Congratulations Adam on releasing Foundry 2.0, it looks great.
My question is: Do we have to rebuild sites from the ground up with 2,0, or rather can we upgrade a page to 2.0 by dragging over the Foundry Template, and then add 2.0 stacks, leaving some 1.0 stacks in place that will still work?
Other question: Have Potion Pack and Thunder been updated some? In the upgrade pricing are those discounted by 50% as well, since you need them to use Mason. I have purchased all of these before, so I would be a total upgrade, am curious about the total price of Foundry 2, Thunder and Potion.
Again congrats, Iām sure many websites will be built with 2.0 and will be well served thereby.
You donāt have to rebuild anything. Foundry v2, when installed, replaces Foundry v1 and everything continues just as it did before. Your current Foundry stacks all become Foundry v2 stacks. You simply get new features, new stacks and new improvements. No need to redo your site.
First time you publish with Foundry v2 though youāll want to do a āRepublish All Filesā from RapidWeaver.
Potion and Thunder packs are separate from the main Foundry suite of stacks. They have not been updated in this release. That said, the Dark Mode settings for the Brand Colors (Primary, Success, Info, etc) in your Control Center stack will be applied to Potion and Thunder Packs where youāre using those Brand Colors.
So to be clear the only thing upgraded today is Foundry. If youāre a current Foundry v1 user the upgrade is 50% off the full-price of Foundry v2. Thunder and Potion did not change today and donāt need to right now.
I think the fact that you can upgrade and continue with your site without rebuilding it is one of the KEY things about v2 that is GREAT. Congrats on doing the upgrade this right way. If I had to rebuild completely, I wouldnāt bother, itās so much work. Just CONGRATS on doing it the way you did. And by the way, your slickness in having everything ready at the same time, videos, docs, your forum, the update itself, is admirable, you do just so much, and do it well, will upgrade, happy with v1 plus some other developers stacksā¦ foundry is my base.
I purchased the upgrade, but excuse my ignorance I donāt see where I download it. How do you download v2 after purchasing? Sorry for the basic question.
Just like with Foundry v1 youāll receive an email from Cartloom with your purchase information. If you donāt see it in your inbox or your spam folder within 15 minutes, let me know via email and I can make sure it arrives for you.
Hello Adam @Elixir , Iām using Foundry already for some time and have also also your 3 adddons. I have build 3 website with Foundry, very satisfied, so Iām planing to upgrade to Foundry 2, but I have a question.
What do you mean by 'Republish all files" for the first time? Foundry is the base/main stacks, but Iām using some 3rd part stack from Joe Workmen @joeworkman (like Impact, Call to Action) and BWSās Sections & Limelight and further I just integrated the Ecwid stackā¦By Republishing all files how those 3rd party stacks will react (since no update), I do not want to get issues of my websites, since Iām just a user not coding personā¦Thanks for your feedback
The Foundry v2 update is as seamless as it gets. Update the stack, File - Re-Publish all files, done. Iāve had no issues with any other embedded 3rd party stacks.
The post by @jacksona is pretty right on. You donāt have to worry about much of anything. Purchase Foundry v2 and install it. Once it is installed youāll need to quit and restart RapidWeaver, which is always good practice IMHO after installing any new addons. The next time you make an update to your project file and are ready to publish it, just make sure that first time you use RapidWeaverās Republish All Files feature to republish your site. This just makes sure all of the new goodies are all published to your site.
Youāre welcome. The upgrade is worth every cent.
The tutorial videos are great, too - I just set up a test Pop Up Gallery, with Batch Import, in less than 10 minutes, including the time it took to set up the RetroBatch routine to create the Thumbnails!
I will have a busy week to learn all new possibilities. Thanks again to both of you.