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Hello, i’m running your latest theme newspaper 6. i have notice slowness in my wordpress and when try to load the homepage, I believe is the VC plugin. Please check in your end and let me know.
I run my website in top dedicated server with FASTCGI cache on Nginx and HHVM PHP
Thanks,
Gregory
Ah so! Been there. Both require changing around some stuff. Kind of comes down to which look/feel you prefer. On the plus side it’s easier to upgrade and modify stuff for Newsmag from v4 and then perhaps later move to NP6 due to similarities in some of the codebase. Meaning, you’re going to have to redo your homepage either way, and reset sidebars, etc., redo some optimizations, font sizes/weights, etc.
I’d likely do Newsmag from NP4 as I did; then go from there. 🙂
Take a Sunday, put on some coffee/tea/red bull (whatever) and some nice music, and have at it. NM Much easier to use than NP4, in my lil’ ol’ opinion.
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This reply was modified 11 years by
simchris.
Hi,
I’ve been wondering how I can ad 468 x 15 and 728 x 15 ad units below the nav bar. Visual composer allows me to add these ad units where I want on the homepage, but I’m at a loss when its other pages and posts.
Any help would be appreciated. TIA!
Social tab in the theme panel is for top of the page.
Social widget can be different based on page, post, homepage, etc. – more flexible.
Some folks want some stuff top of page, different things/accounts in sidebar.
Sidebar code uses hooks for counting; items for top of menu bar just for click-through.
Many of us don’t want “one for all” but location/placement specific usage.
Hi,
Currently the category color will only be shown in single post of the category page (if enable) but not the homepage.
Is there any way to enable the Category color to be shown in all places including the Homepage?
Thanks,
That worked – next question.
Why do you have to update the social counter block in every location?
why cant you just put the info into the Theme Panel –> Social Networks and not have to update the block every time?
I have the social counter on the homepage and on the pages inside the site displaying the individual articles. I have to update the social medial info on the Page and then again in the Widget.
Shouldn’t it just automatically tie back to the info entered on the Social Networks tab of the theme panel? then only have to enter 1 time and the block updates across all pages or places used.
Hi,
Unfortunately we don’t plan to add this timeline template again, but if you have basic html/css/php experience you can adapt the template to work with this version of the theme, so please check the old theme’s files and you will find page-homepage-timeline.php in the root of the theme to customize it – http://screencast.com/t/qaHetBkZ3nHk
Thanks!
Hi,
Newspaper 4 had not a template without header and footer. Homepage Blank was something similar with Defautl template from new version(without title and latest articles, just for pagebuilder) – https://forum.tagdiv.com/page-templates/ If you want to create a custom template please take a look at our page template – http://screencast.com/t/ENINuT7K2XE and try to create your own template without header and footer(add it in the root of the theme like the other templates) and set it when you create a page where you don’t want header and footer – https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/template-files-section/page-template-files/page-templates/
Thanks!
Hi! You can see the YouTube video list plugin at the bottom of the Homepage: http://192.185.87.120/~danabr/social/
I’ll also try your suggestion.
Thanks!
Hi,
I think that we should rename Default Sidebar as maybe it creates confusion. Theme comes with a default sidebar in Widgets section called Newspaper default.
For your Homepage (or another page) you can use Widgetised Sidebar you can set what sidebar to display – http://screencast.com/t/EFIkHdk3XT you can choose Newspaper default or a custom sidebar. Or you can directly add blocks in sidebar position – http://screencast.com/t/dm3hdzWNP0P
For your articles you can create and set a sidebar(Default -Newspaper Default or custom sidebar) from Blog and Posts Template and it will be displayed on all of your articles, please note that it will be overwritten if you set a different sidebar for each post – http://screencast.com/t/rsOt6tYxZCLV
All sidebars can be found in Appearance > Widgets to add/remove widgets – http://screencast.com/t/AfXRq0edEtl also the Social Counter can be added from Widgets – http://screencast.com/t/HGeAeMp7Q0d3
Hope this helps!
Hi,
Please make sure that you update also Visual Composer plugin to the latest version provide with the theme – http://screencast.com/t/afShRHaM6VHE please remove the old version before update. Also please provide more details about your issue. What blocks slides you use on homepage? A backend screenshot will help.
Thanks!
Hi,
1. Please try this custom css in Theme Panel > Custom Css for homepage big grid – http://screencast.com/t/AHh1o5Rdovd
.home .td_block_big_grid_1 .td-grid-style-1 .td-module-thumb a:last-child:before {
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0.3) 100%);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,color-stop(0%,rgba(0,0,0,0)),color-stop(100%,rgba(0,0,0,0.3)));
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0.3) 100%);
background: -o-linear-gradient(top,rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0.3) 100%);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0.3) 100%);
background: linear-gradient(to bottom,rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0.3) 100%);
}
2. Check this custom css for Newsticker on homepage – http://screencast.com/t/nvVJdY36Y
@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1018px) {
.td-trending-now-wrapper {
padding-left: 14px !important;
}
}
@media (min-width: 1019px) {
.home .td-trending-now-wrapper {
padding-left: 23px !important;
}
}
3. Please provide more details as I’m not sure what you mean.
4. You can use custom css to remove it. This is the default padding added to all blocks, it is not individual added – http://screencast.com/t/o1uzxdxLA You can try to reduce it only on homepage using .home class and do this for each block as it may break the layout, you need custom work to do this for all blocks, sorry.
