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Hello,
The homepage does not have a standard sidebar if it;s created in visual composer so any custom code can be added on the homepage in the page builder.
If you want to alter the page template php, then you will need to edit the page template file that you use on your page:
https://www.screencast.com/t/ttPqhLDBo
Here are the page templates available in our theme: https://forum.tagdiv.com/page-templates-2/
Thank you!
Hello,
I tested the tabs again but nothing was found. The tabs work exactly like before.
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.
Let us know how it goes.
Thank you!
Hi,
If this is not a server issue, please try to deactivate all your plugins except Visual composer, clear the cache, purge cdn files and check again. Also you could use the WP Super Cache for your website, here is a guide to help you with the configuration – https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/ This tutorial is also useful and you should follow the steps mentioned to improve page loading speed – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
Thanks
Hello,
Please leave just wp super cache and visual composer active (disable all other plugins) and then use these settings for the plugin: https://forum.tagdiv.com/cache-plugin-install-and-configure/
Then clear cache afterwards.
Let us know how it goes.
Thank you!
Hello,
There must be something wrong about your file as the file from the last version has 979 lines of code, not 911
We do not get this error on any of our installs using php 7.0.
First, try to 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.
If the error is still there, please try to reinstall the theme using this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/install-via-ftp/
Thank you!
Hello,
Please try to increase your system status parameters as this guide shows: https://forum.tagdiv.com/system-status-parameters-guide/
If you use the wordfence plugin, please set the firewall to learning mode.
If this is not the case, then 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.
Let us know how it goes.
Thank you!
Hello,
I checked your site but I see captions on your images like so: https://www.screencast.com/t/uZkLxTNX
Do certain images get a caption and certain ones don’t? Usually a problem affects all images not just particular ones.
If this is the case, please try to 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 the latest version of visual composer is not yet available. We will include it in the next theme update. When the update is released, please use this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/newsmag-how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin/
Thank you!
Hello,
Please try to switch to a wp default theme and see if the spaces come from the theme or not. I can say for sure the theme does not add any spaces or remove spaces on your content. Plugins can do this though so it could be a plugin conflict. If on a WP default theme the spaces are ok, then please try to 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 there,
Is there any way to update Visual Composer without updating everything? Just because I have a couple of customizations in my theme.
Please enlighten me.
Thanks in advance.
Best,
Zen
Hi,
We are sorry that you feel that way about the theme. Every user is entitled to his own opinion, we try our best to solve all the issues, if possible.
1. These are the plugins that are recommended to be used along with the theme, and periodically tested to work properly – https://www.screencast.com/t/zEaZ8Amv As it can be seen the WordPress SEO by Yoast is on that list so it is fully compatible. Here you can find a guide to help you configure it – https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo/ if you are having problems.
Also the theme has only one stylesheet by default and I believe that you are using a plugin for optimization, that could be causing these results.
2. These are all the blocks available in Visual composer as it can be seen in the demo – https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-1/ also the big grids – https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/big-grid-1/ and we are sorry that you can not find one to suit your purposes.
3. Unfortunately at the present time you will just have to ignore the activation message from Visual composer, a solution may be provided within a future update regarding this.
Please consider that the Newspaper theme is and always was in a continuous improvement process, and the developer team is always looking to satisfy our customers with optimizations in every possible field. If you are not happy with your purchase, you can always request a refund and we will approve it.
Thank you for understanding!
Hi,
This is most likely caused by a plugin or customization to the theme, causing issues with the transitioning opacity set on the images, which fails to load properly. As suggested above, try to disable all the plugins except Visual composer and clear the cache to see if the problem persists. A quick fix that might work for you, would be to try and disable the lazy load feature in theme panel – https://www.screencast.com/t/cyYcMGRuR
Also if you should consider updating the theme to the latest version, as well as the bundled plugins, here is a guide to help you through the update process – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme-2/
Thanks
Hello mdgstudio,
I suppose that you have a js error which is caused by your untested plugins. Try to disable all of them, leave just Visual Composer to active, clear all your caches and install only the plugins that come bundled with the theme packet and rule out any conflicting plugins. Clear all your caches and check the results.
Thanks for the message!
Dear Support,
This theme is absolutely useless for the garbage.
1. Not tested with SEO Tool
Your webpage is using 46 inline CSS styles!
Optimize CSS Delivery /Newspaper/style.css?ver=7.7.1 / demos/black/demo_style.css?ver=7.7.1 …..
a lot of unnecessary code #bbpress-forums li.bbp-header ……
<!–
Theme: Newspaper by tagDiv 2016
Version: 7.7.1 (rara)
Deploy mode: deploy
uid: 58c7e1411afc3
–>
….
