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We use W3 Total Cache and everything works just fine. What are your settings and what isn’t working as it should? I am sure we cane get to the bottom of it đ
I had to disable w3 total cache since theme newmag was not working well.
This fix has worked for the dozen or so folks who reported the problem last month, and tested on couple of dozen different browsers around the world.
ref:https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/icons-missing/page/2/#post-29906
however, there is a *known* issue with AdBlock Plus and “icon fonts” where it can sometimes think that a commercial icon (e.g., “facebook”) is an ad, and block the font.
Only way to solve that if you’re using AdBlock plus is turn it off.
For all other cases, the re-do of the fonts DOES fix it for all previously reported instances, so you might revisit that and make sure you fully clear web site cache if using one.
If using a CDN, you will need to setup CORS rule with your provider.
Note that the font set is basically the widely used Font Awesome (“FA”), and simply was “simplified” by TagDiv to remove un-used icons, not needed by theme.
Presumably once could simply fix the functions to just load the full Font Awesome fonts.
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This reply was modified 11 years by
simchris.
Basically you should optimize your setup to run WordPress, and once that is functional, then worry about the theme, as it is just an overlay on WordPress functionality (which is how themes work). So, if your server is optimized for WordPress, then it’s optimized for the theme.
You can *then* do further optimizations for WP, like making sure image magick is working, making sure you have gzip/deflate working, using memcache/APC/opcache or similar, and possibly setting up mod_pagespeed. All that can be done separate from the theme.
However, there are some suggestions for speeding up the theme in the theme docs, and I’ve posted various things I’ve done in the pagespeed sticky topic (some of which is now in the docs, obviously, also).
And of course the official WordPress docs (codex), always great place to start!
http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization/Server_Optimization
Hi,
Great idea to start a thread on this.
I’m just setting up the Newsmag theme with WordPress on A2 Optimzed hosting, this wordpress install comes with A2’s own plugin and W3 Total Cache pre installed and customized to make WordPress run faster but obviously not for this theme as we are having an issue with how the plugin and the theme interact
Basically we have disabled all of the cache functions in W3 total cache and the theme runs fine, as soon as we run it with the page cache it pushes all of the posts to the left side of the page.
I am running this site with site wide https:// and the problem only seems to occur on https:// for the other prefixes www and http the problem doesn’t appear.
We will be testing the plugin further over the weekend but it is difficult to tease out the functionality of W3 on it’s own as it is integrated into the A2 hosting plugin, had I realised this from the beginning I don’t think I would of gone down the W3 route but we this is where we find ourselves.
I’ll let you know the results of our testing.
Hi,
I disabled the plugin cdn, use plugin W3 cache
But still the same.
Thanks
Orlando
Hi,
The files mentioned in the test are loaded from CDN: http://screencast.com/t/Q0iIkIob9KyL so please make sure you check this without any plugin active, lave just the Visual Composer active, empty cache/purge files and test again.
If you check your page source then you will noticed that all those files are moved to the footer: http://screencast.com/t/hIHlsCxxYlr
Thanks
Hi,
Please try this without any plugins active and without CDN and also remember to empty cache and purge files as CDN could load old files with old content if altered or replaced.
Please let me know how it goes.
Thanks
Hi,
Please also make sure that you use this right using this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/video-playlist-newsmag/ check without plugins like Alin suggested, empty caches/purge files as this should work fine with the latest theme version, I have also tested this and fund no issues, the videos work fine.
Check for the issue again after doing this and if is still happening please give us wp-access so we can also check this and send login details via email at contact@tagdiv.com and also provide an URL to this topic or specify your issues details.
Thanks
To the gurus here –
I find lot of communication happening with respect to NEWMAG and W3 TOTAL CACHE. Can we use this space to discuss the RIGHT setting for this plugin?
If anyone thinks this can be useful, we can go over each option in detail.
In my wordpress I have the following:
Dashboared: The plugin is currently enabled in community mode.
Page Cache – ENABLED
Minifiy – DISABLED
Database Cache -DISABLED
Oject Cache – DISABLED
Browser Cache – ENABLED
User Agent Groups – ENABLED
Referrer group support – ENABLED
CDN – DISABLED
Monitoring – DISABLED
Extension – ENABLED
It’s very disappointing that the smart list doesn’t load more than two post. I’ve updated, flushed cache, still thesame. even worse, disorganizes my posts. damn.
Basically turn your caching OFF, or make sure you clear cache before making change, then after making change to site, clear cache again (this refers to caching on your server/domain).
Double check your settings in the ad manager to make sure sizes and things like “show on desktop” are switched on.
If you’re switching from responsive code to a fixed size, make sure you’re putting the fixed side code in right box for the right ad type (e.g., sidebar); which it looks like you have been doing.
You might even try just putting the code into a text widget on sidebar to see if the ad loads properly.
