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Hi guys,
Last year I bought the theme called Shaka: https://demo.proteusthemes.com/shaka/portfolio/trip-to-spain/
I discovered thanks to this theme, some pretty cool blocks: https://imgur.com/6C1pdbM
Is it possible to create easily those kind of blocks (1 & 2) with Newspaper / tagdiv?
Thanks in advance.
I’ve completed building my website with the newspaper theme (I started building after version 10 was issued.)
I’ve deactivated the tagDiv Standard Pack to improve performance as suggested, but it causes problem with the ‘td_block_1’ that I’ve inserted in my sidebar.
When I view a post, the following is displayed:
[td_block_1 custom_title=”TOP STORIES” tdc_css=”eyJhbGwiOnsicGFkZGluZy1yaWdodCI6IjEwIiwicGFkZGluZy1ib3R0b20iOiIxMCIsInBhZGRpbmctbGVmdCI6IjEwIiwiYmFja2dyb3VuZC1jb2xvciI6IiNmZWYxZTQiLCJkaXNwbGF5IjoiIn19″ ajax_pagination=””]
Any thoughts?
TIA
Nigel
For example, in the Liftstyle demo, the home page, TRENDING NOW block how to bind the data source from which category?
Where to set it up?
How do I know the rules for binding data to these blocks?
Thank you
Hello I have an author issue which appears to be a conflict between Molongui and the Newspaper theme. The Guest author is not appearing properly and is pulling in admin meta names in feed-type blocks on non post pages. The “wrong” names may be related to each post’s metadata and how the theme interprets it. example:
Original post:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AppP9p_3Gk9Nik7M1e9VzzqOrXxO
How it appears in a “feed”
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AppP9p_3Gk9Nik_jto5KWA5iySFI
And how it appears in Search Results:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AppP9p_3Gk9NilCQiVYfQBKpzGlR
I have a block that shows 6 posts with an ad box showing a banner underneath. Beneath that, I’d like to have a “See more” button that displays 6 more posts (I would offset posts = 7) and another ad box and another “See more” button…repeat. Is the way to do that?
One more thing if anyone can help me.
I am using theme https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper_gossip_pro/
And I want 1st block to be look like below theme. For that I have managed to add 1st block template but the concern is all posts inside the block are getting updated together. This was not with the gossip theme, there in 1st block I am able to update any post separately. Is the same possible with below theme’s 1st block?
I am spending too long trying to find out what modules are used in Flex Blocks. This page – https://forum.tagdiv.com/theme-blocks-modules/ – gives the modules used in standard Blocks but doesn’t mention which modules are used in each of the 5 Flex Blocks. Nor do these pages on Flex Blocks – https://tagdiv.com/go-beyond-flexibility-new-flex-block/ & https://forum.tagdiv.com/flex-block-settings-guide/
I am trying to make a default font setting for Article Title for my Flex Blocks in Theme Panel/Theme Fonts/Font Settings, but there is no mention there of Flex Blocks.
Where, for example, does one make the default setting for Flex Block 3/Style/Module Fonts/Article Title 1 and Flex Block 3/Style/Module Fonts/Article Title 2?
The Article Title parameter seems to follow default font type, presume from Body – General Font but where are the other parameters in Theme Panel? If there are none, why offer default in Flex Block settings? At the least the documentation mentioned above needs to be updated, expanded, clarified.
Thanks
Mark Gilbert
I have added a forum to my site and a widget which displays the latest forum posts, all works fine but I can’t find a way to change the “Header template”. Throughout my site I have used “block header 4” as “header template” in “header settings” when I add a custom title and I also changed the “Title background color” and the font used.
The widget I add however shows a default global header in black and I can’t find a way to change this, is this possible?
Here you can see the “issue” in the sidebar https://fietsenvanhtotz.be/forum/
website liive.org – https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fliive.org
Lab Data
First Contentful Paint
4.8 s
Speed Index
28.8 s
Largest Contentful Paint
47.1 s
Time to Interactive
34.8 s
Total Blocking Time
3,480 ms
Cumulative Layout Shift
0.029
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OpportunitiesThese suggestions can help your page load faster. They don’t directly affect the Performance score.
Opportunity
Estimated Savings
Serve images in next-gen formats
21.15 s
Efficiently encode images
15.45 s
Preload key requests
9.21 s
Remove unused JavaScript
4.8 s
Eliminate render-blocking resources
1.83 s
Remove unused CSS
0.75 s
Defer offscreen images
0.45 s
looking to fix the major issues – any one free to support? Willing to pay if needed.
Hello
since I installed the last update
and change from classic editor to block editor
I have had a problem
I want to add a “SIngle Image” by tag div composer
but I get the message
render failed – no image is selected
https://www.screencast.com/t/NBD4r15j
even if I go to its properties on the left side and look for the image to add but it doesn’t load any image
https://www.screencast.com/t/4YbU44aMjY
https://www.screencast.com/t/sgfIAtxa1Fee
– I already returned the version of the theme to 10.3.3 (but nothing happened, and I returned it to 10.3.4)
– already update the theme to the latest version 10.3.4
– I have php 7.3 on the server
– WordPress is in its latest version 5.4.2
– WordPress Site Health Status is good, I only need to enable the “imagick” module in PHP
https://www.screencast.com/t/PllQ0NjE76
please i need your support
Hi, im using Newspaper X default theme and I install amp and mobile theme, the thing is that i dont want to show author on mobile site, in desktop i already hide author
I have several issues with image sizes and thumbnails. Some images tend to show on Desktop, however when i view on smartphone, all i see is a white thumbnail. To make the thumbnail visisble i have to resize the image several times.
