- NewspaperFlex Block Builder and Flex Loop Builder
- NewspaperModules Builder in Newspaper Theme
- NewspapertagDiv Shop
- NewspapertagDiv Composer Tutorial
- NewspaperCreate Custom Code with the browser’s Inspector or the Live CSS Box
- NewspaperCompare theme files – Winmerge tutorial
- NewspaperHow to update the WPBakery Page Builder plugin
- NewspaperBlock settings tutorial
- NewspaperPost Formats (for TinyMCE)
- NewspaperFont Customization
- NewspaperBackground Introduction
- NewspaperFooter Builder
- NewspaperFavicon & iOS Bookmarklet
So I was told that I’m forced to use visual composer only on my site. Which I’m doing. I wanted to setup one of the template homepages that were included with the theme as my new home page.
http://streamtheplanet.com/homepage-newsmag/
However whats happening is that the pre-set layout has visual composer columns in it, and those columns are not showing up.
I’ve made no modification to the page, this is the preset homepage that came with the theme.
I saw your reply. So you can choose to use only one or the other TagDiv or Visual Composer, and because my old pages were originally created with visual composer there is no way to move to tag composer?
Hello,
Visual composer cannot be updated from the plugin author. Please use this guide:
https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin/
As for the Chinese symbols, please check this topic: https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/strange-chinese-symbols-replaced-icons-and-arrows/
Thank you!
Hello visual-h,
I suggest you make a new clean install from scratch via FTP way according to our documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/install-via-ftp/ Also, if you are using some untested plugins which can interact with the theme core files, try to disable all of these and use only the plugins that come bundled with the theme core files and rule out any conflicting plugins. Clear all the caches and check the results.
Thanks for your understanding!
No one is forcing you to use the new tagdiv page builder. You can still use visual composer just as before. Simply disable the tagdiv page builder if you do not like it.
Thanks.
This builder is a total nonsense. Very hard to implement any custom post type, to get effects like we can have with visual composer addons,…+
+ it is onlyfront end, which can be nice for beginners but impossible to handle for experts…
+ lets talk of SEO impact of those “builders” which cant be reviewed easily…A NIGHTMARE.
I loved your theme but i wont use it anymore because of this !
Hi,
The shop page was not created in the tagdiv composer but rather in visual composer as there was no tagdiv composer back when we first created the shop page.
You can create your very own shop page and have it look like you want it to by adding woocommerce elements to the page using the woocommerce shortcodes provided by the plugin.
Our shop page has a simple image then a text block with a few lines and a woocommerce shortcode added on a 2/3 layout and a sidebar on the other 1/3 row
It is simple, not very complex to create in the page builder. Please read this guide to learn how to use the page builder: https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-composer-tutorial/ and read the woocommerce documentation to see the different shortcodes that can be used for pages.
I have tested the add to card option but it works fine on our end: https://www.screencast.com/t/3nIPOOHPr
Please disable all plugins except the page builder, 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 functionality of the theme.
Thank you!
Hello MarcoXX,
I have inspected your website and I saw that you have some errors through your console, as you can see here -> https://www.screencast.com/t/rRvD8DsvfDi2 Also, I saw that you are using some untested plugins which can interact with the theme core files and cause a lot of unknown issues. Please try to disable all of them, leave just Visual Composer to active, clear all the caches and check the results. Also, if the problem is still there, try to make a new clean install from scratch, via FTP way, clear all the caches and check the results.
Hope this helps and let us know how it goes!
Thanks for your understanding!
Hello,
I have inspected your website and I saw that you are using the Mobile Theme, right? Please notice that plugin is such different than the general responsive mobile. So, if you are using the Mobile Theme plugin, notice that all the pages which use a Visual Composer/ TD Composer shortcodes will not be recognized for this and that’s why you bring these shortcodes for your mobile view mode. For more information about this theme’s concept, please check the following documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/the-mobile-theme/
Thanks for the message!
