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Hi,
I have added the ‘WP Recent Comments’ box in visual composer. I would expect this to show the actual comment based on the title but on my site it is just showing ‘user name’ on ‘post name’, no comment which seems a bit weird.
Is this correct and if so is there anyway to show recent comments via visual composer?
Thanks
Graham
Hi
I found an javascript error on your site http://screencast.com/t/jUYsaPs5nX which may be caused by a plugin and it’s possible to affect the site functionality, so you can try to deactivate all plugins except
Visual Composer and also make sure you empty all caches then test again.
It’s possible that this issue with saving settings appears because the server security module blocks the access to admin-ajax.php file or the file it’s not found. Try to verify if this happens when you save settings in other cases in theme panel and also verify the console for error while saving the settings on the Theme Panel, usually it displays a 403 or 404 error.
Contact your server administrator and explain the situation, as it’s requested many times during the a save the file itās treated as threat so it’s banned. You can report false positives to your server administrator to remove it from the banned list.
You should also check the max_input_vars directive from you php.ini file and make sure that it’s set above 2000, you can check this in system status section within theme’s panel: http://screencast.com/t/V8MumQISR
Thanks!
Hi,
I use qTranslate X. Never tried WPMU but I read about it when I faced the same question as you. You said “either WPMU or creating a multi site” but if I recall correctly, WPMU works as a multi site management system. WPMU physically creates X entries per content (1 per language) while plugins like qtrans create only one with all languages inside [sorry this is wildly phrased]. Multi site is supposedly good for performance because having the content separated makes it easier to serve it, while qtransx has to slice the content and extract the desired language upon request. Cache can fix this. Multi site is supposedly worse regarding compatibility and content consistency. It depends on the kind of use your site gets, and whether your content will greatly vary across languages or will be just straight forward translation.
I started with qTranslate and then moved on to mqTranslate, which was deprecated in favor of qTranslate X some time after. It’s not perfect but it’s the only alternative to the multi site option of WPMU, I believe, and it works very well, for a free plugin at least. The plugin is actively being supported and developed which is nice. The only thing missing is native multi slug support (same post has different URLs, one per language) but there’s a plugin for that and they say they will incorporate it in the future.
qTransX can give you a bit of work if you use some “non-mainstream” plugins as these sometimes do not take multi language support into consideration. Many mainstream plugins work flawlessly and others have plugins to extend qtransx compatibility. For instance, I use these ones:
WPBakery Visual Composer & qTranslate-X
WordPress SEO & qTranslate-X
WooCommerce & qTranslate-X
qTranslate slug (for the language based URLs)
Some configurations can have a performance impact in cheap servers, but with a well configured cache it’s actually pretty solid. I run a shitty shared server (for the time being) with ease but I do not use features like browser-language detection and redirection, I use the simple “language in the url” option (example.com/en/ example.com/pt/ etc).
In the end I think it comes down to the degree of support needed. “Hands on” kind of persons might be better off with qTransX, otherwise it might be good to check out WPMU forums and documentation to see if they offer the support it usually comes with premium stuff.
Cheers!
Hi
You need to add an extra class name to this section http://screencast.com/t/iMaJGwwGasJ in Visual Composer http://screencast.com/t/ZgUUy9q38X and after that use css to change the background color as you want. Example:
.spacial-class{
background-color: red;
}
Thanks!
Hi
The Visual Composer plugin it’s tested with the theme and should work fine, so you can try to deactivate all plugins except Visual Composer, clear the cache, purge the cdn file if you’re using and test again. Also make sure you installed the plugin properly as it’s indicated in our documentation: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/
If the problem persist please let us know what theme version you use or make sure you use the latest version (2.0) and VC 4.5.3
Thanks!
Hi,
In version 6 the logo can be used at 272Ć90 size like you already know, unfortunately it was designed like this and you can change it using custom css. You can upload your the size that you use in the footer and check it with this custom css in Theme Panel > Custom Css – http://screencast.com/t/exoB9n4gwr3 – http://screencast.com/t/jv6fQi15iDN
