way with same meta data and structure, why would your SEO change?

You can create virtually identical home page with TDC vs VC and much smaller data payload for TDC vs VC, so pages *will* run faster for most people on modern servers.

Most of the ‘custom’ modules for the THEME were created by TD, not by VC, so easy for them to port into leaner meaner builder. Also “most” people don’t use the builder for “posts” and only use for “pages” such as home page, services page, etc., and all of that can be built/tested with draft pages — without harming live pages, per normal WP dev practice for revamps.

It’s a win-win for everyone, not a mistake or fool’s errand. VC has a huge footprint, and on some systems it kills the box, and after several years of growing bloat many of us with news portals refuse to use it on anything except a simple corporate site.

TD Newspaper plus the TDC builder will be an awesome option for folks who are starting from scratch, migrating to leaner build structure vs VC, and for those who want to optimize system resources and drop all the bloat in VC that they never have or will use for anything.

Just an opinion for anybody dropping into the thread in a ‘panic.’ (TIP: don’t panic!)

Chris S

I was hoping you’d chime in – you noticed the panic then?

I did panic

SEO – homepage URL – just use the same one?

What about all my ad blocks on
westbridgfordwire.com – does TDC allow them all like the VC ones?

All set up with AdRotate Pro…and theme panel

(Chris S pressure them into native video as featured image please ??)

I did watch the YouTube videos and it does look pretty awesome

Sorry about the negativity earlier guys – but maybe the thread will be read and calm others – (breathe – breathe)

And yes I only have one page – home page built with VC so no need for staging…