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Hello,
i have some problems with the VC. I installed the theme and cannot use VC like: i can not add new blocks or edit blocks. See my picture.


My config: NewsMag 2.3.6 / WP 4.5.1 / VC4.11.2
How we can fix this problem?
Thanks
Andy
Hi, thanks a lot! This was very helpful. Here are some follow up questions to what was not clear:
To question #1: I was not clear enough here. I meant if it is possible to have the title text below the picture for the default post template, i.e. swap the header picture and title.
To question #2: Our site is https://www.lettogsunn.no. We want to have the menu element “BESTILL HER” to have a background color as default, while the two other elements (MEDLEMSBETINGELSER and OFTE STILTE SPØRSMÅL) remain unchanged.
To question #3: That helped, BUT now also the title+excerpt beneath the pictures on the sidebar and from some of the main column items disappeared. I guess that the article title is also part of the “meta-info” module. Any way to show the title, but not the author and date? See https://www.lettogsunn.no for how it looks now.
To question #4: I guess I was referring to “Block 13 on 1 column”, like on the right hand side of the page you referred to. Is it possible to have both title and excerpt below picture for this block?
Thanks a lot for great support!
Hi,
Instead of paying money to a developer to modify the theme files and having to re-add the modifications on updates (custom modifications are not update proof even if a child theme is used) why not select another block for your content that uses a different thumbnail like for example: http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-6/
Please try to select different blocks from the menu to see how they display images. There are 21 blocks to chose from and each have different image sizes.
Thank you!
Hi,
The sidebar appears because there is a bbpress default template that you can style from here: http://screencast.com/t/oyMj2xH1zEcE
Unfortunately you will have to edit the plugin files if you want to add theme elements inside the bbpress forum. You can maybe use a do_shortcode function: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_shortcode/ inside the bbpress.php file in the root folder of the theme:
for example if you want to add the trending now widget, create it inside a dummy page and enter classic mode and text mode(not visual) so you can get the shortcode for the element. Then you simply add it inside the function and paste it inside the file like so:
In the bbpress.php fiule, there are 3 cases with code in each section. there is the default sidebar case, the sidebar left case and the no sidebar case. You will have to look for these and add the function to your specific case. If yopu do not want to have sidebar, then add the code here: http://screencast.com/t/KHIyPPBZiD4
Thanks.
Hi,
The problem is the visual composer plugin is not active. you need visual composer in order to have content blocks display properly.
Thank you!
Hello Vesa,
Please try the code below and place it in Theme panel->Custom CSS.
The code is ->
.meta-info .td-block-author {
margin-right: 10px!important;
}
.single_template_3 .td-post-header-full .td-category li {
margin-right: 10px;
}
Thanks.
Hello,
Unfortunately thumbnail sizes cannot be changed so easy as they are fixed and set by us to align properly with the rest of the content. If you want to have bigger images on blocks, then simply chose a block that displays a bigger thumbnail. You can see see different content blocks here: http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-1/ If you are referring to the big image at the top of your page, that is a custom added image, not a featured image. You can edit that element by editing the page in visual composer.
Thank you!
Hello lettogsunn,
1)As you can see in our demo preview, for post template default, the content is already BELOW the top picture and it is not above of it, like this -> http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/120-er-visits-linked-synthetic-wordpress-nyc-past-week/ -> http://screencast.com/t/TlFbWEE5 If is not what you mean, please provide more details in this regard.
2)It is required for your website URL so I can further inspect your icons and also, so I will be able to provide a more accurate response.
3)You have to leave to active this option from your panel and then you have to use a bit of CSS code to do that. Please try the code below and place it in Theme panel->Custm CSS area.
The code is ->
.home .td-module-meta-info {
display:none;
}
.td-ss-main-sidebar .td-module-meta-info {
display:none;
}
4)This is our block 13 -> http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-13/ It shows the title and the excerpts below the title. I do not know what introduction you are referring to. Please provide more details in this regard.
5)Unfortunately, this is the standard design for our blocks and if you want to change the structure of this you can damage the layout of them. Also, please notice that is not a simple task and require some additional customizations. As a hint, you can begin to block 20 with the below code.
The code is ->
.td_block_20 .td_module_14 .td-module-meta-info {
bottom: -170px;
}
.td_module_14 .td-excerpt {
margin-top: 170px;
}
6)Please try the code below.
