Hi,
Not sure what the issue is as I cannot access your site – http://screencast.com/t/MAnrOK5is Did you used your videos as featured?
You can check this also without any plugins active except of Visual Composer, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN.
Thanks!
Like I said, it’s a starting point.
Lots of containers layered with various backgrounds set. You have to go through them. What I gave you will cover 70% of it if you did it right. Clear caches too (site, CDN, and browser). Use Inspect in chrome or FireFox to identify the containers that need a transparent background applied.
Good Luck.
Also no CDN No cache plugin
Hi deanramsden,
You can find more details on how to do it here: https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/ then make sure you empty caches and purge files if you use cdn host.
Also note that each image is cropped when you upload it so you just need to regenerate thumbs for your old images. If you don’t need all image sizes you can disable them from theme panel for those you don’t use: http://screencast.com/t/CNubMTv0u
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Hi paulevo,
To get access to your site’s admin follow Chris’s steps.
Why wont you update to the latest version instead of 4.6.2 version? You just need to download it and update using the instruction provided below.
Updating the theme right shouldn’t cause you any issues so you can try to update the theme based on this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/ backup your current install, run the import settings script, update plugins and check the result. You can always get back to the previous working theme version if something goes wrong as long as you backup it but doing the update as instructed the theme should work fine.
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 (if your site is live) 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
Let us know how it goes!
Thanks
Hi,
You need to regenerate your images thumbnails like this: https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/ then make sure you empty caches and purge files if you use cdn host.
Thanks
Thank you!
I checked this problem. And I found the problem may origin from CDN. I search more and if the problem will continue, I will ask again! Thank you!
I want to replace current theme main style.css with my custom CSS which I am using from CDN, so which file i have to edit for header changes.
Hi,
Please make sure that you have update your theme properly, by removing the old theme(like it is specified in the documentation – make sure that no old files will remain ) as Newspaper 6 must be regarded like a new theme so make sure that old files will not remain as it could cause some issues – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/ and update also the plugins that come with the theme files. Also please check this only with Visual Composer active, disable all other plugins and clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN.
Please provide a link so we can take a look if you still have this issue.
Thanks!
Hi,
I’ve tried to disable all plugins to check if one may cause this issue but now i cannot log in.
Please resend the credentials via email at contact@tagdiv.com , also include ftp access.
Disable all plugins except for Visual Composer and Disqus, disable the CDN and if you use an external cache disable it.
Thank you!
Hi,
Please try to regenerate your thumbnails like @nf_prt suggested – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/ also if you use CDN you will have to purge your files.
Thanks!
Hi,
I’m not sure why you have this issue as there is a default hover color that is applied on social icons as you can see also on our demo – http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/ but in your case it is not applied when you hover an icon even there is the css for it – http://screencast.com/t/hcQDb3ScLpCU
Please check this without any plugins active, leave just Visual Composer active, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN and see if you still have this issue.
Thanks!
Hi,
I don’t know why you have this issue, maybe it is related to a plugin that you use or custom modifications or a caching issue. You can disable all plugins except of Visual Composer, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN and see if you still have this issue.
Thanks!
Hi,
We recommend now Wp Super Cache plugin, it seems to be more faster, but please use it. Also we recommend to be used as default (no minify) – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
Please also disable all plugins except of Visual Composer, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN and if you still have this issue provide a link so we can take a look.
Thanks!
Hi,
1. Please check this without any plugins active except Visual Composer and clear your cache and purge your files if you use CDN.
2. Theme supports bbpress without any custom modifications that’s why the bbpress template doesn’t exist anymore. If you want to add content to your forum page, please edit the page change the template to default and use shortcodes – http://screencast.com/t/l3qDftKrgH Here is plugin documentation – https://codex.bbpress.org/
Thanks!
Hi,
The theme doesn’t have this option for slider and you need custom modifications to achieve this, unfortunately we cannot provide any type of custom work at this time as we work hard on development, fixes and support, sorry!
