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Hi,
Please disable all your plugins except of Visual Composer and remove any css/js compression, clear cache and see if you still have this issue. These js errors usually are caused by plugins that conflict with theme javascript, also please make sure that you use the latest version of the theme 6.2.
Thanks!
Hi,
This could happen due to theme’s lazy load feature however I couldn’t recreate it on my side using the latest theme version (6.1). Please try to test this without using any plugins which could conflict with theme’s lazy load so disable all of them laving just theme’s VC plugin and make sure that you empty all caches first and purge files if you use CDN then test again and let us know how it goes.
Thanks
Hi,
Please check all templates from Theme Panel > Template Settings and change the modules, as the search module from previous version doesn’t exist in Newspaper 6 – http://screencast.com/t/gbcO4Imsy5vk For example if your homepage is a blog please change the module for that template. Also you can take a look at categories as there are many features available there – http://screencast.com/t/N1YuYDGcuJUM Also please clear cache and let me know how it goes!
Thanks!
Hi,
So when you save the post the content appear as it should? Have you also tested this without any plugin active to make sure that it’s not happening due to a plugin.
Please let me know and try with all plugins disabled and make sure you empty all caches.
Thanks
Hi,
You still have these errors in the console – http://screencast.com/t/w4N9ecUi and affect ajax pagination, search… all elements which use ajax requests. Please deactivate all plugins, leave just Visual Composer active, clear cache and purge your files, then check if you still have this issue. Also disable any css/ js minifications. Please also check your page source and see if css/js minification is removed.
Thanks!
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This reply was modified 11 years by
Alin [tagDiv].
Hi,
We tested WP Super Cache with the theme and we decided to recommend it to be used with Newpaper theme, it seems to be faster. Also we recommend to be used as default (no minify) – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
Thanks!
Hi, i have newspaper 6 (last update) and using it with wp super cache. My problem is at the first click of my website, there is no image to show up. I must reflesh my website to see images.
here is the screenshots:
any solition?
Thank you, Marius. I’m very pleased with how it came out. Even more so because the theme is faster than ever. You guys did a great job with the v6 update. Bravo.
But I haven’t fixed it, just found a temporary fix that doesn’t seem as obviously broken while we work on it. Here are the problems:
1. Categories Filter ** This was my bad. Didn’t correct the offset properly for the block after the ad while building the page.
Category filtering in blocks on the home page I’ve built is set as default, to show all categories, but it’s only showing the first category, alphabetically, from the site (Cowboys Blog). I’ve tried updating it several times and checking the other categories but no luck. All categories work fine when I select them individually, but not when selecting “All Categories” from the filter. This occurs with and without unique articles enabled, and after all caches have been cleared.
2. Newspaper Block Shortcodes in VC
Visual Composer is really not reading the themes blocks. See the screenshot for what I see:

That has remained constant on InsideTheStar.com (Main Site) while it was not a problem on Dev.InsideTheStar.com (Development Site, also live). It remains constant whether I use v6.1 parent or child theme, and whether I use VC v4.3.5 or v.4.5.3. I’ve checked upload type (binary vs. ascii) and uploaded fresh copies from the theme directory of the whole theme multiple times. I’ve also removed VC via both methods and reinstalled but no fix, yet.
I was able to create the homepage I’m using now by taking the page on my dev site, reverting to the classic editor so it would show me the VC shortcodes, and copied those shortcodes into the classic editor on the homepage for the main site. I couldn’t use the blocks any other way. With VC v.4.5.3 (as distributed with Newspaper v6.1) I couldn’t even edit those blocks at all on the main site, just move them around (couldn’t edit, duplicate, or delete them from the VC editor).
3. VC Editor Styles
I’m also seeing this issue while using Newspaper v6.1 with VC v4.3.5 (the only version I can access this following screen from):

I can still use the box with that broken style for the tabs up top, but it hints at the main problem, I’d think.
