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Hi,
We have not had any negative reports from our users related to this. I have inspected your website and I see that there are many js errors present – https://www.screencast.com/t/mqA19x5pd This is usually cause by a plugin or a plugin conflict that are interfering with the theme functionality. I suggest you try to disable all your plugins except the Visual composer, clear any caching installed and check to see if the errors are still present, using the browser inspector for example. The theme is tested and works properly but some problematic plugins can cause a lot of unexpected issues. If there are no more problems, try enabling the plugins one at a time, while checking for errors to hopefully spot the one causing this.
Also it is recommended to use the cache and speed optimization from the tutorials mentioned in the previous reply for best results.
Thanks
Hello,
I don’t know how to remove the old version because I’m using it trhough Newspaper Theme and Visual Composer plugin. I don’t even know code to edit the website, that’s why I’m using this composer.
What can I do?
Thanks
Hello,
Please use this guide to update your visual composer plugin. https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin/
Thank you!
Hello,
If you use wordfence, please set the firewall on learning mode first.
Then increase your system status parameters like so: https://forum.tagdiv.com/system-status-parameters-guide/
If this still does not fix it, 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 functionality of the theme.
Thank you!
Hello,
Sorry but still no go. The site cannot be reached. I have tried from my mobile device using the mobile data so the ISP was different but the site still cannot be reached. You maybe have a country block maybe. We are located in Romania.
Regarding your issue with comments, 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 functionality of the theme.
Thank you!
Hi,
You could try to follow the suggestion Bogdan provided in a similar topic – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/random-related-posts-from-other-categorys/ and use Visual composer on posts to create a block with the desired filters.
Or you can make modifications to the theme files as suggested in this topic – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/related-articles-3/ to display posts only from specific categories.
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I guess my point was, theme devs not going to make the theme mobile plugin setup for AMP, as this would introduce giant amount of support for people who don’t understand AMP or how it works.
For example the mobile plugin could support non https, and support javascript, and various things which AMP does not support, ad units, TagDiv API, speed booster hooks, etc.
It would be NICE if they had an AMP plugin that works like the mobile plugin, as separate paid product, perhaps, which could replace the one included with theme with specific guidelines on what it does and can never do. Two totally different things.
Making ONE mobile plugin for theme that worked for both mobile/noAMP and mobile/AMP would add huge amount of code bloat, also possible issues with adding the AMP end-points and hooks and all sorts of bizarro potential issues with folks who can’t even clear their caching when updating.
“In a perfect world…” sure, would be nice. But unlikely to happen anytime soon.
Frankly, I believe the “back end” skunkworks plan is more focused on developing a replacement for Visual Composer for their “ION” version and doing sideways dev on that which can be sold outside of ThemeForest as traditional foundry method (“direct sale”).
I got what you were saying about “wouldn’t it be nice if …” — I was just pointing out wasn’t going to happen based on working with them for 3+ years here.
The support overhead for that would be insurmountable from a business case standpoint. Look at all the issues with Facebook (“why doesn’t my photo show up…” or “why isn’t my views incrementing…” “why do I need a Facebook account to use the FB widget …” etc.). So, experienced devs already moving on making their own solution based on the available tools; newbies already confused by what AMP is, and unlikely to get the issues with search/replace of inline styles, ad unit custom inserts, etc.
It’s awesome we have so many active folk here actually “into” this stuff.
My opinions are only my own, so take all with grain of salt — sure you were doing that anyway 😉
But again, to get on with your life you really should consider this the way forward:
a) desktop > theme CSS (main URL)
b-1) mobile > theme CSS responsive (main URL)
b-2) mobile > theme plugin/CSS mobile (optional) with custom settings (main URL)
c) mobile > AMP compatible > AMP plugin + custom template (AMP endpoint)
You can only have 3 of the 4 options as it stands.
In our case we do a, b-1, c.
What you were wanting was a, b-2 – where b-2 has multi-thread option based on visitor including redirect to AMP endpoint vs normal URL.
Betcha box of gingerbread cookies you will have an eternal wait on that!
I talked to the creators of visual composer because my version won’t update and now causing issues. This is what they stated:
“The product license tab at your end is disabled by the theme author using vc_set_as_theme. You can get in touch with him and get rid of the above code from the theme to get it back. Once done, you can activate the license as per: https://vc.wpbakery.com/video-academy/install-visual-composer-plugin-wordpress/ to access auto-updates.”
Can you guys assist?
We’re experiencing 100% CPU load followed by a HTTP 503 error for a couple of minutes when doing either of the following operations:
– Saving a Visual Composer page
– Viewing “Backend editor” of a Visual Composer page
Disabling WordPress Heartbeat reduces the load a bit.
This worked fined before we migrated our site to a new web host.
We’ve removed all plugins, adding one after one to determine the culprit, and Visual composer seems to be the cause.
When contacting our web host we were told to contact the author of the plugin.
Any suggestions on how to proceed?
Thanks!
