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I think I usually take the sissy way out and just avoid the mods that put me in a position of changing things twice. Is that sad or what? haha
Need to get familiar with the new API. Although it’ll be a while before it touches on the areas I tend to modify, like the default sharing buttons. Between the API as a plugin and the Custom CSS settings, the child theme is becoming more irrelevant.
Speaking of jaded, color me jade regarding WordPress in general. I’ve been branching toward so-called lightweight CMS solutions like Bolt CMS and as it turns out, it puts WP to shame on performance, function, and customizability for a news site not dissimilar to those you run. But that’s for another topic.
Just going along to get along for now. Gonna get that parent theme going again. It’ll fix my block 18 thumbnail issue too.
This issue requires immediate attention as it is very difficult to determine which widget block is for which purpose. I have to open each one and look for the block I want to edit or I have to open the page where that particular sidebar is and match the order with the backend order to get to the one I want to edit.
Please don’t say this is a request and you have many pending as this is not efficient and a bad UI

I never used v6, just went straight to v6.1 and am waiting until the next release after v6.2 since I’m sure one is coming very soon to fix that title issue you experienced. But it’s been happening the whole time, on both the main and development sites I run.
I can’t figure out why, though. The child theme is so bare and includes nothing to alter the images at all. There’s likely a function somewhere in the parent theme that is causing it, but the developers are the only ones who know for sure.
Here’s a patch to hold us over until they fix the child theme issue. In Advanced CSS enter these values:
Desktop –
.td_block_18 .td-column-2 .td-module-thumb {
height: 378px;
}
iPad Landscape –
.td_block_18 .td-column-2 .td-module-thumb {
height: 350px;
}
That fixes the problem in a backwards way and keeps everything responsive for all devices. Hopefully we can get a true fix soon, though.
/*CHRISTOPHER's CUSTOM MODS - slim version */
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_generator' ) ;
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wlwmanifest_link' ) ;
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'rsd_link' ) ;
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links', 2 );
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links_extra', 3 );
remove_action('wp_head','print_emoji_detection_script',7);
remove_action('wp_print_styles','print_emoji_styles');
function no_errors_please(){
return 'You appear to be up to no good. Please stop now!';}
add_filter( 'login_errors', 'no_errors_please' );
function remove_cssjs_ver( $src ) {
if( strpos( $src, '?ver=' ) )
$src = remove_query_arg( 'ver', $src );
return $src;
}
add_filter( 'style_loader_src', 'remove_cssjs_ver', 10, 2 );
add_filter( 'script_loader_src', 'remove_cssjs_ver', 10, 2 );
add_filter( 'jpeg_quality', create_function( '', 'return 50;' ) );
This is the combined block of code (including the emoji removal mentioned above) that goes at the END of the functions.php file.
@neotrope Not sure why you said that code can’t go into the child theme. I’m running the child theme and inserted this into the functions.php file inside the child theme directory and it’s working spectacularly. Do you mind elaborating on why you emphasized that so much?
Thanks for codes @neotrope and @fudoki
There is this line of CSS. In Inspector, if I disable this line, the block shrinks and fits perfectly. As you can see, this piece of code is mixed in with a bunch of media queries and even has some comments in it for responsive design, but it doesn’t appear to be within a media query itself.
I can change that value to height: 378px; but since the problem isn’t occurring on a duplicate of the site, I’m thinking there is another problem and manipulating these value only disguises it.
I definitely do not want to hide problems on the site. So I’m hoping you guys can tell me what’s causing the thumb to resize in the browser. I’m not running any caching plugins and have cleared my browser cache repeatedly; it’s not that.
At a loss for the next step, though.
Thanks.
On my homepage at InsideTheStar.com, I’m using Block 18 at the top of the page to show one large post, and then two smaller posts. The Large post uses the thumbnail size 696×385.
Here’s a screenshot of the problem I’m having:
Notice the grey bar at the bottom of the thumb indicating the thumb isn’t filling the thumbnail block fully. I’ve checked in inspector and disabling the width and max-with 100% allows the height to fill the space, but obviously creates other problems.
I used the “View Image Info” tool in FireFox and included that data in the shot as well. It shows on the pointed line that the image loads at the right size (as cut by them theme on upload) but is being resized a little smaller somehow.