I would have liked to get it figured out already, but all I was able to do was get the site limping well enough that most visitors won’t notice (it’s a production site).
Any ideas? The only thing worth noting from the system info tab of the theme is that I’m running at 40mb instead of 64mb. It’s not the problem, though. Both the main site and dev site are running on the same host with the same setups, and the dev site is not experiencing any troubles with VC v.4.3.5.
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This reply was modified 11 years by
Bryson T. Reason: Removed item 1 from the list, as it was user error
Thanks Alin,
All plugins disabled, cache cleared, CDN purged. Still no change.
Thankfully this is in my sandbox. Any other ideas what could be causing it?
Not having this problem over here.
Always good to
a) try using different web browser; make sure javascript not “disabled” in browser.
b) turn off all plugins except VC to see if plugin conflict
c) check your CDN is loading files properly if loading theme files from CDN
d) make sure you cleared your cache on CDN/server/plugin so you’re loading correct files
e) if you broke something in child theme; try using theme without child theme
We have issues from time to time with IE on Win7/64 in saving widgets; but works 100% in Chrome.
Hi,
First please try this without any plugins active, empty all caches then let us know if you still have this issues. If so please send us your email login details via email so we can have a closer look at this and also also include a link tot this tread (contact@tagdiv.com).
I’ve also tested this using the latest theme version and could not recreate this. Please let us know!
Thanks
How to configure W3 Total Cache on Newspaper V6.1 theme. I am search how to configure w3 total cache on newspaper theme & find some topic but when I am config this it’s not work fully. Please say step by step how to config W3 Total Cache on Newspaper v6.1 theme. 🙂
Hi,
It should work fine, please clear cache and if you still have issues provide a link so we can take a look.
Thanks!
Hi,
Not sure why you get this issue as I have checked you page content and did not found any issues – http://screencast.com/t/KidRmX4ZvmdV please check this without any plugins except of Visual Composer, clear cache and see if you still have this issue. What page template do you use? – http://screencast.com/t/HpdiiLgk4H Also you can try to filter by all categories and see if it work(I see that you filer by specific category). Provide a link to this page.
Thanks!
Hi,
1. Please try this custom css – http://screencast.com/t/efIGxQIqT
.comments #author, .comments #email, .comments #url {
display: none;
}
2. You need to make this change in the code as the related articles code you can find it in the loop single file – http://screencast.com/t/UONppi1E and the loop file is called in the single template above the comments(3 cases – sidebar default, left and without sidebar) – http://screencast.com/t/LcFGBTCrf So you need to find a solution for this
* move related articles from loop file bellow the comments for each case – http://screencast.com/t/Iwt27i8O
* move comments to the loop single file – http://screencast.com/t/VQoOAcgi71es – http://screencast.com/t/rwmluRVk
You have to do this for each post template/style that you use.
3. Please check this without any plugins active except of Visual Composer, clear cache and see if twitter count works.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please deactivate all plugins except of Visual Composer, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN and see if you still have this issue. The html structure is incomplete, you have only header on the post page – http://screencast.com/t/R1nRt0GJH6V
Thanks!
Hi guys,
first, lil´success on a milestone:
after one day off work and the weekend solved my previous problems with login/speed. Finally got a 85/100 on google website speed insights, plus loading speed of under a second (around ,5 sec) AND nothing broken on the website so far.
How I did it?
Followed Chris functions.php tutorial (see top of this forum thread), thanks Chris. Obviously not 100 percent yet and on the mobile side of things also improved dramatically, but more to do still (60/100)
Lastly, after every single tweak I checked my site (cleared cache, went to Google website insights and double checked again, before I continue so to isolate the outcome of my input and then act accordingly. Save time, educated me better and finally improved my results so far.
Tip: Don´t do anything without a backup and make sure wen you do your speed testing you use your target market location and not California or England etc if your target market is France, Brazil etc…(you´ll aleays receive bad results, although).
My Question:
How to best use images that automatically link “back” to my pages and post as I need them?
