- NewsmagHow to use the Visual Composer plugin
- NewspaperFlex Block Builder and Flex Loop Builder
- NewspaperModules Builder in Newspaper Theme
- NewspapertagDiv Shop
- NewsmagtagDiv Composer Tutorial
- TutorialsFrom WPBakery to tagDiv Composer
- NewspapertagDiv Composer Tutorial
- TutorialsDefault Block Settings Guide
- NewspaperCreate Custom Code with the browser’s Inspector or the Live CSS Box
- NewspaperCompare theme files – Winmerge tutorial
- NewsmagWhat’s included in Newsmag theme package
- NewsmagNewsmag documentation
- NewsmagBlock settings tutorial
- NewsmagHow to update the WPBakery plugin
- NewsmagCustom ad spots
- NewspaperHow to update the WPBakery Page Builder plugin
- NewspaperBlock settings tutorial
- NewspaperPost Formats (for TinyMCE)
- NewspaperFont Customization
- NewspaperBackground Introduction
I just purchased the theme and what about the Visual Composer plugin?
Its asking me to register and activate license in Product License tab?
What do i need to fill out? Do i need to make a purchase? Could you please verify this matter with me?
Here’s what i see
Envato Username :
Secret API Key :
Visual Composer License Key :
Thanks
Hi,
I have tried to recreate this but haven’t managed to do it. You must have the page in Visual Composer something like this: http://screencast.com/t/zjBLgPbWk but result on my side is: http://screencast.com/t/229pMVQoYe
Please copy the code of the page content: http://screencast.com/t/D40BrZuiqRGO and paste it here, use pastebin – http://pastebin.com/ (copy-paste-submit and paste the link here), I’ll take a look.
Thanks!
Hi,
Speed Booster is optional and it only moves the js/css at the page bottom, it’s not a substitute for cache. By doing this it creates the illusion that the page loads faster because the html loads first followed by css/js.
This problem may appear because of a conflict with another plugin, try to disable all plugins, enable Visual Composer and Speed Booster, then enable the rest of the plugins one by one, see which one doesn’t work with SpeedBooster.
Thank you.
Hi,
Tagdiv gallery was designed for posts like you see in our demo: http://screencast.com/t/GqDb9DA8tk – http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/services-allow-you-to-do-things-like-scan-a-document/
It’s doesn’t work properly on pages, because it is added automatically by Visual Composer in a text block, so it can be used only on 2 columns. We added this on our list and will be fixed in future updates.
Thanks!
Hi,
I see that you use tagdiv gallery on page, it was designed for posts like you see in our demo: http://screencast.com/t/GqDb9DA8tk.
I also tested this and it’s doesn’t work properly on pages, because it is added automatically by Visual Composer in a text block, so it can be used only on 2 columns. We added this on our list and will be fixed in future updates.
Thanks!
Hi,
Please make sure that you use the latest version of Visual Composer(4.3.5).
If you need to update the plugin follow this guide to update Visual Composer: https://forum.tagdiv.com/update-the-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/ and also remove and install the VC plugin from the /plugins folder which came with the theme files.
Also please provide your site URL.
Thanks!
I have tried removing the code with no effect. I have now commented it out… also no effect. Cleared my browser cache in case that was the issue. Still nothing had changed. See screen shot for my code as it is now… this is the main functions.php file in the newspaper folder (not in my child theme).
/*
to enable all the visual composer features from a child theme, declare an empty td_disable_visual_composer_features function like so in the child's functions.php:
function td_disable_visual_composer_features() {
}
*/
if (!function_exists('td_disable_visual_composer_features')) {
function td_disable_visual_composer_features() {
//if you want to enable all the features from visual composer delete this code
if (function_exists('vc_remove_element')) {
//remove unused composer elements;
//vc_remove_element("vc_separator");
// vc_remove_element("vc_text_separator");
//vc_remove_element("vc_message");
// vc_remove_element("vc_toggle");
//vc_remove_element("vc_gallery");
// vc_remove_element("vc_tour"); //wtf
// vc_remove_element("vc_accordion");
// vc_remove_element("vc_teaser_grid");
// vc_remove_element("vc_posts_slider");
// vc_remove_element("vc_posts_grid");
// vc_remove_element("vc_cta_button");
//vc_remove_element("vc_progress_bar");
//vc_remove_element("vc_wp_links");
//vc_remove_element("vc_facebook");
//remove unused styles and visual composer scripts
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'td_remove_visual_composer_assets', 100 );
}
//end delete code visual composer
}
}
Hi,
@Boricua1 what theme do you use Newsmag or Newspaper?
