- NewspaperSmart Sidebar
Hi,
If I understand correctly you have activate the smart/sticky sidebar, if you want to disable it please disable this option from theme panel ->https://www.screencast.com/t/p6RnQ8m6d3
Smart sidebar ->https://forum.tagdiv.com/smart-sidebar-2/
-> https://tagdiv.com/multiple-sticky-sidebars/
Thank you!
Hi,
Thanks for looking into this. I checked right now again and set the smartlist again and its working. I disabled and then removed a couple of plugins from the site after i opened the ticket. My guess is that one or both were causing problems.
One was Smart List Pro (by Better Studio) – i disabled and removed this since i was migrating all previous posts to yours (Last theme I had was Publisher)
The other was Custom Sidebars – i removed this at the end and didnt think to go back and check the site again.
After the recent update to Newspaper i’ve discovered that smartlists no longer work.
For instance if i choose Smartlist 4 only the images appear on the left and the sidebar either loads below the post or on the left hand side (overlapping the content area on left)
If i remove the images, then the same smartlist appears properly. Case in point https://www.techvise.pk/best-parcel-forwarding-services/
Another e.g. which is active and you can try and solve this is here: https://www.techvise.pk/mobile-banking-apps-in-pakistan/6/
The article is very long so it is set as Smartlist 3.
Please check the problem, this is quite alarming for us and we need a fix asap
Hi,
We are facing a peculiar problem in smartlist.
https://www.gadgetbridge.com/gadget-bridge-ace/10-pubg-mobile-settings-you-need-to-change-to-beat-other-players/
The whole page on desktop look warped. The side bar is showing at the bottom and the related posts have exploded. Some CSS problem, how can we solve this?
Thanks
Hi,
Unfortunately, the theme does not have any such an option or plugin for that functionality, sorry! If you want to have a top on your website, regarding this section, a possibility, in this case, would be to create a simple block which has to be added to your sidebar section and sort it by Post ID filter -> https://www.screencast.com/t/VwPsm9Q7I or also, you can manually make a top with your desired smartphones which you can display on your sidebar.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
it is a lot of time that i’m in the search of a plugin or something that will create in the sidebar some kind of Top 10 items…
Something like “top 10 smartphone under 300 Euro” with below the ranking that makes you able to click on each item and redirect to the blog post or amazon page.
Do you know if it exists? Compatible with the theme obviously..
Thanks.
Hi,
I will like to reduce the width for a No-Sidebar template to “width: 800px;” without the ADVERTS EXCEEDING THE SPECIFIED WIDTH for the single templates (single.php). Here is a link to my single post.
Also, my homepage smart sidebar is not working why? 🙁 yenisayfaonline.com
From this page, it looks like the c ustom sidebars should appear: https://forum.tagdiv.com/smart-sidebar-2/
Thanks, but unfortunately that works only with Newspaper 8, not with Newspaper 9. That’s why I’m asking; I have swithched smart sidebar on in theme panel, but it is not working 🙁
Hi,
If you are not using any builders on pages all you need to do is to make sure that you enable the smart sidebar from theme panel -> https://www.screencast.com/t/hw91IwQ3P
Here is our documentation for Smart sidebar -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/smart-sidebar-2/
Thank you!
Hello,
I recently changed my old website’s theme to Newspaper 9. Now I have a problem with Smart Sidebar: it does not work, because my (old) pages are not created with TD Composer.
Question: is there ANY way to make Smart Sidebar work? I have hundreds of pages, so editing them one by one with TD Composer is not an option. Is there a way to fix this by customizing the code?
P.s. I already searched the forum but did not find a clear answer. Thanks for your reply!
I can only place a non-scrolling one, please help.
Also it sometimes doesnt load the next post when i scroll down.
Hello,
“– All rows and columns have width settings. So in page and cloud templates where you can use the tagDiv composer, you can have custom widths.”
Yes in PAGE, not in POST
“- Regarding this gutter, I don’t exactly understand what it is supposed to do.”

“– The post title in cloud templates has padding and margin settings, all elements in the tagDiv composer have this in the CSS tab”
Yes in PAGE, not in POST
“– Regarding the reviews, you could create a review … Most if not all the elements can be saved once configured and re-used.”
Yes in PAGE, not in POST
“– For what element would you like to chnage the image size? Maybe there is a way.”
If I change the Content/Sidebar ratio to 75%/25% and the container width like this
.td-container{width:1114px !important;}
.td-pb-span8{width:75% !important;}
.td-pb-span4{width:25% !important;}
like you take a pre-sized image as Featured Image, this one will not have the correct width so I will need a new Featured Image size to fit the new content div size.
