- 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
Hello thoinayonine,
Please notice that the plugins will not be automatically updated. Please ensure that you are using the latest version of the theme (Newsmag 3.0), downloaded from Theme Forest because this packet comes bundled with the latest version of required plugins ->Visual Composer 4.11.2 and Social Counter 4.1. Please try to update all of these, using the FTP method because this is the surest method in this regard. For more information about this, please consult here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/newsmag-install-via-ftp/
Hope this helps!
Thanks for your message!
Hi, Is it possible to hide the blog header for a certain category and only use visual composer to build the entire page, yet still have the featured image and excerpt show on the homepage when I link it?
I want to create a few competitions so I don’t want it to look like a blog, but I want to keep some of the blog functions such as showing other similar comps and the sharing facilities etc.
Many thanks in advance.
Ryan
Hello JoeBuddenNYC,
Please ensure that you have downloaded the latest version of the theme which has included all the required files and required plugins. -> Newspaper 7.2 and Visual Composer 4.12 and Social Counter 4.1. Please notice that the Visual Composer is part of our theme and the license of it come bundled with the theme packet and you will not have to buy any license for it. The update of the theme has been made only via FTP because this is the surest method in this regard. For more information about this, please consult our documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/
Hope this helps and let us know how it goes!
Thanks for your understanding!
Hello avicabessa,
I suppose that you want to add your ads after every post when you are using the Blog mode (front page displays your latest posts), right? So, if you want to do that, you will have to use the do_shortcode method, create the shortcode using the Visual Composer and then add it in the loop.php file. First of all, you will have to add your custom ad code in your Custom Ad 1 area from Theme panel, like this -> http://screencast.com/t/8960iRYbP and then, using this snippet of the code > echo do_shortcode('[td_block_ad_box spot_id="custom_ad_1"]');
This will have to be added like this -> http://screencast.com/t/b43jvDsyt and the result you should see here -> http://screencast.com/t/nZHwT04z3
Hope this helps!
Thanks for your understanding!
Hello pojo,
Please try to update the theme to the latest version of it -> Newspaper 7.2 and then you will have to install the required plugins ->Social Counter 4.1 and Visual Composer 4.12. The theme update should have been made using the FTP method because this is the surest one in this regard. For more information about this, please consult our documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/
Thanks for your understanding!
Is there any way to make this grid slide-ready? I know that you can add posts slider, and grid style posts through visual composer, but i was wondering if there is a way to have four articles, exactly as seen in the screenshot, displayed every time with auto scrolling (carousel effect) to the next 4.
Hi,
I’m not quite sure how you want it exactly. As I understand it you want to place 3 block 7 elements inline (on a 3 column layout I assume) on all posts. For this you have to use a do_shortcode function and place the visual composer shortcodes in side it. The place the code in each post template you want to use the blocks on. If this is what you are looking for: http://screencast.com/t/EYW900UWqW then you can create the layout you want inside a page and then access classic mode and text mode and copy the shortcodes. Thne use them inside the do_shoprtcode function like so:
and place the code above the breadcrumb on each single-template.php file: http://screencast.com/t/zi1HZRMS
I hope this helps.
Hi,
Unfortunately the mobile theme does not use visual composer so you have to re-create your pages in the mobile editor using the standard mce editor, not simply copy and paste the code from the desktop editor. Please read this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/the-mobile-theme/
The mobile theme will not render visual composer shortcodes. Do not use visual composer shortcodes in the mobile editor as they will simply show up on the front-end.
Thank you!
Hello jorgepixel,
Unfortunately, I cannot access your website URL because I get this error -> http://screencast.com/t/thYmM1oP9emB 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. I suspect your problem being from these types of plugins which are not tested with the theme and which might create a lot of unknown issues. Please try the theme without all of them and check the results. If your problem is still there after these changes, please try to make a new clean install from scratch with the latest version of the theme and check how it will work for you.
Hope this helps and let us know how it goes!
Thanks for your understanding!
