- NewsmagtagDiv Composer Tutorial
- NewsmagHow to use the Visual Composer plugin
- NewsmagHow to update a plugin
- NewsmagWhat’s included in Newsmag theme package
- NewsmagRequirements for Newsmag
- NewsmagInstall via WordPress
- NewsmagInstall via FTP
- NewsmagBlock settings tutorial
- NewsmagtagDiv Social Counter tutorial
- NewsmagHow to update the WPBakery plugin
- NewsmagPage Menu
- NewsmagCustom ad spots
- NewsmagSmart sidebar
- NewsmagVideo playlist
- NewsmagPage templates
- NewsmagHomepage – How to build and set it
Hi,
I have checked your site and you have these errors in console: http://screencast.com/t/YzEGPI7ql3aG
Please do a fresh theme installation using this guide via FTP: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme/ and also update the plugins that come with theme’s files from /plugins folder – https://forum.tagdiv.com/update-the-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/
Also check this without any plugins active, leave just Visual Composer active,clear cache and see if you still have this issue with infinite scroll.
Thanks!
O–M–G — it works! (!!)
Radu, your “shim” 1.0 BETA 2, worked wonderfully. Visual Composer not even on the domain (!).
CPU is “normal” SO FAR (I am double checking every 10 minutes; about to do NEW post to see what happens).
Sent you the long winded email (12:34pm PDT 5/6/15) with server info, and such; and the testing steps I did so far today with Newsmag 1.71B, SHIM 1.0 B2, speed booster on, mod_pagespeed OFF.
I am turning sidebars on/off, changing modules on sidebar to “mess” with it. Leaving home page as the “fancy” layout I already had as page from 2.5 weeks back when setup.
Only thing I’m doing slightly different at the moment is I have the built-in “related” posts OFF and using my long-time fallback “contextual related posts” plugin to just stick 3 text-only related item headlines bottom of each story (it checks content not just tags for last 365 days, and caches the output… nice).
Will update by email AND here, as I play with this more.
You have “rocked” my world today 🙂
Chris
============
SHIM active with 1.71B … 20 minutes and counting….
CPU usage
Last 1 minute 0.52
Last 5 minutes 0.55
Last 15 minutes 0.58
That’s a wee bit better than “32.0” methinks 🙂
-
This reply was modified 11 years by
simchris.
I just attempted to update my VC and upon deactivating my plugin I got an error message:
Call to undefined function visual_composer() and now I am unable to access anything lol
No point in having an H1 tag on home page unless it’s a static constant element such as “Micro Gaming News for the Tech Trade” — as Google doesn’t like “changing” H1 tags on static pages like a home page — a news headline should not have H1 tags on home page as those change hourly, daily, etc., and so have no relevance in SERPS.
So, you would need to edit the page template you’re using for home page or “page” template and add an “is_home” statement to put the desired H1 tag only on home page. Simple to do with Visual Composer, or if making a static page with loop.
eg
something like
<?php
if ( is_home() ) {
// This is the home page index
<h1>My Text Here</h1>
} else {
// This is not the home PAGe index
then get the normal page header
}
?>
just a thought. That likely not best solution, so pardon my butting in ….
-
This reply was modified 11 years by
simchris.
Hello,
I’m trying to use the homepage template without latest posts + pagination, just a Visual Composer content.
So I’ve created a sidebar with it: http://take.ms/HqLwp
But strangely, it doesn’t work as smart sidebar: it doesn’t stick to the screen.
So why? Does smart sidebar works only if it’s a regular sidebar made of widgets, not with Visual Composer? But I just wanted to create my page from scratch using the blocks I need. And I like the layout of latest post I use: http://take.ms/dggDm
It’s way better than the default layout the template with latest posts and pagination produces.
Please help me here.
Thanks.
Hi,
It happens due to a plugin so make sure you turn them off, all of them, leaving just theme’s Visual Composer plugin active then, empty all caches, purge files if you’re using CDN host and test again.
Also consider turning off js minification options.
Let us know how it goes.
