Upgrading from Newspaper 8 to Newspaper X

Hi there!

My name is Javi. I am new here. Nice to see this active community here. I am looking for assistance.

We have been using Newspaper theme for a while. Our website was developed using Newspaper 8 correctly, but we decided to upgrade it to Newspaper X and also access the latest Visual Builder version and new features.

https://upgrade.lacontradeportiva.com

We have updated the theme from Envato market and we have experienced a lot of problems in the interface. It turned a complete mess. Luckily, we are testing it in a staging environment.

We haven’t been able to find any useful information about the steps we need to follow in order to get our site working and upgraded to the latest versions. We would appreciate some help here.

Thanks in advance.

Yes! thanks. It looks better now.

I assume we are using WPBakery from Newspaper 8. Right?
– Should we disable tagDiv Cloud library? it is enabled and we haven’t faced any issues yet.
– In the new pages we will be using WPBakery or tagDiv Composer? what would be the best combination?

Thanks for your patience and help.

Hi Calin,

Understood. Does it make more sense to keep using WPBakery as they were using previously instead of mixing them in the site?
Is there any way to disable tagDiv Composer (to avoid confusion) and keep the site layout working?

Thanks!

Hi Calin,

I understand. Is there anywhere where we can see the main differences among tagDiv Composer and WPBakery?

Is there any way to migrate the site content from WPBakery to tagDiv composer?

Our users are not experts usually, so we have to explain them what to use and what to avoid. Specially in this case it seems really important.

Hi again Calin,

What about security? Even after upgrading to Newspaper X (following your steps), WP says we are still using WP Bakery 5.2.1 while the latest and updated version is 6.1.

Our main objective while upgrading is to improve security and solve that issues using theme’s latest version available.
May we rest thinking our site is safe and all plugins are up-to-date with Newspaper X?

Thanks.