.td-header-style-1 .td-header-sp-logo img {
max-height: none !important;
}
.td-header-style-1 .td-header-sp-logo {
height: 115px;
max-height: none !important;
}
@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1019px) {
.td-header-style-1 .td-header-sp-logo {
height: 100px;
}
}
Regarding second issue I could not recreate this so please provide a link where you use this bloc so we can take look and inspect this. Also test it without any plugins active, leave only Visual Composer active, clear cache and see if the issue is still there.
Thanks!
alt tags – I’ve tested the alt tags and they seem to work. Please let me know where did you encounter missing alt tags and I will fix them. Anyway I will do an audit for this in the following days.
h1 – there are a lot of big news sites that do not have h1 on the homepage.. http://www.theverge.com/ http://techcrunch.com/ http://readwrite.com/ and many more…. I believe this is a strong argument that H1 H2 on homepage is a personal preference not a requirement. Big sites like them have dedicated staff that monitor and analyze this stuff. I’m sure a company like VOX media with over 400 employees (the owners of theverge) would not penalize their site by forgetting to put a h1.
h2 on archives… again the same result. A lot of the big sites do not use such a thing.
the TagDiv page title issue – was a huge mistake on our part and I’ve missed it. Usually I do the final code reviews and I did not notice this one š
@Johnny you can add h1 and h2 on the homepage via visual composer.
@kecodoc please contact us via email: contact@tagdiv.com
Hallo Alin,
thank you for your prompt reply.
With <div class=”td-visible-desktop”> it works fine now.
Therefore, these two little banners should be visible in desktop and tablet devices but disappear on phone because of the limited layout.
Is there anything you can advice me to add tablet visualization?
Thank you Alin for your excellent support.
Hi,
Please provide more details about these errors, any details that can help us recreate it and also make sure that you use the latest version of the theme 6.3 I also recommend you test this without using any plugins, leave just the Visual Composer active, empty all caches and check again, as this might be caused by a plugin.
Let us know how it goes and also provide your site’s url.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please check this without any plugins active except of Visual Composer, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN. Also re-save your permalinks and see if you still have this issue. I also checked this using latest version of the theme and did not found any issues and when you click on author it link to author page.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please make sure that you use the latest version of Visual Composer, install and activate it from here ā http://screencast.com/t/sICGwGTQXQTh and check the version ā http://screencast.com/t/pSDK3ooFurWV And select all elements from Visual Composer settings – http://screencast.com/t/ZMdnw3n1V5HO
Thanks!
Hi,
Please make sure that you use the latest version of Visual Composer, install and activate it from here ā http://screencast.com/t/sICGwGTQXQTh and check the version ā http://screencast.com/t/pSDK3ooFurWV If you need to update the Visual Composer plugin, please delete the old plugin and update the latest version. Also remove the Child theme for version 4 and upload the version provided with the theme files, you can find it in /code folder. Please note that this is an upgrade, Newspaper 6 should be regarded like a new theme and custom modifications, custom css from version 4 will not work anymore and you will have customize it again, but were added many features in this version(blocks, modules, sticky sidebar..) so I guess that it worth the update. Let me know how it goes!
Thanks!
Hi,
Please deactivate all your plugins, leave just Visual Composer active, clear cache and purge you files if you use CDN then check if you still have this issue. You have some js errors in the console that can affect functionality for log in/register widget – http://screencast.com/t/LzAsHWZ7xK Also please disable any css/js minifications.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please disable all plugins except of Visual Composer, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN and check if you still have this issue. Also disable any js/css minifications. I did not found any issues with this using latest version of the theme with plugins that come with the theme’s files, also you can check our demo.
Thanks!
Hi! After upgrading from Newspaper 4 to Newspare 6 I miss all blocks in Visual Composer:
Only content, structure elements and WP widgets are available for selection š
In addition, on the old pages, I can only move the blocks, but not edit them:

