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Hi,

1. The Newsmag theme does not have any options for a wider layout, the tagDiv composer provided with it as well does not. This would be one of the differences between the Newsmag theme and the Newspaper theme which is more flexible and has lots of increased or full width capabilities.

Forcing an increased width by code is not recommended, this will most likely damage the layout and elements inside it.

2. With the theme version you are using Instagram and the social counter (if you use it) will probably not work. Due to changes made by most socials quite a while back, we had to modify the theme to adapt to the new code. This happened in theme update 4.3, changelog here at the bottom of the page
– https://themeforest.net/item/newsmag-news-magazine-newspaper/9512331
– https://www.screencast.com/t/CDHizhmi61jB
Update the theme and Instagram and other socials should work again. Be sure to clear any cache you have after updating. Also the browser cache, or force refresh the page a few times (Ctrl+Shift+R).

3. Be sure to check the theme requirements guide carefully, top to bottom
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/newsmag-requirements-for-newsmag/
Check if there are enough resources and the required PHP modules are active. Contact your hosting provider if necessary.
There will be problems with the theme and plugins if there are not enough resources.

Also do not edit pages created with WPBakery (Visual composer) with the tagDiv composer, this may result in damaged pages.

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Hi,

The page menu looks huge because the flex block used seems to have a limit of 15 posts. Decrease that to the limit you want, in the flex block general settings
– https://www.screencast.com/t/weJncczMjoq
The page is displayed in the menu as you create it with the composer.

The regular mega-menu has a limit of 4 articles, with sub-categories on the left of the posts.

Hi,

The theme grids and most blocks are predefined, so they will always look in one way only. All types can be seen here
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-1/
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/big-grid-1/
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/full-big-grid-1/

The exception are flex blocks, these have a considerable amount of options to modify even the slightest thing. A single flex block can look in endless ways
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/flex-block/
Try to experiment with a flex block, see what can be achieved with it. .

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Hi,

The flex block does have an option to display the whole post meta above the thumbnail
– https://www.screencast.com/t/pHYtwWPk
You could use flex blocks instead of predefined blocks. Doe to their flexibility, one can build entire pages with flex blocks
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/flex-block/

The subtitle can be positioned anywhere in the single post page. Drag and drop it in the location that you want
– https://www.screencast.com/t/BQWfdagWzlZl
That is easily done with the cloud library plugin and tagDiv composer, post template can be design in many ways
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-cloud-library-plugin/
More beautiful templates will be added in coming updates, for posts as well.

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Hi,

The thumbnails will be cropped center-top, not from the left
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/featured-image/
These modules have predefined thumbnail sizes, they cannot be changed.

If none of the modules display the images properly, you could experiment with the cloud category templates
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-cloud-library-plugin/
The post loop element used in category pages uses the flex module used in flex blocks
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/flex-block/
The module has options to change how it looks, maybe you can use those settings to design a module that displays the images better
– https://www.screencast.com/t/ABiVG9r70

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Hi,

That particular module is not used in any blocks (module 12), it can be selected as the module to be used in the blog page, category pages, tag pages etc in the theme panel.

You could re-create it with a flex block however. That block can me customized to look in many ways including something like that
– http://prntscr.com/kcsfgt

Hi,

Flex blocks have many settings, but I don’t quite understand what you are referring to. Some more details and some screenshots if possible would be very helpful.

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That will be possible with the flex blocks. Example
– https://www.screencast.com/t/q0RepeuP
These blocks and the modules they use are highly customizable, almost anything about the module can be modified. Thumbnails, puddings, margins, modules per row, fonts etc.

Indeed, the category templates can now be created with the tagDiv composer and cloud library plugin, use any elements available. We will add more beautiful ready made templates in coming updates.

So you are referring to this menu? – https://www.screencast.com/t/IatOqgCMPu
That seems to be made with a plugin or some other implementation, can’t say exactly. You could use the list menu element instead
– https://www.screencast.com/t/4u8sycOspJ

The thumbnails in the post loop section in the cloud category templates can be modified, the loop uses a flex module
– https://www.screencast.com/t/JFgzUSts

Hi,

So you want to add new modules by API. There may be a different way to have custom modules. The new flex blocks have a considerable amount of options, all aspects of the module can be customized
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/flex-block/
One flex block can be used and modified to look in endless ways. It would also be easier then adding modules, you could give it a try.