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WP Bakery

Installed version: 5.2.1

Latest available version: 6.1

13.12.2019 – ver 6.1.0
– Added: Catalan, Ukrainian, Hungarian translations
– Update: WordPress 5.3 Compatibility
– Update: FontAwesome update to 5.10.2
– Update: loop attribute not found rows and order by relevance
– Update: PrettyPhoto https support
– Fix: RTL controls on backend
– Fix: RTL column reverse
– Fix: Disabled post revisions desing options
– Fix: Save row/section as template
– Fix: HoverBox improvements
– Remove: IE9 support
17.07.2019 – ver 6.0.5
– Fix: LESS vendor folder available
– Fix: All Media in Text Block works properly
15.07.2019 – ver 6.0.4
– Fix: Element API works properly for 3rd party elements
– Fix: Post grid filter displayed properly
– Fix: Custom CSS editor does not remove “\”
– Fix: Directory name typo for Instagram filter files corrected
– Fix: Templates import API does work correctly
– Fix: Row design options settings for elements in templates works properly
– Fix: WooCommerce cart element works properly
– Fix: Option “Save as a template” for a row is available
– Fix: Elements edit form displayed correctly
– Fix: Warning message for PHP function htmlspecialchars
– Fix: Custom post types taxonomies work in Post Grid element
– Fix: Revolution Slider output content properly
31.05.2019 – ver 6.0.3
– Update: Init action priority is changed from 9 to 11
– Update: Allow return in shortcode templates
– Update: Coding standards improvements
– Fix: Param Group clone
– Fix: Checkbox value display in edit form
– Fix: Loop attribute tax_query render
– Fix: Attach image typo
– Fix: Removed notice when shortcode template file missing
– Fix: Map meta cap warning on custom post types
17.05.2019 – ver 6.0.2
– Fix: Container elements controls in Backend Editor
15.05.2019 – ver 6.0.1
– Fix: Tour element class error
15.05.2019 – ver 6.0
– Update: Compliance with coding standards
– Update: jQuery Waypoints update to the latest version
– Update: Fallback for previews added
– Fix: Pageable container autoplay
– Fix: Hover box does not flip on iOS devices
– Fix: Responsive media queries work properly
– Fix: WooCommerce products pages in preview mode
– Fix: Data source for Post Grid works with correct taxonomies
– Fix: Design options for elements work in preview mode
– Fix: The Editor got broken after adding many images
– Fix: The posts source got broken in Post Grid after importing data
13.02.2019 – ver 5.7
– Update: Compatibility with PHP 7.3
– Fix: WooCommerce corrected editable role
– Fix: Page preview styles independent from view page
27.11.2018 – ver 5.6
– Update: Compatibility with WordPress 5.0
11.10.2018 – ver 5.5.5
– Fix: SSL issues for fonts
– Fix: Gutenberg improvements
08.09.2018 – ver 5.5.4
– Fix: Link selector works properly in Backend editor
07.09.2018 – ver 5.5.3
– Added: RTL control toggle added for columns
– Fix: Accordion control styles display properly in Role Manager settings
– Fix: Plugin update notice works properly
– Fix: RTL works properly with full screen rows
– Fix: Single Image elements are counted into Yoast SEO sitemap
– Fix: Post grid id applied properly to reduce number of records in wp_postmeta
– Fix: Exception works properly in Post Grid
– Fix: SSL timeout on activation
– Fix: Link selector works properly in Frontend and Backend editors
– Fix: Simplified controls in Design Options save border color
– Fix: Empty space in class name removed for inner column
– Fix: Post grid display proper number of posts specified
27.06.2018 – ver 5.5.2
– Fix: “WPBMap Uncaught Exception” for modifyParam API method
22.06.2018 – ver 5.5.1
– Fix: “WPBMap Uncaught Exception” for dropParam and addParam API methods
15.06.2018 – ver 5.5
– Added: Undo/Redo operations available for the editor actions
– Added: Gutenberg compatibility elements to insert Gutenberg blocks in the WPBakery layout
– Added: 5 columns grid layout for rows
– Added: RTL support for the full width rows
– Added: Settings to enable/disable Gutenberg plugin
– API Added: vc_shortcode_prepare_atts to update prepared shortcode attributes
– API Added: vc_map_get_attributes to add new, modify all compiled attributes
– API Added: vc_basic_grid_filter_query_filters to modify custom query in posts grid.
– API Added: vc_is_valid_post_type_be to disable/enable Backend Editor for several post type
– API Added: vc_show_button_fe to show Edit With WPB in Frontend Editor
– API Update: vc_shortcode_output added shortcode tag in attributes
– Update: Order by “include” added to WooCommerce
– Update: WooCommerce elements default order/orderby synchronized
– Update: Isotope/Masonry library version update
– Update: Performance improvements for the Frontend Editor loading
– Update: Performance improvements for the Editor Save
– Update: Performance improvements for the Posts Grid loading
– Update: WPML compatibility for posts/front pages
– Update: RevSlider compatibility improvements
– Update: Ninja Forms compatibility improvements
– Update: ChartJS library update
– Update: vc_wpautop, vc_wpnop versions updated
– Fix: PHP 7.2 compatibility improvements
– Fix: Post Slider custom links work properly
– Fix: Extra p tags in grid removed
– Fix: Blog page design options work properly
– Fix: WPML single image translation available
– Fix: HoverBox element on iOS and Firefox improvements
– Fix: Builder.parse in frontend
– Fix: Custom OnClick action in buttons for Posts Grids
– Fix: Shortcode attributes update by reference inside filter vc_shortcode_output
08.03.2018 – ver 5.4.7
– Fix: Custom shortcode mapping
07.03.2018 – ver 5.4.6
– Update: Compatibility with PHP 7.2 added
– Update: Compatibility filters for WP Toolset added
– Update: French translation updated
– Update: Persian translation updated
24.11.2017 – ver 5.4.5
– Fix: Firefox tinymce and vc_link issue
– Fix: WooCommerce vendor categories list
16.11.2017 – ver 5.4.4
– Fix: TinyMCE Saves linebreaks
15.11.2017 – ver 5.4.3
– Added: Shortcode support in raw_html
– Added: More filters for vc_btn shortcode
– Update: Shortcode automapper admin content escaping
– Fix: Improve WordPress 4.9 tinyMCE support
– Compatibility: with WordPress 4.9
– Compatibility: with WP Tool Set plugin
13.10.2017 – ver 5.4.2
– Fix: Updater URL typo
12.10.2017 – ver 5.4.1
– Fix: Plugin zip size
12.10.2017 – ver 5.4
– Update: WPBakery Page Builder logo update
– Update: Navigation bar color schema in Backend and Grid Builder
– Update: TweetMe text update with WPBakery data
– Update: FontAwesome library update
– Update: PO/MO files with new strings
– Fix: Param saving dependant on checkbox
– Fix: Extra javascript loading with Yoast SEO activated
– Fix: Double shortcode parsing in WPB field
– Fix: Checkbox param value repeat inside param group
– Fix: Fixed encodeUriComponent
– Fix: Device icons for column responsiveness
– Fix: WPML vendor
– Fix: ZigZag separator display on Firefox
– Fix: Element presets category merge
15.09.2017 – ver 5.3
– Update: WordPress native color interface
– Update: New interface icons
– Update: New SVG element icons
– Update: FontAwesome library is updated
– Update: With new color scheme comes new name WPBakery Page Builder
03.08.2017 – ver 5.2.1
Update: Function add_shortcode_param returned
Update: Function get_row_css_class returned
Update: Function wpb_map returned
Fix: std fixed for attribute types nested in a param group
Fix: vc_js error on frontend editor
Fix: Font dropdown in TinyMCE for WordPress 4.8.1

Hi there Calin!
How are you?

Since WPBakery is updated to the latest version. Should we disable tagDiv Composer to avoid problems? Is it a good practice?

Thanks a lot.

Hi there Calin,

How are you?

In the latest release we cannot find the js_composer ZIP in order to update WP Bakery plugin. We did it in the past by following these instructions: https://forum.tagdiv.com/newsmag-how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin/

What steps should we follow now?

Thanks in advance.