2. No useful Blocks with text only / for example
Block16 (Titel + Text – no image)
Block21 (Titel + Text – no image)
M6 (Titel + Text – no image)
M16 (Titel + Text – no image)
It is only colorful but the essential is the text….
3. Always the hint at dashboard, to register the WPBakery Visual Composer module.
Google, Bing etc. offer these tools, because without clean code these search engines do not index the pages and this is essential.
This theme can only be rated with a star, only colorful but without the most important points.
Hi,
This could also be caused by the hosting server you are using, if it does not meet even the minimum theme requirements as specified here – https://forum.tagdiv.com/requirements-for-newspaper/ Try to contact your host and see if this is the case, and ask them to make the needed modifications. These errors could also be seen in the server error log.
We are aware that the Visual composer editor is getting bigger with each update, and becoming heavy in resource usage. But if the server meets these requirements, and a clean install is made, using only the plugins provided with the theme, everything should work properly. Please let us know how it goes.
Thanks
Hi,
1. In order to make the next/prev posts from the single post page display only posts in the same category, you would have to modify the theme code, because there is no option available for this at the moment. Here is where the code is defined – https://www.screencast.com/t/JyuBk2lop if you have the proper coding skills to make the modifications. But please note that this could prove to be a difficult task, so I suggest hiring a developer/freelancer to help you achieve this, because we can not provide custom work at the moment, sorry.
2. The popular category block should order the categories by post count, with the most popular displayed first. Check to see if there have been any modifications to the file responsible with the sorting – https://www.screencast.com/t/yxBHg20P5 This could also be caused by a child theme used, or by a plugin. If you can try to deactivate the child theme and all the plugins except Visual composer, then clear the cache and see if the problem is still there.
Thank you for understanding!
Hi,
You can use the slider element from Visual composer for your page – https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/ios-slider/ Here you can see what image sizes this element is using – https://www.screencast.com/t/iRJ2o7q3Fs or you could use a Big grid slide – https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/big-grid-slide/
Please note that it would not be an easy task to modify the slider to a custom size, and it would require taking into account multiple changes to the elements and classes that are used.
Another option would be to use the Revolution slider provided with the theme – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-install-revolution-slider-v5/ Here is a link to the official documentation – https://www.themepunch.com/revslider-doc/slider-revolution-documentation/
Thanks
Try to disable all plugins except visual composer, clear cache and reset cdn files (if you use them).
Try reload Featured image for some articles (as an example) and check it one more time.
Hi,
You can use this guide to help you with the Visual composer plugin update – https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin/ The developers try their best to provide the latest plugin updates when available, as soon as possible.
Thanks
Hello KB281182,
First of all, I will thank you for your interests in our theme! Notice that all the required data is included in the packet which you have downloaded from Theme Forest. Yes, the Visual Composer comes bundled with this package, and it no requires some activation. You only install it according to our useful guide which can be read from here -> https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin/
Thanks for your understanding!
Hi,
I have tested this on my end – https://www.screencast.com/t/cODZ8vVfV and the twitter link displays works properly – https://www.screencast.com/t/lzk4aEFKoed – https://www.screencast.com/t/JGuY8sN2lPu
Maybe you have a plugin that is somehow interfering in this process, I suggest disabling all the plugins except Visual composer, clear the cache and try again and enter the link in the twitter field and see if it is saved accordingly, not just the username.
Thanks
Hello,
Please make sure the system status parameters are set according to this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/system-status-parameters-guide/
Also if you use wordfence, please set the firewall in learning mode.
A plugin conflict can also affect the theme panel 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,
On your pages you can use a widgetised sidebar element from Visual composer like this – https://www.screencast.com/t/LzIQaWXO as well as set a different sidebar for the latest articles section – https://www.screencast.com/t/Wt3TRBtK If the widget is displaying properly on the post page sidebar, it should work on other sidebars too, but also it might not be fully compatible with the theme.
Thanks
Hi,
I am not sure I understand what you are asking. You can find all the available ad settings in Theme panel->Ads – https://www.screencast.com/t/Y0kL4q4L and you can enter your ad code in the desired locations. You also have the option to use ads on your pages and sidebars, by adding the ad box element from Visual composer – https://www.screencast.com/t/bfdzeCu6R2 Please provide more details if this is not what you meant, so I can try to give you a solution.
Thanks
Hi,
Unfortunately the theme does not have the Read more feature on posts/pages. You can use however the post pagination inside the post content – https://forum.tagdiv.com/posts-with-pagination/ or these blocks that have the read more by default – https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-12/ – https://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/block-13/ for your pages, using Visual composer.
Thanks