The code is ->
.td_block_related_posts .td-related-right {
display:none!important;
}
7)I suppose that you are reffering to our smart side bar. For more information about how you can create this, please check our documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/smart-sidebar-2/
Hope this helps!
Thanks.
Hi
These are default settings from WordPress but our theme create its own thumbs for each module. Theme’s thumbs can be enabled/disabled from theme panel > block settings: http://screencast.com/t/4r5CKoaUhF
Make sure you regenerate your thumbnails following our guide then test again.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please provide more details as I’m not sure how you want the colors. Elements do not pick up the category color except for the category tag on posts. These will pick up the color set here: http://screencast.com/t/qbAO056fz1uA but other than this, there is no category color.
On pages you can set the block title and hover colors like you can see on our demo: http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/ but the colors on blocks are set from the block settings and they do not depend on category.
Thank you!
Hi,
Yes I understand but if you remove the articles, what is the pagination supposed to do? the pagination is for the related articles section, not the whole page. If you want to remove the latest articles, change to a different post template and paginate one of the blocks. but as I said above, there is no way to paginate the “page”. Only elements can be paginated. The pagination on pages is not like the one on posts where you can split the post itself.
Thank you!
Hello ealeksa,
Please check the Visual Composer elements and try to create your own page by your desire. There you can see our blocks that use modules and you can change what kind of this you want. -> http://screencast.com/t/JVuz3cVgKdH -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-use-visual-composer/ -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss-BEobegAw
Hope this helps!
If is not what you mean, please provide more details about what you want to achieve.
Thanks.
Hi,
In order to add block elements to your page, you need to access the page editor and then the pagebuilder of visual composer: http://screencast.com/t/wkE7j4g48m then simply click the + icon and select the big grid you want from the list: http://screencast.com/t/tSIjqFozNWE
You can read more about how to use visual composer here: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-use-visual-composer/
If this is not what you meant and you want to create a totally new biog grid besides the ones from our theme, then you will have to use the theme API system to do it: https://forum.tagdiv.com/td_api_blockadd/
This however will require coding knowledge as it is intended for advanced users and is not covered by support as it represents theme customization.
Thank you!
Hi,
The category tags can be removed from the theme panel so css code is not necessary: http://screencast.com/t/mZJFwRAiN
If you still want to use css to target only big grid 3:
.td_block_big_grid_3 .td-post-category{
display:none!important;
}
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
I updated the theme to the latest version w/ Visual Composer 4.11.2. Previously the Composer did not appear on the Page editor, and now it doesn’t appear there either. There are no already-set ‘elements’ visible (like blocks and widgets).
And I have latest version of WordPress 4.5.1 as well.
Please help me fix this ASAP!
Hi,
I create new page and put the shortcode [bbp-forum-index] to make the forum appear on it. I make the page to appear without sidebar. When you go on that page (where you see the forum index) the sidebar is not there but when you click on the forum the sidebar appears. When I created the forum under the forum menu in the panel in layout settings i put no sidebar but it still appears. How can I make it appear on the whole page without sidebar?
I also want to add [td_block_trending_now] or else that to appear on the top wherever you are in the forum.
I put it right before [bbp-forum-index] in the page content but when you enter the forum it is not there. It appears only on the page which shows the whole index.
The plugin is up to date.
Thanks!
So all of a sudden my sites layout seems to have broken, it was perfect yesterday, I’ve disabled all plugins and still no difference either!
http://sweetervegan.com/ is my site, it used to have nice block layouts now code is everywhere and it’s out of place
Also the visual editor only shows code now, too >>> http://i.imgur.com/CElhVuE.png
Only thing I’ve done recently is put CloudFlare on my site
What could be the problem? Thanks!
This ad company keeps telling me it’s not the same ad.. because when I edit the “custom area 3” section of our themepanel, I am told I was unsuccessful in wrapping the Ezoic ad code around that existing ad.