So, then look at your page and see if you’re getting any errors (press F12 in Chrome to see rendering errors); view page source to see if the code is in fact on the page.
It is possible it’s NOT any of the above, however 99% of the time when you update something and then it’s not on the page, it’s from caching.
Caching is awesome for speed, but not for doing updates đ
I also deactivated “WP Super Cache” that I noticed in my plugins.
Thanks Chris, Lucian.
If i update the banner code, its not working. (Say a square to a vertical banner)
If i delete the code completely, the change is seen instantly on the homepage and the ad is removed ( without clearing cache or anything)
So that kinda makes me feel this is not a cache issue…
Let me ask my server config. to check also.
Lucian – is there a email ID I can email you the developing site address link?
Not a “problem” with Varnish; we just had the other caching options pre-installed with our setup and just needed to implement them, and no reverse proxy stuff. Also mod_pagespeed already had a function to connect to memcache for speedup, so it made the most sense than experiment with Varnish.
Lots of folks do use it however.
re: Memcached:
Websites using Memecached:
Wikipedia
Flickr
Twitter
Youtube
Digg
WordPress.com
Craigslist
Websites using Varnish:
BBC Wired Vimeo Zappos MorningStar Business Insider Thinkgeek
old article I’m quoting fyi, on “who uses”….
http://www.neonrain.com/blog/web-cache-apc-vs-memecached-vs-varnish
I should also mention we’re using the memory based caching because we have 32GB RAM on our dedicated server đ
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This reply was modified 11 years by
simchris.
We’re using APC/opcache/memcache and mod_pagespeed on our Centos 6.5/final Apache setup and no issue.
Chose not to use Varnish due to tricky setup and mod_pagespeed had hooks into memcache already. đ
yes! you need to delete that cache whenever you do major changes to your site .. since “caching” basically makes snapshots of your pages to load them faster, and so it means the old pages are still being served until you reset that, so that the NEW pages get cached.
See the help docs for your web hosting on how to use the caching function.
I helped a client with his site hosted at GoDaddy and I had to clear that damn cache twice for any major updates like changing some widgets, or the CSS, or ad modules, etc. No way to turn it off either!
Hi guys,
i’m thinking about install Varnish in my Centos 6.6 dedicated machine, but first i’m trying to get some feedback if there are any known issues of this layout (Newspaper) using Varnish?
By now i use W3 Total Cache with memcached and everything works without bugs.
Thanks in advance
Sérgo Sousa
Hi,
You could try to disable cloudflare, clear cache and check if the issue is still there.
If it’s not working please send an email at contact@tagdiv.com , paste a link to this conversation and provide wp-admin access so i can take a look.
Thank you, Emil G.
Hi,
I have checked your site and noticed this script errors in your console: http://screencast.com/t/EXCSTo9Z
I have also tested this using the latest theme version(4.6.1) and havenât found any issues with this so please make sure that you also use the latest theme version then deactivate all plugins leaving just the Visual Composer plugins active, then empty cache and also purge files if you use any CDN host services and check again.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please provide more details about this and also provide your site’s URL. Also make sure that you also try this without any other plugins active and also empty cache and purge files if you use CDN.
Thanks
Itâs NOT working on our site !!!!!
All Image could not be loaded .
I disable all plugin leaving just VC active, empty cache and it’s the same < what can i do ?
site : http://goo.gl/Ns3fC1
Hi,
@tagdivfan That comes fro the cache plugin/system you use so that would be the one.
I haven’t found any issues with this using the latest theme version so if you’are not using it I suggest you update the theme then check again and look into your browser’s console fro error and notifications related to this.
Please let me know if you still have issues with this and also provide your site’s URL pointing me to the banner you refer too.
Thanks
Hi,
I checked your site and I found JavaScript errors in console: http://screencast.com/t/IiZTbeKLpmc which means that a plugin’s script is conflicting with theme’s js and causes this.
Please make sure that your check this without any plugins active, empty all caches/purge files if you sue CDN host services then check again (leave just the Visual Composer plugin active).
I have also tested this with last theme update(1.4) and found no issues with it: http://screencast.com/t/zsDoB2yfJD
Please let me know if you still have issues with this.
Thanks!
Hi,
The Visual Composer plugin is included in the theme’s files within the /plugins folder so you don’t have to buy it, as instructed in the guide provided by Alin above: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/ ..use the FTP method, deleted the plugin folder then upload the plugin from the /plugins folder that was provided along with the theme files which you’ve downloaded from themeforest. This was tested many times so you should not have any issues with it.
Regarding youtube playlist we suggest you disable all plugin empty cache/purge files (if you are using CDN host services) as I have found various js error in your browsers’s console which can cause this so I suspect that a plugin is conflicting with theme js: http://screencast.com/t/x9ksjStPR
Make sure you try all this and let me know if you still have issues afterwards.
Thanks