Hi Radu,
Yes, I’d like to place the Taboola ads below the post sharing buttons ( http://screencast.com/t/MPKPS9hoRs3X ). Below is the code and instructions they sent me, which I have followed, but somehow I cannot make work. I appreciate your support. Thanks! โ CB
Hello,
Place this code in the <head> section:
<script type=”text/javascript”>
window._taboola = window._taboola || [];
_taboola.push({article:’auto’});
!function (e, f, u) {
e.async = 1;
e.src = u;
f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);
}(document.createElement(‘script’),
document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0],
‘http://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/tabooyallc-themosttaboyya/loader.js’);
</script>
Place this code where you want the “Below Article Thumbnails” widget to render:
<div id=”taboola-below-article-thumbnails”></div>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
window._taboola = window._taboola || [];
_taboola.push({
mode: ‘thumbnails-a’,
container: ‘taboola-below-article-thumbnails’,
placement: ‘Below Article Thumbnails’,
target_type: ‘mix’
});
</script>
Place this code where you want the “Right Rail Thumbnails” widget to render:
<div id=”taboola-right-rail-thumbnails”></div>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
window._taboola = window._taboola || [];
_taboola.push({
mode: ‘thumbnails-rr’,
container: ‘taboola-right-rail-thumbnails’,
placement: ‘Right Rail Thumbnails’,
target_type: ‘mix’
});
</script>
Place this code at the end of your <body> tag:
<script type=”text/javascript”>
window._taboola = window._taboola || [];
_taboola.push({flush: true});
</script>
1) try disabling all plugins except visual composer
2) don’t use child theme; activate main theme
3) turn off/clear caching if using before doing anything; if using caching turn off all minification settings
4) turn off mod_pagespeed if using to clear caching
5) if using CDN server; you need to “retire/refresh” cache
6) if installing via FTP, make sure your FTP software set to automatically upload files properly (e.g., as text or binary depending on type of file)
7) make sure you have enough memory allocated; you may need to edit your wp-config.php file in your root WP folder to increase default memory from 40MB to at least 96MB (128MB recommended)
https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHP
TRY #7 FIRST ๐
Hi,
Please disable all plugins, leave only Visual Composer active, also disable any css/js minification, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN, then check again if you still have this issue. Remove also any custom modification to the code. I also tested this with latest theme version and did not found any issues with it.
Thanks!
Hi thanks for that. I use MaxCDN – how does WP Rocket perform through that?
Regards
Derek
Hi,
I have checked your site and you have these errors in the console – http://screencast.com/t/TIWvwjoF6 please try to re-save your permalinks, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN. Also you can check the permission to your wp-content folder.
Thanks!
Did you
a) turn off all plugins except visual composer
b) clear all your server caching if using that
c) reset your CDN if using that / cloudflare, etc.
Make sure you delete old TD plugins, old theme folder; upload NEW theme folder, new plugins (don’t ‘over write’).
Then go to your “page” for your home page and preview to see if works; if not, then try making new simple page with just list of stories, preview see if works.
Just thoughts on debugging your particular setup.
Hi,
Do you have any custom modification to the pagination? If not please check this also without any plugins active, leave just Visual Composer active, clear cache and purge your file if you use CDN, then see if you still have this issue.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please try to disable all your plugins leave just Visual Composer active, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN, then check if you still have this issue. Also disable all css/js minification. If you don’t have this issue anymore please activate your plugins one by one and see which one caused this issue.
Thanks!
Hi,
Not sure why do you have this issue, please create a new post, add that content and publish to see if you still have this problem. Also check this without any plugins active, leave just Visual Composer active, clear cache and purge your file if you use CDN.
Thanks!
Hi,
You have some js errors in the console – http://screencast.com/t/nVcjM8aoQ Please disable all plugins except of Visual Composer, clear cache, purge your files if you use CDN and check if you still have this issue. Also try this without any css/js minifications.
