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  • February 14, 2015 at 10:46 pm #396223
    Munford

    Hi guys
    I just got a job to help finish a website: http://www.cjff.dk which is using a different theme that does not use the advanced layout editor. I know it’s not your theme (it’s Elision from Qude Interactive – I have not used it before) and really don’t want to work with this kind of editor using clunky shortcodes! I am just too used to working with Enfold.

    My question is: can I change the theme to enfold without losing the portfolio entries? I exported the site to test it in enfold on another server, but the portfolio items did not import correctly – ‘ Invalid post type portfolio_page”. The bulk of the work on the site is in portfolio items, so I need to know they will update in the new theme.
    Can you help me figure out the best way to do this?
    thanks!

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    February 16, 2015 at 6:21 pm #396882
    Andy

    Hey Munford!

    I don’t think it’s possible and you would need to rebuild everything with Enfold. Two different themes from two different authors are just not compatible with each other.

    Regards,
    Andy

    February 16, 2015 at 6:21 pm #396883
    Josue

    Hi Munford!

    You’d need to migrate the portfolio_page (Elision) post types to portfolio (Enfold), try using this plugin:
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-type-switcher/
    Or:
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/convert-post-types/

    Best regards,
    Josue

    February 16, 2015 at 6:22 pm #396886
    Ismael

    Hi Munford!

    Thank you for visiting the support forum.

    I’m not sure if this is going to work but try to convert the other theme’s portfolio entries using this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/convert-post-types/

    Cheers!
    Ismael

    February 16, 2015 at 7:13 pm #396952
    Munford

    wow guys thanks for all the tips! I hate this theme and I really want to switch to enfold, but there are 22 different portfolio items that I don’t’ want to have to redo. I will try it all.

    February 16, 2015 at 7:35 pm #396973
    Josue

    Hope it works :)

    Regards,
    Josue

    February 17, 2015 at 12:31 am #397177
    Munford

    thanks – I should convert the posts before I install Enfold, right?

    February 17, 2015 at 2:55 am #397202
    Josue

    Yeah, i’d also suggest making a backup of the install in case something goes wrong.

    Regards,
    Josue

    February 17, 2015 at 1:54 pm #397464
    Munford

    OK I have finally cloned my site and have the convert post types plugin installed, but there is no option to switch to portfolio. Do I need to make that custom post name first somewhere?

    February 17, 2015 at 2:04 pm #397473
    Guenni007

    first switch the portfolio entries from old theme to posts.
    Then i would try to switch to enfold and after that to convert the posts (former portfolios) to Enfold Portfolios.

    but please use it only in a test environment

    February 17, 2015 at 2:06 pm #397478
    Munford

    Thanks everyone. I am working on a test clone site – I made a custom post for portfolio and then converted – seemed to work pretty well!

    February 17, 2015 at 2:09 pm #397482
    Günter

    Hey!

    Glad we could help you.

    Enjoy the theme.

    Cheers!
    Günter

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