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Hi,
Not sure as I’ve also tested this and haven’t managed to recreate this issue on my device locally. Please try to empty all cache/ purge files if you use any CDN host services, lave just the Visual Composer plugin active then try again.
Also try to re-save your permalinks and to switch the number of posts displayed on category pages from here: http://screencast.com/t/rtQN8yGnQ and check if posts are still left out. You can check the numbers of posts that should appear on a specific category then check if all of them are displayed.
Please let me know!
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Hi,
Thanks! I have inspected this issue and seems that some how the image is also pulled in the description and I can’t tell why as I have also tested this and haven’t had this issue.
My test:
Configuration: http://screencast.com/t/wakun3r1FwG
Result: http://screencast.com/t/fzCKtMLVfHex
First of all please makes sure that you use this feature right and follow this guide for that: https://forum.tagdiv.com/smart-list/
If you still have issue with it after that please make sure that this is not happening because other plugins you use and disable all of them leaving just the Visual Composer active, empty cache/ purge files if you use CDN and check again.
Please let me know if you manage to solve this or not.
Hope this helps!
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Hi,
I have tested this and haven’t found any issue with the background when using a vimeo video playlist on page: http://screencast.com/t/LuvBIFVitd
This could be due to a plugin so I suggest you make sure that you disable all plugins then empty cache if you use any and also purge files if you use CDN hosting services then check again.
If if you still have issues with this after that please make sure that you use the latest theme version which is 1.3.1 and please provide your site’s URL as I need to inspect it for this and make sure that you have an background image/color set for your homepage.
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Hi,
I have also tested this using your tweet link and haven’t found any issues, the tweet looks as it should: http://screencast.com/t/cNMpDFJQ3
I have also checked your site and found that you are minifying css/js which can be the cause of this and it can also be caused by other plugins so please make sure you test this without any plugins active and without any minifying options enabled and also remember to empty cache and purge files if you use any CDN hosting services.
Please let me know if you still have issues with this after doing this.
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Hi,
You can add and icon like this: http://screencast.com/t/yDmOztPVct and add a class to it and style it via css.
ex:
<img src="https://cdn0.iconfinder.com/data/icons/app-tab-bar-icons-for-ios/20/Key.png" alt="alt" height="20" width="20">
Result: http://screencast.com/t/zocu6DbwVP8
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Did you
1) clear all cache on server and CDN as applicable before doing update
2) did you change theme before update to default
3) did you turn off all plugins prior to update
4) did you fully delete old plugin folder
5) did you fully delete old js_cmposer folder (for VC plugin)
6) did you then install new version of theme, and plugin(s)
7) then turn on ONLY new visual composer, then new theme
8) check visual composer works
9) then turn on your other plugins?
If updated correctly, it works perfectly.
My Site URL: http://www.droidgoblin.com
This is one issue that has plagued my site for months. As per the developers, it was fixed in the theme several versions ago. However it still doesn’t work for me.
Issue: When sharing posts on Google+, a very small and INCORRECT thumbnail comes up, along with just the post title.
Expected (Correct) Behavior: Post title, along with the correct BIG featured image and meta description/post extract should be displayed.
I tried disabling all plugins with no success. All caches cleared, CDN (previously PageSpeed, now Cloudflare) both disabled.
Switching themes, even to default WP themes fixes the issue, so I know it isn’t something on the server side. Sharing of posts on Facebook works perfectly well too.
Any help in this regard would be much appreciated.
There is a solution in the forum for the occasional weirdness with the font, having to do with either being loaded via CDN, and needing CORS entry for CDN (see your CDN for help if using one); or you can re-render the icon font, this seems to work for some people who can’t see the icons. Do forum search for the icon font issue, as it was a lengthy thread couple of weeks back.
Should have been added to the docs as a “can’t see icons” solution, but I don’t think it was.
Be sure to upload visual composer to version 4.3.5 from the all files download from themeforest. Visual Composer “broke” with WordPress 4.1. So, you need VC 4.3.5 to be able to use the custom editor.
If you simply cannot edit anything at all, that is different issue, often tied to perhaps a different plugin not working with WP4.1.
1) make sure you have Visual Composer 4.3.5
2) turn off *ALL* other plugins
3) make sure you can edit posts/pages
4) turn on plugins and figure out which is the problem.
Be sure to clear all your caches on site, CDN if used, and in web browser.
Hi,
I have also tested this using the latest theme version and haven’t 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 then check again.
Those features work based on js so any js conflict can cause this. You also have this js errors in your console: http://screencast.com/t/GHeDCTdidsG
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Try turning off all plugins except visual composer.
Did you clear all site/CDN caching, and web browser cache?
You can also try my “migrating from newsmag to newspaper” sticky topic for updating theme, as this also works for moving to the theme first time 🙂
As noted previously if you’re missing functions of the actual theme, including the “Newsmag Default” sidebar, then you likely have one of the two cases:
1) conflicting plugin
2) theme not updated properly.
for 1) try turning off all plugins except VC, clearing all caches
for 2) delete existing theme folder; install clean version of theme
Only reason something part of the theme is “not there” is
a) something blocking loading elements in admin panel, typically plugin with bad behavior
b) theme missing components due to incomplete install.
c) broken cache loading old files not seeing new files (common with some cache plugins, or CDNs)
Simple as that. 🙂
Happy Holidays!
You likely need to clear site cache, cdn cache if using them.
Try reinstalling the theme and visual composer.
Theme works with all browsers.
Wordpress 4.1 broke visual composer, hence theme update with updated vc version.
Remember you need to fully delete old version of vc before updating it.
