Push New Files to Origin This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. Finally, you need to update the files in your GitHub repo by pushing the new files in local up to origin. So, the last step is to click on “Push origin” and upload […]
Fetch and Merge This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. You now need to update the files in your local computer to reflect the new “official” repo files. You do this by fetching the upstream files to local and merging them in with the files […]
Wait for Merge This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. If all goes well, you will get a message to say that your edits have been approved and merged into the main project. Note that you are still not in sync with the “official” repo. […]
Revise This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. Sometimes you might find the need to make some extra changes to your initial pull request, or perhaps the maintainers of the “official” repo have suggested you make some revisions. It’s recommended NOT to open a new […]
Create a Pull Request This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. A pull request (PR) sends a message to the people who maintain the “official” repo, asking them to consider adding in your edits. There is probably a form template that you will need to […]
Push your Changes This article is part of a series on Github Desktop. For the introductory piece you can visit here. When you are happy with the changes you’ve made, you can publish (push) them to your GitHub account. Now both local and origin will be different to upstream. You can push your changes up […]
We’re happy to announce the release of ClassicPress version 1.3.0, available now. Version 1.3.0 focuses on improving accessibility in ClassicPress. Accessibility is a key focus for ClassicPress and we will continue to make improvements. A lot of users are switching to ClassicPress because the original editor is more accessible than the new block editor (Gutenberg). […]
It’s been an incredible 3 years at ClassicPress. It may sound like a small number, but reaching the 3-year mark and still going strong is a tremendous achievement for the community. When Scott Bowler launched ClassicPress with a small group of founding members, a lot of people thought the fork of WordPress 4.9 would not […]
Migrating to ClassicPress from a WordPress install has never been easier. Last week we shared the hands-on experience about migrating to ClassicPress from a WordPress 5.8 Website using the ClassicPress Migration Plugin. A week ago, it required adding a filter to force the ClassicPress Migration Plugin into allowing the WordPress Version 5.8, which at that […]
Recent discussions on Twitter highlighting that ClassicPress does not yet support migrating from WordPress 5.8 and my personal experience doing precisely that, migrating a WordPress 5.8 website to ClassicPress, has motivated me to write up this short post and share my experience. Updating from WordPress 5.7 to 5.8 has ruined my website with one Click. […]
