- NewspaperRetina Images
- NewspaperThumbnails – Fix strange looking images on blocks
- NewspaperUsing the theme with existing content
Hi,
Yes, it seems the alt of the image is displayed, that particular thumb is not found
– https://www.screencast.com/t/2Y6ff4ZMwl
– https://www.screencast.com/t/N8wngC0n
Please try to regenerate the thumbnails using this guide
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/thumbnails-fix-strange-looking-images-on-blocks/
Then clear any installed cache. The thumbnail should be created from the featured image of the post and displayed.
Thanks
Hi,
If you could provide a link to a post with one of these post templates, we will inspect it. Usually plugins can cause image problems, but there might be other causes. We will know more after inspecting the issue.
Also make sure that this thumbnail size is enabled in the theme panel
– https://www.screencast.com/t/PK4vJMvki88
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/theme-thumbs/
It might require to regenerate the thumbnails after enabling the size
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/thumbnails-fix-strange-looking-images-on-blocks/
Thanks
Hi,
There seems to be a problem with the thumbnails, they are not created properly. Please use this guide to regenerate the thumbnails
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/thumbnails-fix-strange-looking-images-on-blocks/
And also take note of the requirements for the server, GD library needs to be installed for image processing. You can contact your hosting provider and check.
Thanks
I don’t know whats happening with block 7 thumbnails. They seemed to be working fine, but now it’s a mess. I already regenerated thumbnails twice, and still nothing. Can you please help?! The site is dev.topensandoemviajar.com
Did you regenerate your thumbnails to make the proper size images? I think you have to do that, per the docs … but double check that.
Another question here, we’ve got the “Regenerate Thumbs” plugin installed and setup, however we still get thumbs that are not displaying correctly. See here: https://www.evernote.com/l/ADHmsAAlOz1KJYJXcvZ5OUy5BU9MB5kqNkc
Does “Regenerate Thumbs” not automatically do this? We went through the steps in the suggested tutorial above where we regenerated all thumbs, but it’s still displaying newer images incorrectly since then?
Hello Cosmic,
Try to regenerate your thumbnails using the Force Regenerate or Thumbnail Regenerate. You should check the following useful guide here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/thumbnails-fix-strange-looking-images-on-blocks/
If is not what you mean, please provide more details so I will be able to provide a more accurate response. Your website URL and some useful images could be useful for our understanding.
Thanks for your understanding!
Thank you for the reply! Is not there a way to use one single dimension for everything? I often change the modules / blocks and it is difficult to regenerate images every time…
Thanks again for the answer!
I think the Force Regenerate thumbs plugin does that house cleaning.
Hi Chris, yeah I understand. 🙂 I will try the Force Regenerate Plugin also, but with a backup before 🙂
Hello bandmill,
If you want to turn off some thumbnails which you will not use, you should use then the Force Regenerate Plugin and this will remove the old unused images which the thumbs you have turned off, have used them.
Thanks for your message!
Hi,
Please follow this guide and regenerate the thumbnails needed for the modules. This process will recreate all the thumbnail sizes needed, if they are enabled in the theme panel
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/theme-thumbs/
This is the guide
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/thumbnails-fix-strange-looking-images-on-blocks/
After the regeneration process is complete, clear any installed cache and check the results.
Thanks
Hi,
Ty for your reply. We are trying to resolve the problem of not having thumbnails for some posts. We have about 330.000 posts and this is a big number to use plugins like regenerate thumbnails.
We are using now a filter for the genesis theme (see here)
We find the first with function catch_that_image() and next we use function default_image_fallback($output, $args)
Our site is eju.tv
Test site prueba.eju.tv
And we want to do the same for Newspaper Theme. Can you help us with a filter code when there is no post thumb
is_null($this->post_thumb_id)
Kind regards
Well, remember the “theme” is not slow with F Rating — your site/setup is. Two totally different things. You also need to test with adverts off.
You need to do all the stuff noted on GTmetrix for your setup, from time to live, to gzip, to regenerating your images with compression, limiting calls to outside sites as that all slows things down, if using avatar photos use a local gravatar plugin, make sure you have enough RAM allocated, try to avoid plugins that do popups or rolls downs, avoid large background images (anything over 40k will massively slow down a page), consider using web-safe fonts and NOT a bunch of Google fonts; don’t use child theme as it’s a redirect; make sure you’re using PHP 5.6 or higher with opcache turned on (5.4 is a dog and way out of date; 5.2/5.3 are obsolete and should not be used unless no other choice for old code — which doesn’t apply to WordPress). Stuff like that.
Don’t use the lazy load animation on your posts/pages – disable that ‘effect.’ Consider not using the extra modules like related/more from other, or story ‘more to read’ flyout.
Get a good baseline for streamlined site, good page score — then turn on bells and whistles, evaluate the performance hit, and make choices.
I just switched all my AdSense ads to text-only, as I got sick of the 20 stupid crappy image, cookies and poor optimization of Google’s 10 year old image serving system. Their own ad server doesn’t meet modern pagespeed requirements, so why use it?
For example: I just did an install here; starting speed with 78; regenerated all thumbs with a compression factor of 50; switched off Google fonts, and moved to text ads; speed went to 90 with ads ‘on’ ! All that stuff seriously adds up.
Not sure if any of that helps. I was early adopter of Newspaper, Newsmag, and WPion. So, kinda a dinosaur around here. You might find my ancient thread helpful in the documentation > tutorials > DIY > best of forums. Maybe not.
Anyway – I have a 90 score right now, with no caching plugin and have not yet compressed the main style.css or main .js files, which should gain couple of points right there.
