I’m semi satisfied user of Newsmag theme and I bought this one which is more developed with more blocks and I have few issues.
1: Grid slider (I think its 6) don’t extend photos so you get this http://prntscr.com/jcvxr5 and if you use Big Grid like I am at the moment, you cant chose same one for categories slider since you cant chose any of Big Sliders
2: Can’t hide block for mobile or desktop. Tried withour Rocket Cache that I use, still behaves the same
3: If you take look at mine website banjalucanke.com you will notice that all category headers are same color so mine front page is dull and boring. How can I change them http://prntscr.com/jcvzrs
Hi,
1. You can try to regenerate the thumbnails, this process will recreate all the necessary thumbnails
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/search/regenerate/
2. Depending on the page builder used, both have options to hide elements for specific device. A related topic here
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/change-moduleblock-12/
These are tested and work as expected. As a note, if you use WPBakery page builder to create pages, deactivate the tagDiv composer. The tagDiv composer may prevent the option to hide elements of WPBakery from functioning.
3. With WPBakery page builder that will not be possible. There are no options to color the block title fonts or background. The tagDiv composer has such options.
You could use CSS to color them by block type for example
– https://www.screencast.com/t/hJiffmUYp
This is the code used in the example
.td_block_1 .td-block-title span{
background-color: red;
}
.td_block_7 .td-block-title span{
background-color: blue;
}
.td_block_4 .td-block-title span{
background-color: yellow;
}
More about using CSS code here
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/create-custom-code-using-the-browsers-inspector/
Thanks
1: OK, started regeneration, will take several hours, and I will update you after that
2: Yes, that solved the problem with hiding some elements, thanks
3: I designed whole webpage with WPBakery since I’m already familiar with it from Newsmag, does tagDiv composer have some advantages for instance in speed or? Also, can I now use tagDiv composer just to color headlines and than disable it again?
3. Switching to the tagDiv composer will require that all the pages are recreated with it. Editing a page created with WPBakery with the tagDiv composer, may result in problems with the page, this is highly not recommended.
The tagDiv composer is now the main page builder the theme provides. It will be further integrated with the theme, and more options will be added specifically for it.
1: I regenerated all thumbnails and still the same. You can check it on mine test page for slider https://banjalucanke.com/demo/
3: OK, I will give it a try to tadDiv Composer and see can I achieve same speed optimization with it
4: How can I force your AdBox for instance on the sidebar to show 300×600 Google ads? On mine another side with AdRotate plugin, I use AdRotate that I set to 300×600 space and exactly the same Google adverts code and it shows larger 300×600 adverts. When I use your AdBox it shows 300×250 every time
5: Since letterbox adverts are useless on mobile websites, why can’t I set Article Top Ad (mobile), for instance, to be 300×250 or 300×600 pixels on mobile instead of tiny hard to see letterbox? It’s possible with Google ads. That’s above the fold spot, I should be, for instance, able to place the same ad that is shown on top of the slider (desktop). And I’m not talking about Google adverts, but those non-responsive 300×250 adverts most of us sell to customers
1. Seems I cannot manage to view your website at the moment
– https://www.screencast.com/t/vDenjKEu
Regarding the thumbnails, maybe you are not using big enough featured images.
Or the GD library for PHP is not installed on your server as required in the guide I provided. You could consult with your hosting provider and check if that is the case.
4. The ad box should display the ad you want. If your Adsense ad is created of that size it should be displayed accordingly
– https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/6002575?hl=en
You can also select specific ad sizes in the theme panel, for the ad you want
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/ads-adsense-overview/
5. Same for the article ads – https://forum.tagdiv.com/article-ads/
If you use the mobile theme you have different ad spots
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/the-mobile-theme/
If you do not use Adsense then you can display your ads based on device
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-other-ads-non-adsense-ads/
1: Yes, my super premium hosting had issues at that moment. Can you check it again? This is example http://prntscr.com/kgu80a
2: I was too fast to say that disabling TagDiv Composer solved the issue. You can access Banjalucanke.com from your mobile and you will see no advertisement that is hidden from desktop http://prntscr.com/kgu6hg while one that is hidden from mobile shows fine on desktop http://prntscr.com/kgu642
6: Will there be option to strech small featured photos for articles to auto full size?
Hi,
1. Some thumbnails are still not created, for example this one
– https://www.screencast.com/t/XQsP3XHE
This is a proper thumbnail – https://www.screencast.com/t/pPrN9pDz2d
So if you regenerated the thumbnails and there is still a problem, maybe the required PHP GD library module is missing. Check in the theme system status
– https://www.screencast.com/t/98bgTKdtHsRq
2. I also tried to hide a column with WPBakery (tagDiv composer inactive)
– https://www.screencast.com/t/w0zdMr3QY
The column is hidden, there will be a hidden class set on it by WPBakery
– https://www.screencast.com/t/H8few257i
Inspecting your page there are a few columns hidden under the big grid
– https://www.screencast.com/t/rURAqOuCF
These would be the columns, one contains an ad box and one is empty
– https://www.screencast.com/t/ZhKCe1JWLV
These are hidden on desktop so that would be what you wanted. Maybe I am misunderstanding something, please correct me if I do.
Thanks
1: It shows that PHP GD library is OK and I set thumbnail regeneration again. It will take some time and I will update this thread
2: OK let me rephrase. I set some columns with adverts to be hidden from mobile other from desktop. Those that are hidden from mobile and should show on desktop are working fine, they render only on desktop. Those that are hidden from desktop and should be shown on mobile aren’t rendering on mobile (and on desktop but that is how it should be).
You can see that I set column here https://prnt.sc/kgu6hg but if you access website banjalucanke.com from your mobile you will not see that column
2. I see now, so the ad in that column is not displayed on mobile. I believe the problem is with the ad itself, please try in a test page to hide a simple column with an element the same way. Check if it displays on mobile.
Check the settings for the ad in the theme panel
– https://www.screencast.com/t/5EzkNbXPG70
Maybe you have disabled it for mobile.
Does the ad appear if you don’t hide the column, on mobile?
1: As issues are persisting when I regenerated thumbnails and since those posts that have thumbnail issues are new (site is updated with 50+ posts per day) I think it could be issue with Settings > Media > Thumbnail size as its kept on default 200×200. What thumbnail size should be set for Newspaper theme?
2: Hmmm issue is resolved by using Custom_AD_1 insted of Sidebar even they have same code
1. Indeed, there are still some thumbnails that are not created, this is highly unusual. Like this one
– https://www.screencast.com/t/a3narJCTM
The original image seems to be large enough to allow the required thumbnails size to be created.
Note that you can also regenerate the thumbnails per image
– https://www.screencast.com/t/qXZv32Ol73Z
The theme should create the thumbnails automatically. Do you maybe use some image optimization plugins or code? What happens if you regenerate the image mentioned above, does it create a proper thumbnail?
I had to change size of thumbnails in theme and it worked, looks like they are OK now.
