Hi,
I contacted you on your Support page (through another account) as I run this website for my client.
https://www.musicinstrumentnews.co.uk
I’m copying and pasting our conversation below for reference.
This is the conversation we had:
Hi, I helped build a website for my client a few years ago using this theme but it has not been updated since version 8.1.1. We are looking to update it to take advantage of the new Black Pro theme but we have noticed some potential issues that we need to understand before making any changes.
1. We can see that you have stopped supporting WP Bakery. Is it an easy transition to your new builder or will the site need extensive work to change it over?
2. We are also heavily using the AdvancedAds plugin and need to make sure this will also work on the theme. We use this within the Widgets section and with ShortCodes on the Pages. (Basically MPU & Banner ads)
3. Does the custom sidebars feature still work too? We have multiple sidebars on the site and need to keep those.
We are looking to purchase some extra Support from you to make the upgrade but we need to know if these issues are something you can help us with?
Would you be able to advise us on these issues please? Many thanks!
You replied:
Hi,
That is quite an old theme version. Updating is possible however.
1. We still provide WPBakery in the theme package. When we introduced our own composer we recommended switching to it if possible. It can still be used, but the features we added in the theme since then are for the composer specifically. In case you do not want to switch to the composer just yet, you can leave it active and there should be no problems after updating the theme. WPBakery should be updated as well, it is in the full theme package in this folder https://prnt.sc/jP4ve1qhkBUB
As a note, after updating the theme, for older websites it will be required to install and activate the standard pack plugin we added in update 10 https://prnt.sc/rpCKZAN8g2pO This plugin contains all the older blocks and templates used at the time.
2. The plugin should continue to work same as it does with the older version of the theme.
3. The widget sidebars aren’t affected by updating the theme. The only thing that may happen, if the theme is update through wordpress, is that the widgets from the sidebars may be moved in the inactive widgets section. They will retain their settings however, so all that is needed is to add them again in their sidebars.
We can help as well in case there are any issues with the update. You can contact us by email at contact@tagdiv.com and let us know. Provide in the email a link to the website, admin login, and a few details about the issues or any questions you have.
Regards, Simion C.
We need to do some core updates but in order to make sure this theme upgrade goes as smoothly as possible, would it be best to email you or message here some admin information for you so that you can let us know if there are any issues we need to be aware of before making any changes? Appreciate this is a leap in upgrade!
Many thanks!
Hi,
The first step will be to make a staging and do there some tests to see the difference from theme version you have to the last one, also there can be do the customizations and all that needs to be done without interfering with the live websites.
If you want to contact us in privately, then it will be need to do it via email at contact@tagdiv.com, this forum is open for all users that have an account.
Thank you!
Great! Thank you, I’ll setup staging first and go from there.
Hi,
I have created the staging site, updated everything and now I need to find out how to transition from WP Bakery content to TagDiv Composer.
I clicked on your guide link but it goes to a 404.
Can you help restore this link please? https://forum.tagdiv.com/visual-composer-tagdiv-composer-transition/
Thanks
Hi,
Please check our guide to know how to shift from WPBakery to Composer: https://www.screencast.com/t/6xLVMmlsY ; https://www.screencast.com/t/zWHrRmK1LQC ; https://www.screencast.com/t/vuFdT9Stx ; https://www.screencast.com/t/DWbSf3qj ; https://www.screencast.com/t/QuHyGccTK71v
Thank you!
Thank you. I’m going to recreate the pages on staging from the live site using TagDiv Composer.