Hello,
Every time I create a new category on my site the all the categories is going 404.
Can you pls kindly let help to fix this?
So far the only way I have is to regenerate permalinks.
Regards
Thank you for the quick response, please note that i dont want to use different thumbnails…i only want that when we generate thumbnails then force regenerate plugin dont those size and if someone gave reference to that image then 404 error wont come to us..
td_api_thumb::add(‘td_324x160’,
array(
‘name’ => ‘td_324x160’,
‘width’ => 324,
‘height’ => 160,
‘crop’ => array(‘center’, ‘top’),
‘post_format_icon_size’ => ‘normal’,
‘used_on’ => array(
‘Module 1, 2’, ‘Block 2, 3, 4’, ‘Big grid 2’
),
‘no_image_path’ => td_global::$get_template_directory_uri,
)
);
Can i use the code below from above modified code so that force regenerate plugin only generate those specific size and wont use them in theme or any where else…
td_api_thumb::add(‘td_310x165’,
array(
‘name’ => ‘td_310x165’,
‘width’ => 310,
‘height’ => 165,
‘crop’ => array(‘center’, ‘top’),
‘post_format_icon_size’ => ‘normal’,
)
);
Or these arrays defined somewhere else also..??
Hi,
I got the same problem. The images are all 1024×768 pixel, so more large than their container but they still have that space on the right even after “regenerate thumbnail.”
Look at the screenprint.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nxrk4sqnwrz5lqt/Screenshot%202017-07-21%2009.40.00.png?dl=0
How could I fix it?
Prior to Newpaper we have different theme and we used force regenerate thumbnails plugin to generate new thumbnails for newspaper theme.
Now, force regenerate plugin deleted all previous thumbnails except what newspaper required. We are now getting error for three thumbnails ending with -310×165.jpg & -70×70.jpg & 600×330.jpg
Is there any way to define them in some function file so that force regenerate thumbnails plugin will not delete them.
We are using newspaper 8.
Hello aleksandarcasual,
Notice that your image is too small than your Big Grid, big thumb. You should load a bigger image than this or you can use such a plugin which has a functionality to regenerate the thumbs and enlarge the image like Thumbnails Regenerate with Force Regenerate. You can try them, clear all the caches and check the results. Should works.
Thanks for your understanding!
Hello,
Upon inspecting your site I saw the image issue but there is no solution in this regard. It is very simple. Your images are very wide: https://www.fantasyfootballpundit.com/picked-fpl-players-one-hour/ and the related articles thumb is close to square: https://www.screencast.com/t/ALsTBgKs
How can you show a wide image inside a square thumb?
A possible solution would be to change the thumbnail used on the related articles to a wider one. https://www.screencast.com/t/xXSmfCqYn
You will have to regenerate all thumbnails afterwards though.
I hope this helps.
Thanks.
Thanks for the response Bogdan.
Few things that you missed and I would love to know your opinion about:
1. I love the ‘cut edge design of images under the Voice report template. Have a look here: https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper_voice/td-post-authorities-seeking-expanded-education-for-incarcerated-youth/ , you will notice that the each image under the post content has round-cut-corner. Is it template specific feature? can I replicate only this feature under my current template?
2. what are the things that I should take care while changing the template of the site? Do we need to regenerate all the images? Will this regeneration process kill all the ‘compression’ that we have done previously with premium image compressions like WPSmush or shortpixel?
Thank you.
I have been using Newspaper theme for almost a year.
We have using customised look of the default template of Newspaper till now, but the recent release of a few new themes caught my attention. SO, I am all set to change the look of our site.
But here is the issue.
I love the homepage look of Art Creek template: https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper_art_creek/ . It’s awesome. but I want to have the header like the Voice report template: https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper_voice/.
Apart from this, I also love the ‘cut edge design of images under the Voice report template. Have a look here: https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper_voice/td-post-authorities-seeking-expanded-education-for-incarcerated-youth/ , you will notice that the each image under the post has round-cut-corner. It is template specific feature. Right?
Please help me how can I do this? I am ready to do all the customization required if someone can guide me for this.
Also, what are the things that I should take care while changing the template of the site? Do we need to regenerate all the images? Will this regeneration process kill all the ‘compression’ that we have done previously with premium image compressions like WPSmush or shortpixel?
Thank you.
Hello Amekaze,
If you want to increase the height of your Big Grid 1, please notice that you should use a bit of CSS code to make these changes. Try the code below and place it in Theme panel ->Custom CSS area and then, you should regenerate your Thumbnails with Force Regenerate or Thumbnails Regenerate.
.td_block_big_grid_1 .td-big-thumb .td-module-thumb {
height: 600px;
}
.td_block_big_grid_1 .td-small-thumb .td-module-thumb {
height: 298px;
}
The result is here -> https://www.screencast.com/t/yilZJiiZIUR0
Thanks for your understanding!
Thanks again Chris
I will look into replacing Speed Booster after compressing images. I am currently using Force Regenerate Thumbnail, it will probably run all day since I have over 5000 images.
Hi,
If that plugin is not compatible with the theme and causing problems, you could search for another one and try it. The plugin you are using may have not been updated for a period of time, and that could be the reason why it is not working properly.
If the thumbnails are not displaying properly on the blocks and grids, you can try to regenerate them, with this guide
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/thumbnails-fix-strange-looking-images-on-blocks/
If the needed thumbnails are enabled in the theme panel, they will be recreated by the regeneration process
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/theme-thumbs/
Thanks
