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Todo before deploying custom theme to prod

Ashwin Ramaswami edited this page Mar 2, 2019 · 15 revisions
  1. Go to FTP and rename "plugins" directory to "plugins-2"

  2. Git push to deploy new code

  3. Go to wp-admin and update the database. image

  4. Enable the theme "The Stanford Daily".

  5. Set menu locations:

  1. Activate WP Subtitle and Classic Editor.

3.5. Go to widgets and remove sidebar from home page.

  1. Deactivate all the JNews plugins (todo: or will we delete them ourselves?)

  2. Set the Daily's logo in "Customizing -> Site Identity -> Logo".

  1. Go to "Customizing", change home page to "static home page":
  1. Activate Disqus for WordPress plugin and set relevant configuration in Disqus -> Site Configuration.

  2. Check if site icon (favicon) is set in "Customizing" -> "Site Identity" -> "Site Icon".

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