If you use Newsmag lastest version(1.5) you should have Visual Composer plugin version 4.4.2 and for Newspaper lastest version of the plugin is 4.3.5
Please follow this guide to update Visual Composer: https://forum.tagdiv.com/update-the-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/ and also remove and install the VC plugin from the /plugins folder which came with the theme files.
Thanks!
Hi:
I’m working with a educational article and i’m using a lot of features of VC and Ultimate addons. Everything was going ok. The page was going smoothly and I was almost done. But then, suddenly the headings began to change and some of the pictures that were working perfect before just don’t show up, they are in the Composer but not in the preview.
I consult with the people of the Brainstrom (Ultimate Addons) and they said is a VC issue. I can’t consult with the VC authors because I don’t have a licenses. Please help me!!
Hi there,
I would like to use a full paid version of Visual Composer with the Newspaper theme – however when I entered me license number and update the plug-in to the latest version I do not see all the extras that come with the paid version. I contacted the Plug-in developer and they told me to reach out to you. They mentioned changing the function files – after looking through them I have noticed the comments about declaring an empty function in my child theme in order to see the ‘hidden’ elements of VC – but have tried that with no results.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Hi,
Please take a look at this block settings: http://screencast.com/t/usnHKnLVB you have to change pagination to “Infinite load”: http://screencast.com/t/QM2rDhHLcqzL
Also maybe this can help: https://forum.tagdiv.com/homepage/
If you still have this issue, please deactivate all plugins, leave only Visual Composer plugin active, clear cache and try again.
Please provide more details about slider issue. I have checked your site and you use a Big Slide: http://screencast.com/t/2Ihdulq3
Thanks!
I have edited td_module_9 replacing the line:
echo $this->get_image('art-big-1col');
with:
if (has_post_thumbnail()) {
echo $this->get_image('art-big-1col');
} else {
get_the_image(array('order' => array('meta_key', 'scan', 'default'), 'meta_key' => 'featured_image', 'scan' => true, 'default' => 'default-img-326.jpg', 'image_class' => 'entry-thumb')); ?>
}
get_the_image function grabs an image from a custom field, if there is no image scans the post for images to get the first one and finally if post doesn’t contain images uses a default one.
This code works fine but when I insert module 9 inside a page with Visual Composer choosing ajax pagination, the featured images appear on the first page only but are not shown up when ajax tries to fetch them for next pages.
Is there anything I can do about that?
Thanks a lot.
Hi,
I have a few more issues structuring the theme. Some features don’t seem to be working as they should.
1. Offset and unique articles do not work.
– 1a: Offset used on Block 2 (below the Grid), and set to 5 (to avoid showing Featured posts again), yet same articles in POPULAR block below the Grid still appear.
http://content.screencast.com/users/Truefolder/folders/Default/media/440d6432-f978-4e0e-ac15-e29f0f04d04e/offset-not-working-1.JPG
– 1b: Tried using “Unique Articles” feature, then it screws up the whole pattern, and latest articles aren’t the latest anymore, neither in Grid nor in the list of posts below. Just a collection of random posts instead.
Note: All categories are set appropriately to Latest, All categories, etc. I triple-checked everything. Also, “Popular” is not actually set to display Popular articles (if such feature even exists); it’s the “DON’T MISS” block, renamed.
2. In the backend when editing, when I select some Visual Composer and Theme specific features (such as “Show unique articles” option), it disappears once the page is updated, even if it’s selected. Basically, you need to select for those features to appear every single time you edit a page.
3. How do I enable to show Categories for all posts on the homepage? Currently, no setting is set to “Disabled,” so everything should be enabled, right? And the categories must appear on posts? Yet they don’t.
http://content.screencast.com/users/Truefolder/folders/Default/media/d1a67e2d-b9fd-45b2-bae5-a8b1a46fbd4a/category-1.JPG http://content.screencast.com/users/Truefolder/folders/Default/media/7fff5a87-4892-46f3-9250-44226a5e17bf/categories-2.JPG
Thanks!
Testing site: http://topdogtips.com/ (currently Unique Articles is disabled; Offset on Block 2 is still set to 5)
CDN, Caching, etc. disabled while testing.
Please advise.
Thank you.
Dean
Hi,
Please deactivate all plugins leaving just the Visual Composer plugins active then empty cache and also purge files if you use any CDN host services then check again. I also tested this with the last theme version and found no issues. If you still have that issue please provide your site URL so I can inspect this.
Thanks!
Hi,
I tested this with your ID and seems to work: http://screencast.com/t/qDtWyFVLE – http://screencast.com/t/qwyK4238vJD
I see that you use newspaper please let me know what version of Social Counter do you use. And also try this without any plugins active(leave only Visual Composer and Social Counter active) and empty cache.