And I cannot use a CSS resizing because the Featured Image selected is smaller than the new content width, so it’s will be an enlargement CSS resizing who always provide a blurry outcome
“There are plans to add a scrollbar to the composer element list in coming updates.”
Great !! Thanks a lot, that will be very appreciated 😉
“The theme has predefined ad spots …”
Really you need to make a little survey of your competitors about that, your Ads system is really outdated and inefficient.
-No shortcode ad
-No default ad per category
-No Post ad override
-No Campaigns manager
-No Banners manager
-No Ad Blockers Fallback
“While the theme is compatible with the Woocommerce plugin, it doesn’t have specific settings for it like other themes that are built with this in mind. If you want to set up a shop and have questions let me know.”
I do not ask to Newspaper to be like Porto or Flatsome but some templates for it will be welcome. Do not forget that not all Newspaper build a website for the glory, they want also make money. It’s a little annoying to add a lot of “add_action” and “add_filter” into the functions.php just for some Woocommerce customisation.
Newspaper is real good theme, I like the Demos, his stability, but in one year I do not notice a significative evolution of his functionalities.
-No Header builder.
-No Footer builder.
-A non interactive Reviews system (readers can’t write their own reviews).
-A outdated Ad system.
-No Social Media Auto Publish.
-A complicated way to add Custom Posts.
-No dissociation between Custom Posts and Taxonomies.
-No Featured Image thumbnail in the POST list.
-No Smart Thumbnail Generator (choose the point of interest of the image).
Ok we can do all that with external plugins, but as you know more external plugins you have, more bugs you get. All this functions build by the Theme builder will work better than external ones.
Your builder is great but we do not build a new PAGE everyday, but POSTS !
Best Regards
Nexus
Hello team im a new customer, purchased your theme and i have some issues.
I wrote also on comments but i didnt took a clear answer so i respond here.
Well my point is to create a homepage with full width and left sticky sidebar.Also in middle i want to bring other posts and right a sidebar i dont care to be sticky though.Thats what my layout i want it to be but the point is i cant create left sticky sidebar in full width with visual composer and if i try to switch to tagdiv composer it says that the page was not created by td composer and it loads infinetely.
So how can i achieve that?I saw that in options i can create smart sidebar on left for categories only but how i can do this for homepage also?
2)is it possible somehow to have hamburger menu on homepage?
Thanks for assist team !Have a nice day!
Im trying to enable the sticky sidebar, with no luck.
Smartsidebar is enabled in Theme Options and I’ve already set my column to ‘sticky’ checkbox.
I also tried adding td-ss-row class, with no luck.
Any ideas?
Im trying this on a page, that is separated using 4/6 + 2/6 row format.
I activated smart sidebar and that was it. Thank you!..
Hi,
If you do not want to have sidebar on post, all you need to do is to set in Post Settings the sidebar position on No Sidebar -> https://www.screencast.com/t/yOloKwvXH in page too if you are using as page template Page Builder + Latest Articles + Pagination but for page content you need to use TagDiv Composer and edit the page -> https://www.screencast.com/t/dCF8WgiLGkm
Smart sidebar -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/smart-sidebar-2/ or making column to be sticky with tagDiv Composer -> https://www.screencast.com/t/6o7K3uBRr
Sidebars tutorial -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/sidebars-tutorial/
Hope this will help you!
Thanks.
I have ‘recent posts’ and a text widget on my sidebar, smart sidebar enabled, but it only shows up when I am logged in to WordPress. What to do?
Hi,
I do not understand wary wall on witch functionality like “the scroll to top button” are you referring to, may be to something like Smart sidebar -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/smart-sidebar-2/ or making column to be sticky with tagDiv Composer -> https://www.screencast.com/t/6o7K3uBRr
Please provide some more details and some examples if is possible.
Thank you for your understanding.
Hi,
Do you are referring to this empty space from here -> https://www.screencast.com/t/cvZSgGsVO? Notice that white space are there because your post content is too short and your smart sidebar is too long and that’s why you bring this result. It’s not an issue! That’s the theme’s functionality.
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
Please read our documentation about Smart sidebar -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/smart-sidebar-2/
Hope this will help you to understand better the smart sidebar.
Thank you.
what’s the difference if I activate or deactivate the smart sidebar, what is the use of the smart sidebar when activated
Hi,
Post template ads ->https://forum.tagdiv.com/post-template-ads/
This templates are space for the mode and plate were is showing the ads
Post Template style 1
The ads is showing in article below feature image
Post Template style 11
Is a special template for feature video, the ads appear as right sidebar
Post Template style 12,13
This post allow you to have a full width for ads
Smart List 6,7,8 are smart list special made for showing ads inside of them
https://www.screencast.com/t/vk13QErid
https://www.screencast.com/t/b3x6gLw7
With Custom Ad 1-5 you can add custom ads ( this fields permit you to have more ads to please in your content ).
https://www.screencast.com/t/E3Wlt1IpaGK0
Hope this will help you to understand better.
