- NewspaperRetina Images
- NewspaperThumbnails – Fix strange looking images on blocks
- NewspaperUsing the theme with existing content
Hello kanstan,
I have checked your screenshot and I saw your image. Please notice that this type of image is too smaller than the size of the thumbs and you should use the Thumbnail Upscale with Regenerate Thumbnail plugin. Please notice that the theme does not enlarge the image but only cut (crop it). Please check this topic here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/featured-images-on-home-page/ to understand the system.
Thank you for the message!
I used thumbnail upscale plugin together with ‘force regenerate’ and the result is still the same: blank space on image in slide: http://www.murderparty.it.
Any suggestion?
Thanks
Hi
It can take a while until google will re-index your site again and so that errors to disappear. The theme can’t control how google acts so we can’t do much in this regard. Make sure that all your links are functional, also try to deactivate all plugins then regenerate your sitemaps again. You can use SEO by Yoast plugin to generate the sitemap: http://kb.yoast.com/article/96-enable-xml-sitemaps-in-the-wordpress-seo-plugin
Thanks!
Hello dennisjpitocco,
Please take a look over the below explanation and try to understand a bit how it work the thumbs in the theme. Please check here ->>
Our theme uses the system of cropping from center to top. The theme uses thumbs to reduce the page size and speed up page loading time. From each image uploaded are generated thumbs for each thumb size used by the theme. Basically, when a post it’s displayed on the page in a block, the featured image displayed is not the one which you uploaded in the media file, it’s a thumb cropped from the original image at the precise dimension. To change the picture orientation most likely you will need a different cropping system. We use a WordPress function – add_image_size() – you can read about it here – https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_image_size – and here – http://www.davidtan.org/wordpress-hard-crop-vs-soft-crop-difference-comparison-example/
Our theme crop (cut) thumbnails in some cases to avoid creating a lot of thumbnails in order to reduce to load more spaces on the server.
If you don’t have the possibility to upload large images you could use a combination of plugins to upscale the thumbs – Thumbnail Upscale and Force Regenerate. For more information about these kinds of plugins, please consult their documentation here -> https://wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-upscale/ -> https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/ Also, please ensure that the functionalities of these plugins are not affected by the other untested plugins that could create interference through the theme. Please notice that these types of plugins are not tested with our theme and we cannot provide support for the theme. We recommend them because a lot of our customer uses and they were satisfied to their functionality.
Thank you for your understanding!
Hello elliot,
You have to check the td_config.php from our theme and you have to change the value from each thumb, like this -> http://screencast.com/t/NEHwe6r4 We have this type of cropping because this is the most useful one and our developers have decided to implement it in our theme. For more information about this, please check our documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/theme-thumbs/ After you have dome some modifications in this regard, you have to use Regenerate Thumbnail plugin for a good results.
Thank you for your understanding!
Hi,
whenever I upload a new post thumbnail, it is cropped to all required formats, but always aligned to the top, not centered. It means that when the picture is a portrait of someone, I’ll only have the upper part of the picture, instead of having the center. Usually, centered crop is default on WordPress, but doesn’t seem to be working here. When I regenerate thumbnails with the plugin “Image Regenerate & Select Crop Settings”, it’s working again, but I can’t do it each time I publish a new post.
Thank you !
Elliot
Hello boundary2,
Please take a look over the below explanation and try to understand a bit how it work the thumbs in the theme. Please check here ->>
Our theme uses the system of cropping from center to top. The theme uses thumbs to reduce the page size and speed up page loading time. From each image uploaded are generated thumbs for each thumb size used by the theme. Basically, when a post it’s displayed on the page in a block, the featured image displayed is not the one which you uploaded in the media file, it’s a thumb cropped from the original image at the precise dimension. To change the picture orientation most likely you will need a different cropping system. We use a WordPress function – add_image_size() – you can read about it here – https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_image_size – and here – http://www.davidtan.org/wordpress-hard-crop-vs-soft-crop-difference-comparison-example/
Our theme crop (cut) thumbnails in some cases to avoid creating a lot of thumbnails in order to reduce to load more spaces on the server.
