- NewspaperRetina Images
- NewspaperThumbnails – Fix strange looking images on blocks
- TutorialsExisting content
- NewspaperUsing the theme with existing content
@jdmeier when i go to your site it’s loading fine and not slow etc.. you need to “Regenerate Thumbnails” with the plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/ and also use the plugin “Thumbnail Upscale” as well you can find it here …https://wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-upscale/ and try a better cache plugin like “ZenCache” that will do a great job then the rest of cache plugin out there…
These are some of my own tips to make the theme and WP works smooth..
Get these plugins if you can they will make a big difference in your site…
1.Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions
2.EWWW Image Optimizer
3.ZenCache
4.Google Webfont Optimizer
5.Force Regenerate Thumbnails
6.Thumbnail Upscale
7.Google Libraries
Hope i was any help and good luck…
Ignore that – seems to be a weird glitch with the regenerate thumbnails.
Hi,
Please regenerate your thumbnails – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/
Thanks!
Hi,
I have checked your site and did not found any issues with the thumbnails they properly cropped – http://screencast.com/t/jIDXmPgNbN There’s no ideal image size, the modules have thumbs with different aspect ratio and a part of the image may get lost on the cropping process. You could read more about the featured image size here (it’s from Newsmag documentation but the principles are the same) – https://forum.tagdiv.com/image-size/ You have to do some tests and see what aspect ratio to use, depending what blocks/modules you use most.
Also if you want to change the crop mode(center-top) or add a different thumb size, you need to alter the code – http://screencast.com/t/7nlYBLgcfb also the thumb is used in the modules – http://screencast.com/t/U34sGuJ2gfX If you make any changes you will have to regenerate thumbs.
Thanks!
Hi,
Every block is created using modules, for example block 14 use module mx1 – http://screencast.com/t/sXdltSvbflVj Please provide more details about the problem with block 14 as I don’t understand what the issue is. Also each module use a specific thumbnail size you can see here – http://screencast.com/t/3lrxkQCnAV3p Please regenerate your thumbnails if it doesn’t look fine on blocks/modules – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/ also provide a link so we can take a look.
Thanks!
Hi,
Regenerating thumbnails should solve your issue, but if you use smaller featured image than the size of the thumb, please note that WordPress doesn’t enlarge images and you will need to use plugin like Thumbnail Upscale to enlarge thumbnails: https://wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-upscale/ For upscale use a combination of plugins Thumbnail Upscale + Force Regenerate.
Please note that there’s no ideal image size, the modules have thumbs with different aspect ratios and a part of the image may get lost on the cropping process(the images are cropped center-top). You can add a new thumb size or modify the crop mode in td_config.php file – http://screencast.com/t/7nlYBLgcfb If you make any modifications here you need to regenerate thumbs You could read more about the featured image size here (it’s from Newsmag documentation but the principles are the same) – https://forum.tagdiv.com/image-size/
Do you refer to the gradient background used on style 1? Please try this custom css to remove it – http://screencast.com/t/IEbPVjxU
.td-grid-style-1 .td-module-thumb a:last-child:before {
opacity: 0 !important;
}
Hope this helps!
(I am building my site on a local host)
I have been trying to find the correct dimensions for my pics. I’ve tried many variations and yes, regenerated all of them but still, most will not display correctly. They are either cropped or the bottom section is missing; many issues. Also, how can I remove the ugly grey background or appearance on the grids?
Thank you.
Try clearing your caches, CDN expirations, etc.
Use the “regenerate thumbnails” plugin to create thumbs to fit this theme’s layout/sizes.
I don’t think all the photos from the demo are included as they may be royalty images which require a license; not sure.
Hi,
Please make sure that you have featured image enabled on post pages – http://screencast.com/t/NaUwG64G and also the thumbs on modules/blocks that you use – http://screencast.com/t/kUKgsCb6Mn and then regenerate your thumbnails – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/
Also provide your site url if still have this issue so we can take a look.
Thanks!
Hi,
Do you refer to the featured image, please make sure the you have thumb size enabled for the template that you use – http://screencast.com/t/csnWUCnnJ and also regenerate thumbnails – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/
Thanks!