Hello ahmedyakub,
Unfortunately, our theme has not been designed to use the Visual Composer to edit the category pages, sorry! Please notice that is not a simple task and require to make some adjustments through code in order to achieve as you wish and all of these processes requires custom work. So, if you are not aware of the steps which are needed to take in this regard, please consider hiring a freelancer/developer to help you because we cannot provide customization services at the moment, sorry!
As a hint, you can use the Visual Composer shortcodes to edit your category only if you are using the do_shortcode method in the category templates from the theme code, according to what type of category is used for your category page -> category template 1, 2,3,..etc -> http://screencast.com/t/mUE3Ch1p The shortcode you can prepare with the Visual Composer, using the classic mode, like this -> http://screencast.com/t/GEm1IJXHzN5 For more information about this method, please refer to this documentation here -> https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_shortcode/
Please notice that all of these are addressed only for ADVANCED USERS Please notice that all of these are addressed only for ADVANCED USERS which have a solid knowledge in this regard.
Thanks for your understanding!
Hello halcoolllc,
If you are referring to the Recent Posts from Visual Composer element, please notice that you can change the title of it when you edit this block, like this -> http://screencast.com/t/bry2Vi5i Also, please notice that you must not buy any Visual Composer license because this will come bundled every time with the latest update. If this is not what you mean and you need more assistance in this regard, please provide some useful screenshots where you can identify what you want to change and you can provide your website so I can inspect it closer and also, so I will be able to provide a more accurate response.
Thanks for your understanding!
Hello tavarish,
First of all, please check your system status and try to increase all the parameters from there (most likely PHP memory) for good performance in the theme. Also, please set all of them according to our documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/system-status-parameters-guide/ Very important for your website is our requirements regarding on your dedicated server. For more information about this, please consult here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/requirements-for-newspaper/
This type of function wpt_view_count, does not come from our theme code and do not request the admin-ajax.php I suspect it coming from your untested plugins or also you have some embedded code added to your theme which causes this. To rule conflicting plugins, please try to disable all the active plugins, leave just Visual Composer to active, clear all your caches and install only the plugin that comes bundled with our theme.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for your understanding!
inside visual composer I ddint see anywhere we can go and edit the blocks. The composer needs to purchase? I thought you guys already did it and I can just use it, right? Please let me know。
Hello iNBishkek,
The latest update could be found to the Theme Forest. You will have to logged-in to your account from Theme Forest and from there you will have to download the latest version of the theme which is Newspaper 7.2. With this latest packet, you will bring all the required plugins which are updated to the latest version of them…Visual Composer 4.12 and Social Counter 4.1. Please do your update using the FTP method because this is the surest one in this regard. For more information about this, please check the documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/ Please notice that will never be needed to buy the VC because the license of this plugin come bundled with our theme and this is part of our theme and the licence of it will be included in the theme packet.
Try to do these and check your final results regarding on Social Counter. If you need more assistance in this regard and if you encounter some problems, please send us an email at contact@tagdiv.com with your log-in information (wp-admin) so we can further inspect the issue.
Thanks for your message!
Hi,
Like I said in my above reply: http://screencast.com/t/EToNth0h5 You can ignore these messages as there is no license. If you want a license and access to the plugin support and updates directly from the plugin author, you will have to buy the plugin, but you do not need to buy it to use it with our theme nor do we recommend doiung so as we are the ones that provide the updates that work with our theme. If for example the plugin author releases an update that is not compatible with our theme, it will break your site. We have to adapt our theme for every update visual composer launches and bundle it in the theme package along with the theme updates. We only recommend using the version of visual composer we provide.
Please ignore any activation messages regarding visual composer and revolution slider.
Thank you!
Hello,
I have checked your site and the images seem to display properly. Some thumbs need to be regenerated (https://forum.tagdiv.com/thumbnails-fix-strange-looking-images-on-blocks/) but I could not find any images that are not displaying. Please provide more details if you still have this problem.
Disappearing images are mostly caused by plugin conflicts so please disable all your plugins except visual composer, clear cache and reset cdn files.
Thank you!
In designing a page using Visual Composer, I am trying to find a element, widget or way that I can display a section block on the page that lists only certain Pages (that I would choose), which the user can then select to go to that page. The list of pages in this element will be different per the Page I’m designing. The ideal would be an element/widget where I could type in a list of pages I want to display their links (and preferably their featured image).
