- 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
Hi,
It is possible to update the latest theme version. This is a theme update guide
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/
The most recommended method would be by FTP, make a backup just to be safe. Make sure to update the theme plugins as well.
Note that in version 8 the tagDiv composer was introduced
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-composer-tutorial/
This page builder will be automatically installed and activated when the theme is updated. If your pages contain Visual composer specific elements (not provided by theme) it could create issues. There could be problems if you used Visual composer on posts as well. You could deactivate it temporarily.
Thanks
Helo paulfogg,
Please notice that if you want to update the Visual Composer, you should download the latest theme version from Theme Forest and check the results. If you do not remember your Envato Account, you should contact them and tell the problem because they should be able to recover the password, sorry!
Hope this helps!
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
Maybe the plugin does not work on pages, only posts and categories. But that would mean it should not work on Visual composer pages as well.
Unfortunately we have not made any tests with such plugins and the tagDiv composer, I could not give you a solution or cause for this to happen. Normally the posts are meant to have a single author, that will be displayed.
The plugin you mention also seems to be somewhat outdated for the latest version of WordPress and theme.
Thanks
Hello,
I suppose that your problem comes because your images are stuck in opacity 0. This usually happens on a js error caused by plugins or customization or other external optimization tools.
Please disable all plugins except visual composer, clear cache and reset CDN files if you use it. Please also check any custom code you might have added to the theme panel or the theme files. If you use a child theme, please switch to the main theme to make sure it does not affect the proper functioning of the theme.
Thank you!
Hi,
If you are planning to use Visual composer for your pages, then deactivate the tagDiv composer. Single images are affected by both composers when they are active.
After deactivating the tagDiv composer plugin the image should display properly.
Thanks
Hi
I took over this site and whilst trying to update the WPBakery Visual Composer plugin I deactivated it, deleted it then realise I didn’t have the .zip file to reload it – HELP!
can you supply this ?
site is http://www.theusefulbloglady.com
thanks
Paul
Hello!
I made the upgrade to the latest version 8.5 but I can no longer add any Visual Composer elements. The popup opens, all the elements appear, but clicking any one of them does not happen. Now if I edit any component that was already on the page I usually get it.
I have uploaded again all the files of the theme, including the plugin and did not solve.
I also tried to disable all plugins leaving only Visual Composer and nothing. I currently use a child theme:
http://catholicus.org.br/
I look forward to a return as soon as possible.
Thank you!
Hi,
Using that row layout provides the same results for me as well
– https://www.screencast.com/t/U52Ku73Ia
You should try to use only the recommended row layouts in Visual composer
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-use-visual-composer/
Or create a row layout like this, there should be no problem
– https://www.screencast.com/t/OxPVkCL1baRE
– https://www.screencast.com/t/SvVO99l14
– https://www.screencast.com/t/SWgzmiqy
If you are planing to use Visual composer as the page builder for your website, you should deactivate the tagDiv composer plugin. Visual composer specific elements or layouts may be affected by the tagDiv composer.
Thanks
I have been trying to add the TD column text element to page, but cannot for the life of me figure out how this works, something that should be so straight forward.
Bogdan (tagdiv support) in a previous thread claims is works exactly the same as in Visual Composer… REALLY! I am not finding that at all. Adding text and the ability to customize that text, is so much easier and better in VC than with tagdiv composer… I am finding anyway!
Here is a short video which shows the difficulty I am having adding text to page > http://nimb.ws/uA9yGr
Some help and guidance with this would be much appreciated, as I am losing the will to live trying to get some simple text added.
Hi,
So you want to place multiple video embeds on a column. You could simply use text with title elements and enter the video links in them
– https://www.screencast.com/t/UlAueY7PXBnR
The result will be like this – https://www.screencast.com/t/00s7FGqgHxf
If you use Visual composer the solution could be the same, text with title elements and links inserted in their content.
Thanks
Can you please tell me how to make the option for an Editor to get the “Edit with TD Composer” mode? Right when our editor is in Editor mode, she can edit a page with access to Visual and Text editor only. She does not see the “TD Compose” option. Can you let me know how to give access to users set to Editor role?
Hello,
There are some problems with the td-composer plugin in combination with a composerized WordPress (http://composer.rarst.net/). The following code:
$parse_uri = explode( 'wp-content', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] );
require_once( $parse_uri[0] . 'wp-load.php' );
in
wp-content/plugins/td-composer/includes/wpeditor.php creates warnings (wp-load file not found) and the visual editor doesn’t open.
It’s better to use ABSPATH since that will always work:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_base/abspath/
Thank You for answer, Simon.
This new functionality in v.8.5 is very nice, but we develop our site on template version 8.0, and because we modified many things (in the code, style.css, etc.) we cannot migrate to v.8.5 easily.
In our case, when we stretched the site to 1200px we observed, that some of thumbnails and other elements does not visualised right. Except in style.css, is there a need to modify some other file in template?
Hello,
Since today, Visual COmposer stopped working, it just shows the source code in the admin page editor. I think thats because I updated wordpress to latest version.