5. The author name on Big Grid can be hidden via custom css in Theme Panel > Custom Css – http://screencast.com/t/JItaPLaE8m
.td_block_big_grid_1 .td-big-grid-post .td-post-author-name {
display: none;
}
You can do this for each big grid just change the number of big grid that you use, for example – http://screencast.com/t/2NznmheJZR1
Thanks!
Hi,
Please check this guide an update your theme properly – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/ make sure that you delete the old theme so no files from version 4 will remain(like you can see in the docs). In version 6 are 3 page templates – http://screencast.com/t/P1d4dBhKeVq (no Homepage Blank or old templates).
Thanks!
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This reply was modified 11 years by
Alin [tagDiv].
We are having problems with the homepage post section on our front page. It seems that the space after every punctuation gets removed. Also sometimes the space between “by” and “the authors name” is removed. Any idea why this is happening?
The request is how do I add a partially transparent color behind the text so the text pops more on the image?
Hi,
try to enable the unique articles feature: http://screencast.com/t/OqflDYCz
This prevents double posts to appear on the homepage but please note that it does not work with ajax for now.
Hi Alin
I appreciate your help which I followed and with a bit of trial and error helped me resolve the problem! I incorrectly thought the homepage sidebar and default sidebar are the same. The confusion came because they are both adjusted using different methods. So I’ve explained it in simple steps for me to understand, to help any other newcomers, and to ask if you can tell me if I am wrong about anything!
The Homepage sidebar is different from the Default sidebar.
To customise the Elements/widgets in the Homepage sidebar go to the Pages – Homepage
To customise the widgets in the Default Sidebar go to Appearance – Widgets – and add remove widgets in the Newspaper default box.
To set a default sidebar go to Blog and Posts Template. In the box choose Default.
To set a universal custom sidebar go to Blog and Posts Template. In the box create a new custom sidebar, then choose it. Then go to Pages – Post Page and in the Custom Sidebar box choose the Custom Sidebar.
However some of the Elements in the Homepage sidebar (such as the Social Counter) are not available in the Widgets section. Is there away to duplicate them across so they can appear in the default sidebar?
Thank you!
Problem solved. Too dumb too double check. In case you not a wp pro too, just go into settings and select which page/post should be your “homepage” and “blog page” save.
Hi guys,
At the moment the all the block slides that i have on my homepage is not showing. Can help me with that? Beside that, after the update mine homepage show posts duplicated and with two types of lists even having only hone… i leave here the website: http://www.eradigital.com.pt
Thanks!
Hi team,
using newspaper 6 theme
I want to change certain things in my website http://www.careongo.com/riseup. Help me out.
1. I have used big grid 1 on the top of my homepage. I want to reduce greying effect of images in this grid. Images are appearing too dark because of greying effect.
2. Just below big grid 1, I have used news tickr on homepage. I want to shift it to the left. Basically, I want it to align with big grid to the left.
3. In header menu, i have a watch category. If I open video posts, there is lot of empty space after the video. how to reduce that?
4. Also on homepage, I want to reduce the padding between different blocks that i have used.
5. How to remove author names from blocks and big grids? As I want to remove for some posts.
Looking forward to a speedy response.
Thanks,
CareOnGo
Hi,
Do you mean that your homepage is blank?
In this case did you follow this guide to update? – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/ and run the script like it is specified there.
Or your homepage is not is not set?
You can set your homepage from Settings – http://screencast.com/t/nY2CowcUg
Unfortunately the old customizations will not work with version 6 of Newspaper as this is practically a new theme. If you have made a backup before update please revert to the old theme.
Thanks!
Didn’t work for me. It only happens on pages built with visual composer ie my homepage.
Hi,
Thank you for the update, my issues were fixed except for one.
On the homepage, when you hover over a post title, the link turns white. I searched for the setting but can’t seem to fine it. Is the an option for the hover link color? It wasn’t like that before the update.
Thank you 🙂
After I updated Newsmag theme i have some errors, especially with the search bar in MENU. It’s not showing properly, either in desktop and mobile version.
Also, NEWS link is showing duplicate content.
What is wrong? I can’t figure out…
P.S. is there any plugin or something which will correct picture size to fit homepage module?
Regards
Hi.
I know how to modify the homepage using VC. However, I don’t find a way to change/customize the other templates. All I can do is to select predefined style templates from Theme Panel but I want to make customization to those Style Templates (or add new ones)
On the middle here http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/homepage-sport/ you have three articles on grey background color http://grab.by/Iesc
can you tell me how i can do it?