I’ve checked all plugins and can’t find the problem. Using an identical setup on my dev site (dev.insidethestar.com), I’m not having the same issue. This is happening regardless of what image shows there. The one pictured is actually is actually the front of a YouTube video that the theme generated.
I’ve regenerated all thumbs multiple times and checked the theme settings: all thumbnails sizes are turned on. I’m not using the Photon feature in Jetpack, since that has caused this problem before.
Any ideas what’s causing this?
Hi,
I will mail you, and I prepared some jped files explaining what I’d like to customize in the theme. I managed somehow to change the container width with the css codes:
.td-container {
max-width: 1024px;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
}
I narrowed a little bit changing from the default value to the 1024px.
I’d like to decrease a little bit the main width, that I show in the picture:
http://oi57.tinypic.com/2vj69dx.jpg
And I’d like to decrease a little bit the spaces in some blocks that I’ll show you in these jpeg pictures
http://oi57.tinypic.com/23jhni9.jpg
http://oi61.tinypic.com/29pc6bs.jpg
And I’d like to customize the space between columns.
This is for the desktop view, I need CSS codes for these changes.
Hi,
The theme hasn’t been designed to work with CPT while the VC plugin has built in CPT support that’s why you can use VC post grid element and not theme blocks.
We might add CPT into the theme in the near future however we haven’t decided anything on this yet so I can provide details on it.
Thanks
Hi
Try using this custom css:
.td_block_slide .td-post-views{
display:none;
}
It should work fine: http://screencast.com/t/1aqJVAXYXgt
Thanks!
Ah, I’m very sorry. What I meant was Block 1. I got confused with the block number, really sorry about that. The block 1 that I’m using is located on the sidebar, which is titled “Multimedia”.
No problem with the excerpt, as we want to hide it. We just want to show the picture, category, blog title and author on the front page for now. 🙂
Hi,
You can just install the theme there and start configure it with the existing content you have now. We don’t have a specific guide on how to change themes but you can use our installation guide here: http://screencast.com/t/KgyZg4IDO – https://forum.tagdiv.com/wordpress-information/
You should also consider into the process at the following aspects:
– backup your current theme/WordPress/database: https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups
– setup a maintenance mode and you can use a plugin for that.
– empty all caches/purge files if you also use CDN host then disable any services of this type until you switch to the new theme
– disable all plugins
– install the theme then install the required plugins
– switch back the rest of the plugins and start other services
The theme blocks filters are based on categories and tags but you can also use authors filters: http://screencast.com/t/chg98E7KAt But to answer your question, then yes, it would be better to add tags to your posts or organize theme into several categories this would make your theme customization work easier.
Thanks
Blockquotes & Pullquotes not appear in the list of Shortcode … See:

Hi,
I have checked your site and the author is enabled also on block 17 – http://screencast.com/t/C7yEkxK0
Also if you have an excerpt problem, please provide more details what did you set(module) and it is not applied.
Thanks!
Hi,
Like I said theme has mor options to use quotes from Formats, you will need custom work to achieve that on default blockquote or add them manually. You can try a custom css like is used on pullquotes and add you double quote image: http://screencast.com/t/WTkGKDWk
.td-post-content blockquote p:before{
position: absolute;
background:url("http://www.mythoughtsmywords.org/images/double-quotes.png") no-repeat scroll 0 0 !important;
background-size: 20px 20px !important;
left: 0;
display: block;
content: '';
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
box-sizing: border-box;
-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
}
.td-post-content blockquote p:after {
position: absolute;
bottom: 10px;
right: 0;
display: block;
content: '';
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
box-sizing: border-box;
-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
background:url("http://www.mythoughtsmywords.org/images/double-quotes.png") no-repeat scroll 0 0 !important;
background-size: 20px 20px !important;
}
You may need to adjust the custom css code, if you don’t know how to do it I suggest to get someone to help you as we cannot provide custom work at this time. Also if you use the above css for default blockquote, please not that all other quotes format will be affected – http://screencast.com/t/zRQZnfYNyfn
Thanks!
Hi,
Congrats on the newspaper 6, I love it!