Thanks
Hello,
We updated from 4.6.1 but this issue began beforehand. Now our version is 4.6.3. We thought the update would solve it but didn’t.
We weren’t using Visual Composer before and everything was okay. Then, we needed to add a custom ad, and installed Visual Composer (4.4.4) for that reason. I guess this problem started right afterwards.
Now even if we enable Visual Composer, blocks don’t align correctly.
Thanks!
Hi,
Did you updated the theme from an older version than 3.7? What theme version and Visual Composer version do you use?
Please provide more details about this and when this issue appeared.
Thanks!
Hi,
I have checked your video, so please check this without any plugins active, leave just Visual Composer active as in your video you have some plugins activated. If you don’t have this issue anymore please activate your plugins one by one and see which one caused this issue. Also I saw that you are not using the latest theme version 4.6.3.
If you want to update please follow this guide and use FTP method – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme/ and update also plugins that come with the theme’s files from /plugins folder.
Thanks!
Hi,
Unfortunately I can test this as we use the latest theme version and also the last update of the plugin. You can check this without any plugins active, leave just Visual Composer and Woocommerce active, clear cache and check if you still have this issue, maybe there is a conflict between plugins.
If this doesn’t work you can use custom css to hide it: http://screencast.com/t/LiesniWd
.single-product .loader {
display: none !important;
}
Or update your theme as I said we cannot test old versions of the theme with plugins. Also if you want to use that version of the theme you ca hire a professional to customize it for your needs(new versions of Woocommerce, also theme’s plugins).
Thanks!
Hi,
have not done this yet; been too busy; next thing on my to do list is actually working with Radu on testing a “shim” for our server to not use Visual Composer with Newsmag 1.7.1B, which crashed one of our sites and we had to remove. That’s the big deal right this moment.
For time …
likely going to try adding this to the single post template we’re using, after the date grab and before views eyeball:
<?php echo get_the_time(); ?>
ref
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_time
I don’t use the visual composer, so please tell me how to add the title as h1 in code. And since we’re on this subject, tell me how to add the article titles on the front page with the h2 tag. From a SEO perspective, it’s a big miss to not have these with h1 and h2 tags.
Hi,
I suspect it refers to the h1 tag which is missing from the page, add it using a Visual Composer text block or use the Homepage – with title template – http://screencast.com/t/gPl2da2W1Prm – the code in the template it looks like this – http://screencast.com/t/1HFARiUDU4
Thank you, Emil G.
I actually have a copy of the visual composer for myself for other projects. Can I use my updated copy or will that knock out your customisations?
Just trying to think how we can resolve this quickly as she can’t update or add posts right now using VC
Thanks
Hi,
You can import Video stack – http://screencast.com/t/c3Elrbewx – http://screencast.com/t/JrGm3mS5
And build your homepage using Visual Composer as you need, the backend of homepage from demo – http://demo.tagdiv.com/newsmag_video/ is simple – http://screencast.com/t/nkeruWuOQaP0
Thanks!
Hi,
When we updated Newspaper theme the latest version of Visual Composer was 4.4.4. We always test the new version of the plugin with our theme and then we include it in theme files when a new version of the theme is released.
Do you mean that when you switch to Classic mode, you cannot add text there? – http://screencast.com/t/1bHbegjlVbix
When the Backend editor is active you can add blocks using Visual Composer and you can add text using text block – http://screencast.com/t/okb9RUW8VV
Please provide more details about your issue if this doesn’t solve it.
Edit:
Sorry I didn’t see your reply!
Please also try this without any plugins active, leave just Visual Composer active, empty cache and check if you still have this issue. Let me know!
Thanks!
-
This reply was modified 11 years by
Alin [tagDiv].
-
This reply was modified 11 years by
Alin [tagDiv].
I have a client who can’t add text through the Backend Editor. She has no formatting tools either in the editor window. Just visual and text tabs.
Have updated to the most recent version of both WP and Theme. Obviously VC has been updated to v4.5.1 but current one supplied with theme is 4.4.4.
