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Update from NexT v5.1.x

NexT version 5 works fine with Hexo 3, but for frequent users, you maybe need to upgrade version 5 to 7 to get features and supports in new Theme-Next repository.

There are no hard breaking changes between 5.1.x and the latest version. It's change major version to 7 because:

1. Main repo was rebased from iissnan's profile to theme-next organization.
2. Most libraries under the next/source/lib directory was moved out to external repos under NexT organization.
3. 3rd-party plugin hexo-wordcount was replaced by hexo-symbols-count-time because hexo-symbols-count-time no have any external Node.js dependencies, no have language filter which causes better performance on speed at site generation.

So, we suggest to update from version 5 to version 7 in this way:

1. You don't touch old next dir and just do some copies of NexT files:\ 1.1. _config.yml or next.yml (if you used data-files).\ 1.2. Custom CSS styles what placed in next/source/css/_custom/* and next/source/css/_variables/* directories.\ 1.3. Custom layout styles what placed in next/layout/_custom/*.\ 1.4. Any another possible custom additions which can be finded by compare tools between repos.
2. Clone new repo to any another directory instead of next. For example, in next-reloaded directory: git clone https://github.com/theme-next/hexo-theme-next themes/next-reloaded. So, you don't touch your old NexT 5.1.x directory and can work with new next-reloaded dir.
3. Go to Hexo main config and set theme parameter: theme: next-reloaded. So, your next-reloaded directory must loading with your generation. If you may see any bugs or you simply not like this version, you anytime can switch for 5.1.x version back.

4. Update language configuration (For Chinese)

   Since v6.0.3, zh-Hans has been renamed to zh-CN: https://github.com/theme-next/hexo-theme-next/releases/tag/v6.0.3

   Users upgrading to v6.0.3 and later need to explicitly modify the language configuration in the Hexo main config file _config.yml, otherwise the language display is incorrect. 5. Update Hexo and Hexo plugin

   If after completing the above steps, an error occurs when executing hexo s orhexo g, it means that there may be a conflict between the old version of Hexo / Hexo plugin and the new version of the theme NexT. We recommend upgrading Hexo to versions 4.0 and higher and upgrading Hexo plugins to the latest version. You can run npm outdated to see all the upgradeable plugins.

And how to enable 3rd-party libraries see here.

epiforecasts/crowdforecastr documentation built on June 23, 2021, 10:30 p.m.