- NewspaperFlex Block Builder and Flex Loop Builder
- NewspaperModules Builder in Newspaper Theme
- NewspapertagDiv Shop
- NewspapertagDiv Composer Tutorial
- NewspaperCreate Custom Code with the browser’s Inspector or the Live CSS Box
- NewspaperCompare theme files – Winmerge tutorial
- NewspaperHow to update the WPBakery Page Builder plugin
- NewspaperBlock settings tutorial
- NewspaperPost Formats (for TinyMCE)
- NewspaperFont Customization
- NewspaperBackground Introduction
- NewspaperFooter Builder
- NewspaperFavicon & iOS Bookmarklet
Hi Stanley,
Unfortunately we have not tested any RSS plugins so we cannot say for sure what they can or cannot do. What I can say is what the theme can do. Our theme was built with creating content in mind. Not pulling from external sources. So there is no theme option that can do this. For the post template, we do not have that sort of layout to provide. You can try to use visual composer on posts by activating it from post settings but this is not tested so it could provide mixed results. Try using blocks on posts or adding the layout directly in the post files by using the do_shortcode funtion: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_shortcode/
You can search through this forum for do_shortcode if you do not know how to use it as we provided solutions with it quite a few times. You use visual composer shortcodes inside the function and then add it in the post template files.
I hope this helps.
Thanks.
Hi,
I would appreciate clearer instructions.
I used option C with choosing another theme, deleting newsmag and adding/activating again.
It went ok. Now when I tried to install plugins, it says js-composer one already exists. I don’t see it in the list. Is it the same as wpbakery visual composer?
And for revslider, you are giving even more confusing instructions. You tell to go into revslider 5 folder, while on your screenshot you show to choose the second revslider zip within the plugins folder. They are different sizes and the same name. Which one is it?
Do I have to disactivate/delete the current one?
What about the rest of the plugins in the list? Any more specific instructions on each??
Hello powerchoice,
Please notice that this type of behaviour appears only for Firefox browser. We know about this problem and we cannot do anything in this regard because the Firefox is our of dated and this should upgrade the browser version to work well. Please try the theme to another browser like -> Chrome because there the theme should work as properly. If your problem is still there on this browser, please try to disable all the active plugins, leave just Visual Composer to active, clear all your caches and install only the plugins that come bundled with our theme and rule out the conflicting plugins.
Hope this helps and let us know how it goes!
Thanks for your understanding!
Hello,
Please check your caching plugin and it’s settings. We recommend using wp super cache and these settings: https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/
You can also try to disable all plugins except visual composer, clear cache and reset cdn files if you use it. Plugin conflicts can also cause theme elements to not function properly.
Let us know how it goes.
Thank you!
Hello Magda,
Visual composer is not updated automatically and it cannot be updated from the plugin author;s page. Please use this guide to do it: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin/
Thank you!
Hello innovacomp,
Unfortunately, our theme does not have such an option in Theme panel for this feature (Accordion) because this is a Visual Composer element this it is not affected by our panel settings. If you want to change the font for this element, please notice that you will have to use a bit of CSS to change it.
If you need more assistance in this regard, please provide your website URL so I can inspect it closer and also, so I will be able to provide a more accurate code.
Thanks for your understanding!
Hello mutebobby,
Try to disable all the active plugins, leave just Visual Composer to active, clear all your caches and install only the plugins that come bundled with our theme and rule out the conflicting plugins. It is possible that your untested plugins to interact with the theme code and cause this type of issue.
After this, if your problem is still there, please send us an email at contact@tagdiv.com with your log-in information (wp-admin) so we can further inspect the problems. Also, please provide the link of this topic so we can easily identify you.
Thanks for your understanding!
Not an issue with the theme but more a question for the developers/community: what’s your preferred caching setup for Newspaper? What do tagDiv run or recommend as an ideal setup? And has anyone experienced random downtime using WP Super Cache?
I’d used WP Super Cache in the past but had issues with my site going offline, which I tracked down to the plugin (although I couldn’t tell why). W3 Total Cache is my favourite caching plugin but isn’t approved for use with Newspaper, and as such has caused me issues with the newspaper dashboard (wiping settings).
