{"id":150,"date":"2014-09-16T06:07:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T06:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themes.themegoods.com\/vega\/doc\/?p=150"},"modified":"2021-01-07T02:39:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T02:39:04","slug":"how-to-update-the-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themes.themegoods.com\/vega\/doc\/how-to-update-the-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"How to update the theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- strong>Update using Automatic Theme Updater (available in v1.3.8 or higher)<\/strong>\n\nTo use auto updater. Open Theme Setting &gt; Auto Update and enter your Envato username and API Key. These information can be grabbed from <strong>Themeforest &gt; Your account &gt; Settings &gt; API Keys.\u00a0<\/strong>Once they are entered. Theme admin will automatically check for a new update and you will receive a notification message in your WordPress Dashboard.\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-351\" src=\"http:\/\/themes.themegoods.com\/vega\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2558-03-02-at-4.02.20-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen-Shot-2558-03-02-at-4.02.20-PM\" width=\"521\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themes.themegoods.com\/vega\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2558-03-02-at-4.02.20-PM.png 521w, https:\/\/themes.themegoods.com\/vega\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2558-03-02-at-4.02.20-PM-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/themes.themegoods.com\/vega\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2558-03-02-at-4.02.20-PM-60x30.png 60w, https:\/\/themes.themegoods.com\/vega\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2558-03-02-at-4.02.20-PM-150x75.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/>\nIf you get a notification message about new update.\u00a0Open Theme Setting &gt; Auto Update and click update theme button then theme will be updating to the latest version.\n\n\n<h4>Update\u00a0using Traditional Update Method<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n<ol>\n \t\n\n<li>First you need to download the latest version of theme.\u00a0Log into your Themeforest account and navigate to your downloads tab. Find the \u201cVega\u201d theme purchase.<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Click the \u201cdownload\u201d button next to it and choose to download the \u201cInstallable WordPress Theme\u201d which is just the WordPress file, or choose the \u201cMain Files\u201d which is the entire package which include theme documentation, plugins etc.<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ol -->\n<h4><strong>Update using Envato Market Plugin<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>You need to <a href=\"http:\/\/envato.github.io\/wp-envato-market\/\">download the plugin from here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The plugin Settings Page allows you to configure your Envato API Personal Token. This API Token is generated from <a href=\"https:\/\/build.envato.com\/create-token\/?purchase:download=t&amp;purchase:verify=t&amp;purchase:list=t\">build.envato.com<\/a> and will allow WordPress to securely receive item updates. <a href=\"https:\/\/envato.com\/market-plugin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See detail instruction here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>&#8216;Envato Market&#8217;<\/strong> menu in WordPress Dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Enter your Token and you will be able to see and update your purchased items which is included Vega theme<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 style=\"color: #111111;\">Update using WordPress Dashboard<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Backup current Theme Setting &gt; Backup. You will get a .JSON file (just in case everything went wrong and you still have theme settings backup file to import).<\/li>\n<li>Also you may want to use a plugin to automate backing up your current theme and uploading the new version: <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/easy-theme-and-plugin-upgrades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/easy-theme-and-plugin-upgrades\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>You need to deactivate \u201cVega\u201d theme in the <strong>Appearance &gt; Themes<\/strong> by simply activating a different theme. Once you activate a different theme, you can delete the Vega\u00a0theme. Don&#8217;t worry. You really won&#8217;t loose any of your data.<\/li>\n<li>Get\u00a0the \u201cvega-v&#8230;installable.zip\u201d file from <strong>Themeforest\u00a0Account &gt; download<\/strong>. If you downloaded the \u201cMain Files\u201d from Themeforest, then you need to unzip the archive file you received, the vega-v&#8230;installable.zip\u00a0will be inside of it.<\/li>\n<li>Upload vega-v&#8230;installable.zip using\u00a0<strong>Appearance &gt; Themes <\/strong>once you uploaded successfully, activate the theme.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 style=\"color: #111111;\">Update using\u00a0FTP<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Backup current Theme Setting &gt; Backup. You will get a .JSON file (just in case everything went wrong and you still have theme settings backup file to import).<\/li>\n<li>Also you may want to use a plugin to automate backing up your current theme and uploading the new version:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/easy-theme-and-plugin-upgrades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/easy-theme-and-plugin-upgrades\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Login to your FTP account.\u00a0Navigate\u00a0to <strong>wp-content &gt; themes<\/strong> location and backup your \u201cvega\u201d theme folder by saving it to your computer, or you can choose to simply delete it.\u00a0Don&#8217;t worry. You really won&#8217;t loose any of your data.<\/li>\n<li>Get\u00a0the \u201cvega-v&#8230;installable.zip\u201d file from\u00a0<strong>Themeforest\u00a0Account &gt; download<\/strong>. If you downloaded the \u201cMain Files\u201d from Themeforest, then you need to unzip the archive file you received, the vega-v&#8230;installable.zip\u00a0will be inside of it.<\/li>\n<li>Drag and drop the new &#8220;vega&#8221; folder into\u00a0<strong>wp-content &gt; themes\u00a0<\/strong>and select &#8220;Replace&#8221; if you didn&#8217;t delete it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Update using\u00a0plugin<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You need to download and install <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/easy-theme-and-plugin-upgrades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Easy Theme and Plugin Update<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>After installing the plugin. Go to <strong>Apperance &gt; Themes &gt; Add New &gt; Upload Theme<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select\u201cvega-v&#8230;installable.zip\u201d file and choose <strong>&#8220;Upgrade existing theme&#8221;<\/strong> option to &#8220;Yes&#8221; and click &#8220;Install Now&#8221; button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Common Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Are You sure you want to do this?<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you get this message. Please check with your webhost upload file size limit and ask them to increase the limitation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Theme install failed destination folder already exists<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is because WordPress allows you to have only 1 theme with the same name and folder. To get around this issue, please update theme using auto updater or FTP steps above.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update using Envato Market Plugin You need to download the plugin from here. The plugin Settings Page allows you to configure your Envato API Personal Token. This API Token is generated from build.envato.com and will allow WordPress to securely receive item updates. See detail instruction here. Click the &#8216;Envato Market&#8217; menu in WordPress Dashboard. 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