{"id":217,"date":"2021-07-02T12:59:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T12:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=217"},"modified":"2021-09-11T06:39:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T06:39:28","password":"","slug":"updating-to-apress-6","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/docs\/updating-to-apress-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating to Apress 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Updating to Apress 6 from older versions<\/h2>\n<p>Apress 6 comes with enormous new features and customization options to help you design a truly unique website. Though most of the older features remain the same but few options and features have been modified in order to fix for issues beyond the scope of earlier versions.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff304f;\"><strong>Warning<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Do not upload the latest Apress V 6 Theme Directly to your older Apress versions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1-<\/strong> First keep a full backup of your website<br \/>\n<strong>2-<\/strong> Set up the site on your local instance and update the latest Apress Theme and Apress Core.<br \/>\n<strong>3-<\/strong> If you have any issues other than the Site Width \/ Container width &#8211;<br \/>\nContact Apress Dedicated Support <a href=\"mailto:apressthems@gmail.com\">apressthems@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Important Changes in Apress 6<\/h2>\n<h3>New Product Registration Dashboard<\/h3>\n<p>Once you activate the Apress Theme you will be directed to the Product registration screen. here you will have to add your product Purchase code.<br \/>\nCheck this link to find your Product Registration Code.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/help.market.envato.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/202822600-Where-Is-My-Purchase-Code-\">https:\/\/help.market.envato.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/202822600-Where-Is-My-Purchase-Code-<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1522 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/apress-login-screen-1024x469.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/apress-login-screen-1024x469.png 1024w, https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/apress-login-screen-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/apress-login-screen-768x352.png 768w, https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/apress-login-screen-1536x703.png 1536w, https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/apress-login-screen.png 1747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you register the product you can proceed to activate the required Plugins.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1521\" src=\"https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Plugin-activation-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Plugin-activation-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Plugin-activation-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Plugin-activation-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Plugin-activation.png 1418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Header Builder Changes<\/h3>\n<p>New Advanced Header builder and Options added. Apress V6 comes with the possibility of creating unique header using the WP bakery page Builder. The page builder header comes with custom WP Bakery elements and tons of options to fully customizing your header to fullest.<br \/>\nCheck full documentation on how to create site Header using Page Builder.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1520\" src=\"https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Theme-Options-header-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Theme-Options-header-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Theme-Options-header-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Theme-Options-header-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Theme-Options-header.png 1462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Page Builder Changes<\/h3>\n<p>The Apress V 6 comes with changes to WP Bakery Page Builder Row Structure and Site Container Padding. This was necessary in order to fix some of issues like container stretch on website load which was beyond the scope of current page builder settings. It also clears the way for integrating Elementor support in the next update of Apress.<br \/>\nNow to create full width container you will have select the width option in Row Settings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1519\" src=\"https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Apress-row-full-stretch-option.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Apress-row-full-stretch-option.png 745w, https:\/\/apressthemes.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Apress-row-full-stretch-option-300x271.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We recommend you to keep the Apress theme and All Plugins as well as WordPress updated to the latest version for safety and security issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Apress Theme Changelog<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apresswp.com\/apress_theme_changelog\/#v6.0.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apresswp.com\/apress_theme_changelog\/#v6.0.0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updating to Apress 6 from older versions Apress 6 comes with enormous new features and customization options to help you design a truly unique website. 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