How can I repair this defects?
Thank you for your help.
1. The only plugin I have on my setup that affects formatting is TinyMCE Advanced, which I just disabled for testing. The results remained the same with and without that plugin activated. See output: http://i.imgur.com/JnN3Nd5.png
As I was testing this I found that the behavior isn’t consistent.
- The first block of text in a smart list item is not in <p> tags
- An empty <p> tag appears after the first block of text
- Subsequent blocks of text after the 2nd one are formatted properly in a <p> tag
- Attempting to manually add additional spacing to separate the first two blocks of text causes the output to act normally (See below screenshots)
Here’s my visual editor entry with normal spacing:

Here’s the front-end smart list output of normal spacing:

If I try to double that spacing, either by pressing enter (carriage return) or shift+enter (line-break), then everything acts normal, which still isn’t the desired result. Here is a sample of the visual editor input demonstrating this:

Makes no sense to me unless the theme (smart list) is trying to play with the <p> tags and getting it wrong. Haven’t found any way to explain it though.
2. The image in my screenshot is 188×300 at medium. I tried setting it to full size, which exceeds 300px in both directions and that did not help. It happens with other images too. Landscape and portrait images are doing it though that portrait image is showing the most spacing to the right, one of which is 275×183 at full size. Not finding a common denominator there.
It would seem that the image must be of an exact proportion ratio to avoid this problem, but nothing is documented of the sort. That’s a bug in my mind. I say that because it’s obviously inconsistent with respect to orientation and pixel dimensions. Any ideas?
I use “Ad rotate” plugin to manage some ads and I use shortcode in homepage to show some of them. I placed the shortcode as HTML pure in the visual editor box.
Everything was ok, but this morning the ads are not displayed in home page, and just can’t see the shortcake text in its place.
What’s the problem?
Thank U
Hi,
Please deactivate all plugins except of Visual Composer, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN then see if you still have this issue maybe it is caused by a plugin conflict. Also you can check browser console for errors and try to disable lazy load effect from Theme Panel > Template Settings – http://screencast.com/t/Dz5X96TVljcc
We recommend WP Super Cache plugin to be used with Newspaper theme and use it on default just page cache. Also please note that if you use cloudflare’s rocketloader is know to cause issues when used with the theme as we haven’t tested the themeās resources using it.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please disable all the plugins, leave just Visual Composer active, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN then check if you still have this issue on mobile as the theme doesn’t add this(you can check our demo on youe decvice – http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/ ). Also you can check if your server doesn’t redirect on another page on mobile.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please disable any css/js minifications, also check this without any plugins leave just Visual Composer active, clear cache and purge your files is you use CDN. Also please note that using cloudflareās rocketloader is know to cause issues when used with the theme as we havenāt tested the theme’s resources using it.
Also you can try to disable lazy load animation – http://screencast.com/t/WgoZUWLp
Thanks!
Hi,
Thanks Chris!
@Thalisson please check theme’s documentation – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-use-visual-composer/ – https://forum.tagdiv.com/block-settings-tutorial/
Also check our youtube channel for some video tutorials(we will add more) – https://www.youtube.com/user/tagdiv/videos
You will have to create your homepage using pagebuilder and also you can set it as frontpage from Settings – http://screencast.com/t/oBu9XYk7
Thanks!
Hi,
Not sure how you want to do this, you can check our demo and see how tagdiv blocks can be used and how they look on 1,2 or 3 columns. You can test this using Visual Composer rows and also limit articles for each block so maybe you will achieve the look that you want.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please install version 4 on localhost or a test site and import Cafe stack so all fonts and colors are imported. These are color used in Cafe style and only the fonts will have to be changed for version 6 – http://screencast.com/t/6ONT53fI – http://screencast.com/t/p1qveWdzmKC – http://screencast.com/t/vEMfGXQt4uy
It should work version 4 provided with the theme files, you can also send an email at contact@tagdiv.com if you need another version of the theme and we will send it to you, please paste a link to this conversation so we can know who you are.
I did not found any issues changing the fonts for each section of the theme. You can check browser console for errors, leave only Visual Composer active and clear cache.
Thanks!
When editing the sites page for the sidebar in visual composer click the green edit pencil symbol for editing the widgetized sidebar. Select the sidebar for which one you want to use, if you haven’t.

If that is already done, then go to the widgets for that sidebar selected, and at either block 7 or 8 widget and add the category that you want, and that article has to be in that category. You can’t just put a specific article in the article by name it has to be done by category it is under. They don’t have any title options for just articles available, that I have seen.
Most of the settings are in the widget and are kind of long. So you have to play with the settings.
Don’t know if you are using visual composer to use the sidebar for your post, category or page, but the image and input the css class where in the row of the element for the widgetized sidebar. That made a non sticky sidebar stick. If you aren’t using the page builder, then sorry, just trying to help.

