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Hi Lucian!
I know the visual composer can help me add sidebar in the article. But every time I write a new post will have to use a lot of manipulation. It’s very inconvenient, you have no other way?
Please help me!
Thank you!
Hi,
Please make sure that this isn’t caused by a plugin by deactivating all of them leaving active only the Visual Composer plugin then empty cache and purge files if you use nay cache or CDN services and check for this again.
Please let me know if this helps!
Thanks
Hi,
Thanks TheMediumUTM!
@papilleclandestine I’ve checked your page source and found that somehow all theme’s css is loaded within each page which could cause issues.
My guess is that this is a plugin settings which reads theme’s css and loads in into the page.
First please make sure you deactivate all plugins leaving only Visual Composer plugin active, after this empty your cache and purge files and check again.
Also please make sure you use this page speed guide right and use the tagDiv Speed Booster plugin to move the css and js at the bottom of the page avoiding the page render blocking. We only recommend this to advanced users so if you don’t have any php knowledge you should get some to help you with this.
Hope this helps! Please let me know!
Thanks
Hi guys,
On the homepage (and on pages) I was able to eliminate duplicate postings by enabling the “unique articles” element. But when I view an article (post), I see the same article’s thumbnail showing up in a category block on the sidebar (which is populating by most recent).
Screenshot: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwLFxEIDQNO7ZDVqRHBLaTE0ZFU/edit?usp=drivesdk
I don’t see a “unique articles” toggle when I edit a post, only on pages. Is there is a way to eliminate this from happening on post pages? Or is there another work-around?
Also, is there a way to use visual editor on posts?
Thanks a mil
Hi,
1. First of all if you have set it right the drop-down should be there so double check that you have done this right and disable all plugins laving just the visual composer active this is to make sure you don’t have another plugin which could cause this. Also make sure you empty your cache if you use any.
If this doesn’t helps please let us know about it and provide more details and also your site’s URL so we can inspect this.
2. You can change the appearance of the mega menu is to change the theme accent color from theme panel > theme color or for the font you can do it form theme panel >custom typography section: http://screencast.com/t/MYr8tWhkDYY1
Another way would be to do it via custom css an add it in theme panel > custom css filed.
Hope this helps!
Thanks
hi,
Yes, unfortunately the speed booster plugin may cause conflicts in use with other plugins so empty all cache and also purge files if you use CDN, disable all plugins leaving active only the speedbooster plugin and visual composer and check for this again.
You can check your console on homepage to see the 403 error: http://screencast.com/t/0wm6n4TSUd
You should also consider updating your theme to the latest version 4.5 and check again for this.
Hope this helps! Please let me know.
Thanks
This is an issue with your WordPress install, not a theme issue.
You likely need to check your wp-config.php file and make sure it’s correct; also check your .htaccess file. Make sure you turn off any caching used by your hosting account.
Assuming your wp-config.php file and .htaccess file were not compromised or broken somehow and don’t need to be restored from your backup (you are making backups, right?)
Try
1) remove the theme folder via ftp or hosting filemanager
2) login to your admin, choose default theme (e.g., twenty fourteen)
3) make sure you do download/export of your site dbase for extra backup (unless it’s a new test site)
4) resave your permalinks just because that can reset things
5) again, clear ALL your caching; if using a plugin, or CDN, and in browser
6) upload theme correctly via FTP
7) upload the plugins which come with the theme via FTP
8) login to your admin panel again, activate only the visual composer plugin
9) activate the theme
Hi,
The theme uses WordPress date function, I suspect this issue may be caused by a plugin. Try to disable all plugins enabling just WPBakery Visual Composer, empty cache, purge files if you use any CDN or cache plugins and wait for a few days to see if this still happens.
Hope this helps!
Thanks
Hi,
Please make sure you deactivate all other plugins leaving just the Visual Composer plugin active, empty cache and purge files if you use any CDN and/or cache plugins then activate the speedbooster plugin as this may not work properly with other plugins.
Please let me know what you find and also send your site’s URL.
Thanks
Hi,
Please make sure you disable all other plugins leaving just Visual Composer and the Ubermenu active then empty all cache and purge files if you use any CDN files and try again, do this just to make sure that this isn’t happening due to some other plugins which may be in conflict.
Note that we haven;t made any tests with this so I can guarantee it will work, also keep in mind that the theme has changed in the last months and may be possible that this integration will not work anymore.
Thanks
pls refer to the attached snap.
The mobile theme is deactivated.
you can see the visual composer plugin settings so that shouldn’t be an issue either.
i don’t work on JS so don’t know if that’s an issue, still.
deactivated all plugins, other than VC and did all that you listed.
no improvement.
i used this theme and the mega menu successfully on another site, so i’m sure nothing wrong in how i create the menu.