What is the best image sizes for each block/module?
hello,
i understand i am not able to have a clickable menu if it has submenu categories.. YES, i would like it to be like this: https://prnt.sc/syjhud
but i don’t see anywhere in WP to do that. for now i have removed thumbnails from the submenus but the list is completely off from the parent menu (and is far to the left rather than neatly underneath as your link shows).. i have deleted the mega menu block (if that’s what you mean).. my link is: grandbendbulletin.ca
but i have made so many alterations it no longer looks how it did (the menu was a cloud download and is not from my theme).
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This reply was modified 6 years by
meeshymee.
Hi, I dont want a video as a popup but a highlighted article in homepage into a block that only appears if there is any video to show. I send you 2 images one with highlighted video and other without. Please keep in mind that this images were made with photoshop, they are not real, this is what I want to set up in my website.
With highlighted video:

Without video

Hi all,
Odd challenge here, and I hope I can get some pointers.
My site Wise Living Magazine (https://wiselivingmagazine.co.uk) was approved for AdSense, has a status of ‘Ready’ and I have created and placed ad units using Newspaper’s Theme panel > Ads. I have pasted the ad code into the ad spots (Header etc).
However, ads are only showing up in WordPress Previews of posts – but not the actual post itself when live! So far, no ads have been appearing on the live site, but they do appear when previewing a post (new or an existing post).
Could it be because I am deferring JS and CSS? Is there a bug with the Ad placements in Newspaper? Could it be caching? Am I being too impatient (but why would ads show in preview)?
Things to know:
Account activated 24 hours ago; ad units created 12 hours ago
Site status is ‘Ready’
I have purged the caches on CloudFlare (CDN) and LiteSpeed (WordPress cache)
No ad blockers
Tried incognito mode, ensured Javascript active
Checked script in <header> tags, checked ads.txt file
Plenty of traffic (>1k sessions so far)
Installed and using Site Kit
A couple of questions, please:
Key question: why are ads showing in Preview but not on the live site?
Could deferring JS, using LazyLoad etc be the culprit (though the same settings apply to Post Previews). Anyone else experience this with Newspaper?
Any ideas? Would love to actually serve the ads!
Many thanks, and keep safe!
Matt
I found the solution for me, the thumbnails was not exists. I had to activate them in block section and regenerate them.
Hello Calin,
as you wrote i would to use the item block as widget on the area
https://i.imgur.com/c1QxvwN.png
But in this area the total of block sidebar from pre designed templates are not available; one example, but just one, the call action button are not, another example the Text with image are not. I would to understand how to import also that kind of block directly on the widget area as specified above.
thanks
les
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This reply was modified 6 years by
ls0@libero.it.
Hi,
You can edit the homepage using tagDiv Composer, also the flex blocks/ grids can be edited and sort using this builder, in this way you can chose what to display and the order that will be display.
Also the elements can be move using drag and drop.
Hope this will help you!
Thank you!
Hi,
So you mean social buttons to share the post from the module? The theme doesn’t provide this unfortunately. The posts can en shared only from the post page, not from modules/blocks/grids.
Thank you!
Hi,
Normally the theme will keep a cache that will refresh every 3 hours, the Instagram content will be displayed from that cache. This way the limit set by Instagram for the requests should not be reached.
Maybe that cache is not working correctly for you, and the requests are exceeding the limit Instagram sets. They will then block them for a while.
Have you maybe tried some Instagram feed plugins to see if they work correctly?
Thank you!
Hi,
That effect is set by using a class in the theme body -> https://i.imgur.com/eX5F0uI.png
If you do not like that color, you can remove the extra class from flex blocks -> https://i.imgur.com/gfsHWKP.jpg or the class from theme panel -> https://i.imgur.com/Umuw7q0.png after that set your own color effect on flex blocks -> https://i.imgur.com/isPN1A6.png you can check more in our article from here -> https://tagdiv.com/blending-modes-newspaper-theme/
Also if you want you can use a custom css for all flex blocks that have the .td-background-blend class and change it like this -> https://i.imgur.com/iKRNU56.jpg
.td-fashion-pro .td-background-blend .td_module_wrap:hover .entry-thumb {
background-color: #d11a1a6b;
}
The color need to be transparent/opacity -> https://i.imgur.com/R4WsokU.png
The code need to be set in theme panel> custom code > custom css.
Hope this will help you!
Have a nice weekend!
Hi,
The flex blocks and posts loop have a special tab in tagDiv Composer “Layout”, the one that you find it, from there you can choose the full size of image -> https://i.imgur.com/bDOY7Hk.png also the image height must be set on 100% like this -> https://i.imgur.com/zmq1MPJ.jpg
Hope this will help you!
Thank you!
Hi wheelsph,
The Video pop-up ad can be set only on posts that has a featured video format -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/featured-image-or-video/ the ads can be added with tagDiv Composer on flex elements from pages -> https://i.imgur.com/sljz6nl.png
Video Features & Settings with Newspaper Theme: Sticky Video and Pop-up Video -> https://tagdiv.com/newspaper-theme-video-popup-sticky-video-features/
Thank you!
Hello,
how can i import the block sidebar as widgets in the sidebar ratio?
thnks
les
Hi Olist,
The “Modified Date” is a new sort options for modules, in order to use it you need to enable this option -> https://i.imgur.com/V0KS1np.png to display the modified date on modules and the order option “Modified Date” will by display in sort section for blocks.
Also please note that there is no need to make changes in theme files for this option, now our theme has the last modified date for posts too, if you use single post templates from tagDiv Cloud Library and edit it with tagDiv Composer – http://prntscr.com/nqygjo
Hope this will help you!
Thanks