new site theme

Hi there,

Everything that has to be saved in WordPress has to be stored somewhere so you can fetch the data later.

And since we save custom CSS and theme settings, these things make entries in the database.

Example: If your site uses GP Premium Elements, it creates a new post gp_element on wp_posts table.

How should I proceed to update the DB but keep the new site theme ?

Not exactly sure what you mean.

If you meant to update the software your database uses, make sure you create a backup of your database contents and proceed to updating your database version. You then re-import the back-up incase the database is wiped or if some parts are missing.

Note: This isn't something the theme controls. You'll have to ask your hosting service provider for this. :D

I said it wrong.

I started from a copy of the original site. Over time both DB's are different. Now I want to update the developing one to the working one, but i don't want to loose any dev settings.

In the "generate-options" page there is an option to "import/export", but I am not sure how to proceed.
Can you explain ? Is it explained somewhere ?

Thanks

The Import/Export option in "Appearance > GeneratePress" will export/import your settings inside the Customizer. So if settings from the Customizer have changed, exporting them and importing them should do what you're after.

Let us know if you need more info :)