- NewsmagSharing buttons
Hello,
First of all I’d like to say a big thank you for such a great WordPress Theme. I was looking for a very long time for news/magazine style WP theme fully compapitable with buddypress. So that’s how I came accross to choose this theme.
For sure there are also some issues, which I’m facing as well, so I hope you’ll be able to help me to solve it.
So let’s get started.
1. Ability to move Author Box to the top of the page.
Well, in my opininion for users it is much more important to see post authors at the top of the article nor at the bottom, when there is a multi-author website. So don’t you think that it would be very cool if we would be able to move author box to the top of the page?
Also some more issues:
– Now it shows author’s username in author box. Would it be possible somehow to change it automatically to author’s First and Last Name?
– Also is it possible to do drop-down author box similar to starbox does have?
2. Add LinkedIn share button together with other social sharing buttons
Now all articles can have Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest share buttons. But I think LinkedIn is also worth of being together with these buttons as it usually sends quite a lot of social visitors.
Also maybe it would be worth to consider to add social counters similar to Mashable does have?
3. Source URL and VIA url options doesn’t work properly
This theme does have a very cool option which let’s to mention who wrote the article and put a nice looking source.
But the problem is if let’s say you’ll put http://www.google.com/analytics in “Source URL” and http://www.google.com in “VIA URL”, then the system generates broken links and it redirects to 404 error pages.
In this case “Source URL” redirects to http://www.mywebsite.com/my-post-url/www.google.com/analytics and “Via URL” redirects to http://www.mywebsite.com/my-post-url?www.google.com, when it should redirect to http://www.google.com/analytics and http://www.google.com.
4. Ability to change text colors in main slides
Now if you change the color of the whole site, then the color in big slide will change as well.
The main problem is if I change website color, then sometimes the collor of title and collow of the box, which wraps the title, doesn’t look very attractive. So, it would be great if we could change class=”td-sbig-title-wrap” and class=”td-sbig-title” (the same is valid for small slides as well) via admin panel.
In this case I can change slide colors myself via css. But I think for many user it would be very useful if the would have a chance to change those colors themselves via admin panel.
5. Consider about “register” option in Login form at the top menu
There is a very cool option that we’re able to insert login form at the top menu, but I think it would be fair enough, that if users can login, first of all they should get an option to register on the site? 🙂
I think in that form should be additional “Register” form or at least something similar to “Not registered yet?”.
I want to thank you in advance in taking your time to read my problems and recommendations.
I do really believe that all those options would be very useful for other users as well, so maybe it is worth to consider to implement them in the next theme updates.
If not, I would really apreciate your recommendations on how I would be able to fix all those problems myself.
Thanks a lot and waiting for your honest answer 🙂
hi,
my advice is hire a programmer for this task, it will same time.
Thanks for you message.
Radu A.
Just use the sharing functions of WordPress/JetPack. Go to settings -> sharing to select the Facebook button and activate showing on posts.
tried it several times, but my knowledge is not enough :/
Anyone here who isfamiliar with the code and offers customisation work?
many thanks, I’ll give it a try 🙂
hi,
Kronos1723 is right, find the modules that you are using on your homepage and make the edit there.
how to find the modules: http://screencast.com/t/Ggg4wiuWu
if you are not a programmer my advice is to hire one for this task, will save time.
Thanks for you message.
Radu A.
You misunderstood.
That’s where you make the edits but I offered nothing on the code you presented. From looking over the code I see that you would have to custom code this and it’s more advanced than simply copying code from file-A to file-B as the queries are not setup for it. The query you need for this isn’t in any of the blocks or modules and likely doesn’t exist.
Good luck.
thx for the quick answer, but if I do so, I’ll get the following:
Fatal error: Call to a member function get_source_and_via() on a non-object in /www/htdocs/w011e65d/wp-content/themes/Newspaper/includes/modules/td_module_5.php on line 23
You would need to find the module that each block on your homepage is using and make the edit there. Just open the block source files for the blocks you’re using and it’ll tell you at the top which module it uses.
Blocks are located at includes > shortcodes
Modules are located at includes > modules
Hi,
first of all many congrats for this brilliant template, this is just awesome.
I’ve already built up most parts of the site, but struggling with the following:
Is there any way to add this code block (sharing buttons + via source) below the teaser of each article on the homepage? (using Homepage – with article list) – if yes, where do I have to place it?
<?php echo $td_mod_single->get_source_and_via();?>
<?php echo $td_mod_single->get_social_sharing();?>
Many thanks!
Thanks – very helpful. So it’s a plugin that uses social sharing in some way that I need to isolate?
Since it’s just a few of you having the issue (Works perfect on my fully updated install) then it’s very likely a plugin conflict. You can rule out the Official Facebook and Jetpack sharing plugins as I use both without any issues along side TD Social Counter. I also use Rotating Tweets within inches of the Social Counter output on every page with no issues.
hi,
thank you iha for sharing this
Thanks for you message.
Radu A.
I see this theme comes with a social sharing that looks great. I have a suggestion and a question. First it would be great if you added an email option. (Or could you direct me where this code is located?)
Second with some of my other plugins this was moved way below the post text. (I have an nRelate plugin, for example, that show related content much higher than this share)
How can I move this up to follow directly after the post?
Hi Radu,
I’m asking questions because I found out the bugs in your theme and hopefully you can make this theme better in future updates/versions, and fix the theme problem, and get my problem solved as well.