Hi,
There’s no ideal image size, the modules have thumbs with different aspect ratios and a part of the image may get lost on the cropping process. You could read more about the featured image size here (it’s from Newsmag documentation but the principles are the same) – https://forum.tagdiv.com/image-size/ You have to do some tests and see what aspect ratio to use, depending what blocks/modules you use most.
Also if you want to change the crop mode or add a different thumb size, you need to alter the code – http://screencast.com/t/7nlYBLgcfb also the thumb is used in the modules – http://screencast.com/t/U34sGuJ2gfX If you make any changes you will have to regenerate thumbnails – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/
Thanks!
Hi,
Please try to regenerate all your thumbnails – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/ and also purge your files if you use CDN.
Thanks!
You can update WP first — I’m still using Newspaper 3x on a site, and works fine with new WP.
You will need to redo some things after update as some modules for home page changed, and WP has bad habit of “deactivating” widgets for sidebars or moving them to wrong thing, which means some “clean up” and dragging stuff from the inactive blocks back to active sidebars. You will likely need to regenerate thumbnails.
Most of the transient and dbase stuff, like “colors” should remain; menus might need to be resaved if using mega menus. Might have to reselect which menu goes to what element, but menus would still be there.
Not too awful 🙂
After deactivating all the plugins except Visual Composer did the trick.
But why should i de-activate all my plugins for every post to make a gallery?
Do you think regenerate thumbnail plugin is causing it take a small image instead of full images during create gallery process?
btw, you can turn “off” plugins you’re not using until you need them, like regenerate thumbnails. If you’re using the optimization code in the functions.php file you might not need the EWWW plugin. You may not need retina 2x if you start with 640xXX images to begin with, since on mobile they are reduced, but denser, and so make “new version for retina” redundant. If you can live with built-in author box, consider not using the author box pro plugin and modify the file for built-in function.
You can streamline a bit more, probably. But good choices on the line-up 😉
Hi Cris I really thank you ;). The easiest way is to use copy-paste :).
This was my first encounter with functions.php. Thanks for the helpful tips.
To protect the site I uses Wordfence. Do you have any advice.
My main problem is the slow background. I welcome any suggestion.
My plugins:
AdRotate by Arnan de Gans of AJdG Solutions – 3.11.7
Advanced Access Manager by Vasyl Martyniuk – 2.8.6
Calendarize it! for WordPress by Alberto Lau (RightHere LLC) – 3.4.2.60206
Web 2.0 Directory plugin by Mihail Chepovskiy – 1.9.5
Contact Form 7 by Takayuki Miyoshi – 4.2.2
Cookie Law Info by Richard Ashby – 1.5.3
Custom Sidebars by WPMU DEV – 2.1.0.2
Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress by CreoApps – 3.1
CM Tooltip Glossary by CreativeMindsSolutions – 3.1.9
EWWW Image Optimizer by Shane Bishop – 2.5.0
WPBakery Visual Composer by Michael M – WPBakery.com – 4.6.2
Layered Popups by Halfdata, Inc. – 4.74
Magic Answers by Nicola Franchini – 1.3
MS Custom Login by Mignon Style – 0.8
Post Duplicator by Metaphor Creations – 2.5
Regenerate Thumbnails by Viper007Bond – 2.2.4
Simple Local Avatars by Jake Goldman, 10up – 2.0
Testimonials Showcase by Carlos Moreira – 1.2.3
Video Blogster Pro by Super Blog Me – 2.4.0
Wordfence Security by Wordfence – 6.0.15
Yoast SEO by Team Yoast – 2.3.4
WP Author Box Pro by phpbits – 2.0.4
WP Retina 2x by Jordy Meow – 3.4.6
WP Rocket by WP Rocket – 2.6.7
MailPoet Newsletters Premium by MailPoet – 2.6.15
MailPoet Newsletters by MailPoet – 2.6.16
Hi, I have updated to the latest theme, I followed the instructions and ran the update script and regenerated thumbnails. Most of the site is fine but some elements aren’t showing, only code. Is this because these elements no longer exist? When I click on the backend of the page the content doesn’t seem to be there. I don’t want to have to manually re-input eveything. Please can you help?
