Theme Upgrade Messed up the Site – Help!

  • Resolved yukon4

    (@yukon4)


    8 years, 11 months ago

    We wanted to upgrade to a newer version of Canvas and decided to try this plugin. (we have an lifetime unlimited license for Canvas theme)

    It seemed to work OK – except the site is all left justified, and the primary navigation is GONE, replaced with the sort of navigation icon one gets when viewing on a mobile device, such as a cell phone.

    HELP! Is there a way to un-do all of this? The old version of the Canvas theme looked just fine – I should’ve left it at that!

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-theme-and-plugin-upgrades/

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  • Thread Starter yukon4

    (@yukon4)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    Here is the site in question:

    http://blairsrepair.com

    There ought to be navigation links just below the top greenish area – text links that say HOME, ABOUT US, etc

    They’re all gone now for some strange reason, but there’s a “Navigation” box in the upper left that typically is only for mobile devices.

    Aaaacckk!

    Plugin Author Chris Jean

    (@chrisjean)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    The plugin attempts to create a backup of the theme before the upgrade takes place. The location of this backup file is given after the upgrade is complete. If you did not take note of that location, you can find it by looking in your site’s wp-content/uploads directory. The backup file’s name follows this pattern: canvas-VERSION-RANDOM.zip where “VERSION” is the old version and “RANDOM” is randomly generated text.

    Assuming that this backup is present, you can “upgrade” to the backup version to restore the old theme.

    Thread Starter yukon4

    (@yukon4)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    Thank you for your speedy response!

    Yes, I do see a zip file in our MEDIA LIBRARY folder, but I’m unsure HOW to restore to this zip file?? Could I trouble you for a few pointers?

    Thanks again!

    Plugin Author Chris Jean

    (@chrisjean)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    It’s a theme zip just like any other theme zip. Install it in the same way you installed the update you downloaded from the theme provider.

    Thread Starter yukon4

    (@yukon4)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    OK, I guess I ought to download to my computer first…..because when I click “Browse” to upload a theme, it always brings me to my computer files (hope that makes sense).

    Thank you!

    Plugin Author Chris Jean

    (@chrisjean)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    Yes, you will need to download the file first.

    Thread Starter yukon4

    (@yukon4)

    8 years, 11 months ago

    Thank you SOOOO much for your help! Order has been restored – not sure why the current version of Canvas causes the formatting and navigation to go wacky.

    Here’s the end result: http://blairsrepair.com/

    Again – thank you!

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