Furthermore if these ad codes were the same then the code seen below in the imgur image would look the same as the one I pasted below (found currently in the custom area 3 themepanel section)
This ad below is the code I’m searching for:
The code you’re referring to in our custom three are of the themepanel > ad area is the following:
<!– Ezoic – Sidebar 3 – sidebar –><div id=”ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-104″>
<script async src=”//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js”></script>
<!– below all/ tna/wwe news –>
<ins class=”adsbygoogle”
style=”display:block”
data-ad-client=”ca-pub-4793404262316174″
data-ad-slot=”3674627237″
data-ad-format=”auto”></ins>
<script>
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
</script>
</div>
<!– End Ezoic – Sidebar 3 – sidebar –>
I believe the ad theyre trying to target is possibly a mobile ad, and I dont know where to locate it.
Bogdan,
I have downloaded and uploaded your example: https://forum.tagdiv.com/practical-example-how-to-add-a-new-block-and-module/ …. if you install that plugin as is from your dropbox there are still no blocks being registered.
Please advise.
Hi! I must say I really love this theme, it is almost out-of-the-box ready for our purposes, but I hope you can answer the following questions related to the changes we see necessary:
1. For the post templates, we would really love to have the default style with the text BELOW the top picture instead of above. Is this possible? I find it strange that this is not one of the pre-defined templates.
2. Our top menu consists of 3 elements. Is it possible to highlight ONE of the 3 menu elements with another background color? Example: http://www.screencast.com/t/W6jQvE3el
3. Under “Post Settings” I can turn off showing author and date for all posts. This affects both the frontpage and sidebar (preview of posts) AND the post page itself. I would like to turn off/disable this for the frontpage and sidebar, but still show author + date at the very top of all posts when on the post page. Is this possible?
4. For “Block 13”, can I also show the introduction and just not the title underneath the picture?
5. Is it possible to modify/create a block (similar to Block 13 or 20) to show the full picture, then title, then introduction? Example: http://www.screencast.com/t/y0s4F7irXIKh
6. At the bottom of every post, underneath the Social Sharing buttons, there are two “menus” (related articles + more from author) above 3 post previews. I would like to only have one menu (delete more from author), is this possible? Explanation: http://www.screencast.com/t/15j0LrFz
7. I have created a new page but I can’t figure out how to make the right hand side of the page “sticky”, so that when scrolling down on the page the content on the right hand side will always be on top.
Hello Bogdan,
I’m sorry if I am not explaining myself well. Right on, I do understand that you can adjust your home “page” to include the template with the loop at the bottom but it also displays articles which I was hoping I could omit from that section/block. I just want the 1,2,3,4 Next Page to be at the bottom before the footer section begins without the articles if that makes any sense
Please see my screen shot, I think it might help me explain what I mean
http://www.screencast.com/t/yY2Le5y9
Please let me know
Hi,
I used the help to question #1 to solve my problem. Can you please tell me how I can get rid of the category that is shown just above the article title in the Big Grid? I tried to add “.td_block_big_grid_3 .td-post-category” but it doesnt change anything.
Thanks
Hi
I’ve checked the image displayed on the grid and noticed that the thumbnails for it are not generated properly. Try to regenerate all your thumbnails following this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/thumbnails-fix-strange-looking-images-on-blocks/ clear all caches then test again.
Let me know how it goes.
Thanks!
Hi,
For the hover color of the menus, you need to change the teheme accent color from here: http://screencast.com/t/HvjDNqe4ORQW The active button will remain ‘hovered’ with the color you set in the theme panel
You can increase the font size for the menu from the fonts section here: http://screencast.com/t/oakNT1Bmbsoy
For the travel demo image, you cannot decide exactly what part of the image will show. You will have to use an image that has the appropriate dimensions. aprox: 1920 x 815.
Your image is nowhere near that aspect ratio and that size. Please use an image at least 1000 px wide and at least 500 px heigh. (but not too high, as it needs to be wide).
For the block 5 on 2 columns: this represents 2 columns: http://screencast.com/t/c3Pdo5wZc
This is done from the columns selection in visual composer: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-use-visual-composer/
If you want to replicate the homepage in the travel layout please follow this topic: https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/how-to-stop-top-header-image-from-stretching/
Important: please read the theme documentation as you will find much useful information there regarding our theme settings: https://forum.tagdiv.com/wordpress-information/
Thank you!
hello,
i paste ad codes in custom ad 1 and in single-loop.php i paste <?php echo do_shortcode(‘[td_block_ad_box spot_id="custom_ad_1"]‘)?> but still its now showing me any ads so i put ads on td-module-relarted-posts.php
but i want to add these codes in single-loop.php..