Thanks!
Hi,
I’ve checked your site and found that the syntax error that appears in your site’s console is because this div which appears in your page source and which shouldn’t have to be there: http://screencast.com/t/lrNX1IJ0pn1
You should try to disable all plugins first, empty all caches, purge files if you use CDN host then check again. If it’s still there then you should try a fresh theme and WordPress install and see how it goers.
I’ve haven’t dealed with an similar situation before but as I’ve made some research on this I’ve found that this could mean that your site could be hacked, according to this tread form WordPress support and other statements I’ve found related to this: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-links-please-help-with-removal
You can try the resources offered there and the suggestions and introductions provided there.
You need to start working your way through these resources:
http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779
http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/
http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/Additional Resources:
http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/
http://www.unmaskparasites.com/
http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html
http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress
http://www.studiopress.com/tips/wordpress-site-security.htm
You can also contact your host providers and let theme know about this.
Thanks
Hi,
Please disable all plugins leave just Visual Composer active, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN, also please disable all css/js minification and check again if you still have this issue. You have some errors in the console and also ajax pagination(that’s why you have issues with smartlist) doesn’t work – http://screencast.com/t/4vTI8nJte51
Thanks!
Hi,
I have also checked this and did not found any issues, please check this with all plugins deactivated leave just Visual Composer active, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN. Let me know how it goes!
Thanks!
Clear your caching plugin on your server; refresh your CDN if using one to expire old content and recapture current content (RTFM for how to use those tools if you have them).
Clear your browser cache (see help for web browser).
If it works one place on one PC/Mac, and then doesn’t work on another; that could be the local caching on that particular PC/Mac … sometimes the F5 key pressed can reload, but some like Chrome you need to go to the expiration settings to clear history/cache. Good thing to learn if you’re not already familiar with that.
If those were totally wrong answers … sorry about that ๐
For basic minification of the CSS and possibly main js files, see my optimization guide.
Be aware that there is really no 100% way to fully optimize loading the above the fold content with any commercial theme like this one — this is because there are many options and functions being loaded in order to render the page at all, and to provide folks to create totally different designs.
Many articles have been written online about getting a perfect score with PageSpeed and WordPress and that requires custom building a theme from scratch and setting up regions where CSS and js are loaded conditionally and in series based on the content sections. Very complex and outside the scope of commercial themes.
Limiting things like mega menus can help, making sure any external resources load via async (we used to use addthis for social buttons on our sites and had to ‘hack’ that to add async loading of their js, because they were too stupid to do it with one line of code in their WP plugin).
Often to get the best “real world” score for your site, you need to disable any/all things which load externally (ads, etc.) and then test that. Optimize. Then switch on external things, optimize “if possible” and then realize the “real score” doesn’t count the Google ads stuff.
You can’t control caching of external elements (time to live), or minification of external resources. With Google fonts you can load the CSS locally in your own style sheet, then simply “draw” the fonts from their CDN. Now that “Roboto” is open source, one could in theory even load that font off your own server and bypass Google entirely. Or just use “web safe” fonts, to eliminate any external font loading.
For the above the fold render blocking blah blah. If your mobile score is above 85 you’re fine; if your desktop is above 90 you’re fine. But there is a notable “tuning” process to this, and again — it’s almost impossible to eliminate the “render blocking” or “above the fold stuff” entirely with *any* commercial theme.
Not sure any of that helps… just some feedback on my own suffering using commercial WordPress themes, and also building my own bootstrap 2 templates which are running our main business portal (using .shtml and custom page builder CMS; not WP).
Hi,
It should look like this: http://screencast.com/t/CXCezf7CLA so please also test this without any plugins active, leave just the VC plugin active and test this again, I believe a plugin is altering it. Please give it a go and let me know how it goes. You can also test our demo and see how the logo display’s there on your device: http://demo.tagdiv.com/newsmag/
Regarding the icons showing squares and chinese letters issue I’ve noticed these errors in browser’s console which pointing to theme’s icons fonts: http://screencast.com/t/BXRl080N2b and also noticed you use cdn. This usually happens when loading the font file (which contains those icons) from another host/url like your case of using cdn.
