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How to Migrate from Platform to PageLines

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So far there have been no ‘major’ issues for people upgrading their sites to the new PageLines Framework.
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# Back up your database
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The average time to make the switch ranges from '''five minutes to a few hours depending on the level of customization that was previously applied to the website.'''
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# Copy any custom CSS, functions, sections, etc into a text editor
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That said, there are still a few things you should be aware of when upgrading. They are…
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# Move all of your widgets to the "inactive" area (Appearance -> Widgets)
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# [http://www.pagelines.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_Install_PageLines Follow these instructions] on how to install & activate PageLines
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'''The Good News → “Non-Destructive Upgrade”''' – Because we knew there would be some issues with upgrading the framework, we worked to make sure the upgrade was “non-destructive.” This means that if you try and upgrade and don’t like what you see, or don’t have time to fix a couple issues, you can always revert to PlatformPro. Easy.
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# Reestablish your Wordpress menus (Appearance -> Menus) and save
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# Move all of your widgets back to the desired locations (Appearance -> Widgets)
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'''CSS Changes''' – In developing the framework, it’s very difficult to prevent CSS changes from happening once in a while on upgrade. With PageLines there were a few changes to markup (e.g. using ‘section’ as opposed to ‘div’ elements in some cases…) This has caused a couple issues.
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# Visit each tab of the PageLines menu and adjust the settings to your liking (don't forget to enter your account info too!)
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Solution The minor CSS problems can be fixed easily by correcting your custom css rules to align with the new elements.
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# Paste your custom CSS, functions, etc that you copied earlier back into your site. There are three ways to do this:
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#* [[How to Use the PageLines Customize Plugin|PageLines Customize Plugin]]
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'''Section Control''' – To improve the functionality of Section Control, we had to change the way its data was stored in the DB. Therefore section control options get wiped on upgrade.
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#* [[How to Use the Base Theme|Base Theme]]
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Solution Simply set these options again and you are good to go.
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#* [[How to Use the Custom Code Settings|Custom Code Settings]]
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'''Global vs. Meta Options''' – To give you more control over your pages, we moved many section options to the MetaPanel. This means that the global options are no longer relevant.
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Solution Simply setup meta options for customized sections across your site; you can also use the new default option handling system.
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The PageLines Framework is a major new release to the previous PlatformPro product. When upgrading from Platform Pro there are some things to consider.
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*'''Always back up your database before doing an upgrade'''
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* All data will be untouched; your posts, pages and content will all remain intact in the database.
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* Default option settings have changed in PageLines so any default options set in PlatformPro will be removed in the upgrade
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* Section control has changed in PageLines to be more flexible and as a result these settings will need to be reset after the upgrade
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* PageLines has been upgraded to incorporate HTML 5 and some of the html structure has changed. Sites with heavy CSS customizations will need to make changes to their CSS after the move.
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* In 2.0, there is no longer a Base child theme that handles custom code. Instead, use the [[Glossary#PageLines Customize Plugin|PageLines Customize Plugin.]] You can still use the [[How to Use the Custom Code Settings|Custom Code Settings]] to make changes to CSS as an alternate method.
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Upgrading and Issues
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Revision as of 08:00, 29 January 2012

  1. Back up your database
  2. Copy any custom CSS, functions, sections, etc into a text editor
  3. Move all of your widgets to the "inactive" area (Appearance -> Widgets)
  4. Follow these instructions on how to install & activate PageLines
  5. Reestablish your Wordpress menus (Appearance -> Menus) and save
  6. Move all of your widgets back to the desired locations (Appearance -> Widgets)
  7. Visit each tab of the PageLines menu and adjust the settings to your liking (don't forget to enter your account info too!)
  8. Paste your custom CSS, functions, etc that you copied earlier back into your site. There are three ways to do this:
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