Re-Cloning into existing site

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  • January 22, 2016 at 11:01 pm #140683
    Cathlene
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    I have a production and development area. I re-cloned my production site into the existing site. That process went fine. The two versions were using different themes. When the cloning was complete, it had switch the development area to the theme that was on the production site as I expected. When I try and activate the theme that was active before it indicates that it activated it but leaves the original theme active. Do I need to do something else? Should I have deleted the wp-content folder before cloning?

    January 23, 2016 at 9:06 pm #140736
    udadmin
    Keymaster

    Hi Cathlene,

    it had switch the development area to the theme that was on the production site as I expected. When I try and activate the theme that was active before it indicates that it activated it but leaves the original theme active.

    I had difficulty following this bit. Please could you explain it a bit more? Perhaps if you name the themes, and/or link some screenshots, I’ll get what you mean.

    David

    January 25, 2016 at 2:11 am #140821
    Cathlene
    Participant

    The current production Site at nfbv.org is using the 2014 theme. My development area at dev.nfbv.org was using a Genesis child theme Utility Pro. I was cloning the production area into the development area. I expected to see the theme changed to 2014, and this did occur. The cloning left the Genesis and child theme still there but activated the 2014 theme. When I try and activate the Genesis child theme, I get the message that the theme was changed but the 2014 theme is still active.

    January 25, 2016 at 7:22 pm #140906
    udadmin
    Keymaster

    Hi Cathlene,

    The cloning left the Genesis and child theme still there

    This bit is a bug, in the current release of UpdraftPlus. The clone operation shouldn’t be leaving previous themes still there (the clone operation is meant to result in an exact replicate). It should be fixed in the next release of UpdraftPlus, later this week (it’s already fixed in our development version).

    I’d recommend deleting the theme from the site, and then re-installing it, in order to reset its state.

    David

    January 27, 2016 at 2:00 am #141069
    Cathlene
    Participant

    Thanks for your reply. I deleted all themes but the 2014 and all unused plugins and recloned. This did not correct the problem.
    What is the easiest way to get back to the default setting, how WordPress looks after a fresh install. I am thinking if I can do that the clone should work. It did the first time a year ago when I originally bought the produt. At that time I installed Word Press and did the clone with the out-of-the-box WordPress.

    January 27, 2016 at 5:54 pm #141153
    Dee Nutbourne
    Moderator

    Hi Cathlene,

    We have just today released the new version containing the fix. Could you try updating and retrying the restoration?

    The easiest way to set WordPress back to default is to delete the existing installation and database, and install a fresh copy from scratch.

    Best Wishes,
    David N

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