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Should I Upgrade To HTML5 Theme?

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Tagged: css, focus, html5, theme, Wordpress

  • This topic has 5 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 5 months ago by maheshone.
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  • November 8, 2013 at 4:52 am #71651
    maheshone
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    Hi,

    I'm currently using the theme FOCUS and recently StudioPress upgraded it and now it's known as Focus Pro (HTML5). But should I upgrade it and what will be the changes? Can I upgrade without changing the CSS or upgrading means CSS has to be replaced?

    I am unable to find the difference between my version and this Pro version.

    So developers please guide...


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    November 8, 2013 at 12:10 pm #71707
    RobG
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    I guess you have to ask your self do I really need to upgrade to HTML5 Markup? The answer yes no you cannot upgrade your theme from XHTML to HTML5 with out changing your style.css file. Here's is a comparison chart that might help you. http://my.studiopress.com/docs/genesis-markup-comparison/


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    November 8, 2013 at 12:13 pm #71709
    nutsandbolts
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    Focus Pro is basically a completely different theme than the previous version. You would need to add all customizations again just like changing to a new theme. There is no compelling reason to change unless you need schema markup, but you can convert your existing theme to HTML5 without switching to Focus Pro.


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    November 8, 2013 at 12:17 pm #71713
    maheshone
    Member

    @nutsandbolts Thank you for that... i think I will migrate to HTML5 by installing the new Pro theme and doing the customizations once again...


    @robg
    Thanks for the link...


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    November 8, 2013 at 12:27 pm #71723
    RobG
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    Here's another useful tool that might help you to convert an older XHTML theme to the new HTML5 markup http://cobaltapps.com/genesis-xhtml-to-html5-css-converter/


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    November 9, 2013 at 1:28 am #71834
    maheshone
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    @RobG Thanks for that... Will think about both way and will decide... thanks once again.


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