Hi, I hope someone can help with an issue I have with the category page template/settings on my website.
This is an example of one of my category pages and the specific problems I’m having are:
- – The top bar with category dropdown menu doesn’t appear
- – The breadcrumbs are misaligned (although I am using Yoast breadcrumbs
- – The latest five posts from the category are not showing
- – The pagination is duplicated at the footer of the page
I installed the Fashion demo website to use its design features and you can see the sort of layout I’m hoping to achieve here.
But no changes I make in the theme panel are taking affect, even after I clear the cache.
I can’t figure out why the category pages are not displaying as hoped? Also, this pagination issue appears on my Author pages – although I have no other issues with those.
Hi boroguide,
“– The top bar with category dropdown menu doesn’t appear”
Make sure that the option is enable from theme panel https://i.imgur.com/L1qy0Zy.png
For you can use a custom css like this one https://i.imgur.com/smx3SAh.png
The code need to be set in theme panel> custom code> custom css
.td_category_template_1 .entry-crumbs {
display: block;
}
Unfortunately I do not know what the posts that should be the latest five posts from the category, please let me know them.
The duplicate pagination can be from an extra plugin that you are using, please make a test, disable all non theme plugins and check again.
Also another alternative is to use a custom css to hide one of them.
Thank you!
Thanks for your reply Calin.
The CSS has fixed the alignment of the breadcrumbs, thank you.
For the dropdown menu, I have this setting enabled via the Theme Panel – plus the Top Posts style. But this isn’t having an effect: https://imgur.com/a/kQuXeNv
I changed the Top Posts style from Grid 1 to Grid 3, which means that only three posts are now not showing – rather than five. The theme panel settings are having an effect in that sense. All three are the most recent:
- https://www.boroguide.co.uk/articles/2020/03/three-fa-cup-memories/
- https://www.boroguide.co.uk/articles/2020/11/stevenage-v-concord-rangers-preview/
- https://www.boroguide.co.uk/articles/2020/11/stevenage-v-hull-city-preview/
So, for some reason, neither the dropdown menu or top posts grid aren’t showing. Looking at the category template source code, I can’t work out why that might be.
I will investigate the pagination issue separately, thank you for the suggestion.
Hi,
I’m not sure, but it is possible to have an individual category template selected -> https://i.imgur.com/JQGS79R.png
If the problem persist, I can take a look to se what it is the problem.
Than you!
If I disable the Category Top Posts style on the individual category, the most recent posts show for ‘FA Cup’.
But nothing happens when I try to make any changes to Category Template. And the dropdown menu still doesn’t appear.
It’s as if something could be preventing the top bar from showing?
The only reason I thought it might be was because I blocked a .js script with Autoptimize. But deactivating Autoptimize had no effect.
On this custom category page, however, I hardcoded the top post style grid and it does work (with dropdown). I can do this as a workaround but I’m confused why theme panel is having no effect normally.
Hi boroguide,
Normal if you do not have a plugin conflict, the category drop down filter ca be remove only if is disable from theme panel https://i.imgur.com/RYcOX13.png or if the category template is disabled -> https://i.imgur.com/LHEWrng.png
If this is not the case and it is not a plugin conflict we can take a look to this problem. You can send us an email at contact@tagdiv.com and provide admin login, as well as cPanel. We will take a look. Include a link to this topic in the email.
Thank you!
