[Resolved] Studio Press to Generate Press Transfer Question

[Marjorie]

Hello,

I currently use a Studio Press theme but want to move to Generate Press (Premium). I am using a second site (plus the documentation and YouTube videos) to famiiarise myself with how GP and GB works so I can navigate and operate the new theme with confidence.

However. I want to ask what preparations I can make to ensure a reasonably good transition from my old theme to my new one. I am using Gutenberg throughout the site and my blog posts and pages are all set up using Gutenberg blocks. Is there anything I should be looking out for?

My site is an established one, not a new one https://DashKitten.com

[Elvin]

Hi Marjorie,

However. I want to ask what preparations I can make to ensure a reasonably good transition from my old theme to my new one. I am using Gutenberg throughout the site and my blog posts and pages are all set up using Gutenberg blocks. Is there anything I should be looking out for?

The preparation would mostly be:
1.) Familiarization of GeneratePress hooks.
2.) custom JS or CSS modification. (if your site has any)

You need to be familiar w/ GP hooks to know which hook you have to place the parts of the site that may disappear when you change theme.

Example: Your site is using a breadcrumb w/c is likely hooked to a theme-specfic hook. Since you’ll be changing the themes, the hook names will change so if you’re hooking the breadcrumb w/ a PHP snippet, you’ll have to modify the hook’s name to the equivalent hook area to GP’s.

Here’s a visual hook guide – https://docs.generatepress.com/article/hooks-visual-guide/

for #2, since you’ll be changing the theme, the element’s selectors may change. That means the custom CSS may stop working as it’s not targetting the correct classes. Custom script may return “undefined” errors as well because some of the selector it uses may be different w/ what GP uses.

As for the rest: (post/page editing)
It’s great that you already use Gutenberg as that’s what we recommend to use as well. That part is unchanged so you can create/edit posts w/ GP like you did with your old theme. 🙂

[Marjorie]

Elvin,

Thank you. A lot here for me to absorb but I understand most of it, thank you. I do not have custom PHP or CSS (not my thing so I left it all alone).

I will check out information on the hooks.

One question: If I did a trial change to Generate Press theme (while in Maintenance Mode) to spot any adjustments I would need to make, I could then return to my current theme as long as I did not make any adjustments while in Generate Press? Correct?

[Elvin]

One question: If I did a trial change to Generate Press theme (while in Maintenance Mode) to spot any adjustments I would need to make, I could then return to my current theme as long as I did not make any adjustments while in Generate Press? Correct?

You can revert back to your current theme anytime and even if you made any change to GeneratePress.

But to be on the safe side, make sure to make a backup of your site’s current state if you’re unsure if your current theme setting can be restored if you changed to another theme. (usually, the theme setting is saved though.) 😀

[Marjorie]

Elvin,

Thanks to your help I managed everything!

Marjorie

[Marjorie]

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[Elvin]

I believe you’ve fully sorted things out? Let us know if you need further help. 😀

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