Hi,

That module is not used in any block or grid, it can be selected in the theme panel to be used in category pages for example, tag pages etc.

Some blocks with a bigger thumbnail would be these ones
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-22/
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-23/

The tagDiv composer flex block would be a good recommendation, but with WPBakery it is not available unfortunately.

Hi,

You could try something like this instead
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/post-last-updated/

In the topic the solution is to replace the theme code but you could add it next to it.

In this example I will use post template style 1 -> loop-single-1.php
– https://www.screencast.com/t/KpcPUqFQ5iC
Direct result is this – https://www.screencast.com/t/4avlf8Mws9
With some CSS – https://www.screencast.com/t/aWKxtrKQDA

.the-modified-date {
display:inline-flex;
}

Code link here for convenience – https://pastebin.com/vCsS4CFf

Of course you can style it further or position it differently if needed.

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Change the grids, experiment with other grid and block types. Full width grids will use the featured image as background, all other modules use thumbnails that are created from the featured images.
The theme uses a center top cropping when creating the thumbnails, this method would be the best overall
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/featured-image/

Also you can experiment with the flex blocks, these allow you to choose an image size and other image parameters. I see that for this post you use a portrait image with text
– https://nationofmotivation.com/the-4-hour-work-week-by-tim-ferriss/
The cropped thumbnails created from that image will not display the full image. if you plan to use such images for some posts or all posts, maybe consider using the flex block
– http://prntscr.com/k7tfar

Hi,

From theme panel excerpt settings you can customize the excerpt length for modules that display it, not enable it for modules that do not show an excerpt.
You can see for example how all the theme blocks look here
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-1/
Some of their modules display excerpts others do not.

The modules can be modified through a child theme, they are supported
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/the-child-theme-support-tutorial/
This is a topic that might be of use to you if you want to modify some modules
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/adding-tags-and-excerpt/

You could also experiment with the flex blocks, these have settings to enable/disable the excerpts
– https://www.screencast.com/t/uY9fNpC2j5
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/flex-block/
Also they are highly customizable in terms of layout and style, so you could make a flex block look in many ways.

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Hi,

Those are two different blocks, how they look is predefined
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-9/
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-11/
Block 9 does not display an excerpt if that is what you are referring to. The easiest way to achieve that layout would be to use the flex block
– https://www.screencast.com/t/j3uMPXyP9EW

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Hi,

That was added in the theme update 8.8.2, so you would see only 2 flex blocks. If you decide to update this is a guide
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/

Hi,

@Hari That is all modules that can display excerpts in the first place, not all do. Check how the predefined blocks look here
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-1/
Only the flex blocks (more will be added) have an option to enable/disable excerpts
– https://www.screencast.com/t/gWUaFWbNF
The other predefined blocks that are not supposed to display excerpts, will not display one unless some modifications. Similar topic here
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/adding-tags-and-excerpt/

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Hello,

Sorry but the only block that can have a different layout for mobile devices is the flex block. You can set it up in the tagdiv composer separately for each device in particular: https://www.screencast.com/t/iCSSYePV5R4c

Thank you!

Hi,

1. The default grid style (all grids) does have a darker gradient over the bottom part of the image, I believe this is to make the post title and meta more visible when lighter images are used
With gradient – https://www.screencast.com/t/EwFqfRyrbkbr
Without – https://www.screencast.com/t/DExdlH06x85
Anyway you could remove it with some CSS if not required, or maybe change the style of the grid
– https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/full-big-grid-3/
Since you removed it, what would you like to do now with the grid exactly? I will try to help you.

You can use any of the grids, full grids and blocks in that page. Choose the ones you like. For the article title colors I could give you a code once you choose the elements you want to use.
I believe there are plans to add a color setting for the article titles in modules, in a future update.

2. You could embed the video in a text element
– https://www.screencast.com/t/2gByhWjv2o
Stretch the row containing it and you should have a full width video
– http://prntscr.com/k6ynr4

3. Maybe that look could be achieved with the flex blocks. Those blocks are not predefined, so they can be set to display in many ways. With their settings and maybe some additional CSS you could get that result or similar.

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