Updating to v.7 from 4

Hi,

In order to update from newspaper 6, you need to delete the old theme altogether and copy over the new theme via ftp. Then simply run the update script from the welcome screen: http://screencast.com/t/NXxqfbe4T

Before the update make sure you do 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.
You will have to re-apply a few settings though as some elements change their order and number such as blocks or post templates so a post template from newspaper 4 for example post style 3, will not be post style 3 anymore but a different number.
You will only have to allow a half hour to restore your site to it’s previous setup.

Thank you!

Yes,
Create a back-up, delete your theme, install the new one and run the script.
Thank you!