- NewsmagChild theme support
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Hello,
This could be a plugin conflict so please disable all plugins except visual composer, clear cache and reset cdn files if you use it. Please also check any custom code you might have added to the theme panel or the theme files. If you use a child theme, please switch to the main theme to make sure it does not affect the proper functionality of the theme.
Thank you!
Hello David Henry,
If you want to make some changes on your module_2 you should edit the theme core files which are corresponding to this type of module, like td_module_2.php. If you will check our useful guide here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/the-child-theme-support-tutorial/ you will see that file can be overwritten in the child theme.
Thanks for the message!
Hi,
The first step should be to disable all the plugins except Visual composer, deactivate the child theme if you use it, then clear any caching installed and try again. Check any code that might be present in the theme panel custom code sections, or added directly to the theme files.
If the problem is still present, you could make a test and see if it works properly while using a WordPress default theme active.
You could also try with other editors, but I could not make any recommendations in this matter, maybe other users might provide useful insight.
Please let us know how it goes and what the results are.
Thanks
Hi Guys,
We’ve needed to make changes to td_module_2 so we could add the social sharing which you can see on our test site here:
http://nova.modus.ie/
Is there a way to add this file to our child theme?
Hello,
Please disable all plugins except visual composer, clear cache and reset cdn files if you use it. Please also check any custom code you might have added to the theme panel or the theme files. If you use a child theme, please switch to the main theme to make sure it does not affect the proper functionality of the theme.
Thank you!
Hello,
This could be a plugin conflict so please disable all plugins except visual composer, clear cache and reset cdn files if you use it. Please also check any custom code you might have added to the theme panel or the theme files. If you use a child theme, please switch to the main theme to make sure it does not affect the proper functionality of the theme.
Thank you!
Hello,
I cannot seem to access your desktop version as well: https://www.screencast.com/t/ZKpFDMejB6L
Please disable all plugins except visual composer, clear cache and reset cdn files if you use it. Please also check any custom code you might have added to the theme panel or the theme files. If you use a child theme, please switch to the main theme to make sure it does not affect the proper functionality of the theme.
Thank you!
Hi,
That will always display the main theme version, not the child version. The child theme has no influence over the that section of the theme panel.
Thanks
Hi,
I was actually referring to your own admin panel
http://www.screencast.com/t/XYJT2Z3fLHx8
Shouldn’t that be labeled with my child theme name?
Hi,
When you have the child theme active you should see it like this in the themes section
– https://www.screencast.com/t/PPFYsQZY35hL
If there aren’t any more problems at the moment and the theme customization is applying properly , probably something went wrong with the other child theme you were using. It would have been best if you could identify the cause, to avoid it if possible. Anyway glad you could solve this issue, and benefit from using a child theme.
Thanks
Hi,
The child theme is only used for modifications made in the theme code. In the php files. The setting you make in the wordpress dashboard have nothing to do with the child theme. A child theme is just for editing the phph files.
Thank you!
Hi,
We have created the child theme as per your instructions including the functions file which we just copied over from the download folder.
Things seem to be working fine but the backend admin panel is still displaying Newspaper 7.8.1 even though the child theme is selected.
Is this normal?
I am trying to set that when there is no featured image, it should look for the first image in the article and post that. I tried a few approaches, but none seemed to work.
Am I able to use post_thumbnail_html with this theme?
For example, I tried this in functions.php
function auto_featured_image() {
global $post;
if (!has_post_thumbnail($post->ID)) {
$attached_image = get_children( "post_parent=$post->ID&post_type=attachment&post_mime_type=image&numberposts=1" );
if ($attached_image) {
foreach ($attached_image as $attachment_id => $attachment) {
$img = 'ID) . '" />';
apply_filters('post_thumbnail_html', $img, $post->ID, $attachment_id);
}
}
}
}
add_action('the_post', 'auto_featured_image');
Unfortunately that did not help. I deactivated all plugins except visual composer. Cache or “cdn files” I don’t have installed at all. I did not add custom code and it’s not a child theme.
It’s a completely new website (just a couple weeks old). And I did install a few plugins after installing the theme (Yoast SEO, Hide my site, Shortcodes Ultimate to mention a few)..
