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Any tips for updating Genesis from 1.8.2 to 2.5.3?

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Community Forums › Forums › Archived Forums › General Discussion › Any tips for updating Genesis from 1.8.2 to 2.5.3?

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 8 years, 10 months ago by birgit.
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  • November 15, 2017 at 9:21 am #213583
    birgit
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    I was asked to update a website that had not been updated since 2012 (!). I have updated WordPress and plugins in the latest version. But now I need to update Genesis from 1.8.2 to 2.5.3. I am not experienced with Genesis, I always use other themes. Does anybody have a suggestion on how to go? I suppose I cannot just press the Update button (with other themes such a big gap would always lead to errors). But I do not have any zip-files of older Genesis versions to make a stepwise update. Thanks in advance.

    November 15, 2017 at 9:50 am #213585
    oijohn
    Member

    copy website to staging area do the updates and see what happens...

    November 15, 2017 at 9:59 am #213586
    birgit
    Member

    how clever, and why didn't I think of that myself 😉
    thnx

    November 15, 2017 at 11:48 am #213596
    birgit
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    Thnx oijohn, I tried it, and the damage is not too much, it is a fairly simple site, so I can work with that.

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