Hello,
If you want to change the posts shown on the homepage, you will have to learn how to use the page builder to add, remove content and to change it based on your preference. Please use this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-use-visual-composer/
For the block settings please use this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/newsmag-block-settings-tutorial/
Thank you!
Hello,
Please make sure you do not use both page builders at the same time. If you used visual composer on posts and activated the tagdiv composer (it activates automatically in version 8.1) then there can be such layout issues as having 2 page builders conflicts with one another.
Thanks.
Hello bookerg,
First of all, please ensure that you have right installed the latest version of theme via FTP way because this is the surest theme method and then, please check the following useful documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/visual-composer-tagdiv-composer-transition/ -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-composer-tutorial/ because there you will found all the steps which are required to following in order to correctly used our page builder.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for your understanding!
Hello Danny,
1)Errors happened during tdcIframeData.init() -> bindViewsModelsWrappers()!
Please do not use this setting in Seo by Yoast:
https://www.screencast.com/t/n8Cc35EofLh Also, if you are using the WP Super Cache plugin, please ensure that has been right setup according to our documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/
2)Also, the third important rule is to do not edit a page which was created with Visual Composer with TD Composer.
Also, I have inspected your website and I saw that you are using some untested plugins which can interact with the theme core files and causes a lot of unknown issues like this.
For more information about how you should use our page builder in correct way on our theme, please check the following useful tutorial here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/visual-composer-tagdiv-composer-transition/ -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-composer-tutorial-2/
Clear all the caches and check the results.
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
1)Errors happened during tdcIframeData.init() -> bindViewsModelsWrappers()!
Please do not use this setting in Seo by Yoast:
https://www.screencast.com/t/n8Cc35EofLh Also, if you are using the WP Super Cache plugin, please ensure that has been right setup according to our documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/
2)Also, the third important rule is to do not edit a page which was created with Visual Composer with TD Composer.
Also, I have inspected your website and I saw that you are using some untested plugins which can interact with the theme core files and causes a lot of unknown issues like this.
For more information about how you should use our page builder in correct way on our theme, please check the following useful tutorial here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/visual-composer-tagdiv-composer-transition/ -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-composer-tutorial-2/
Clear all the caches and check the results.
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
There are two composers provided in the theme package at the moment, Visual composer and tagDiv composer. Each one can be used along with the theme.
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-composer-tutorial/
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-use-visual-composer/
Other builders are not tested and may not work properly.
You could deactivate these plugins and delete them from the plugins section if that is required, and make tests with the editor you mention. Any content created with one of the two page editors will probably have to be recreated with the new builder.
Thanks
Hi,
The recommended editor to be used is the tagDiv composer
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-composer-tutorial/
This composer can only be used for pages. Visual composer is meant to be used only for pages as well in the theme
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-use-visual-composer/
In future theme updates, more options and features will be added exclusively for the tagDiv composer.
Having both editors active can cause layout issues, elements specific to Visual composer will not display property when the tagDiv composer is active. There is a level of similarity between the two editors, in order to make the transition to the new editor easier
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/visual-composer-tagdiv-composer-transition/
Thanks
Hello,
I need to use both tagDiv and WPBakery on my site. On one hand, tagDiv Composer is perfect for the homepage, on the other hand I need WPBakery for the articles.
The problem is that when both composers are active, the layout of the articles created with WPBakery is completely messed up. Apparently the only layout option that works is the one with 3 columns. It is not a CSS problem, the width classes are missing from the column div (ex: td-pb-span3 for 4 columns)
Is there any solution to use both of the composers but on different pages?
Thank you
I need some guidance on what is/is not affected by updating. The help documentation and videos are ambiguous, imo good examples of information being provided by people who already know the answers and find it difficult to put themselves in the mindset of people who don’t. My points may seems obvious to tech people, but are not to me, and judging by the number of post-update-panic-posts in the forums, they are not to many other users too.
For me, upgrading to 8.0 went from the quick and easily hour set aside indicated by the video, to a weekend of my life I will never see again. I want to avoid the same again. By example in your docs it says “Once you activate a different theme, delete the Newspaper theme. Don’t worry, your content will not be lost.” The documentation also mentions code. But nowhere does it mention the effect on the hugely important and time consuming settings?