I suggest to hire a freelancer to do this for you if you don’t know how to do it, here you can find the slider navigation code – http://screencast.com/t/YRApxCdn and you will need also to use custom css.
Thanks!
Likely need to load icon font locally, not via CDN, or add a CORS rule for your CDN setup for the icon font in theme folder.
The icon doesn’t show when I enable cdn option https://www.dropbox.com/s/z3t2awr584f50j6/Screenshot%202015-07-06%2002.06.01.png?dl=0
Hi,
I don’t see a logo in your site and I’m using desktop. The theme seems to be printing the image URL “http://www.planestrainsautomobiles.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/PTA-logo-web-2.png” but server says that image is not there. Try to reset the image/logo at the theme panel.
About security, it’s a big topic.
Wordpress sites get targeted a lot, I would be very surprised if it was theme related. There’s many things you can do to help fight those bots and scripts, just a few I recall:
– admin user account should not be “admin”. bots try that account 1st thing and if they see the account is active, they’ll brute force try to guess the password. admin account should not be the name of the website, they try that 2nd.
– require captcha to login (but this hurts real users experience IMO)
– use a plugin to limit login attempts
I use a combination of wordfence plugin + cloudflare CDN.
Wordfence is neat, I don’t use premium edition, free one does a lot already, including some of the work a limit login attempts plugin would do. Supposedly, websites with wordfence communicate with wordfence services and if they spot an IP sweeping websites trying to login, they spread the word and it gets blocked. cloudflare helps cause they divert IPs with bad reputation and you can set it to high security (good in case of a big attack), which checks browser integrity, javascript execution and sometimes ask human interaction almost like captcha. They allow page rules so I keep the whole site with standard security but the wp-login page gets max.
Even with all of this, I still get targeted anyways. I know cause I have a rule to block IP for 30min if it tries to log in with “admin” and it triggers from time to time. Sometimes it comes in waves, specially after a big WP update cause bots go crazy over exploits discovered and they start scanning sites that didn’t update already. Just my 2 cents/experience, hope it helps, cheers!
a) make sure you clear all your caching after changing themes; make sure your CDN/cloudflare etc supports mobile devices
b) make sure you regenerate thumbnails to ensure mobile sized images actually exist
c) use a plugin like ‘limit login attempt’s to stop people from trying to guess your password for WordPress; make sure you deleted your “admin” account and made the superuser some other name (e.g., anything other than ‘admin’ and not your site name like ‘planesadmin’ would be dumb!)
d) make sure you use Akismet for basic spam protection
e) consider other security “hardening” features (do google search for “WordPress Security Hardening”)
f) why would your WordPress self-hosted platform lock yourself out of your own admin account? Bizarre that your hosting provider turns off access to your WP admin — that isn’t nice.
Be sure to clear all caching on your website, CDN, cloudflare or whatever.
Make sure you have uploaded your icon font for theme in binary format; also, if using a CDN/cloudflare/etc. make sure you have a CORS directive set up to allow the font to be loaded remotely -or- set your CDN/etc. to ignore fonts and let them be loaded locally from your site.
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
Hi,
Please provide a link so we can take a look, also please clear cache if you are using a cache plugin and purge your files if you use CDN.
Thanks!
Hi,
That post isn’t available anymore: http://screencast.com/t/KgqVriqJem6a
According to gtmetrix you still need to optimize images. I suggest you use a plugin for that or add the following code in functions.php file:
add_filter( 'jpeg_quality', create_function('', 'return 50;' ) );
This will compress all images to 50%, you can change that value, after you add the code you have to regenerate all thumbs – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-fix-strange-thumbnails/ and also empty all caches and purge CDN files.
That reported scaled images seems to be on tables landscape view where they are scaled using css: http://screencast.com/t/kK4sfEqrK however that is the way they are designed.
Thanks