So I’m back to WP Super Cache, and the random downtime has returned. Jetpack reports the site went down 6 times in one day, for between 5–13 minutes. Has anyone else experiences this? Google Search console doesn’t seem to show any connectivity errors, but the downtime is so quick I’m not sure it would. I have on occasion been able to confirm the site is actual down, so it doesn’t seem to be a false positive from Jetpack.
Other plugins we run are:
— Akismet
— Autoptimize
— CloudFlare
— Code Embed
— Contact Form 7
— Cookie Law Info
— Custom Facebook Feed
— Duplicate Post
— Google AdSense
— Jetpack
— Limit Login Attempts
— Mailchimp
— Regenerate Thumbnails
— Remove query strings from static resources
— Revolution Slider
— Simple Local Avatars
— tagDiv Mobile Theme
— tagDiv Social Counter
— tagDiv Speed Booster
— Use Google libraries
— Wordfence Security
— WP Smush
— WP Super Cache
— WP-Optimize
— WPBakery Visual Composer
— Yoast SEO
Could any of these be conflicting? There are a few of these that offer caching features.
Interested to hear other Newspaper users’ thoughts.
Hi,
How do I activate and use the front end editor?
I’ts not available (button not showing up), and I also installed it manualy and it’s still not showing up.
Thanks.
Hi,
I am trying to figure out why on IPAD, pictures in articles are missing. I am seeing all the pictures as normal on a PC, however if I use both Safari or Chrome on IPAD it is not showing pictures. IPAD is showing only the featured image but not the other images in the articles. Here is an example:
http://jesuscircle.me/a-prophetic-word-the-emergence-of-the-bride/
Any idea what is causing this. I disabled all plugins except visual composer and cleared cache and it still did not work?
Looking forward to your response. Have a great day!
Hello, im using newsmag theme on my site and cant use visual composer anymore, i was using before and now i need to change something in homepage so i go pages section and try to add some bloks, nothing shows there, cant add anything.
all plugins up to date.
here is screen: http://prntscr.com/bw3uxj
Hi
I just updated my site and i have the same issue
It shows the shortcodes but no visual layout – when you toggle between classic mode/backend editor
Also noticed the the social plugin – we only use twitter – has no background colour – .td_social_twitter seems to be missing
Hello Mario,
Unfortunately if you customize the theme it will be harder and harder to keep your customization if you require updates and this will always be the case. There is no way of changing the theme code and make it update proof. We have to keep up with current technologies and have to update our theme as much as we can to keep up in an ever changing environment. Our advice is to try using as little customization as possible and try to use the options provided by the theme so you can update your product without having to pay a programmer to adjust the code every time you update. Unfortunately there is no answer for all the ‘WHY’ questions. They were decisions made by the development team that had to be taken. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused by these decisions.
As for the new page builder, it is still in development and we cannot say for sure when and if it will replace visual composer. They will both work in parallel for some time as they are compatible with one another.
Our future plans are to update the theme as much as possible and keep up with current tech. We plan on implementing our own page builder but at the moment there is no plan to ‘ditch’ visual composer.
Thank you!
Bogdan B
Hello all,
Please ensure that you are using the latest version of the theme (Newspaper 7.2, Visual Composer 4.12 and Social Counter 4.1) if you want to achieve best results in theme. Please notice that all of these updates has to be made via FTP because this is the surest method in this regard. Please refer to our documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/
Thanks for your understanding!
Hello,
The first problem is a caching issue. Please make sure you use wp super cache, not other untested caching solutions. Please clear your cache from your current cache plugin and then install wp super cache and set it up according to this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/
Then try to clear any other cache you might have: a cdn server or hosting cache.
For the second issue, please disable all plugins except visual composer and install the mobile theme without other untested plugins active. The mobile theme as well as the standard theme are not compatible with all plugins unfortunately.
Thank you!
Hi,
There is no custom implementation. You can use visual composer and place a revolution slider element at the top of the page. The logo position is added by the header style that you use. on the demo we use header style 11.
Thank you!
Hi,
after nearly one year, the time has come, where I have to decide if I update from Newspaper 5 to Newspaper 7 or just get out of this whole thing.
Just a few points about the past:
– I just had my site three months running with a lot of work from my programmer, when the big update came to version 7. As it would have been again lots of programming work, we decided not to update.