So i would appreciate it if you could clarify which of these headings will be affected by updating (and ideally any steps to be taken post update). I’ve started with the two I think I am clear on …
EFFECT OF UPDATING
Bespoke Code (including, but not necessarily limited to, anything entered into theme panel/custom code and theme panel/mobile theme/custom code): All will be overwritten. Must be copied out and re-applied.
Content (posts and pages): No effect, all will be retained.
Theme Panel Settings (all under header, footer, ads, layout and misc): ??? (if they are affected can the export/import settings tool be used – it states ‘to copy to another server’, and does not specify whether it would work between different theme versions. Is there anything not included in that settings export?
Mobile Theme: ???
Visual and TagDiv Pagebuilder elements used on posts & pages: ???
Demo Theme: ???
Licence key/activation: ???
METHOD OF UPDATING
in the documentation it gives alternative methods of updating, without any indication any are better than others. However i have noticed that in the forum when problems occur it is often stated that people should re-upgrade using the ftp method. does this indicate that the ftp method is more stable/reliable way of updating? I expect many of us will go for what appears the easiest method (wordpress) but if we knew ftp was a better way would jump through the extra hoops to do it that way.
I hope you can see that armed with that information I can see whether the benefits of an upgrade are worth the potential hassle, and also get a better idea of the realistic time it will take.
Thank you.
Hi Simion,
many thanks for your feedback!
I’ve tested the demo page you shared, and works fine from all devices and browsers.
It’s not easy to say under which circumstances my personal devices (mac and windows 10 pc) don’t visualize my page correctly, cause they just don’t, as shown in the screenshots I’ve shared.
The page that doesn’t work and I would like to be the home page moving forward is the following:
https://www.sgaialand.it/sgaialand-magazine-home/
With the relative code:
[vc_row][vc_column][td_block_big_grid_4 category_id=”” td_grid_style=”td-grid-style-1″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=""][vc_column][td_block_video_youtube playlist_yt=”Aq9mvcNmX5A, uHh58pMmXJA, nelwu6quals, VMEqn3vEXu0, PPpEnoZb6nQ, AuG1UAcexNs, LPmlnk7FLXU, Wjb-eYCCsK4, 5-vxMQ-aCLQ, ecsnsnPHxO0, sHZ9ir5YyQU, LH4A-AyLUc0, VY3sAFcU6ok” playlist_title=”SgaiaTube”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][td_block_4 custom_title="ARTICOLI RECENTI" offset="3" block_template_id="" limit="4"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][td_block_ad_box spot_id="custom_ad_1"][td_block_17 custom_title=”SGAIA BLOG” category_id=”1471″ limit=”1″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][td_block_4 category_id="14" custom_title="EVENTI" block_template_id="" limit="3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][td_block_14 custom_title=”LO SCATTO DELLE MERAVIGLIE” category_id=”1156″ limit=”3″ ajax_pagination=”load_more” td_ajax_filter_type=”” tdc_css=”eyJhbGwiOnsicGFkZGluZy1ib3R0b20iOiIxIn19″ block_template_id=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][td_block_11 category_id=”9″ limit=”3″ custom_title=”TRAVEL” tdc_css=”eyJhbGwiOnsiYm9yZGVyLXN0eWxlIjoiaW5oZXJpdCJ9fQ==”][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][td_block_3 custom_title="FOOD" category_id="5" limit="2" ajax_pagination="next_prev"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][td_block_instagram instagram_id="prendila_sgaia" instagram_header="off" instagram_images_per_row="5" instagram_number_of_rows="" instagram_margin="2" custom_title="I VOSTRI #PRENDILASGAIA SU INSTAGRAM" block_template_id=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row tdc_css="eyJhbGwiOnsicGFkZGluZy1ib3R0b20iOiIwIn19"][vc_column width="2/3"][td_block_2 custom_title="INNOVAZIONE" category_id="1" limit="8"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="16094" height="250" image_url="http://www.myho.it/" open_in_new_window="yes"][td_block_17 custom_title=”SPORT” limit=”1″ category_id=”704″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][td_block_3 custom_title="LIFESTYLE" category_id="726" limit="3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][td_block_5 custom_title="FASHION & BEAUTY" limit="6" category_id="" category_ids="4, 7"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][td_block_14 limit=”3″ custom_title=”ARTE” category_id=”700″][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][td_block_14 custom_title=”CULTURA & SPETTACOLO” limit=”3″ category_id=”2″][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][td_block_14 custom_title=”ARREDO & DESIGN” limit=”3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Maybe the two things are not related, but I noticed that from my personal devices I also can’t save changes in the theme panel. I can do it from the same computers that can visualize the page above correctly.