This is a screen shot of one of the pages http://prntscr.com/84j75f
website url http://www.myholisticlife.com
Hi,
Please try to regenerate thumbnails using – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/
Unfortunately you will have to re-add the widgets to your sidebars, as they will become inactive and also some of them(widgets or pagebuider elements) doesn’t exist anymore. The Newspaper 6 should regarded as a new theme, the entire code was practically rewritten.
Sorry for inconvenience!
Hi,
Glad that you managed to solve this!
Yes, if you use smaller featured image than the size of the thumb you will need to use plugin like Thumbnail Upscale to enlarge thumbnails and Force Regenerate.
Thanks!
Hi,
There’s no ideal image size, the modules have thumbs with different aspect ratios and a part of the image may get lost on the cropping process. You could read more about the featured image size here (it’s from Newsmag documentation but the principles are the same) – https://forum.tagdiv.com/image-size/ You have to do some tests and see what aspect ratio to use, depending what blocks/modules you use most.
Also if you want to change the crop mode or add a different thumb size, you need to alter the code – http://screencast.com/t/7nlYBLgcfb also the thumb is used in the modules – http://screencast.com/t/U34sGuJ2gfX If you make any changes you will have to regenerate thumbnails – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/
Thanks!
Custom CSS to hide category/date on slider worked perfectly, thanks so much!
Still having issues with the Featured Photos not displaying at full size. We ran the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin, deleted cache on page and no difference. Viewing on screen not too large (15″ laptop) and images still smaller than column, although they look for a moment when loading as if they will be correct size, then quickly resize themselves to a little too small. Is there a minimum size or any other way to control the issue?
Screenshot here.
Also, we have set the slide to only rotate through 5 posts but it currently is rotating 10 posts. Other content block on page is set to offset 5 posts (start at 6th post) and “Unique Articles” is enabled, in case that matters. Screen here. Any idea why that would be happening and what to do to fix?
Thanks!
Hi,
1. That white space comes from the sidebar which is set on the same row as the main content and extends more than the content in the left: http://screencast.com/t/SkeNaRuH You can reduce number of the post from the block you have in the sidebar to avoid this or add content to the left or alter the posts number to the blocks you use there.
2. We provide instructions in that guide to fix all google notifications in relations to your site’s page speed test so checking your site I found this notifications: http://screencast.com/t/PHCTKXxPUOS4 for which you can use the speedbooster plugin as instructed to move those notified css resources to the footer and for optimizing image you can sue a plugin or try this he following code in functions.php:
add_filter( 'jpeg_quality', create_function('', 'return 50;' ) );
This will compress all images to 50%, you can change that value, after you add the code you have to regenerate all thumbs – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/
We don’t recommend using auto compression tools for js/html/css but you can try one and exclude the sections that cause issues if minified.
Thanks for the message!
Hi,
Do you want to change the thumb size and the cropping mode? You will have to add a new thumb size in td_config.php file – http://screencast.com/t/2HGRTOMU9boA and use the that size in module mx4(which is used to create block 15) – http://screencast.com/t/gICu0V2fPg Then you have to regenerate your thumbnails – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/ Also make a backup of your current files so you can revert if something goes wrong.
Please note that there’s no ideal image size, the modules have thumbs with different aspect ratios and a part of the image may get lost on the cropping process. You could read more about the featured image size here (it’s from Newsmag documentation but the principles are the same) – https://forum.tagdiv.com/image-size/
Thanks!
Hi,
Do you have a problem with thumbnails or you really want to change the slider’s height?
If you thumbs are not fit in the slider’s container, please regenerate your thumbs – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/
If you want to increase height, you have to change the thumb size in td_config.php file, these are the thumbs used by IOS Slider – http://screencast.com/t/WUpPywQqaD you will have to create a similar thumb with your specific size and use it in the slider module – http://screencast.com/t/0270faxp5e Also you need a custom css in Theme Panel > Custom Css to increase the container’s height – http://screencast.com/t/tCrX4C2l Don’t forget to regenerate thumbnails if make some changea in td_config.php file – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/
.iosSlider-col-2 .td_module_slide, .td_block_slide .iosSlider-col-2 {
height: 500px !important;
}
I provided an example for 2 columns slider, if you don’t have basic experience I suggest to hire someone to do this for you, unfortunately we cannot provide any type of custom work at this time, sorry!
Thanks!
Hi,
Please regenerate your thumbnails using – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/
Thanks!
