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  • November 4, 2019 at 9:45 pm #1153767
    ribit

    I ask it to check manually and it says everything is current. I go to Appearance and Themes and it tells me I’m all up-to-date. I’m ready to update to WordPress 5 and I want to update the theme first… suggestions?

    If it matters, I built the site in a subdirectory…

    Thanks in advance for your help.

    November 5, 2019 at 10:05 am #1153916
    Rikard

    Hey ribit,

    Sorry for the problem. The update to 4.6.x has to be done manually from the version you are running, please refer to my replies in this thread: https://kriesi.at/support/topic/enfold-4-5-theme-update-update-failed-download-failed-a-valid-url-was-not-pro/#post-1021541

    You can either update manually via FTP: https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/how-to-install-enfold-theme/#theme-update, or use a plugin to upload the theme zip file: https://wordpress.org/plugins/update-theme-and-plugins-from-zip-file/

    If that doesn’t work then please try to delete the whole theme folder, then replace it with the new version. Make sure that you have backups of the site before starting updating.

    Also please read this after you have updated: https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/theme-registration/

    Best regards,
    Rikard

    November 5, 2019 at 6:39 pm #1154043
    ribit

    So, I need to copy down all my custom changes? All my custom CSS?

    I assume that after I upload and activate the new theme, all of my “changes” will no longer exist. So I need to go tab by tab and be sure I have documentation of each and every choice and change that I made to the theme?

    Does the export feature work? I mean it obviously took me weeks to develop this site and now I am going to have to upload the new theme and in a matter of hours get their site “live” again.

    This is a true nightmare.

    Is there any workaround to not having their site completely messed up and live!

    November 5, 2019 at 8:31 pm #1154076
    ribit
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    November 6, 2019 at 8:16 am #1154190
    Rikard

    Hi,

    If you have only made configurations to the theme and Quick CSS then you shouldn’t lose anything on updates. Please have backups of the site in case should go wrong though. What is a true nightmare about that? You haven’t updated your site before this? Did you lose all of your settings then? Yes, the import/export functionality works so you can use that as an extra safety precaution.

    Best regards,
    Rikard

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