Hope this helps, thanks again for your help.
Kind regards
Thanks! That solved the issue.
Also got this response from Visual Composer about this:
“The issue is because theme author has modified our default column classes using: https://wpbakery.atlassian.net/wiki/display/VC/Change+CSS+Class+Names+in+Output
You can get in touch with him and get rid of the above code to get it back. Kindly check.”
Anyway – it seems to be solved now.
Hello hawks1322,
First of all, I’ll thank you for using our items! So, please notice that we do not recommend using twice page builder as twice because could appear some conflicts. For more information about this case, please check the following topic here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/visual-composer-tagdiv-composer-transition/ -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-composer-tutorial/
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
If you want to use the Visual composer editor further, you can deactivate and delete the tagDiv composer editor from the plugins section. Please note that it will be installed and activated automatically when the theme is installed and updated
– https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-composer-tutorial/
Thanks
Hi,
Yes that is how the link is defined in a Visual composer button
– https://www.screencast.com/t/diXK2YgobE
You can create the button on a test page, configure it and see if it works, then use the code in the text widget.
Thanks
Hi Magdalena,
1)Errors happened during tdcIframeData.init() -> bindViewsModelsWrappers()!
Please do not use this setting in Seo by Yoast:
https://www.screencast.com/t/n8Cc35EofLh Also, if you are using the WP Super Cache plugin, please ensure that has been right setup according to our documentation here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/
2)Also, the third important rule is to do not edit a page which was created with Visual Composer with TD Composer.
Also, I have inspected your website and I saw that you are using some untested plugins which can interact with the theme core files and causes a lot of unknown issues like this.
For more information about how you should use our page builder in correct way on our theme, please check the following useful tutorial here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/visual-composer-tagdiv-composer-transition/ -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/tagdiv-composer-tutorial-2/
Clear all the caches and check the results.
Thanks for your understanding!
My pages are still messed up 3 weeks after my initial support request. I emailed tagDiv directly but was told by one person “your site is completely messed up’ and another said “everything is working fine”. Must have spent all of 20 seconds looking into it.
Current advice is:
“Either recreate the pages with the tagDiv composer, or deactivate it and keep using Visual composer.”
Seriously you suggest I should recreate 130 pages of detailed content with a completely different composer (which doesn’t even include many of the elements I have used with visual composer)? Good job I don’t have ten thousand pages eh?
Deactivating tagDiv, gives me the error described in my first post:
“/web/sites/steve83/cancuncare.com/wp-content/themes/Newspaper/includes/wp_booster/td_api.php wp booster error: Missing parameter: ‘file’ /web/sites/steve83/cancuncare.com/wp-content/themes/Newspaper/includes/wp_booster/td_autoload_classes.php” and none of my sites pages work.
Re-creating the affected pages with Visual composer from scratch just gives the same error results.
I have tried deleting all plugins, all theme files and reinstalling everything except the database multiple times. Spent several tens of hours on this and still no further on, and still have a broken site that wasn’t broken before 8.1.
You really shouldn’t have introduced a completely new composer rendering visual composer useless when it was perfectly fine, at the very least ensure visual composer still works while adding tagDiv composer. There are threads daily about this same issue. Not happy.