I´ve tried via grid style however the page mode on the backend seems not to work properly or i miss something (chose the ID and the type in methods) both not really fruitfull so far.
I want to have just the images (on a grid) that are clickable? Obviously the look and feel is here very important as well as page load time.
I do not necessarily want image and post excerpt like I get when I use the post/grid style.
Thanks for all who are trying to help here,
You rock.
If you updated from WP4 to WP6 you need to reset your home page by
a) importing old settings per the upgrade docs
b) some modules changed – it’s a NEW theme – so you need to change them.
c) remember to clear/reset all your cache/CDN/cloudflare whatever to be sure you’re loading the new CSS/JS properly.
e) check your console (F12) for errors in Chrome or IE to see problems from plugin conflicts or other.
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This reply was modified 11 years by
simchris.
Hi,
I have cheked your site and you have many javascript errors in the console – http://screencast.com/t/UulApK2CX Unfortunately we did not tested this plugin with our theme and you may need custom modifications to make the plugin to work with the theme. You can check if you have this issue without any plugins active(including Speed Booster), leave just Visual Composer and BARC chat, also disable any js/css minification and clear cache.
Thanks!
Hi,
@fadoum Did you tried also without any plugins active except of Visual Composer? Also please clear cache and see if you still have this issue. Also please check the browser console for errors – http://screencast.com/t/3kQ9EHtML2W Make sure that you enable all shortcodes to appear – http://screencast.com/t/IAhvSD6C Let me know how it goes!
Thanks!
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This reply was modified 11 years by
Alin [tagDiv].
Hi,
Unfortunately we did not tested this plugin with the theme, so I’m not sure why you have this issue, but you can try to disable all plugins, leave just Visual Composer and Social Networks Autoposter active, clear cache and see if you still have this issue. You can also address to the plugin support.
Thanks!
Make sure you cleared all your cache, CDN cache, cloudflare, etc.
Make sure you fully clear your browser cache.
Try turning off all plugins except Visual Composer to see if conflict with an oddball plugin.
Make sure you previously increased the default memory for your site from 40MB to at least 96MB in the wp-config.php file (mandatory!) – -128MB if your account supports it; 256MB if allowed.
It does work 🙂
Hi,
1. Those style options are not present anymore. In theme version 4 the icons were added using sprites, while now the icons are added suing a custom font which can be adjusted using custom css so you can set their size/color. There aren’t any options available for this so if you need different styles you need to design them yourself or get some to do it for you.
Try this css for the icons: http://screencast.com/t/Z07gYhwfKK
.footer-social-wrap .td-icon-font {
font-size: 25px;
color: black;
}
.footer-social-wrap .td-social-style-2 .td-social-icon-wrap {
margin: 5px 6px 5px 0;
}
2. These seem to be widgets titles: http://screencast.com/t/h4mBBDIzENo not a duplicate content so check the tabs and edit those widget and remove any titles you find there then empty caches and/or purge files and test again.
3. Buttons shortcodes can be added to the posts pages even if you don’t use VC page builder there. You can enable the page builder on posts pages then add and customize the buttons there: http://screencast.com/t/BuC8hOsw8po0 or you can create the button on any page using VC pagebuilder then add the button shortcode to posts’s content, like this: http://screencast.com/t/TGdneMymG – http://screencast.com/t/ug1KH2pvEBEG
Please also note that blocks haven’t been removed. You can still use that block you’ve mentioned, it’s block 1 on one column: http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-1/ so you have to use another footer template and set the content you want for it choosing block 1 widget.
Thanks
Hi,
i’ve changed the username 2 times, and also cleared the cache, deleted and reinstalled the plugin and still the instagram follower number is zero. The problem could be the “#” after the username? because when i hover over the instagram line, the link is “instagram.com/caandesign#” .
Thanks
Hi,
It is a cache issue, as I have checked your site many times and it looked fine also that file for icons is updated, like I said please clear cache and also browser cache.
Thanks!