Updating WordPress will change…

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May 16, 2014 at 12:17 pm #12291
m
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Will updating to wordpress 9 versions (newest) change my website?
Will it cause changes in the appearance? What do I have to look out for?

Also, how do I update the Epik theme to your latest release?
And when doing that, will my appearance of the site change?

Thank you Wes and all of you! I would appreciate any help!
May 17, 2014 at 10:49 am #12298
Eric
Customer
Updating to 3.9? It won’t affect the theme or how it looks.

You can update by deleting the old version and uploading the new version. Only do this if you haven’t made any changes to your theme/appearance. If you have made changes to your css or any other files, you can compare the differences in code using diffchecker.com If you’ve made a lot of changes, then don’t worry about updating Epik, it’s not a requirement, the only differences are slight enhancements to the appearance, but nothing major.

I create awesome sites for awesome people! Contact me if interested – ericsanchez1585@gmail.com
May 30, 2014 at 8:30 am #12504
m
Customer
Eric thank you for the reply! What I am confused about and am not quite clear is, I did make some changes to the appearance of the theme, like inserting custom code to the Epik theme functions file like:

// Add support for custom header
add_theme_support( ‘genesis-custom-header’, array(
‘width’ => 120,
‘height’ => 64
) );

When I upload the new theme, I would do this through ftp, but do you have a tutorial just to see which folder is to be replaced in the “public html folder” of godaddy?

Thank you!
May 30, 2014 at 9:14 am #12505
m
Customer
I did update genesis and wordpress to the latest. No changes have been made to the appearance. I have Epik which as I understand functions as a child theme, correct?

If yes, my only question is how do I change the folder in the ftp? Deleting old Epik theme and inserting the new one?
Where do I re-download the new one?

Thank you very much!!!
May 30, 2014 at 8:37 pm #12519
Eric
Customer
Yes Epik is the child theme. If you’re using FTP you can simply drag the new files in and it will overwrite the current files. Although if you made adjustments to your theme files you’ll need to backup first and manually add those changes in if you don’t want to overwrite your files.

I create awesome sites for awesome people! Contact me if interested – ericsanchez1585@gmail.com
May 31, 2014 at 1:35 pm #12525
m
Customer
Eric thank you very much! Got it.
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