HOW I finally resolved my problems with Zerif Lite after the update!
Foreword:
All started when I updated from v. 1.8.4.9 to 1.8.5.5.:
1. the red button on the home disappeared
2. it was impossible to change the template of the “blog” page (from wordpress page settings), because there was only a “Standard template” instead of the other “classic” Zerif lite template options (blog, full width …)
What I did:
Do it at your own risk since you could completely mess up your site!
I noted that my ZerifLite version was stuck at 1.8.5 while last version is 2.0.4. and there were any new updates even after installing “Zerif Lite transition” plugin (which I think is part of the problem…)
So, I basically did a freash ZerifLite install as follows.
1. First of all I did a full backup (folders+database). This is important!
2. Dowloaded last (2.0.4) ZerifLite version from ThemeIsle
3. Disabled “ThemeIsle companion” plugin. This is important! (During my trials it caused a white screen of death at the end of the procedure).
4. Activate a new theme (any theme is ok, I set WordPress default).
5. Went to my FTP -> wp-content -> themes
6. Deleted “zerif-lite” folder (be sure to have a backup just in case…)
7. Went back to WordPress -> Themes -> Add new
8. Selected and uploaded last Zerif Lite version from Theme Isle (.zip file)
9. Activated the theme (or the child theme)
10. I had to did some small fixes to the website logo and to the Focus section (both resetted to default)
As a side note,
I have found also that insted of the procedure detailed above, if you simply go to “Zerif Lite Transition” plugin and edit the following string in the “zerif-lite-transition-master/zerif-lite-transition.php” file (it opens by default)
if ( version_compare( $version, ‘1.8.5.0’ ) == – 1 ) {
replacing ‘1.8.5.0’ with ‘2.0.0.0’, then “magically” the 2.0.4 update shows up!
But I don’t know what it does…
Be sure to deactivate ThemeIsle companion plugin before updating.
So far so good. Up and running again with no apparent issue.
Hope this helps.
Marco
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This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by prenazol.
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This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by prenazol.
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This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by prenazol.
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This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by prenazol.
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This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by prenazol.
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This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by prenazol.