Every question that I asked previously, is because they are bugs found, and they do not have problem documentations on the CSS part on each of the module/widget. If you can have complete documentations, that we won’t ask you in this forum. Instead of blaming your customer for asking question, why not improve on your documentations or create video tutorials?
To answer your question, this is the last question that I found, and hope that you can fix this. We, as customer, purchased the theme because we hope that we can get good support from you. Everything on the internet nowadays can be found on many file sharing website, but instead of searching this theme, I purchased this theme, not because that I cannot find, but because of the feedback of your customers on your support.
I hope you can keep your reputation high, as the Avada developer does. I purchased that theme as well. Their supports were awesome. To be honest, your supports were excellent and truly fantastic as well, until I received your message. I’m kind of disappointed, but I hope you can keep on your good supports.
I don’t know how many of you working in your company, and how many of you supporting your customers. My suggestion is, if you don’t have manpower to do so, please add some manpower in your customer service team to share your workload. Thanks.
Hi,
1. Add this code:
function get_social() {
$social_sharing = 1;
$buffy .= '
<div class="td-social-sharing">
' . $wrapper_post_tags;
if($social_sharing == 1) {
$image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $this->post->ID ), 'single-post-thumbnail' );
$buffy .= '
<div class="td-tags-and-social-wrapper-box td-tags-and-social-wrapper-box-bottom-line">
<a class="td-social-sharing-buttons td-social-twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=' . $this->title . '&url=' . urlencode(get_permalink()) . '&via=' . get_bloginfo('name') .'" onclick="window.open(this.href, \'mywin\',
\'left=50,top=50,width=600,height=350,toolbar=0\'); return false;" ><div class="td-sp td-sp-share-twitter"></div><div class="td-social-but-text">Twitter</div></a>
<a class="td-social-sharing-buttons td-social-facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=' . urlencode(get_permalink()) . '" onclick="window.open(this.href, \'mywin\',
\'left=50,top=50,width=600,height=350,toolbar=0\'); return false;"><div class="td-sp td-sp-share-facebook"></div><div class="td-social-but-text">Facebook</div></a>
<a class="td-social-sharing-buttons td-social-google" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=' . get_permalink() . '" onclick="window.open(this.href, \'mywin\',
\'left=50,top=50,width=600,height=350,toolbar=0\'); return false;"><div class="td-sp td-sp-share-google"></div><div class="td-social-but-text">Google +</div></a>
<a class="td-social-sharing-buttons td-social-pinterest" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=' . get_permalink() . '&media=' . (!empty($image[0]) ? $image[0] : '') . '" onclick="window.open(this.href, \'mywin\',
\'left=50,top=50,width=600,height=350,toolbar=0\'); return false;"><div class="td-sp td-sp-share-pinterest"></div><div class="td-social-but-text">Pinterest</div></a>
</div>';
}
return $buffy . '</div>';
}here: http://screencast.com/t/FRoZLoFTFFQ
2. Add this: <?php echo $td_mod_single->get_social();?> like here: http://screencast.com/t/oQ587egNmFo
Thanks!
I assume you turn ‘&via=’ into this ‘&via=@TwitterUserName’ to make it work. What I don’t get is what this does? And how it differs from the sharing capabilities already in the theme prior to v3.7?
In other words, what’s the point of this feature? What function is lost when not implemented? What function is gain when implemented? The code around it appears to be standard already-included sharing functionality.
Thanks,
Kro
Hi,
I’ve tested and the facebook share works http://screencast.com/t/4JcpZX016Zn
Worked for me when I just tested page on your site. Facebook shows thumbnail and was able to page through images on your page to share with story.
Note with Facebook: sometimes they cannot capture image due to their system being overloaded; other times if the same story has already been shared without a photo, they may not allow capture of the story again WITH photo. They are starting to “combine” shared URLs or headlines into groupings, so they don’t have to capture the same YouTube video 10,000 times. This also allows them to show “who else has shared” the content.
Basically there is no 100% “always works” way to post images to Facebook. Period.
Hi
After using your theme, images and info from the post doesn’t appear when sharing on Facebook. How can I fix this?
Try for your self: http://www.amerikanskpolitikk.no
Best,
Are
My personal thinking is that if sharedcount is going out and grabbing the data for you, and then you’re grabbing data from them, it seems to be an obvious slowdown.
Since you’re using the (apparently) ‘free/unauthenticated API’ you not only have to contend with the 10,000 queries limit, but are also in the pool with all other free users, and obviously this is a slowdown someplace, perhaps it’s fetching the graphic before service code which would introduce delay for it to fetch that and serve back to you; dunno.
You might pay for one month trial on their upgraded “PLUS” plan to get the better connection?
I’d likely do a split test among services
1) theme built-in features
2) what you’re using now
3) AddThis Sharing (or ShareThis if you prefer)
Run speed tests with GTMetrix or something and measure the speed FROM THAT API compared to speed of other methods, and go with what is faster.
Marius/Radu may have better answer. 🙂
Sina Weibo, WeiXin, QQWeibo, QQZone I need to.
Hi Radu,
Problem solved.
Thanks.
Yoast doesn’t “auto post” to G+.
Hi,
Can you please let me know how to Auto publish my posts in WordPress to Google Plus. I tried to setup through Yoast, but it is not working for some reason.
