Upgrade Thesis

In this session we answer questions from our live answer session on how to upgrade from Thesis Theme 2.0 to Thesis 2.1 Beta.

In this session we demonstrate how to upgrade from Thesis Theme 2.0 to Thesis 2.1 Beta. This method does involve using an FTP client but once 2.1 has moved out of Beta there will be a typical upgrade process available.

Good afternoon everybody and welcome to this special seminar on how to upgrade the Thesis theme from 1x to Thesis 2 using the Thesis Classic Skin and that's what this next 4-6 hours is going to be about. It wasn't necessary to have an extended conversation about how to upgrade from Thesis 1.8.4 to Thesis

Learn how to upgrade from a customized version of Thesis 1.8.5 (or below) to Thesis 2 using the Thesis Classic Skin. In this seminar you will learn how to take an inventory of your site, use Thesis 2 built in functions to change the appearance of Thesis Classic and to migrate custom CSS and PHP.

In this session we show how to upgrade Thesis to Thesis 1.8.5. We demonstrate how to copy the old files to our computer so it will be easy to go back in case something goes wrong. We show how to download the database manually in BlueHost and download customization files from the live site to

Next we're going to learn how to upgrade Thesis Theme. We're back here at thesiscss.com and the version of  Thesis Theme we are currently using is version 1.8. We're going to upgrade today to version 1.8.4 and the way we're going to do that is by using FileZilla. Let’s connect to that site, wp-content and themes,

Thesis 1.8.3 was just released a few days ago and in this session we demonstrate how to upgrade your Thesis Theme. We also discuss the importance of backing up your site before doing any upgrade to avoid losing any of your content and design in case there are any problems with the upgrade. Video Transcript

In this session, we show how to troubleshoot a broken thesis upgrade. In this example when a plugin activation is attemped, the admin panel is knocked out. After an upgrade from thesis 1.8 to thesis 1.8.2 it continued not to work correctly. Rick: Okay so the next thing we’re going to then, in the absence

In this session, we are going to get rid of the new database and replace it with the backup database of the old site. Now the Thesis Menu is showing up and the site is back to normal, problem solved!

In this session, we install WordPress manually on the website. From here we can see the Thesis Menu at the admin funnel. The next thing we need to do is to restore the backup database to the new one.

In this session, we delete the core files of WordPress and Thesis before we do a fresh Thesis and WordPress installation as the third part of troubleshooting the Thesis error that we encountered.

In this session, we perform a full site backup of the site before we go on to do a fresh Thesis and WordPress installation as the second part of troubleshooting the Thesis error that we encountered.

Learn our strategies for troubleshooting Thesis installation errors. We use a member’s site to demonstrate our typical troubleshooting steps.

This member had problems after they upgraded from Thesis 1.7 to Thesis 1.8. They found that all of their customization was gone. The problem was that they hadn't properly copied over their custom files from the old installation to the new. In this video I help them copy their files correctly and get their site