How can I fix that?
Frontend works correctly, is only backend where Visual Composer doesnt load.
Thanks.
Hi,
Ok. Thank you.. my bad =)
Another question:
I would like to show all my posts excerpts on my homepage.
I know i can do it with Visual Composer.
But if i use example “Block 12” it will show post excerpts in computer, but in mobile it shows only title?
Is there anything to do, so it would show also the excerpts in mobile view?
Hi,
Please try and deactivate the tagDiv composer from the plugins section. This composer has a different functionality for the single image, which interacts with Visual composer.
If you decided to use Visual composer as the page builder, deactivate the tagDiv composer.
Thanks
Hi Chris, my hero 🙂
I did as you recommended last time, delete and copy theme, that worked, you are the best. :))
I am hosted with http://www.wealthyaffiliate.com and their site health indicates too many plugins. I stripped already down as much as possible, even decided to move my forum to a second website to keep my newspaper on speed.
These plugins are active, I hope you can help me with this one, I use the coming soon pro as I am not launched yet and this way i can prepare till the website is ready:
AccessPress Social Auto Post
A plugin to publish your wordpress posts to various social networks
Coming Soon Pro
wpshopmart wordpress coming soon pro plugin
Coupon Wheel For WooCommerce and WordPress
One nice gamified exit-intent popup plugin 🙂
tagDiv Composer
tagDiv Multi-Purpose
Design and build awesome landing pages to grow your website.
tagDiv Social Counter
Social counter for WordPress. Widget and visual composer block.
User Activity Log Pro
Log the activity of users to monitor your site with actions
WP Meta SEO
WP Meta SEO is a plugin for WordPress to fill meta for content, images and main SEO info in a single view.
WP Meta SEO Addon
WP Meta SEO Addon brings your website ranking to the next level with advanced tools like SEO Email reports, automatic 404 URL fix and more
Hi, i was trying to put up some content so that my category pages can rank for strong keywords. I added up around 1000 words on category description. The sad thing was that the tagdiv composer does not work on category description. As i couldnot style them well the page looks horrible now.
Later i tried some tab codes with custom css. Now it looks better. But the css conflics at few places. So i was thinking if the theme dev’s can provide some style shortcodes. I thought about visual composer, but i really dont want to use any other content builder without tagdiv composer and the style short codes should not be that hard since many wordpress themes used to provide 3-4 years back.
Here is how my page looks now,
https://www.pcbuilderbd.com/c/gaming-professional-pc-price-bangladesh/
Anyone looking to style their category description, you will find the mark up here, i made few changes in css though (Let me know if you need them)
https://codepen.io/oknoblich/pen/tfjFl
Hi,
I’ve created the site and it works fine on laptops and phones and have managed to troubleshoot everything with browsing through the forum which is great, however I can’t find a solution to my problem.
My problem is that on tablets – you can see images here
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yzK4vIdcgSZtcehp-tzzIlERNsAH1tgO
1. The sidebar is cut off (no matter whether portrait or landscape)
2. The images on my pages/posts are also cut off (portrait and landscape)
I have used the widgetised sidebar and visual composer on all pages and then I’ve used the td composer to edit the image sizes so they appear correct, which they do on laptops and phone, just not on tablets. Please help.
If you’re using an outdated TagDiv themes like Newspaper or Newsmag and you suspect that your website might be infected, you can verify through our free SiteCheck scanner. Update the themes to patch the vulnerability, then inspect your blog for suspicious users. We also advise that you test your settings, change your passwords, and scan your server for any backdoors that may have been left behind.
Also, worth checking the changelog for each new version of Newsmag to check what has been patched, including any security fix.
Much like updating WordPress to fix security flaw in core WP code.
But, check your site with the Securi free scanner, and that way you will know you’re okay 🙂
CHANGELOG:
Version 4.2 – November 17, 2017
misc: Visual Composer plugin updated to the latest version
misc: Compatibility with WordPress 4.9
fix: Weather forecast
Version 4.1 – November 1st, 2017
misc: Visual Composer plugin updated to the latest version
misc: Revolution Slider plugin updated to the latest version
fix: Weather widget
fix: XSS Security issue
fix: Background click ad
Version 4.0 – July 13th, 2017
new: Challenging you to be more creative and productive, we’ve added the first page builder ever created for blogs, news and magazine websites. Newsmag 4 brings you tagDiv Composer – a lighter, faster and more efficient way to build your site. Ready to be used right on the frontend, easier than ever, seeing every change instantly.
new: Live frontend LESS and CSS editor. This allows you to quickly add CSS or LESS quick to any page of your site
new: News Magazine demo
new: Clear Voice demo
new: Sound Square demo
new: Buttons that are available in the format menu
The list of modified files
Version 3.3.1 – January 26th, 2017
fix: We modified the login modal window code to only appear on the page when front page login is enabled. This makes sure that some versions of Chrome browser will not mark the site as “Not Secure”.
“Responsive” Google Adsense ads are not displaying properly using Custom Ad shortcodes. Below is code from my Google Adsense account for a “Responsive Link Ad” (client and slot numbers redacted).
