I apologize if I am missing a duplicate thread somewhere.
I tried an upgrade from version 4 to the latest version. My current installation has few customizations and the content seems to partially render. There is a problem with some parts of the pages that show the old codes. For example:
[td_slide category_id=”916″ sort=”random_posts” hide_title=”hide_title” autoplay=”5″ limit=””]
[td_block1 category_id=”7″ limit=”” ajax_pagination=”load_more”]
…instead of rendered content.
I saw on another thread that there was a script that needed to be run when upgrading. Does this still exist for v8? Is there an alternative?
Thanks.
I found another thread with the same issue, but the solution given there is to recreate everything from scratch.
Is there really no script to update the codes anymore?
Hello KosherCoder,
Please keep in mind that what you want to do is a BIG update and the theme will be broken because it is totally another theme, sorry!
In order to achieve the best results after you will install the latest update you have to follow some rigorous steps like this -> you have to delete both of your themes, child theme, and main theme. All your customizations from your Newspaper 4 theme will do not work because all the files from this were changed in Newspaper 8.1 and as the main theme and also you lose all changes.
The Newspaper 8.1 is a whole new theme so an update from 4 to 8.1 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 bundled 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 8.1 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.
Hope this helps and let us know how it goes!
Thank you for the message!
