I have recently installed Newspaper 7 theme. I chose the magazine demo and i see that the first oage of my site has my posts but not my catefories. It has the categories names of the demo. In wgich section of theme panel do i change the grids of the first page layout?
Hi,
Do you refer to the blocks titles? – http://screencast.com/t/uPLnvMmcRD
You can edit your homepage and change the block title and also the filter options, sort order from the articles.. please check the block settings tutorial – https://forum.tagdiv.com/block-settings-tutorial/
Let us know if you have other questions related to the theme or further assistance but please provide more details and you site url. Also please follow the theme documentation – https://forum.tagdiv.com/newspaper-theme-documentation/
Thanks!
Thank You for the reply! My site is citycampus.gr and i am trying to customize it. After having read You instructions, i suppose i am referring to block settings indeed. To become more clear: Home page of site is actually showing the posts of the site. I need to make this first page a page with multiple categories, each showing 4 or 5 latest posts of each category. I suppose i can do that with the block setting. I am confused and i cant find it where block settings is. I mean i go to theme panel and then??? Under where is block settings?
Thanks!
To help you more, i want to change the homepage, the first page of site with the posts… I cant find where to do this…
Hello,
In order to make the homepage a static page first, you need to create a new page then set it as a home page in wp settings: http://screencast.com/t/rjP1jeSN
You can customize your pages in visual composer. This is done on the page edit screen by pressing the back-end editor. You can add blocks to your site that way and the block settings will pop-up once you place a block on your page. Please read this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/block-settings-tutorial/
I hope this helps.
Thanks.
Hello again and thanks for the answer!
However, i dont want to make a static homepage, i need to change my actual homepage that contains my posts, i need to make it have blocks with categories of posts… How do i do this exactly?
Hi,
If you choose to have a blog homepage, meaning you selected the latest posts in the WP settings, then you do not have access to visual composer on that page. You can only choose the layout settings from here: http://screencast.com/t/TZtEJaz4F6z
You can only use visual composer on static pages, not on the blog page.
Thank you!
Ok, so how can i chose to have multiple categories grid with posts on my homepage with latest posts? I see this is possible on your demos… i want to create a homepage (with latest posts) similar to your demos…
Hi,
Our demos are all static pages. That is what I am referring to. Change to static page as your homepage and then you can use visual composer and the latest articles section you can choose from the page template: http://screencast.com/t/BizGW5q1N
Thank you!
Thank You! 2 more questions please!
1) If i install one demo, do i have to install content as well? And where can i customize an already installed demo, eg change categories or names?
2) Do i have to activate my visual composer plygin?
Hi
1. Is not required to install demo with content, you can only import the settings is that is what you want. For more details about our demos please check this link: https://forum.tagdiv.com/installing-demos/
2. No, can ignore the activation messages as Visual Composer plugin comes bundled with the theme and you don’t need a license key for it.
Thanks!
Thank you for the reply! Actually i want to know where i can change settings of a demo after i install it. Does it create automatically a new page and i customize it from there? Or where else? Because i installed it and i wanted to make changes to images, categories, posts etc!
Hello,
We do not recommend editing the demo content. We created the demo content for users to have a visual representation of the theme with a bit of content, but this content will be removed if you decide to change demos.
VERY IMPORTANT: if you edit the demo content and then switch demos, your edited content will be removed.
We suggest installing the demo without content and start creating your own content. You can use page templates to help out on pages: https://forum.tagdiv.com/homepage-how-to-build-and-set-it/
I hope this helps.
Thank you!
Thanks for the reply: Maybe i didnt explain well so i will be more detailed. I like some of your demos, actually i am fond of them, so i decided to activate one of them with content. then i saw my page and got disappointed because i thought i would see only my posts or my categories with my posts. My site is a student information site so i have categories like scholarships, postgraduates, research etc. I want to have one of your demos as they are in appearance without any of your content but to have on the front page categories (and some latest posts) i chose.
I hope i explain well this time. How can i do this?
Hello,
If you want to install a demo there are 2 options. Either install just the demo style and the second, to install the demo style with content. Content is not mandatory, There is a button that you can tick to activate content or not. Please read this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/installing-demos/
The button is pretty obvious: http://screencast.com/t/lf2x8iqr8
Thank you!
After i install the demo, where can i customize it?
Hi,
You can customize the theme elements, not the demo. the demo is a predefined style. The options are found in the theme panel. if you have content you can find it as pages, posts and categories, widgets, menus logos, all in their designated spots in the theme. Please read the theme documentation to learn about the theme’s functionality: https://forum.tagdiv.com/newspaper-theme-documentation/
Thank you!
Hello, i am getting familiar with the theme! Please i have 2 questions:
1) I see that visual composer plugin needs update. How can i update it?
2) On top header menu of some demos there are social media icons (facebook, twitter etc). How can i link them to my actual facebook and twitter page? Because when i click on them, it just refreshes the site. Where do i change that so when i click it, i can be directed to facebook and twitter page?
Hello theoritiki,
1)For Visual Composer updating, please check the documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin/
2)Check the Theme panel->Social Networks and there you will have to add the full the link for Social Network with http:// or https://, like this -> http://screencast.com/t/u18UMThA
Thanks for your understanding!