Also make sure you use the social counter plugin right following this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-set-social-counter/
Thanks!
Hi,
I have checked your site and noticed that you have several js errors in your console which cause this issues: http://screencast.com/t/R8yA4HyC
The theme needs Visual Composer to work so you need to use it and 4.3.5 version is the right one to use so should work fine.
The speed booster plugin is not required by the theme to work, that plugin is used to speed up your site so you can disable it at the moment as in use with other plugins could cause issues.
Check your site without any plugins active and make sure you empty cache or purge files if you are using CDN then test again.
If you still have issues when using just the VC please send us an email at contact@tagdiv.com , paste a link to this conversation and provide wp-admin access so I can take a look.
Thanks
Hi,
Please update your theme if you are not using the latest theme version (4.6.1), use ftp method: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme/ and make sure that the plugins that comes with the theme are also updated. You can find them in /plugins folder that comes with the theme files that you downloaded.
Also try this without any plugins active, leave only Visual Composer active and also make sure you empty cache/purge files then check again.
Thanks!
Hi,
The “pick and drop items..” issue was reported when using an older version of the plugin together with the latest version of WordPress (4.1).
Please make sure that you download and update your theme to the latest version (4.6.1) and also remove and install the VC plugin from the /plugins folder which came with the theme files, use this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/update-the-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/
This was tested so you shouldn’t have any issues.
Thanks
Hi,
Please make sure you also test this without any plugins active and leave just Visual Composer plugin active and also empty cache then check again.
We suggest to deactivate all plugins to make sure this doesn’t happen due to others plugins you use, also if you don’t use latest version of Speed Booster plugin please install it from the /plugins folder that was provided together with the theme files. If you have the latest version of the theme (4.6.1) you should have Speed Booster version 3.1.
Thanks!
Thank you for the response, but again, just like your example, the gap remains between the menu and the big slide with a background. Maybe you can post screenshots of your settings that you are using to not have the gap as the setting described only get me so far.
Here are the settings I used, to include the spacer/gap tool. I tried as posted (45px) and I went up and down the scale to no avail. The spacer/gap tool only adjusts the space between the top of the row component and the included component (big slide). This does not change the gap between the menu and the row. Furthermore, I went as far as to edit the row and column settings CSS to “0” for padding, etc.
The results are the same. I even switched to using a solid color and the gap sill remains. Again, this is simply not intuitive.
You keep saying you have no problems on your websites etc. How did you get yours to work? The post grid is only supported with the newest Visual Composer which is not provided by the Theme at the moment because they have not updated it yet.
As I told you I don’t know what you think of me but I tried the theme on a clean WordPress INSTALL with the plugin Visual Composer and still doesn’t work. I did that to see where the problem is – it looks like the problem is from the theme.
Hey, look at the info top right of this page: hours of support ? Closed weekends. It’s now Sat/Sun. They will be back on Monday.
Support Hours (GMT+2)
Monday - Friday:
8:00 AM - 17:00 PM
You can’t easily use the standalone version of Visual Composer with this theme, since it includes its own bundled version with custom code. The theme only “out of the box” supports the bundled version. You’re somewhat on your own if you want to use the commercial version of the plugin.
Without a link to *an example page* where you have the problem, it’s unlikely you’d get any help. You can also email tagdiv support directly with your example page if the site is not yet public.
So some of the shit and crap is waiting on you to address. You would need to modify the theme to remove its built in code for Visual Composer.
For the theme to work as provided, you need to REMOVE the commercial version of Visual Composer, and follow the installation directions and install the version INCLUDED WITH THE THEME. That is what it’s for. You can’t have both.
Hopefully that crappy answer will help with your shit?
As I said I used a clean install of WordPress just the Newspaper theme and visual composer and it doesn’t work. It shows only one post per row and it is big as I showed you in the screenshot.
If you want a more flexible big slider or background don’t use the template Homepage with the BG and article list but use the Homepage with just article list. Then insert the big slider as an element from the Visual Composer on top of the page then if you want background Go to > Row Settings of the Big Slide and select Background then > Select Image Paralax and the most important thing is to select Maximum Full Width under Background Override. If you want to adjust the space between the slider and menu use a Spacer / Gap.
The other thing you can use is a Revolution Slider which comes with the theme and it is fully customizable like I did here – http://www.toppcnews.com.
The response I got from WPBakery –
The issue is most likely because there is an inbuilt version of visual composer (or the related code) present in your theme which is overriding the standalone plugin version and hence causing the issue. You will have to get rid of it. I would advise you to do so with the help of theme author, otherwise you might loose the extra elements added by him. Once this is done, you can install the standalone plugin and it will work fine. Kindly check.
Thank you,