What to do?
Hi,
Please try and use the website at the moment without the child theme if this is causing the problems. You can activate your plugins safely if they are not interfering with the theme. Then the only option is to go through the code in the theme child and see why this is happening. There has to be some part of it that is causing this, you have to identify what it is by going over the code inside it. But first you should just create the pages you want and the layout you want and set them all accordingly.
Thanks
Hello,
It depends on each one’s opinion. In my opinion (personal opinion) it’s a waste of time, but some argue about this and prefer the child theme. Even if using a child theme you still have to replace the modified files so it becomes useless. You can simply keep track of your modifications and make them in the main theme.
But this is just my opinion. You should do what you consider best for your project. If a child theme seems safer, you can go with it.
Thank you!
Hello,
This could be a plugin conflict so please disable all plugins except visual composer, clear cache and reset cdn files if you use it. Please also check any custom code you might have added to the theme panel or the theme files. If you use a child theme, please switch to the main theme to make sure it does not affect the proper functionality of the theme.
Thank you!
Hi,
If the sidebar appears below the content this means something is interfering with the functionality in some way. The sidebar should display on the sides of the page. If you could provide a link to your website where this problem occurs, I will inspect it and try and identify the cause. It is always helpful to provide links if possible so we can see the problem.
Usually this kind of problem where the sidebar is displaying below the content or overlapping other page elements is caused by modifications to the theme files, custom code added in the theme panel or through a child theme. Please check these if this is the case. You could also try and disable all your plugins except the ones included in the theme package, clear any caching installed and see if this has any effect on the matter.
Please let us know how it goes.
Thanks
Hello soklevskis,
The child theme will not be overwritten by new theme updates until the core files of the theme will be overwritten to each theme update. The child theme is good if you plan to make some changes to your theme. Notice that exists some restrictions with this and if you want to know which exactly files might be overwritten by child theme, please consult our documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/the-child-theme-support-tutorial/ Also, for more references and details about child theme, please consult here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/setting-up-child-theme/
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi Bogdan
Thank you for your reply. I changed the file into a Zip file and uploaded it and found that I could activate that. Should have thought of that in the first place. However, I have also gone to the links you provided for me and I am starting to think that it is not a good idea to use the child theme at the moment and that you are better off just doing everything in the main theme. Can you confirm for me that I am better off not using the child theme as I am no expert and want to minimise problems?
Lachie
Hi,
sorry for my late.
I updated the VC and tryied all the option: the problem is the theme child.
If i active the Newspaper theme it works fine but if i active the Newspaper-Child i get errors (also deactivating all the plugins).
How can i fix it?
Best regards.
Laura
Hello,
The child theme is not found in the files you mention. It is found in the main theme package you download from envato: https://www.screencast.com/t/Hd6VBtHg4x4C
The child theme is not a plugin. Please use this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/the-child-theme-support-tutorial/
As a note on the child theme: https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/setting-up-child-theme/
Thank you!
Hello ffarci,
If you have some changes to the code and if these are not made in the child theme, the new theme update will overwrite all of these and your changes will be lost. To be safe, you should make a full backup to your database and for your old theme and after the update, you should make them again but please notice that for each update this case will happen, sorry! If the theme allowed to make these changes in the child theme, you should follow this method to ease your work. For more information about child theme support, please consult our useful guide here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/the-child-theme-support-tutorial/
Thanks for your understanding!
Hello Zelena,
It seems your images are stuck in opacity 0. This usually happens on a js error caused by plugins or customization or other external optimization tools.
Please disable all plugins except visual composer, clear cache and reset CDN files if you use it. Please also check any custom code you might have added to the theme panel or the theme files. If you use a child theme, please switch to the main theme to make sure it does not affect the proper functionality of the theme.
Thank you!
Hello,
Right now I cannot see any issues on your site.
We do not have any such reports of duplicate menu items.
This could be a plugin conflict so please disable all plugins except visual composer, clear cache and reset cdn files if you use it. Please also check any custom code you might have added to the theme panel or the theme files. If you use a child theme, please switch to the main theme to make sure it does not affect the proper functionality of the theme.
Thank you!
