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HI, folks
for many of you (including us), we wanted to use slightly different method for the social media buttons at bottom of the post in the theme, and for some reason with the default theme setup and using Yoast SEO plugin, the Pinterest image would never populate even with all the Pinterest-friendly code in the head of the theme.
So, starting playing with using the WP AddThis plugin, however its main flaw (and those folks are really dumb in not updating to include the async code which EVERYBODY has been requesting for the pat year – and which can be easily fixed).
Finally, I took look at plugin and sorted out how easy it is to “hack that” for your site. While there are many choices for plugins, or managing “on page” code, we’ve found over the past five years, that the AddThis plugin when used async mode, actually is very consistent and doesn’t adversely impact our pages. Your mileage may vary. Still, think about how many websites have those little orange [+] buttons for sharing and AddThis has big installed base.
So, here is how to do this – was going to post this in my blog, and will later, but redoing my website right now and well, I just hacked our Newspaper theme site to do this, so thought I’d pass it along.
This assumes you will
1) turn off the social media option in the control/customizer panel for the theme, on posts.
2) download the AddThis plugin v 3.5.6+ (the one from the AddThis company) and open file in the plugin folder to edit one line;
3) upload the modified plugin to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder via FTP
4) activate plugin
5) choose settings for plugin as to whether you want the pill buttons with balloons showing number of shares/likes, or the speedier share buttons without the “phone homes” to get read/share numbers (which slow down your website and pagespeed, btw).
So, once you have plugin:
in the folder, you’ll be editing this file:
addthis/includes/addthis_addjs.php
You can edit in notepad, simpletext, or whatever (I use the awesome TEXTPAD 5 on Windows7); do not edit in a word processor like Pages, or OpenOffice, MS Word, etc.
around about line 166-167 you will see this:
function addWidgetToJs(){
$this->jsToAdd .= '<script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/'.$this->atversion.'/addthis_widget.js#pubid='. urlencode( $this->pubid ).'"></script>';
}and you will simply change to: (YOURID is your publisher id you get when creating an AddThis account, which is free; includes tracking if you want that, zero cost, and no impact on SEO or link pollution). If you have no publisher ID, simply remove #pubid=YOURID — IMPORTANT, do *NOT* put in a publisher ID in the AddThis WP control panel as you’re manually over-riding the insert variable here.
function addWidgetToJs(){
$this->jsToAdd .= '<script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/'.$this->atversion.'/addthis_widget.js#pubid=YOURID#async=1"></script>';
}To see this in action:
http://ga-ga.com/1204/beginning-adventure-space-time-reveals-roots-doctor/
Using this hack as of 12.25.13, but if you’re reading this a year later, we might be doing something totally different (view ‘source code’ for page to see whassup).
Hope tha helped somebody.
Once I get our server moved, and my website updated for our main company, my wordpress blog will be back, and I’ll include link to that for more of my little tidbits of tips.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
That’s way outside the scope of the theme and means changing the way wordpress actually writes that directory structure. This is the kind of thing you typically would “google” to locate a how to.
You likely will need to create a function and put that in the root theme folder at end of the functions file or in the child theme folder for your custom functions file.
If you know what you’re doing, this can be done as so (apparently):
`add_action(‘init’, ‘cng_author_base’);
function cng_author_base() {
global $wp_rewrite;
$author_slug = ‘profile’; // change slug name
$wp_rewrite->author_base = $author_slug;
$wp_rewrite->flush_rules()
}
note, that $wp_rewrite->flush_rules() supposedly helps solve the 404 error when going to new rule.
ALSO: you may want to put Redirect 301 implicitly in your htaccess file for each author pointing to new location, once the new URLs actually work (not before, as you might create a loop of doom). If the old URLs automatically redirect to new location, this means WP is doing soft redirect so you won’t need to do manual 301s for each author.
IMPORTANT: once you do this you would also need to visit your permalinks settings in the wordpress panel and just hit “save” to resave.
If things don’t work right, simply remove the code from functons.php and then go back and hit ‘save’ again on your permalinks settings page. (and remove any manual 301 redirects if you do that)
Modifying how wordpress works is not part of the theme, fyi.
Hope that helped! 🙂
HAPPY HOLIDAYS ALL!
