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  • February 3, 2019 at 5:01 pm #1062288
    ASProud

    Hi, I have a couple of sites that are currently using Avisio and I feel it is time to move to Enfold. I will use a Child Theme with Enfold but the current Avisio sites do not have child themes.

    What is the best way to customise the sites under Enfold but still have the current Avisio sites running until I am ready to make the change? I have seen refernce to a plugin called WP Theme Test but wanted check your recommended process.

    Thanks

    Andrew

    February 4, 2019 at 5:40 am #1062490
    Vinay

    Hey ASProud,

    Thank you for contacting us.

    To migrate your site without any downtime please do the following:

    1. Set up a maintenance mode page.
    2. Once your site is up and running you can change the homepage.

    Please refer to this article for more info.

    Best regards,
    Vinay

    February 4, 2019 at 9:24 pm #1062862
    ASProud

    Vinay,
    Thank you for your reply but unless I am misunderstanding the link is referring to site migration from one host to another and using a maintenance mode page will take my site off line.

    I am wanting to just change themes from your old Avisio theme to Enfold. Enfold will need to be configured and while doing the configuration work keep my Avisio based site live until ready to switch over to the Enfold theme. I have seen reference to WordPress Customizer and some plugins to help with this process but looking for guidance from the theme creators to the best way to do this.

    Andrew

    February 6, 2019 at 6:35 am #1063462
    Rikard

    Hi Andrew,

    I think the easiest way to do that would be to create the new site on either a staging site or local installation, then simply transfer it when you are done. I’m not aware of any solutions which lets you run two themes at the same time unfortunately.

    Best regards,
    Rikard

    February 8, 2019 at 7:41 pm #1064750
    ASProud

    Thank you for your feed back Rikard. I am looking at using the WP Staging plugin for my migration from Avisio to Enfold. Is anything known about this plugin within the Kriesi team?

    Best regards
    Andrew

    February 9, 2019 at 9:02 am #1064897
    Rikard

    Hi Andrew,

    I’m not familiar with that plugin unfortunately, this has worked well for me in the past though if you want to give it a go: https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-migration/

    Best regards,
    Rikard

    February 9, 2019 at 11:15 am #1064913
    ASProud

    I will take a look at that Rikard, thanks.

    One final question. If I opted to simply change themes on my live site and put a maintenance page up while configuring Enfold is it a straight forward change without any major problems. The site I am looking to change over to Enfold is just for my group of golfing pals and not a commercial site.

    Best regards

    Andrew

    February 10, 2019 at 10:01 am #1065068
    Rikard

    Hi Andrew,

    Ah, I see. Then you should be able to simply change themes, then copy the content of your posts and pages over to the Enfold Layout Builder.

    Best regards,
    Rikard

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