– You, the programmers of this theme, promised me and others, that there will be security updates and we could use version 5 further on. There was no security update, no help when Visual Composer had to be updated because of security problems and now the final point is reached with the need to update to WordPress 4.5.
When we looked into the version 7 on a test server, we found out that many things have changed. Also some small things, that will cost a lot of time to fix. So why did you change the numbering of existing blocks and modules? Now everything is shown in a wrong way, even if the blocks and modules still exist to select (but with another number). Why did you change the font and deleted the old font? Lots of things we don’t understand. And on top of it all, we still don’t understand, why such a big update was needed, as WordPress didn’t change much. Could you please tell us?
So as you are building up your own pagebuilder, the next big problem seems to be around the corner. When will it be implemented instead of Visual Composer? Maybe you can understand that I can’t afford to pay for the work of my programmer every year to get right what you changed. And I also can’t spend time every year to implement the changes on existing pages and archives.
So you would help me a lot, if you could say something definite on your further plans!
Thanks
Mario
Hello everyone. I am a new user of this theme, and wow… amazing.
I just have one simple question, and I’ve been looking for the answer for several hours fruitlessly.
In the theme panel:
/ theme fonts / modules and blocks – article title.
It lists 19 modules. I am trying to figure out what a module is… so that I know which module is affected by the font change. When I’m in the visual composer, and I add an element, there’s a bunch of things I can add, but none of them are modules, they are blocks 1-25, and a bunch of named elements.
I’ve found a reference on this site somewhere that a block is a combination of modules. Where the heck do I create blocks from modules, or see a list of modules so I know which one I’m tinkering with?
Hello ikidolanan,
Unfortunately, I do not exactly understand what you want to achieve. Please try our demo here -> http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/ and see how your theme should be work. If your theme does not work as our demo, please notice that you have some trouble with it and you should try to reinstall the theme, using the latest version of it -> Newspaper 7.2, Social Counter 4.1 and Visual Composer 4.12.
If is not what you mean, please provide more details about what you mean, also, you can provide some useful screenshots so I can identify your problems, if these exists.
Thanks for your understanding!
Hello,
Please update your theme to the latest version by following this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/ and also update visual composer: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin/
The test the theme panel again. If the problem is still there, disable all plugins except visual composer, clear cache and reset cdn files if you use it. You can also try to re-save the permalinks. Then test the panel again.
If the problem is still then, it could mean the process of moving to ssl was not done properly.
Let us know how it goes.
Thank you!
Hello halcoolllc,
Please try to disable all the active plugins, leave just Visual Composer to active, clear all your caches and install only the plugins that come bundled with our theme. I have checked your source page and I have noticed that you are using a lot of untested plugins which might interact with the theme code and cause a lot of unknown issues. To rule out this case, please try the theme without these and check then the results. If you problem is still there after this, please try to make a new clean install from scratch with the latest version of the theme and check the results.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
Why do you say we do not provide any solutions? I provided the guide on how to update the visual composer plugin on 2 different occasions: https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/urgent-2/ and https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/visual-composer-25/
Please read the guide and install the plugin from the main the e archive you download from envato: http://screencast.com/t/APJSZ5fSrPFb
If you have problems installing the plugin please contact us via email at contact@tagdiv.com and provide wp-admin (user and password) so we can login and see if there are any problems with it. Please also include a link to this topic so we can identify you.
Thank you!
Hello Schuchi,
Please be more specific on what you mean. Please provide more details about your problem, also you can provide some useful screenshots so I can be able to provide a more accurate response. Also, please ensure that you have updated all your required plugins -> Visual Composer 4.12 and Social counter 4.1
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
The visual composer plugin cannot be updated from the dashboard or the envato toolkit. Please use this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin/
Thank you!
Hi,
That’s the thing, you can’t. If there is no visual composer, there are no blocks. You cannot use blocks on the mobile theme. If you want to use blocks, please remove the mobile theme plugin and use the standard responsive version of the theme. The mobile theme does not use visual composer, blocks or other resource consuming elements in order to have top loading speeds. It;s a bit of a design vs speed choice. If you want to have complex design using blocks, sliders, etc., go with the responsive version. If you want to have speed, go with the mobile theme.
Thank you!