Could you pls look into the matter again and help me out.
Hi,
I have checked your site and found a lot of errors in your console, most of them js errors which can cause the search issue: http://screencast.com/t/5o5xik99
You should start by deactivating all plugins, leaving just the Visual Composer plugin active, empty cache, purge files(if you use any CDN plugins) and check for this again.
Please let me know if this helps!
Thanks
Hi,
@tms
Please deactivate the mobile theme to fix the shortcodes issue: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-manage-the-mobile-theme/
Also please make sure you have installed the Visual Composer plugin right following this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/update-the-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/
The mobile menu and the mega menu work based on js and I have found all this errors which could generate this, in your console: http://screencast.com/t/jgtCSvbd
Please make sure you deactivate all plugins including cloudflare and cache you use, leaving just the Visual Composer active and empty all cache then purge files and check this again, also look for errors in the console.
Both mega menu and mobile menu work fine, I have tested this using the latest theme version and found no issues with it.
Also make sure that you set and use the mega menu right: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-use-the-megamenu/
Please let me know if this helps!
@aces231 Please send your site’s URL so I can inspect this.
Thanks
All should work fine …. Newspaper is designed to work with all “correctly coded” plugins. Or put another way, any plugin which is WP 4.0 compatible should work just fine. Anything not updated for WP 4.0x might have issues, and/or if it’s just badly written. But luckily those suggestions are all doable, you just need to see which one might fit best with what you’re doing. We basically took older iteration of AdRotate and customized for clients with our branding, and some minor tweaks…. we still use it after 4 years? No issues with theme or WP 4.0 since it’s pretty simple stuff. Obviously these systems are designed to go into widget areas or shortcodes in normal WP locations, and maybe not in visual composer shenanigans, or inside the Newspaper ad spots … but that’s the fun to be had 😉
Hi,
The Visual Composer Frontend Editor button was removed from the theme as it’s not compatible with theme blocks.
I think you can leave it if you want, should work with the default elements.
You can enable it like this: http://screencast.com/t/ObPqoA4By
Regarding the CTA button please note that we plan to add a new grid which will support all VC elements so we have this on our todo list and we are working on it. Sorry for the inconvenience. You could try to use a plugin for that until we can provide a fix for this.
Regarding the other buttons you can import the Visual Composer css style sheet which will style all your buttons: https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/buttons/#post-21825
Thanks
Hi,
In the last version of Visual Composer the classes have changed and some VC elements lost their css, we have this on our todo list and we are working on it unfortunately we still have incompatibility issues regarding VC style.
You can use this css to make the image rounded and center aligned: http://screencast.com/t/6dKQk5i9drr7
.vc_box_rounded {
border-radius: 4px;
}
.wpb_single_image.vc_align_center {
text-align: center;
}
Sorry about this and for the inconvenience.
Thanks
Hi,
The speedbooster plugin moves the style to the bottom of the page so this can be due to this as you probably have some custom css added in theme panel.. or this could be due to a plugin.
Please make sure first that this is due to the speedbooster plugin as this could cause conflicts with other plugins so empty all cache and also purge files if you use CDN, disable all plugins leaving active only the speedbooster plugin and visual composer and check for this again.
Hope this helps! Please let me know.
Thanks
Hi,
Thanks Christopher!
This should not happen, please make sure you deactivate all plugins then empty cache and purge files if you use any cache or CDN plugins.
Also please make sure you have installed the theme right: https://forum.tagdiv.com/installation/
And also that you have installed the Visual Composer plugin from the plugins folder within the theme files.
You can also check if this options are checked: http://screencast.com/t/IZILWdFW
Also make sure you use the latest theme version (4.5) with the 4.3.4 VC plugin version.
Please let me know if you manage to get this done.
Hope this helps!
Thanks
I Re installed the visual composer and cleared all caches and am still gettin the same result. the visual composer shows as installed and activated but when you go to the pages, the page builder is not there and in the place where it use to show up is just the coding from what was placed on the page.
@Christopher Simmons
I Re installed the visual composer and cleared all caches and am still gettin the same result. the visual composer shows as installed and activated but when you go to the pages, the page builder is not there and in the place where it use to show up is just the coding from what was placed on the page.
This is what my solution in functions.php looks like (adapted from a stackoverflow thread). It looks like this: http://themedium.ca/arts/visual-studies-art-through-snail-mail
I removed the icon code here because you don’t have the assets or the CSS on your end, but if you want it, just ask.