<script async src=”//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js”></script>
<!– Responsive Link Ad –>
<ins class=”adsbygoogle”
style=”display:block”
data-ad-client=”ca-pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”
data-ad-slot=”xxxxxxxxxx”
data-ad-format=”link”></ins>
<script>
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
</script>
I performed two tests. First, I entered the Adsense code from Google for a “Responsive Link Ad” in Custom Ad 2. I placed the shortcode [td_block_ad_box spot_id="custom_ad_2"] in the visual editor. After saving, you’ll see the ad appears as 336×280 link ad, not a responsive ad.
1. Responsive Adsense code entered in Custom Ad 2 of theme panel. https://www.screencast.com/t/5gHxCVjMJ
2. Shortcode inserted in visual editor. https://www.screencast.com/t/eiRIrnXd
3. Ad display using shortcode (appears as 336×280 link ad and not as a responsive ad). https://www.screencast.com/t/eiRIrnXd
In my second test I didn’t use the shortcode, but manually added Google code in text editor at the end of the post. The responsive ad displays properly using this manual method.
4. Responsive Link Ad code entered manually in text (without shortcode). https://www.screencast.com/t/o3ZoLQcVw
5. When I enter Google code manual in the text editor, the ad displays properly. https://www.screencast.com/t/XmBscT3Mh
My conclusion is responsive Adsense ads do not display properly using Custom ad shortcodes.
Please let me know what additional information you need to recreate this bug.
Thanks!
Hello otfonseca,
Unfortunately, the theme was not been tested with this kind of layout, sorry! If you want to use the Visual Composer, please check the following useful guide here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-use-visual-composer/ The maximum recommended layout, in this case, is the 1/3+1/3+1/3 layout. Also, notice that if you want to use our multipurpose plugin you can use the 1/4+1/4+1/4+1/4 layout but only for multipurpose elements.
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
The tagDiv composer can only be used on pages, that would be recommended for Visual composer as well to ensure proper results
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-use-visual-composer/
Thanks
I found the bug, (and it is a bug!)
I tackled the problem with renewed determination and got results. I’m looking more fondly on TD Composer this morning.
The bug occurred because I was testing a column text block to see if custom css could prevent the padding of a text block title but not the text below it.
While the text padding moves the text away from a border (good), the ‘me-too’ header padding leaves an unsightly white strip beside the colored background of the header (bad). I need to make it clear that Custom CSS was empty while creating (and re-creating endlessly) this bug.
So . . .
Home Page Layout:
• Full width row with banner image
• 2/3:1/3 row with ‘td-ss-row’ added class to make the 1/3 row sticky.
• inner row 1/2:1/2 .
• several blocks in each of the two columns, a mix of column text and raw html blocks
At the bottom of the left hand column (as it turns out bug will work at any place up or down the column) I put a default column text block. I changed the title to ‘Test Title Adjust” but I was happy with the default text (it was only a test, after all!)
-
so I did not change it
. I gave the block an all-around border and padded it left and right in order to create the unsightly header I was hoping to correct.
It saved fine the first time in TD Composer and displayed correctly in the page. However, TD composer did not append a [/vc_column_text] shortcode to close this block with its default text.
When I next open then save this page in TD Composer (without doing anything else), it is apparently confused by the [vc_column_text beginning. . . .] but no [/vc_column_text] shortcode to close the block.
Its response to the confusion is rather strange! At the head of the second column, it adds a second pair of quote marks like so: [vc_column_inner width=”1/2”] becomes [vc_column_inner width=””1/2””]. This breaks the layout, placing a full width second column under the ½ width first column. (repeat visits to TD Composer seem to sprinkle pairs of quotes in places down the second column, but I haven’t really explored that.)
Removing the extra quote marks around the column width restores the layout (only momentarily, if the padded default text box does not have new text added to trigger the adding of [/vc_column_text].)
Demand that users change the text? Otherwise don’t create the box? Alert box them if they don’t? Add the closing shortcode anyway?
So, continuing on, it seems, I’m still playing with the column text block title that I’m trying to ‘unpad’. I can get every title including standalone titles to ‘unpad’ by using custom css ‘.block-title{ margin-left: -4px}’ but that leaves all the standalone titles jutting left and looking unsightly. Any ideas on how I can identify only those titles within a text box?
Thanks for the offer of the refund, but I’m perfectly happy with Newspaper and TD Composer (much better than Visual Composer) for the photo magazine blog for which I bought the theme and for which it is licensed.
I’ve been taking a liberal interpretation of localhost usage to try the theme out for a client looking to port a much more text-based DNN website to WordPress (which will, if and when it sees the light of day, require a new purchase/license.) This is the project I’m not so sure about, but finding the bug has certainly improved my mood!
Regards,
Alan
Hi!
I’m trying to achieve a homepage header like the Law, Spa and Smart App demos. I disabled tagDiv composer because crashed my website 3 times.
Can I achieve that using visual composer?
Thanks!