The solution would be to load them from the same url as the site or try this solution โ http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/71630/font-blocked-from-loading-by-cross-origin-resource-sharing-policy-no-access-co
Please let us know how it goes!
Thanks
Hi,
Please deactivate all plugins, leave just Visual Composer active, clear cache and purge your file if you use CDN, then check if ajax pagination works (infinite load, load more). Also check the posts content. If don’t have this issue anymore please activate your plugins one by on and see which one caused this issue.
If you still have this issue send an email at contact@tagdiv.com and provide wp-access so we can take a look, also paste a link to this topic so we can know who you are.
Thanks!
Hi,
I had done so before I wrote the topic because I had read about it in some other post. We do not use photon or CDN. However, I’ve just tried it again and nothing happens.
I’m going to back up the database, upload the whole theme and plugins again and I’ll tell you if it’ll solve anything.
Do you know if there is any problem with images editing in the new WP release? We cannot edit uploaded photos either.
Thanks for your quick reply.
Regards,
Lara.
Hi,
You can check this also without any plugins leave just Visual Composer and Seo by Yoast active, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN, also check if your og: meta data are added properly in your page source. Also you can check this topic – https://wordpress.org/support/topic/opengraph-not-working
Thanks!
Did you try to ‘regenerate’ your thumbnails ? This is often necessary when some elements of a theme change markedly and some modules/sizes change. Your site may have had temporary versions of the new sizes, and they no longer exist due to how your files are stored (e.g., CDN, Jetpack, etc.).
Try the “regenerate thumbnails” plugin. If your images need to be make larger, not supported by WP, add the “thumbnail upscale” plugin first; then run the regen plugin. (Both are free plugins, and essentials.)
If you’re using Photon from Jetpack this is common issue with theme updates and you need to refresh that. Theme has no control over how your images stored on Jetpack or other CDN cloud systems.
Clearing cache worked for me when that happened.
Be sure to clear cache on your server and/or CDN also, *and* the web browser. With Chrome you have to clear history, with IE you obviously need to clear cache; FF sometimes cache doesn’t clear properly.
If using mod_pagespeed you have to turn it OFF to clear cached copies of CSS files.
You can also try editing your menu and resaving it to “reset” it.
Hi,
Please clear your cache and purge your files if you use CDN. Also you can check this without any plugins active, leave just Visual Composer active. Let me know how it goes!
Thanks!
Ok, so this is probably going to be a little unexpected…..
Somebody writes a forum entry about site speed and it doesn’t contain frustrated comments about how the theme is so slow ๐
So, this morning I check my sites speed on the home page after not doing any work on the site for a week and guess what? It’s faster than ever ๐
I run site wide https, I’ve got 14 plugins (not running speed booster plugin) there’s 81 requests on the page and the page size is 1.3MB
Pingdom 1.18 seconds
GTmetrix 2.23 seconds
Web page test 2.42 seconds
This has come down from over 10 seconds in January
Gotta say I’m absolutely delighted \o/ It’s been a lot of work optimizing the theme and the server but it can be done.
I think I can still squeeze a bit more out of it as I’m not using a CDN, I’m on shared hosting with A2 and some bits on the page need a tweak here and there.
So for once, wait for it………..
Thank you to Lucian, Alin and Chris S for their patience and for sharing the knowledge that will help me to set up this site and enable me to build faster, better optimized sites in the future.
Thanks guys ๐
Hi,
Make sure that you alter the right post template as each post style has its own template: http://screencast.com/t/Nis08kL9JAS and empty all caches and also purge files if you sue CDN host.
Send your admin login details via email if you follow all this and still can’t manage to do it. (contact@tagdiv.com)
Thanks