// Show captions on template 4
// adapted from stackoverflow.com/questions/13850313/how-to-add-a-featured-image-caption-in-wordpress
function get_template4_caption($post) {
$thumbnail_id = get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID);
$thumbnail_image = get_posts(array('p' => $thumbnail_id, 'post_type' => 'attachment'));
if ($thumbnail_image && isset($thumbnail_image[0]) && $thumbnail_image[0]->post_excerpt) {
return '<div class="template_4_caption"><span class="td-block-author"> . $thumbnail_image[0]->post_excerpt .'</div></span>';
}
}In order to have it below the image, the function is called in single_template_4.php in each of the three sidebar cases, e.g. the last line here:
<?php
// we check the sidebar position and for each one we have a different case
switch ($loop_sidebar_position) {
default: // sidebar right - the default sidebar position
echo td_page_generator::wrap_start();
?>
<div class="span8 column_container td-post-content" role="main" itemprop="mainContentOfPage">
<?php echo get_template4_caption($post); ?> <!-- new -->Note that you might still want to add some CSS styling for template_4_caption or whatever classes you choose to use, e.g. some margin-top to distance it from the image.
If you wanted it on the image like the rest of the meta info, you would have to adjust this placement and the styling.
As seen at http://www.rockcityrecord.com/events/category/events/list/ the excerpt for the show is pulling the visual composer shortcodes as the excerpt. Is there any way to avoid this. I would rather it show no description/excerpt than this. I have posted the response below from the Events Calendar Pro support:
Hi – I’m sorry you’re hitting difficulties. By default the events list displays an excerpt (which may be generated automatically) and this would not normally include any shortcodes. However, I wouldn’t expect valid shortcodes to display at all in this situation: that makes me think that, although what you shared looks like a nest of shortcodes, it is actually something bespoke that only your theme/visual composer plugin understands. Can you confirm which theme or plugin you are using that implements this? In the default template used within list view to display an individual event we are, ultimately, using nothing more exotic than WordPress’s the_excerpt() function – can you confirm with the vendor of your theme/plugin if there is some better approach?
I am attempting to add a shortcode for a 3rd Party Plug-in and not sure if it’s possible, or how to do it if it is.
I do have an independent version of VC, and it seems on their support pages they have a shortcode mapper for such a use, navigating to Settings/Visual Composer/My Shortcodes:
http://screencast.com/t/c2Stjksg
http://screencast.com/t/r9t9xLkIo
Can’t seem to find the same with the bundled version.
is it possible, if so how?
Here is what I’m doing… but it is only giving me text:
<div id=”timer”>[dsrc id=’2945’ ui_div_id=’test’]</div>
and it is only simply spitting out the same text for me when I am attempting to insert a timer:
“[dsrc id=’2945′ ui_div_id=’test’]” (with no quotes)
Hi,
Please make sure you deactivate all plugins, empty cache/purge files if you use any cache or CDN plugins and check again. I have noticed this js errors in your console which can cause this: http://screencast.com/t/bgJX8P3Ek8W
Also consider updating the WPBakery Visual Composer plugin, I have noticed from your screenshot that you have some layout problems with it so please make sure you update the plugin from the plugins folder that came with the theme files and also empty cache and purge files: https://forum.tagdiv.com/update-the-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/
Thanks
Hola a todos,
(Hi everyone, this post is addressed for spanish speakers, although it may help you too taking into account that this is visual learning as well. In this post I will add some extensive spanish videotutorials I have done using Newspaper Theme in order to help people to configure it the right way from scratch)
Teniendo en cuenta que no hay información en español sobre el tema Newspaper me he dispuesto a hacer una extensa serie de videotutoriales donde se configura a fondo todos los aspectos del tema (theme).
Aún tengo varios vídeos pendientes, pero son de algunos aspectos no muy importantes del tema, y ya todo lo básico para tener nuestra web a punto ya está publicado en youtube, por lo que debería ser suficiente para ayudar a la gente.
Intentaré actualizar este post con nuevos vídeos cuando los vaya sacando, de todos modos, más adelante haré un mega tutorial con cada vídeo y una explicación en mi blog: http://ticseducativas.com
Comencemos (Pulsa encima de los títulos para ir al vídeo):
Theme panel de Newspaper Theme para WordPress – Todo para personalizar tu web
Cómo utilizar el plugin visual composer incluido en Newspaper theme y reducir el tamaño de imágenes.
Cómo personalizar la página de Inicio con Visual Composer en el Newspaper Theme.
Newspaper Theme. Particularidades del tema y optimización de escritura e imágenes (SEO).
Post, shortcodes y settings en WordPress. Newspaper Theme (tema) de ThemeForest.
Menu Newspaper Theme ticseducativas.
De momento eso ha sido todo, espero que os sirva de ayuda :). Podéis echarle un vistazo a mi canal completo, donde encontraréis mucha información sobre plugins y otros aspectos referentes a la creación de las páginas web, aquí: https://www.youtube.com/user/ticseducativas