I am a helpful elf not working for TaGdiv — I’ve been updating and moving my websites and web server this month, hence a lot of “waiting and watching” the browser in one window while things update; hence surfing the web while that’s happening. Lots of little 15 minute windows where I need to watch, but nothing else I can really concentrate on; hence my little nuggets of (hopefully not too annoying) wisdom. In early Jan. you won’t see me here very often, as I’ll be working on a large project for our in-house system, but using this theme for a multi-user setup, so may have some helpful tips on that.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS ALL!
mehedi,
see how Radu got the demo to the pagespeed
https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
“speed” is a process which requires many tools to accomplish, no one theme “magically” has high pagespeed. YOU need to research and implement many things separate from the theme to achieve a high pagespeed ranking, including NOT using various things like adsense, or plugins which “dial out” to get resources. But, if you follow the link above, Radu explains how they optimized the demo site.
You should also read through this thread, as you may need to update your htacess file for expiration headers, optimize your images, etc.
Ok, thank you very much, I wonder how I can also add time to upgrade. when I add a post, you update the time of entry … Monday, December 23, 2013 update at 20:05. This they use it all the newspapers online, to tell the browser what time the last update was made. If we can do, you tell me where to put the command string? thanks
Jus to update, I am using block 3 on home page.
Sorry I sounded a bit blunt, it does seem a good theme, a bit different with how you have integrated the theme options and I can see that you are staying up to date with things as regards updates.
And I do need a working blog that suits my style. Please have a look and tell me what I need to change to have the page I called ‘blog’ load up under menu item ‘blog’ and not redirect me to the ‘home’ page.
I need the front page the way that I set it up, this is a silo website therefore can not be built in that fashion.
Apart from adding back in the sidebars and filling the top footer with links to bleed my site of juice (which I spent time removing) I am not sure I ended up with anything that I can use.
Maybe most people don’t read documentation or watch the videos, I did all that before even buying the website, but if I follow the instructions and if that does not work I will contact you, so please stop telling me to read the instructions.
UPDATE: I moved everything back how I want it, and removed the changes you made.
The only thing I needed was for the page that I call blog to be the one that shows up under blog, it still does not do that instead it shows the blog index set up, can you please look, and leave all my other pages alone, including my front page which is how I want it. Leave the sidebars alone and the footer.
I hope you will be around tomorrow as at this point it would be easier to go back to the theme that I had.
Hello,
We have a date on the top bar you can enable from Theme customizer http://screencast.com/t/h7at4AjEMz
To change the color add this in style.css with your color
.td_data_time {
color: #6B8C50 !important;
}Thanks
Hello,
unfortunately we cannot offer custom work anymore. We would have gladly made it for you but we work very hard on the updates and features for all the users. You can always get a freelancer from sites like: http://www.microlancer.com/
I am very sorry for this, we would have gladly do it if we had more free time.
Thanks for understanding!
Hello,
unfortunately we cannot offer custom work anymore. We would have gladly made it for you but we work very hard on the updates and features for all the users. You can always get a freelancer from sites like: http://www.microlancer.com/
I am very sorry for this, we would have gladly do it if we had more free time.
Thanks for understanding!
Ok I went to another forum (wordpress.org) and was given help there.
From what I can gather I load the largest image which in this case is 1074 x 483 for the large slider, and then wordpress creates all the other image sizes by a standard cropping method, by installing a plugin that allows access to all those images I can choose how to crop them.
In the meantime I am working in Photoshop to find out the best way to set up the largest slider image so that when it gets cropped I stand the best chance of having a usable image.
I guess if I went for uploading just the 700 x 357 it will get stretched, but so far have not seen how that might look.
Will come back with a better answer once I have played with this a bit.
Update: Played with this a bit and if I start in Photoshop with a image size of 250 X 167 it appears to up size through all the different image sizes without a problem, so creating it first in that size then increasing the size to the largest image size possible which is 1074 x 483 would appear to work.
The plugin I am using to try and do it inside wordpress is Manual Image Crop which seems fine.
Hopefully this will solve at least this problem.
set up page called blog (referenced in customize to use that page for the blog) used visual composer and selected template – homepage – magazinly, went into slide and added info, updated (published) went to preview changes and it takes me back to home page not blog, when I do click on blog it looks the same as it did before I made the changes with my posts all on there but no slider or anything else, just set up like module 5.