Thank you for your understanding.
Hi,
First, Congrats for this awsome Newspaper theme.
Fantastic!
This support forum was also very helpful for tweaking it.
here’s my problem:
1- I can’t figure out how to add a block 3colons*3lines for my best articles after an article “smartlist6”.
see image

Please can you help?
2- Does Next/Back button appear the same in mobile devices?
I noticed the amp version of my article doesn’t work: ie it doesn’t show the back/next button
Should I de-activate the Amp Newspaper plugin to make it work on mobiles?
What is the cost of de-activating the Amp plugin? (speed? seo? )
For info : here is my modified smartlist6 file
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<?php
class td_smart_list_6 extends td_smart_list {
protected $use_pagination = true; // set this to true to use rela pagination on this template
protected function render_before_list_wrap() {
if(td_global::$cur_single_template_sidebar_pos == ‘no_sidebar’) {
$td_class_nr_of_columns = ‘ td-3-columns ‘;
} else {
$td_class_nr_of_columns = ‘ td-2-columns ‘;
}
$buffy = ”;
//wrapper with id for smart list wrapper type 2
$buffy .= ‘<div class=”td_smart_list_6’ . $td_class_nr_of_columns . ‘”>’;
return $buffy;
}
protected function render_list_item($item_array, $current_item_id, $current_item_number, $total_items_number) {
//print_r($item_array);
$buffy = ”;
//creating each slide
$buffy .= ‘<div class=”td-item”>’;
$buffy .= ‘<div class=”td-number-and-title”><h2><span class=”td-sml-current-item-nr”>’ . $current_item_number. ‘</span><span class=”td-sml-current-item-title”>’ . $item_array[‘title’] . ‘</span></h2></div>’;
// 2nd ad smart list 6 Modif LJMI 1/12/2018
$buffy .= do_shortcode(‘[td_block_ad_box spot_id="custom_ad_1"]‘);
//get image info
$first_img_all_info = td_util::attachment_get_full_info($item_array[‘first_img_id’]);
//get image link target
$first_img_link_target = $item_array[‘first_img_link_target’];
//image caption
$first_img_caption = $item_array[‘first_img_caption’];
//image type and width – used to retrieve retina image
$image_type = ‘td_696x0’;
$image_width = ‘696’;
if(td_global::$cur_single_template_sidebar_pos == ‘no_sidebar’) {
$first_img_info = wp_get_attachment_image_src($item_array[‘first_img_id’], ‘td_1068x0’);
//change image type and width – used to retrieve retina image
$image_type = ‘td_1068x0’;
$image_width = ‘1068’;
} else {
$first_img_info = wp_get_attachment_image_src($item_array[‘first_img_id’], ‘td_696x0’);
}
if (!empty($first_img_info[0])) {
//retina image
$srcset_sizes = td_util::get_srcset_sizes($item_array[‘first_img_id’], $image_type, $image_width, $first_img_info[0]);
// class used by magnific popup
$smart_list_lightbox = ” td-lightbox-enabled”;
// if a custom link is set use it
if (!empty($item_array[‘first_img_link’]) && $first_img_all_info[‘src’] != $item_array[‘first_img_link’]) {
$first_img_all_info[‘src’] = $item_array[‘first_img_link’];
// remove the magnific popup class for custom links
$smart_list_lightbox = “”;
}
$buffy .= ‘
<figure class=”td-slide-smart-list-figure td-slide-smart-list-6’ . $smart_list_lightbox . ‘”>
</figure>
<figcaption class=”td-sml-caption”><div>’ . $first_img_caption . ‘</div></figcaption>
‘;
}
$tds_smart_list_6_title = td_util::get_option(‘tds_smart_list_6_title’);
//adding description
if(!empty($item_array[‘description’])) {
$buffy .= ‘<span class=”td-sml-description”>’ . $item_array[‘description’] . ‘</span>’;
}
// ad smart list 6 Modif LJMI30/11/2018 inversed text and Image
$buffy .= td_global_blocks::get_instance(‘td_block_ad_box’)->render(array(‘spot_id’ => ‘smart_list_6’, ‘spot_title’ => $tds_smart_list_6_title));
$buffy .= ‘</div>’;
// render the pagination
$buffy .= $this->callback_render_pagination();
//$buffy .= $this->callback_render_drop_down_pagination();
return $buffy;
}
protected function render_after_list_wrap() {
$buffy = ”;
$buffy .= ‘</div>’; // /.td_smart_list_6 wrapper with id
return $buffy;
}
}
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