If you don’t have the possibility to upload large images you could use a combination of plugins to upscale the thumbs – Thumbnail Upscale and Force Regenerate. For more information about these kinds of plugins, please consult their documentation here -> https://wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-upscale/ -> https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/ Also, please ensure that the functionalities of these plugins are not affected by the other untested plugins that could create interference through the theme. Please notice that these types of plugins are not tested with our theme and we cannot provide support for the theme. We recommend them because a lot of our customer uses and they were satisfied to their functionality.
If you want to implement another cropping system for your theme and you are not aware of the steps in this regard, please consider hiring a freelancer/developer to do this for you because we cannot provide custom work at the moment, sorry! Usually, we recommend developers from studio.envato.com.
Hope this helps and let us know how it goes!
Thank you for the message!
Issue is primarily with Visual Composer. I believe they (TagDiv) are waiting on WPbakery to update VC before TagDiv can push an update with the new version.
Also useful to go READ the changes to WordPress for each major full dot update vs ‘patch update.’ Note all the changes to how images work. This means generally you may need to regenerate your thumbs for the new compression optimizations.
Always keep BACK-UP of your working site, before doing ANY major update to WP, so you can seamlessly ROLL BACK to prior version. Good time to plan for that as it’s a basic WP admin skill everybody running a website that is more than a blog should learn.
I no longer provide help/support around these parts, but popped in to see how the fur was flying before I even attempted my updates. Also checked the VC support forum where everybody freaking out.
ALSO be aware that WP sometimes have its own inherent bugs — but normally those should have been tested by major plugin devs (ahem WPBakery you froods!) with the RC1 and RC2 versions prior to WP releasing latest build today as stable version.
Anyway…. just some feedback as long time lurker here (2.5 years so far … ) 🙂
Roll back if you can. Try disabling VC if you can’t.
Also good time to make sure you disable auto-updates of WP core files, if you don’t already do that.
Hello Nimol,
Please take a look over the below explanation and try to understand a bit how it work the thumbs in the theme. Please check here ->>
Our theme uses the system of cropping from center to top. The theme uses thumbs to reduce the page size and speed up page loading time. From each image uploaded are generated thumbs for each thumb size used by the theme. Basically, when a post it’s displayed on the page in a block, the featured image displayed is not the one which you uploaded in the media file, it’s a thumb cropped from the original image at the precise dimension. To change the picture orientation most likely you will need a different cropping system. We use a WordPress function – add_image_size() – you can read about it here – https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_image_size – and here – http://www.davidtan.org/wordpress-hard-crop-vs-soft-crop-difference-comparison-example/
Our theme crop (cut) thumbnails in some cases to avoid creating a lot of thumbnails in order to reduce to load more spaces on the server.
If you don’t have the possibility to upload large images you could use a combination of plugins to upscale the thumbs – Thumbnail Upscale and Force Regenerate. For more information about these kinds of plugins, please consult their documentation here -> https://wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-upscale/ -> https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/ Also, please ensure that the functionalities of these plugins are not affected by the other untested plugins that could create interference through the theme. Please notice that these types of plugins are not tested with our theme and we cannot provide support for the theme. We recommend them because a lot of our customers uses and we are satisfied about their functionality.
If you want to implement another cropping system for your theme and you are not aware of the steps in this regard, please consider hiring a freelancer/developer to do this for you because we cannot provide custom work at the moment, sorry! Usually, we recommend developers from studio.envato.com.
Hope this helps and let us know how it goes!
Thank you for the message!
Hi,
1) Sorry, but we have not tested the TECNO browser and we cannot say for sure how it will display as we have no TECNOo device. We will look into this though.
2) The images do fit automatically inside the container if you have the thumbnail activated and thumbnails regenerated. But if the image is too small (smaller than the container) then the theme will not enlarge it. The theme only crops images, it does not enlarge them.