Then tried deleting the template and just made a slider, and added info asked for and still it takes me to homepage not blog, and my blog is the same as it was previously.
Please tell me how to remove the very top menu which is black, I don’t have items in it and it just says click here to select menu, thanks.
Also where do I put custom css or do I have to use a child theme, if so can you please tell me what to recreate so I don’t have to change it every time I update it, or add a way with next update for us to choose how many menus we want and where.
Thanks!
I just resolved it. The problem was from my server. The www root was not cnamed to the domain name. I just did it and everything updated.
Could you you offer some advise about putting an ad code between the header menu and the content area. When I try it, the site goes blank without any specific error message.
Thanks again!
Hello, how can I insert (see link) date updated automatically each time you insert the post? the character must be of the same theme color (green)
thanks
http://www.cataniaoggi.com/_/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/data1.jpg
First go to your feed in Internet Explorer which still lets you see your feed, and or in Chrome I think you can see the “code” … and make sure it’s being updated. Check if you have a caching plugin running which is caching the whole site and not just “page cache” … the RSS function is part of WP and not the theme, but if you can see the RSS in your web browser then it’s not a problem with your site. If the RSS is “old” and not updated with current story, be sure to check your cache. I had this issue when we set the caching too strong and cached the RSS feeds, which shouldn’t happen.
Hope that helped.
Hi there,
I have issues with my feeds since I started using this theme. My feeds no longer update via feedburner. I tried to resync but it won’t work. I use the “Homepage – with article list” layout.
The second problem is that my homepage latest article list display 2 old posts before starting with the latest posts, which is kind of strange.
What can I do about these?
For some time the “update plugin” message went away but now again I have the same problem popping up again.
I get the “update” symbol message but nothing has to be updated..
Was this bug resolved? Did I miss a theme update?
Hello,
If you want only for some particular post you can edit the value from post edit http://screencast.com/t/NtmENZvr
or you can reset all to 0 running this SQL on the database
update wp_postmeta
set meta_value=0
where meta_key = post_views_countThanks for your message
Hi guys,
I noticed a few bugs and wanted to point them out. See if there is a solution.. I have been playing with it for a while but can’t figure it out. fantastic theme by the way. 🙂
Site by the way is : flyfishforfun.com
1. Logo on my page is 300 x 100 as documentation required but the logo sites flush with bottom of header area and has uneven space on top. not sure if it should be centered vertically or if the header top and bottom area should touch the logo. (See screenshot: http://www.screencast.com/t/CpEaVitGEsN )
2. Mobile: The logo overlays on the header and doesn’t resize properly. I just updated to 2.1 from themeforest a week ago I believe. http://www.screencast.com/t/1BlhPrtVamIk
3. Mobile: I have the bg slider going and when I view on mobile the slider doesn’t slide to other slides. (Neither finger swipe or using arrows work.) You can click on the blog link and it will take you to the blog that is the main featured article.. but no functionality other than that.
Not sure if I have settings wrong somewhere, but I have looked through documentation and support forum and tried suggestions from other post but haven’t had success yet.
Any help or advice would be appreciated. I will also say that I was having page speed issues earlier but the new version has made it light years faster for me personally.. so kudos.. not sure if you did anything to it.. but it is noticeably faster for me. THANKS!!!!!
I hope everyone has a great day!!
Will
Ps still working on my site.. if anyone has suggestions to make the layout better.. please let me know. I am happy to listen to advice from the community. 🙂
Hello,
at that post you have a source and no url. It’s a bug in the theme and we will fix this in the next update
Thanks for reporting this,
Radu from tagDiv
Hello, Yes the search function is fixed.
Thanks
In new version it is fixed..
Hi, thank you for your answer – I finally found that I did not have the last WPML version, even if I updated the plugin from the dashboard – weird – anyway, that solved the problem. I am using your theme now and it is working great. I could not have give you access as my client restrict server access to my IP.
Thanks for your great theme and your fast support.
Francoise
Salutare,
Am facut update, insa problema ramane. Postarile noi nu sunt afisate pentru un vizitator obisnuit, le pot vedea doar eu din admin. Ele apar, in cele din urma, dar cu “lag” de cel putin o saptamana.
Ce alta cauza ar putea fi?
Merci,
Alice
