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  • #1022377

    Hi

    I’ve tried to update today the theme using the ENFOLD administration panel but without success.
    It shows the following message:

    An error occurred while updating Enfold: Download failed. A valid URL was not provided.

    I have check Themeforest API Key and is correct.

    Can i do manual files update or is not recommended ?

    Please advice

    #1022384

    Hi Seichinha

    This time, it is impossible to update Enfold to v.4.5 via the WP dashboard due to API changes from Envato itself. You have to do it manually via FTP.

    Let me describe it step-by-step here:
    1) Make a full backup of your website using a backup plugin.
    2) Safe the backup somewhere outside from the webserver of your website (e.g. on your local computer or in any cloud storage you trust).
    3) Sign out from your WordPress website.
    4) Go to your themeforest account, sign in and download the updated Enfold v4.5 to your computer. Extract it and search for the file enfold.zip. Extract this file as well to already have your folder ready to be uploaded.
    5) Sign in to FTP or SFTP using FileZilla or any other tool which is able to do that.
    6) Go to the folder ./wp-content/themes and search for “enfold”. If you want, you can download the enfold folder to your computer as well (just in case you want to restore if afterwards which is easier like that than using the whole backup).
    7) Delete the folder enfold via FTP. This may take 5-10min, depending on the server speed obviously.
    8) Wait until it is finished and the enfold folder is gone. If that is the case, upload the “new” enfold folder including v4.5 to your website in the same directory.
    9) Sign in to your WordPress website again and go to the Enfold tab (or the one from your child theme). Scroll down to the tab called Theme Update.
    10) Your current API token will not work anymore as Envato changed some stuff on their API. Therefore you need to remove your current key and generate a new private key as visible in your themeforest account under “Settings” -> “API keys”. Go to https://build.envato.com and follow the steps there. To me, https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/how-to-install-enfold-theme/#toggle-id-5 was also very helpful (scroll down a bit there to find out about the permissions your private API key needs in order to check for future Enfold updates). Without these permissions it will not work.
    11) After revalidating your new private key within the Enfold update tab, you should see a blue rectangle saying when it could be checked for the last time.
    12) Done!

    I hope this helps! Feel free to ask me in case you need any assistance.

    Best,
    Michael

    #1022575

    Hi,

    Thanks for helping out @michaelH, much appreciated :-)

    Did you try updating manually @Seichinha? You could also try this plugin which should allow you to upload the .zip file from your Themeforest account: https://wordpress.org/plugins/update-theme-and-plugins-from-zip-file/

    Best regards,
    Rikard

    #1022676

    Hi Rikard and Michael

    Thank you both for the quick support.
    I’ve tried the plugin but doesn’t work in my case. It gives me “The link you followed has expired.” message.
    I´ll try the Michael method and we let you guys know.

    Best regards

    #1022679

    Hi Seichinha

    I did “my” method several times since yesterday around lunchtime and it worked every time.
    Let me know if you have any issues, but as I said, it should work smoothly.

    Best,
    Michael

    #1022692

    Hi!


    @michaelh_webdesign
    Thanks for your help :)

    Best regards,
    Yigit

    #1022727

    @Michael
    it works like a charm ;)
    Thank you.
    Much appreciated.

    #1022732

    Hi,

    Glad @michaelh_webdesign could help! :)

    For your information, you can take a look at Enfold documentation here – https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/
    If you have any other questions or issues, feel free to start a new thread under Enfold sub forum and we will gladly try to help you :)

    Best regards,
    Yigit

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