I’ve got a question though, how to remove the header and it’s menu from a page?
I’ve already using header style number 9, but the menu is still ‘there’ in a form of a straight line (gray line I guess). –> http://bit.ly/1FUu01k
My site is just a one page using block (with RSS) that link to other news site.
I’ve manage to remove the search icon though from the page but I don’t know where to remove the ‘menu’ straight line.
Please help, I need your advice.
Thanks in advance.
Hi,
As you can see in my site http://www.modagrafya.com, there is too much space between elements and block. For example, the spacing between the header menu and the site content is too wide in my opinion. Also the space between the sidebar and the main content is too wide. How can I decrease the space?
Hi,
Yes, the theme doesn’t have an option to play videos on modules/blocks, you need custom work for this and it is not an easy task like Emil already said.
Thanks!
Hi,
Not sure why you have this issue as I have checked you site and did not found any issue in the console. Please disable all your plugins except of Visual Composer and make sure that you change the fonts for the right module. I also tested this and did not found any issues, for example block 15 you have to change the fonts for article title for module mx4 – http://screencast.com/t/jek7zmwcd – http://screencast.com/t/eUOURMq0d
I also checked your post and I see that you managed to change the font for post content – http://screencast.com/t/Ah8LSencDNR so it should work also for your post title for each post style that you use – http://screencast.com/t/KAxJ1MV34tf
Thanks!
Hi,
You will need custom modifications to achieve this as the related posts is not a part of the content, so you cannot do that automatically without modifying the code. You can try to add block shortcode to inline ad area, please check this topic – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/related-posts-2/
Thanks!
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This reply was modified 11 years by
Alin [tagDiv].
Hi,
Thanks for suggestion! Please provide more details if you have an issue with excerpt as it should work on all modules, also provide an example, a link!
About the issue with block 17, please provide a link so we can take a look.
Thanks!
Hi,
We use there featured product shortcode in a text block and for the title we use html and the css is applied like on any block title – http://screencast.com/t/3hdEbosqGh
You can use a text block, change to html editor and add you title – http://screencast.com/t/l2UiaJHA – http://screencast.com/t/Tc2h6lfzC1xm Use this html for title:
<div class="block-title"><label>Your title</label></div>
Thanks!
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This reply was modified 11 years by
Alin [tagDiv].
Hi,
You can use do_shortcode function and display it bellow the main menu in the code. Just set it in a page and take the shortcode – http://screencast.com/t/T92s4Uo8X1en – http://screencast.com/t/YxvbaQzfrX Then paste it like this in the header style that you use – http://screencast.com/t/AXRdDjrO
<div class="td-container ticker">
<?php echo do_shortcode('[td_block_trending_now navigation="" style="" header_text_color="" header_color="" category_id="" category_ids="" tag_slug="" autors_id="" installed_post_types="" sort="" limit="5" offset=""]');?>
</div>
You may need to add some margin top using custom css – http://screencast.com/t/RYECyNYB
.ticker {
margin-top: 20px;
}
Thanks!
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This reply was modified 11 years by
Alin [tagDiv].
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This reply was modified 11 years by
Alin [tagDiv].
Hi,
I’m not sure if you can manage to show the co-authors on modules, you will need custom work and implement the coauthor plugin to display name of authors also on modules/blocks. You can try to add it also on modules but you need custom modification to the above code and I’m not sure if it will work – http://screencast.com/t/u5rSK2sD5CG
Thanks!
Hi
I’m still stucked with Custom Type Posts and i came to a Post Grid in Visual Composer. Wonderful, in Post Grid Settings i can simply choose CTP in Data Source and then later in Narrow Data Source, i can choose category of CTP – custom taxonomies.
Now please, tell me (no coder, no programmer) where is the difference with i.e. Block 15 where i can’t do this? It’s pretty obvious that Visual Composer can see all parts of CTP, but in Block 15 i cannot narrow down data source?
Thank you
Thanks Sir for the help. If I am not using pull quote format for blockquote, if I am using simple default blockquote; then how can I add double quotes at the start of blockquote. Also how can I can customize the style, size and colour of the double quotes added to a simple default blockquote (I am not using pull quote or box quote format)