3) The option exists. There is a multiple category filter where you can add category id’s to filter multiple categories: http://screencast.com/t/0mcJIef831
4) Our theme has no such option but there could be plugins that can do this. We cannot say for sure as we have not tested any such plugins.
5) If you use a caching plugin, then you need to activate this option from the theme panel: http://screencast.com/t/eqB0ud0RM9
Please allow a bit of time to study the theme settings by reading the documentation: https://forum.tagdiv.com/newsmag-newsmag-documentation/
We thank you for your suggestions.
Hi,
1) The theme will use the image sizes as best it can, but if you plan on useng the images with a biger container than 620 * 300 then the images will not display properly. You should use a thumbnail regenerate plugin like this guide shows: https://forum.tagdiv.com/thumbnails-fix-strange-looking-images-on-blocks/
and if you cannot update bigger images, use the thumbnail upscale plugin and regenerate thumbs after activation.
Here are more details about the thumbs used in our theme:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/thumbnails-vs-featured-image-size/
https://forum.tagdiv.com/theme-thumbs/
https://forum.tagdiv.com/featured-image/
2)You can remove the theme ads and there will be no space remaining after you remove them.
Thank you!
Hi there,
1).I’ll be making my site live very soon. Currently with regards to the featured image, our older site had a resolution of 620*300. It seems a little bit shorter compared to your theme default image size (which is about 696*465). I would like to know if I use the Regenerate thumbnails plugin, Do I have to specify the image size somewhere or will it automatically resize the featured images to your default theme image size?
2.) With regards to ads. when I am applying for Google Adsense, Wuld you recommend to leave your theme ads as they are or should I remove all of them? Also, if I do remove them, will the gaps for example in the sidebar or bottom of the posts remain or it will the elements below those images move up?
URL – gadgetsbag.com
Thanks,
Prasenjit.
Hi Catalin, thank you for your comment, but “this kind of video” is a normal youtube video, which must be admitted by the theme.
And for the second issue, i have installed the plugins “regenerate thumbnails” and “upscale” and still doesn´t work.
Hope you can help me to fix this, this issue is not working properly in the theme.
Hi there Bogdan.
My issue was this: https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/try-this-if-images-arent-being-cropped-even-if-you-install-regenerate-thumbnail/
I tried multiple times regenerating all Thumbnails with various plugins and nothing worked.
The plugins ran for hours, reporting no errors at all, but the cropping simply didn’t happen.
What solved it for me is that I was missing the “GD Library”. Weird thing is that the interface should be pointing out this to me, but it wasn’t. So here’s a suggestion for the DEVs.
The link I followed to install it was this one. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-linux-install-or-add-php-gd-support-to-apache/
IF it’s not working anymore, simply type sudo apt-get install php5-gd in a terminal
Hello javierpenia,
Please try to Regenerate your Thumbnails with Regenerate Thumbnails plugin, clear all cache and check the results.
Hope this helps and let us know how it goes!
Thanks.
Hello danimian,
As I explained you above, this is not a simple task that involves custom work. Below I gave you an example on how could you change the size of the Slider but please notice that you need some additional customizations in order to achieve best results, it is just a hint.
The code is ->
.td_module_slide {
width:580px!important;
height: 580px!important;
}
.td-theme-slider {
width:580px!important;
}
If you want to change the size of the Slider for each device, you have to use @media queries and set the size of the code for each one. For more information about this attribute, please consult here -> http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_mediaquery.asp As a hint, after you finished your changes you should use the Thumbnails Regeneration to regenerate your thumbnails.
If you are not aware of the steps in this regard, please consider hiring a freelancer/developer to help you because we cannot provide customization services at the moment, sorry!
Thank you for the message!
Hello to all! Great theme! I’ve a big problem on my website (en.fakelot.com). All thumbnails are disappeared (homepages, pages etc…). Can you help me to restore all pictures? I just try to regenerate all thumbnails with “Regenerate thumbnails” plugin, but I don’t solve the problem. Can you help me, please?
Thanks a lot.