Be good to know why this is happening or if anyone else has had similar issues.
Thanks
Hi,
Above your Latest Articles (and sidebar) you have a row where you display your ad. This space is normal because the sidebar cannot go up if there is a row and this sidebar appears with Latest Articles – http://screencast.com/t/crl0PjlEk
So please edit your page and remove that row and if you want to add that add to the sidebar please use widgets section and add it to your sidebar – http://screencast.com/t/OeQVItsaQAc
Please take a look at our documentation – https://forum.tagdiv.com/page-templates/ when you use a page template with articles list this will be added automatically on your page and you can add blocks and sidebar to your content using Visual Composer for example – http://screencast.com/t/NW7u0tzdz0G or use only blocks for page sidebar – http://screencast.com/t/57yXwPL22r
Hope this helps!
Hi there,
i have the problem that on my homepage when i use pre designed layout (infinite scroll and all others) there is space on the left and on the right at my blog post images.
When i use the default template “Homepage – with article list” there aren’t any wrong spaces.
But when i use “Blank Template” and then choose Template by the composer there is something wrong..
Please help me…
Thanks!

Hi,
1. Just the one form the wp-content > plugins folder and please always make sure you backup your WordPress and theme install: https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups
2. Yes, best would be to disable all plugins, then delete the Visual Composer plugin and install within theme files > /plugins folder. Please use this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/update-the-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/
3. If you don’t use any cache plugins then go ahead without concerning this aspect.
4. 1. Edit your wp-config.php file and enter something like:
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '96M');
WordPress memory can be different to the server – you need to set this regardless of server memory settings
http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHP
2. If you have access to your PHP.ini file, change the line in PHP.ini
If your line shows 32M try 64M:
memory_limit = 64M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (64MB)
3. If you don’t have access to PHP.ini try adding this to an .htaccess file:
php_value memory_limit 64M
4. If none of the above works then talk to your host.
Thanks
Hi,
Please send an email at contact@tagdiv.com , paste a link to this conversation and provide the url so i can take a look. Also provide details about the theme and visual composer version.
Thank you, Emil G.
Hi,
I have checked your site and you have a js error in console – http://screencast.com/t/3yopneKMhVe and also block ajax pagination doesn’t work.
Please deactivate all plugins, leave only Visual Composer active, also clear cache and check if you still have this issue. If don’t have the issue anymore, activate your plugins one by one and see which one caused this. Also you can check this without any css/js minification.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please try this custom css in Theme Panel > Custom Css – http://screencast.com/t/jAXZVpuwryc
.header-logo-wrap {
float: right;
margin-left: 0px;
margin-right: 30px;
}
You can change to a template without articles like Homepage Blank and add blocks via Visual Composer – http://screencast.com/t/rrHDX6TuIT so it will be displayed only blocks that you add to your page.
Please also consider that unfortunately the version 5 of the theme will not include rtl support. You can still use the theme as it is but unfortunately you cannot updated it as you will lose the rtl support or you can update it and make yourself the necessary adjustments needed. If you can’t use the theme we can offer a full refund, just send an email at contact@tagdiv.com and we will explain the procedure.
Sorry for the inconvenience!
Thanks!
Hi,
I also tested this with the latest theme version(4.6.3) and did not found any issues like you can also see on our demo – http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/
I’m not sure why you have this issue please try to deactivate all plugins, leave just Visual Composer active, clear cache and check if you still have this issue.
You can also try this custom css in Theme Panel > Custom Css: http://screencast.com/t/nmYXc6Cr
@media (max-width: 767px){
.td-big-grid-post-0 .td-sbig-title-wrap .td-sbig-title {
font-size: 17px !important;
line-height: 12px;
}
}
Thanks!
HI,
We’re trying now to make a plugin that will allow to run the theme without visual composer once the page is built. I will get back to you via email and here when it’s done and tested.
I will work with you until we solve this, I’m very sorry about all the problems, we run a lot of tests and call stack traces on our theme and on visual composer and we still don’t know where the issue is from.
Radu O.