Update Theme

Latest Version of Xara Pro

Version: 11.0.1
Release Date: 02 Sep, 2024

If your installed Xara Pro theme version is older than the latest version of the themes, We recommend to update the theme. New version can have new features, fixes for the known bugs and other improvements.

Check For Update

You can check for update from XaraPro theme settings.

Navigate to:
Home Administration Appearance Appearance settings Xara Pro Update

example.com/admin/appearance/settings/xarapro

Step 1: Download Latest Version XaraPro Theme

• Login into your account.
• Download and extract Xarapro-Drupal-Theme.zip file. This contains the latest version of the theme.
• Open the extracted folder Xara-Drupal-Theme. Inside this you will find xarapro folder. This is the latest version of the theme. We will upload this folder to update the theme.

Step 2: Make Backup

It is a good practice to make a backup of your current theme folder xarapro before updating.

If you have made any custom change in any theme file, please make backup of that file. Also, if you have added any additional file in the theme folder, please make backup of that file.

Step 3: Put Website in Maintenance Mode

It is a good practice to put your website in maintenance mode during updates.

Home Administration Configuration Development Maintenance mode

example.com/admin/config/development/maintenance

Step 4: Upload Theme Files

• Connect to your website's server / hosting with FTP. You can use any free FTP client like FileZilla.
• Upload the new theme files by overwriting the existing files.

Step 5: Re-apply changes

If you have made any custom modification / change in any theme file, re-apply those changes in the new theme files. If you have added any new custom file, make sure that file is not deleted during the update.

Step 6:

Take your site out of maintenance mode.

example.com/admin/config/development/maintenance

Step 7: Save XaraPro Theme Settings

Navigate to:
Home Administration Appearance Appearance settings Xara Pro

example.com/admin/appearance/settings/xarapro

and re-save theme settings.
This is required because the new version can have new settings. Your old theme settings will remain unchanged.

Step 8: Clear Cache

Clear / flush Drupal cache.

Home Administration Configuration Development Performance

example.com/admin/config/development/performance

You do not need to run update.php for theme update.