Hello lucas72,
Unfortunately, our theme has not been designed to use 5 columns, sorry! Please check here -> https://www.screencast.com/t/Xbe8EehxFj and there you will see our restrictions. For more information about how you can use Visual Composer, please consult here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/newsmag-how-to-use-visual-composer/
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
Please make sure you have the latest version of the social counter plugin, provided in the theme package. Enter just the Instagram user ID as shown in the previous reply – https://www.screencast.com/t/C1k7axsis2 disable all your plugins except Visual composer and the social counter, switch to the main theme if you are using a child theme, clear your cache again then check to see if it works properly. After you have done all these things, there should not be a reason for the social counter to not work properly, because it seems to work as intended on my end – https://www.screencast.com/t/gvmBGYzz
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Hi,
I can not think of a possible cause for this if all those settings are enabled in WordPress and in the post settings page – https://www.screencast.com/t/4OS2oxxUM and it is still not removed. Maybe this is caused by a plugin, you could try disabling all your plugins except Visual composer and clear any caching installed to see if this has any effect in this matter. This is unusual because I see that there is the possibility to post comments even though this issue is present.
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Hi,
This could be caused by a plugin maybe, or custom code entered in theme panel or added to the theme files. You could try as a test to disable all your plugins except Visual composer, clear any caching installed and check to see if the problem is fixed. Also go over any custom code you may have used. If you can not find the source of this issue you could try this code for a quick fix – https://www.screencast.com/t/OVgSvguWra9k – https://www.screencast.com/t/enik2Hil8wfs
.td_block_template_9
.td-block-title {
margin-top: 0;
}
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Hello,
This could be a plugin conflict so 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 functionality of the theme.
Also make sure you increase your system status parameters like so: https://forum.tagdiv.com/system-status-parameters-guide/
Thank you!
Hi,
This could be a plugin conflict so 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 functionality of the theme.
Thank you!
Hi,
You can update Visual composer using this guide – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin/ and use the latest version provided within the theme package.
I can see that the problem you were having has been resolved – https://www.screencast.com/t/HHB14peM7
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No. The AMP plugin replaces the mobile theme with the AMP version, where portions of the content get cached on Google servers under high demand as a CDN structure.
If you plan on using AMP as your main mobile element, then the theme mobile support is only used for those instances where AMP is not used.
You can modify the AMP templates however you wish.
Desktop => theme template
Mobile => theme template/mobile (optional)
Mobile AMP => AMP template via plugin
AMP has very specific requirements outside the scope of the theme.
For example, WordPress allowed you to use the visual editor to add <p style="center"> which is bad HTML in modern usage. This will cause AMP validation to fail.
Theme authors cannot spend the time to support the ins/outs of AMP which change over time, and for which there would be unreasonable amount of support time provided to those who don’t understand how WP works, how AMP works, and can’t RTFM.
It ONLY makes sense to use an “agnostic” plugin like the one from Automattic (we have been using it since Nov 2015). This puts the brunt of development/compliance on the backs of WordPress devs and not theme devs, since it gets used for all the tier 1 “VIP” WordPress sites like TIME magazine, etc.
Really — anybody who wants to implement AMP should look into using the AMP plugin, then learn to tweak per the requirements as that is “best” way to go to save yourself major headaches, pain, suffering, and torment!
It’s neither economically feasible nor support-smart to build entire AMP support into the theme, which is already provided by the plugin.
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Dear tagdiv;
I have never install visual composer. İ use only super cache plugin.
I have sent mail to you about login now. You can check my settings. Thank you so much. See you
Hi,
The default theme mega menu implementation without any modifications works properly. In your case I can see that the mega menu is not working as intended at the moment. I suggest you try disabling all your plugins except Visual composer and clear any caching installed, maybe some plugins are causing this issue. If the problem is still there and you ruled out the plugins, it means that modifications to the theme files are the cause. You could try to go over them and check for any mistakes or oversights if you have made any changes to the files.
The last step is to reinstall the theme, use only the plugins bundled with the theme and then everything should be displaying properly.
Thanks
Hi,
If you still are experiencing problems with the menu, maybe a plugin could be interfering with this process. Try disabling all your plugins except Visual composer, clear the cache and try to see if the issue is still present. If it is you can try as suggested a theme reinstall – https://forum.tagdiv.com/install-via-ftp/ – https://forum.tagdiv.com/install-via-wordpress/ with the latest version and also use only the plugins bundled with the theme package to test this. Also make sure you have the latest version of WordPress installed.
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Hello,
It seems the re is no top margin at all on posts. Did you remove any rules from the css file? The top margin is nowhere to be found in the code either. 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 functionality of the theme.
Thank you!
Hello,
This could be a plugin conflict so 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 functionality of the theme.
Thank you!
Hello arslankerim,
I have checked your source page and I saw that you are suing some untested plugins which can interact with the theme core files and cause a lot of unknown issues, like bwp-minify, sorry! You should disable all of them, leave just Visual Composer, clear all your caches and install only the plugins that come bundled with the theme core files and rule out any conflicting plugins.
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
Unfortunately there is no tutorial or documentation for installing the demos that way. The demos are meant to be installed through the theme panel automatically. Trying to install a demo by parts could be more difficult then the one click default installation.
Just to get an idea, inside the demo folders you can find the homepage layout for example – https://www.screencast.com/t/BPtQEcII that can be used in Visual composer, the demo css and less files – https://www.screencast.com/t/NAiSRWIjn or the settings from theme panel – https://www.screencast.com/t/A754eoeyLT that are imported when you install a demo. But there are more elements that can not be added in a different way, only by installation process through the import feature.
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Hi,
Usually these kind of issues are solved by disabling problematic plugins and the modifications to the parameters mentioned above. You could try a fresh theme install with the latest version, maybe something went wrong during the installation process – https://forum.tagdiv.com/install-via-ftp/ and use only the Visual composer plugin provided in the theme package, then make some tests to check if this problem occurs. Only after this consider changing servers, too see if this has any effect in this matter.
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