3.8+ Download?

  • Resolved webemy

    (@webemy)


    7 years, 10 months ago

    Is there a way to get a copy of the theme pre-3.9.+? My site navigation won’t work and it looks crazy. The changelog didn’t give a clear enough explanation of what to expect. I’ve tried so hard to get the site back on track after the update and I’m getting yelled at by users.

    Does anyone have the most recent 3.8.+? Romik??

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  • donnaWPadmin

    (@donnawpadmin)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    Why are you getting yelled at? …hook up with me, and let me see if I can help you…

    text me your email: 805-253-2034

    If I can’t help you fix it, I have backups of old versions. I’m sure of it.

    donnaWPadmin

    (@donnawpadmin)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    also, add your URL please…

    Thread Starter webemy

    (@webemy)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    thank you! I actually just found 3.8.4 on the Theme4press website. Super nice of you to offer to help, though. I deleted the new and uploaded the older install. Now I’m just running around and fixing the settings. This site is used by many people and can’t be broken even for a short period of time.

    donnaWPadmin

    (@donnawpadmin)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    It’s your choice, of course. But the reason is because it’s new functionality, dumping the added framework you used to have to add to run the theme. It’s actually better, you just kinda have to get through this part.

    I’m sure it’s just a couple of settings. If you change your mind, find me. https://everythingit.us

    donnaWPadmin

    (@donnawpadmin)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    I’m sure Romik would help you too…if you give him a chance. No theme author cares as much as he does…trust me, I’ve been through a few.

    Thread Starter webemy

    (@webemy)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    Ahhh ok, so no more Redux framework. That’s actually a pretty cool change. Does deleting the Redux plugin help issues with the new version?

    Romik does seem to answer questions quickly. My site is all fixed, thank god. That was a 10 minute nightmare lol. Thank you for being out there. 🙂

    donnaWPadmin

    (@donnawpadmin)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    no, no more redux. Get rid of it. So you are staying with us then? That’s good to hear…See? Not EVERYONE is yelling at you… 😉

    donnaWPadmin

    (@donnawpadmin)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    I’ve never waited over 24 hours to hear from Romik, ever. Even when he’s working hard on an update, he still manages to find time to get to the forum…I don’t know how. But he does.

    Thread Starter webemy

    (@webemy)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    Yes, we’re staying lol. Is the pro version more stable? Seems like .evolve lite is a bit like a demo. We’re wondering if Evolve Pro is subject to major updates or if it’s a bit smoother in….evolving (eh eh eh).

    donnaWPadmin

    (@donnawpadmin)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    No, I don’t believe so. We just have to get through this…together. If we all help out, it will go faster.

    I have a couple of new posts up. It’s easier for Romik, if the issue you have is not on another thread, start a new one, so he can see the topic. If you carry on to another thread, it’s harder for him to find it, and it will take longer. Mostly it’s little stuff, so I just post, and wait. 🙂 Also, images help him. Put all the detail in your issue the 1st time around if you can. Upload it to the cloud somewhere, and put the link in your post. If he understands your issue, you will get a faster response.

    And I don’t know what time zone you are in, but I find he seems to be busier at night, so I think he’s in a different time zone than I am. (I’m on USA west coast, PDST)

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by donnaWPadmin.
    Abigailm

    (@abigailm)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    Glad you solved the problem.

    Just for future reference, there is a plugin called WP Rollback here:
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rollback/

    This will let you “roll back” to any previous version of a plugin or theme that is maintained in the WordPress repository. And does exactly what it say: you simply chose what version you want, click on it, and in a couple of minutes you are back to wherever you were before the upgrade.

    You can actually also use this to roll forward as well.

    Here’s another recommendation for a plugin:
    WP-Staging – https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/

    This one is really cool — it makes a complete and fully functional copy of your wordpress site in a subdirectory of your existing site, to use for staging. The nice thing about that is not only can you work on an identical site that is hidden from public view, but you have the existing site still live for side-by-side comparisons.

    So you can then fix everything in a leisurely way.

    I was every bit as frustrated as you are with the changes from 3.84 > 3.9 — however, this is the process I followed:

    1. Created Staging Site
    2. Kept careful notes of all Customization changes on the Staging Site
    3. Also created an updated child style.css file on the staging site.

    When the staging site was ready, I put up a maintenance page on the live site, updated the site, followed my notes to replicate all changes, uploaded the replacement stylesheet — tested– and had the live site back on line within an hour.

    The staging plugin also has a premium version that will push everything back to the live site, but my preference is to do it manually.

    I do have everything running fine with the new version now.

    I can give you a quick pointer with nav bar issues, though I can’t know whether this was an issue with your theme. If you have customized your nav bar with your own CSS, you need to know that the names for some classes and ID’s have changed with the new version.

    However, the main style.css for the parent theme is quite beautifully written and annotated — it even has a table of contents — so I found it easiest to just remove all of the old customizations for evolve from my child style sheet, and use the new stylesheet as a reference to see what I needed to change.

    Romik84

    (@romik84)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    @webemy can you please provide URL to check the menu issue?

    Thread Starter webemy

    (@webemy)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    I wish I could. The site is on a test server, not reachable from outside the system. My external sites are all running 3.8.4, but they had the same issue when I tried to update (I’ve since returned all of them to 3.8.4). The main menu item works, but the dropdowns don’t. On hovering over the dropdown links, it doesn’t even register as clickable.

    There are no child themes or anything fancy going on…just the regular dropdown menu.

    Romik84

    (@romik84)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    Any plugins? Tried to deactivate one by one if it doesn’t break anything?

    Thread Starter webemy

    (@webemy)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    You were right, the menu issue was related to the Responsive Accordion & Collapse plugin I was using. It’s used repeatedly on nearly every page, so I’ll have to find a replacement that doesn’t cause issues.

    Thanks for helping me work it out!

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