Hi,
The thumbnail upscale plugin needs the regeneration of the thumbs. After you have it active, please run ‘force regenerate’ and check again.
Thanks.
Hi,
This issue usually comes from uploading images that are smaller than the container. The theme crops images but it does not enlarge them. Your images need to be at least the size of the thumbnail used for your grid.
If your images are big enough, then you can follow this guide to fix the strange looking images: https://forum.tagdiv.com/thumbnails-fix-strange-looking-images-on-blocks/
you can use the thumbnail upscale plugin as it will enlarge images to fit the containers but you need to also regenerate thumbs afterwards.
Thank you!
Hi Andrei,
Thank you for the kind response, however I’ve already checked those resources.
I searched similar issues on the support forum and one thing caught my attention: “php5-gd”
Once I’ve managed to install, now “Regenerate plugin” works correctly and generates needed cropped images. I think this is an important info you should include, because without “php5-gd” the plugin does not work correctly and people might think that theme is corrupted.
Thanks again,
Goktug
Hello lbinternet1,
Unfortunately, I cannot access your website URL because when I try to access it I am redirected to the another link -> domainnamesales.com
I suppose that your thumbs are not fit with the featured image in your website because the size of the images is not properly. Please try to use Thumbnail Regeneration to regenerate your thumbs and Thumbnail Upscale to enlarge the images if its are too small for your thumbs. Also, please notice that kinds of plugins are not tested with our theme but many our customers use them and are more satisfied to their functionality. For more information about thumbs used in theme please check this -> http://screencast.com/t/AG1g48RqlpKC and there you can see all the dimensions of the thumbs and where exactly its are used in the theme.
If you need more assistance in this regard, please try to provide a valid URL for your website so I will be able to inspect it closer and also, so I will be able to provide a more accurate response if the above advises are not what you want.
Hope this helps!
Thank you for the message!
Hi
Please provide your site url so I can have a closer look at this issue. Meanwhile try to regenerate your thumbnails following this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/thumbnails-fix-strange-looking-images-on-blocks/
Thanks!
Hello hoops,
Our theme uses a lot of predefined thumbnails in blocks and modules. If you check the Theme panel->Block settings area you can see the list with all dimensions of the thumbs wich is used in the theme and which elements -> blocks/modules uses -> http://screencast.com/t/tQuimSer9 If you want to exclude the cropping system wich you have to use the right dimension for your images.
Our theme uses the system of cropping from center to top. The theme uses thumbs to reduce the page size and speed up page loading time. From each image uploaded are generated thumbs for each thumb size used by the theme. Basically, when a post it’s displayed on the page in a block, the featured image displayed is not the one which you uploaded in the media file, it’s a thumb cropped from the original image at the precise dimension. To change the picture orientation most likely you will need a different cropping system. We use a WordPress function – add_image_size() – you can read about it here – https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_image_size – and here – http://www.davidtan.org/wordpress-hard-crop-vs-soft-crop-difference-comparison-example/
Our theme crop (cut) thumbnails in some cases to avoid creating a lot of thumbnails in order to reduce to load more spaces on the server.
If you don’t have the possibility to upload large images you could use a combination of plugins to upscale the thumbs – Thumbnail Upscale and Force Regenerate. For more information about these kinds of plugins, please consult their documentation here -> https://wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-upscale/ -> https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/ Also, please ensure that the functionalities of these plugins are not affected by the other untested plugins that could create interference through the theme. Please notice that these types of plugins are not tested with our theme and we cannot provide support for the theme. We recommend them because a lot of our customers uses and we are satisfied about their functionality.
If you want to implement another cropping system for your theme and you are not aware of the steps in this regard, please consider hiring a freelancer/developer to do this for you because we cannot provide custom work at the moment, sorry! Usually, we recommend developers from studio.envato.com.
Hope this helps and let us know how it goes!
Thank you for the message!
how can i make the featured images appear full width?
i installed the thumbnail upscale and regenerated the thumbnails but there were no changes.