If site not loading and you cannot fix, why not switch to default theme?
Read through the PageSpeed sticky topic for various solutions to things like optimizing your CSS by minification, image compression, local saving of avatars vs loading gravatars dynamically, etc.
Also remember score will be lower with adsense ads running and social media buttons that show counts, as well as thinkgs like disqus. To get your real score you need to NOT run any ads from google as they penalize their own content for purposes of score.
YSLOW only improves using CDN.
Buy if you follow the suggestions I’ve posted in the PageSpeed topic, as needed modified for your setup, and then follow the suggestions/solutions from GTMetrix, a “90” score or above for desktop is the “target” to shoot for.
For the CDN, you can try to setup a CORS file setting for the fonts to allow the icons font to be loaded off the origin domain; see the CDN for info about setting up a CORS setting.
I’m using, or at least trying, to use header style 5. In the documentation there’s a ad displayed below, but in my setup it doesn’t appears. I think I’m looking for this but then for NewsMag.
Second question is about the usage of a CDN. I’m using MaxCDN, but it only works if I exclude the style.css. Otherwise all the icons aren’t displayed at all, is there another workaround for that?
Hi,
Please can you try to disable all plugins. Also i see that you css is minimized and the name of it is main.css and our is style.css.
For good speed we recommend to have a good server and also to use a cdn for images.
Also here are some speed discussion if you want to read some tips: https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/theme-speed/#post-900
Hope this help!
Thanks!
If you’re using some kind of image management plugin, it may be the culprit (e.g., JetPack Photo, etc.).
I’ve never seen this happen on ANY WordPress website before.
You might try
1) clear all caching; reset CDN if using one.
2) disable any image modification plugins.
3) perhaps try regenerate thumbnails plugin.
The theme doesn’t do that, so it’s likely something funky you’re running on your site which is doing that someplace. Often you need to clear cache, turn off all plugins except Visual Composer, then check your pages again. Then go from there.
Hi,
@Ryuko We don’t recommend using the minify option for js and css also because we had numerous theme issues reported and the vast majority of them proved to occur because of minified js/css or when using CDN host services which can deliver old file content if not used right.
Taking all this into consideration we don’t recommend using the minifying option for js/css only if this are done manually and carefully studied which scripts can cause issues if minified and ignore them. This is also the reason we only recommend page cache as fro the database cache you can use MySQL Query Cache and find more info about it here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/query-cache.html
Unfortunately we don’t have any documentation on this or tutorials and you can enable and use the js or css minfied but you should take note of that first if you have any theme related issues and errors in your console and disable them to check if the issue is due to the minfier.
So in conclusion please note that we don’t guarantee that using js/css minification will definitely cause issues but we just don’t recommend them to be done automatically as they could case issues.
@Aedin84 If the minify settings work well for you, that’s ok, you should consider them first though if you have problems or other js conflicts.
That happens because the theme panel changes are loaded after the main styles and using the speed booster plugin moves scripts and style to the footer determining the content to loaded first the the styles.
Hope this makes sense!
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Hi,
can you please explain why I shouldn’t use the minify options? I searched for guides on google for the best settings when using W3TC and CDN. All of them seem to recommend enabling minify + other options like browser/database cache.
Do you perhaps have some screenshots or maybe video going over the optimal settings in W3TC? I don’t have the minify option enabled under the W3 general settings – but if I click on the minify below the general settings
JS minify and CSS minify are enabled. Should I disable those too?
Hi,
You don’t need to disable the tagDiv Speed Booster plugin as this should all work together but please note that when using W3TC we only recommend using page cache without minifying js or css. Same with the CDN we don’t recommend any javascript minification.
If you want to do this you would need to do it manually and search and exclude the scripts which generate errors.
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Hi thanks for a great theme! I recently setup our site with MaxCDN and integrated into W3TC plugin. I read thru your documentation carefully — making sure to only use for page cache, not JS minify or anything else.
After implementing the CDN, I next tried using a plugin called Imsanity to optimize all my images. Somehow once I regenerated all my images, it seems to have broke my CSS. Especially the woocommerce product image sizes.
Our site is http://www.askdrmaxwell.com
Can you please take a look at the homepage (towards the bottom) there are 5 products, and they are supposed to be all next to each other in one row.. however now the spacing is all jumbled and not right.
Also on any individual product page, the images are now much too large! I’ve tried to set woocommerce product size in woocommerce settings.. and then use regenerate thumbnails plugin, and also reset cache. However, this does not fix the issue.
Can you please help?
Thanks again!
James
If I get CloudFlare’s CDN should I disable tagDiv Speed Booster? Or do CloudFlare’s CDN, tagDiv Speed Booster, and W3 Total Cache all work together?
Hi,
I am having a problem when embedding PlayWire videos on Newspaper theme.
See this page for example: http://www.videodomomento.net/anitta-se-desleixa-e-insulta-fa-em-pleno-show/
The playwire code is:
<script data-config="http://config.playwire.com/23434/videos/v2/1384719/zeus.json" data-height="100%" data-width="100%" src="//cdn.playwire.com/bolt/js/zeus/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
But when going to the page, you will see a very large empty white space:
https://db.tt/mwc7nP00
The playwire guys tell me it might be a problem with the theme. As in other places like here it is working fine:
http://gostodistovideos.tv/ladrao-tenta-assaltar-loja-pela-terceira-vez-mas-vai-ter-surpresa-do-dono/
Hi,
I have checked your site and found this js error in your console: http://screencast.com/t/00MXQtAfz which can cause this so please make sure that you check for this without any plugins active and also make sure that you empty cache and purge files if you use any CDN host services.
Please let me know!
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