Hey Chris,
Yes I use very minimal stuff like that,
I did read someone said something like it could be the Visual Composer?
Could this be the reason?
Hi,
I also tested this with the latest theme version 4.6.2 and did not found any issues with this: http://screencast.com/t/IFGr5RNCDg
If you need to update please follow this guide to update and use FTP method: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme/ and update alos the plugins that come with the theme’s files from /plugins folder.
Please also try this without any plugins active, leave just Visual Composer active, empty cache and purge your files if you use CDN and check if the issue is still there.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please deactivate all plugins, leave only Visual Composer active, empty cache and purge your files if you use CDN and check if you still have issues with this.
I checked this with the latest theme version 4.6.2 and did not found any issues.
Thanks!
I want use Visual Composer in post pages.
I went from 1.4 to 1.6 with zero problems last week.
Last night I upgraded site from 1.4 to 1.7.
Only issue I had was NORMAL issues of some of the sidebars getting reset (meaning some of the widgets didn’t save); and had to “resave” the homepage just to reset it. All settings normally carry over due to the built in “transient” settings of WordPress. Everything else was exactly as I’d left it.
You should also be regularly doing backups of your site, theme settings, etc.
If you made custom changes to the core files (e.g., style.css etc.) you would, of course, need to apply those changes to the new files.
1.7 works fine with couple of minor issues, depending on if your hosting co is running old php tech which is really somewhat deprecated.
So far only bugs I’ve had are one spacing issue in a stock WP recent posts widget, and the modules in Visual Composer won’t let me filter by any author except myself.
Everything ELSE is working fine for me in 1.7, but SOME people are having some weird issues which are common with all WordPress site changes/updates like this. Main issue is the use of some code in the theme which is not playing well with OLDER versions of php (we are running PHP Version 5.4.22).
So, check the version of PHP you have … if 5.4.22 or newer, should be ‘mostly’ fine.
OR: wait for a dot revision of 1.7.1 next week, I’m guessing.
Don’t know if that helped or just re-peated the other posts, but my two cents anyway. 🙂
Hi, typically you need to
a) setup a page, create layout with visual composer, preview
b) go to WP settings > reading > first section
change to using the page name you created for home page
front page displays
[x] static page
>> page name
Hope that helped 🙂
Often what I do is just do a simple 2 column layout with something like
[ 2 col ] [ 1 col ]
in left column use block 11 for latest
in right column use widget area, temp use the default sidebar
make that live so home page works
then I create second page to mess with layouts until I like it, then swap the static page used for home page and delete the first page.
Hope that helped 🙂
My update went perfectly.
@carelpedre
try to delete visual composer, tag div plugins folders, theme folder, and install the new versions from scratch; don’t use child theme; try using my upgrade guide.
It does work!
Hi,
I’ve checked your site and noticed lots of errors and notifications in browser’s console: http://screencast.com/t/t5d1J8Zuc
I believe this happens due to a plugin so please make sure you also test this without using any plugins, leave just the Visual Composer plugin active and the FB comments plugin then test gain and also check your console for errors.
Also make sure you empty all caches and purge files if you use CDN host or cache plugins.
Thanks
Hi,
We did not tested the plugin with the theme, but you ca try to disable all plugins, leave only Visual Composer and WordPress Related Posts plugins active, clear cache and see if it works. Maybe there it is a conflict with another plugin(s) that you use.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please deactivate all plugins, leave only Visual Composer plugin active, also empty cache and check if you still have that issue. If this solve your issue please activate your plugins one by one to find out which cause this problem.
Thanks!
Hi,
I updated the theme but the Visual Composer plug-in is acting as if was not updated:
1/cannot use the front end editor (won’t appear)
2/ grid elements broken and full of errors
Warning: array_unshift() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /htdocs/public/www/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/params/vc_grid_item/shortcodes.php on line 686
Warning: array_unshift() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /htdocs/public/www/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/params/vc_grid_item/shortcodes.php on line 686
Fatal error: Wrong vc_map object. Base attribute is required in /htdocs/public/www/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/helpers/helpers_api.php on line 9
3/ All the new VC features won’t appear.
I tried everything
Reinstall the theme
Reinstall the plugin
Deactivate & reactivate all the other plug-ins one by one
What else?
Plug-in version 4.4.2
Hi,
Make sure you disable all plugins leaving just the Visual Composer plugin active then make sure you empty all caches and purge files if you use CDN host and test again.
Enable the plugins one by one to which is causing this if the missing VC elements start to show when disabling all plugins.
Thanks
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This reply was modified 11 years by
Lucian.
Hi,
I have checked your site and seems that is missing a class there, so please update your theme to the latest version 1.6 following this guide and use FTP method: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-theme/ Also update the plugins that come with the theme’s files from /plugins folder: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/
Let me know if you still have issues with this after update.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please try this without any plugins active, leave just Visual Composer plugin active, also empty cache and see if you still have this issue.
I have checked this with the latest theme version(1.6) and didn’t found any issues. If you don’t use the latest version please update your theme using this guide(use FTP method): https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-theme/ and also update plugins that comes with the theme’s files from the /plugins folder.
Let me know how it goes.