Working with this theme has been a ROYAL pain! Bought it a month ago, with the notion I would have the site up and running in very little time, but instead, nothing but problems everywhere… Saw this post while looking for another problem fix and since I also have and need to solve the problem with the tagDiv social counter registering FB at 0, I decided to read it.
Catalin suggested that “Please ensure that you are using the latest version of the theme -> Newspaper 7.2 and also, the latest version of Visual Composer ->4.12 and Social Counter 4.1 in order to achieve best results.”
1. I have V 7.1.1 there is NO UPGRADE from my version to 7.2 option on the Newspaper dashboard – so how the hell to upgrade it?
2. For Visual Composer V 4.11.2 to V 4.12 there is this message – “There is a new version of WPBakery Visual Composer available. View version 4.12 details. Automatic update is unavailable for this plugin. To receive automatic updates license activation is required. Please visit settings to activate your Visual Composer. Got Visual Composer in theme?” – In other words, I need to buy a licence to a plugin that should have had a licence since it came bundled with the theme I bought. If not, a “buyer beware disclaimer” should be posted, Oh BTW, you need to buy this and that too! Because this is the answer from Visual Composer ->How to update and receive support if I do not purchase direct license? In such case you need to wait on your WordPress theme author to update Visual Composer on their side and push it to you. Where do I find this information on your site?
3. Luckily, I have Social Counter 4.1, but FB is at ZERO.
4. How do I update the theme to V 7.2 and Visual Composer to V 4.12?
5. Finally – Development and also Support needs much improvement!
Hi,
You cannot find the widget because there is no weather widget in newspaper 6. This feature was added in newspaper 7. Please update your theme by following this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/ and then update your plugins: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin/ (the social counter needs to be updated as well. All plugins are bundled with the main theme archive)
Thank you!
Hi,
The button you mentioned is created with a plugin and the download icon comes from font awesome: http://fontawesome.io/icon/download/
You can create any button with visual composer or the tiny mce edtitor directly and place a font awesome icon using font awesome 4 menus plugin: https://forum.tagdiv.com/increase-users-engagement-add-custom-buttons-posts/
I hope this helps.
Thank you!
Hi,
This could be a plugin conflict so please disable all plugins except visual composer, clear cache and purge cdn files if you use it. Then test your links again.
Let us know if you still have trouble with links.
Thank you!
Hi,
The default page template will not show sidebars unless you create it in visual composer with either a widgetised sidebar element or creating it directly using a 2/3 + 1/3 layout. If you want to use a standard sidebar you have to change to the pagebuilder + page title template from here: http://screencast.com/t/uLWnWqha
Thank you!

I’m sending a link with picture that visualize the problem.
We have two language versions: Bulgarian and English.
Everything works perfect and it’s well translated in both languages, except the name of the Authors of the publications.
Hello,
We only recommend using the 3 highlighted row layouts with our theme as the blocks were designed to only work with those columns: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-use-visual-composer/
As for the images, you will have to regenerate your thumbnails for them to fit properly inside the blocks. Please use this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/thumbnails-fix-strange-looking-images-on-blocks/
Thank you!
Hello jordankranda,
I have checked your source page from your website and I saw that you are using a lot of untested plugins which might interfere with the mobile theme plugin and cause a lot of unknown issues. Please try to disable all the active plugins, leave just Visual Composer to active and install only the plugins that come bundled with our theme and rule out the conflicting plugins. Please notice that the mobile theme has been designed to be very basic, fast and easy to use. Also, as you can see, the mobile theme do not render to Visual Composer Blocks but only 2 modules which come with it by default. For more information about our mobile theme, please check here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/the-mobile-theme/
If you want to customize your footer section, please notice that you only add some text within it, from your Theme panel, footer area because as I said you above, the mobile theme do not recognize the Visual Composer shortcode. As an example, on mobile theme, you footer should be in that way -> http://screencast.com/t/p1XUhZ42FZB
Thanks for your understanding!