Thanks!
Hi,
I also tested this with the latest theme version(1.6) and bullets list works fine: http://screencast.com/t/llApfPVpc2 If you need to update please follow this guide and use the FTP method: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-theme/ also update the plugins that comes with the theme’s files from the /plugins folder.
If you use the last version please try this also without any plugins active leave just Visual Composer plugin active, empty cache and try again.
Thanks!
Hi,
1. On the first page you don’t use that block properly, please take a look on our demo how block 6 an9 are used( http://screencast.com/t/2kVZPiI4OIzI ): http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-6/ – http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-9/
On category page please try this custom css: http://screencast.com/t/RyNkkd0E
.category .td_mod9 .item-details{
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: 300px;
}
2. You don’t use the mega menu properly please follow our documentation for this: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-use-the-megamenu/ and also the result on our demo: http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/
3. Please try to enable all shortcodes from Visual Composer settings: http://screencast.com/t/yW4ZmGFjsf
Also if this doesn’t solve the issue please try to delete Visual Composer and install it again.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please deactivate all plugins also minifications, leave only Visual Composer active after clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN and check again if you have issues. If you still have issues please verify your custom modification to the theme files(the code).
Thanks!
Hi,
Please empty cache if you use a cache plugin and also try this without any plugins active, leave only Visual Composer active. If you still have issues with it please provide your site URL so we can inspect this.
Thanks!
Hi,
1. Please set your excerpt type on letters from Theme Panel > Excerpts: http://screencast.com/t/AQMpCu9U and also from excerpts section you can set the lenght for each module/block that you use: http://screencast.com/t/dsABTbzDf
2. If you want to add a block with Visual Composer on your page please use Block 12: http://screencast.com/t/TBxtv6E3Z – http://screencast.com/t/lysA2Rvpd
Also you can use modules(11, 12, 13) with read more button to display articles on categories pages: http://screencast.com/t/r5TLeNA429
You can check our demo and see how blocks and modules are used: http://demo.tagdiv.com/newsmag/ and our documentation may help: https://forum.tagdiv.com/newsmag-documentation/
Thanks!
Hi,
If you still have issues with this, you can try this without any plugins active, leave only Visual Composer active, clear cache and purge your files if you use CDN.
Please let me know if you still have issues related to the theme.
Thanks!
If the theme didn’t support Visual Composer I would just leave it at the final version. Just because there is an update doesn’t mean you have to use it.
One of my top websites has been running the same version of Woo Canvas for 2 years. The updates to the theme didn’t add anything I needed, so there was no burning need to upgrade it. Site works, has an audience, no need to keep updating every little thing unless it’s a security issue.
New color paint comes out for my house; I don’t need to repaint it.
v5 isn’t going to break v4 … it won’t stop working … your site isn’t going to explode and lose all your content.
In the webdev community we refer to this as “freezing” a site once it works. Much like in our music studio, when the system works, we “freeze” it — we don’t install every little software patch and driver which might break something. Same idea.
Upshot: if your site works, use it. Concentrate on making it work NOW, and then work on the content. Waiting for some new version of the theme to fix your site and do something beyond the version you purchased isn’t very productive. It works great “right now” …
Sorry. Just an opinion. Your mileage may vary, of course.
Hi,
You can change/add block title from block settings on the page: http://screencast.com/t/zPYNXaP4A Also for blocks/widgets added in the sidebar from Widget section: http://screencast.com/t/vebIUfzR
If you want to use a static homepage please create it using Visual Composer plugin and set it to frontpage: http://screencast.com/t/3vO9aluSPm7v
Normally the styling options you’ve set in the WordPress Theme Customize or in the Theme Panel – those options will not be effected by updating your theme, only custom modifications to the theme’s files will be overwritten.
Please follow this guide if you want to update your theme and use FTP method: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme/ also update plugins that come with the theme’s files from the /plugins folder.
Also our documentation may be useful: https://forum.tagdiv.com/newspaper-documentation/
Thanks!
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This reply was modified 11 years by
Alin [tagDiv].
Hi,
Please make sure you also test this without any plugins active and leave just Visual Composer plugin active and also empty cache and purge your files if you use CDN then check again. Also css code is apply in cascade so the default css is loaded and then the custom one.
Thanks!
Hi,
Unfortunately there is no block/module to use with Visual Composer and to achieve what you wish. You would need custom modification for that to create a module/block or create a new one. On Newspaper version 5 will be added new blocks and also it will be more easy to create a new module/block(will be added new tutorials).
Thanks!
Hi,
Not sure how this could happen. I’ve also tested this using the latest theme version (4.6.2) but found no issues similar to what you’ve described.
my post configuration: http://screencast.com/t/KVa3sHGkxvB
result: http://screencast.com/t/fBGudxDd
My guess is that this happens because of a plugin you use, it could be due to the
Taxonomy order plugin: http://screencast.com/t/rVadNbIGRsRL
I suggest you try this without any plugins active, lave just the Visual Composer plugin active then make sure you empty caches, purge files if you use cdn host then test this again.
Let me know how it goes and if this still happens after all this consider updating your theme to the latest version if you are not using it already.
Thanks