Please Help! Layout ruined after Newspaper 6 update!

Hi Guys,

I’ve followed all the procedures to update from newspaper 4 – 6, however my layout just seems ruined:

http://gadgetviper.com/

1. I cannot get the sidebar to work at all!
2. I used the columns shortcode on ALOT of my pages on Newspaper 4.0

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"]content[/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"]content[/vc_column][/vc_row]

Now it seems lost?

Any help would be HUGELY appreciated!

I’m racking my brains here, it’s almost like there needs to be some correction in the html, like an open DIV or a CSS error forcing the sidebar below the content. 🙁

Did you do the dbase update tool after update? That should convert most of the shortcodes.

Some things are CHANGED, and you will need to redo them no matter what. It’s like a new theme, not an update. It’s totally different code, with some overlap for consistency, but not the same them as v4.

You will need to tweak your sidebars, widgets, menus, homepage — sometimes just “resaving” them will fix it; in some cases you will need to adjust things like the search template from v4 no longer there for search results page, etc.

Hi Chris,

Thanks for replying, I had read some of your previous posts regarding similar issues and have tried resaving the widgets and modules. The sidebar is actually there, it’s just at the bottom of the main content. It seems almost like there is a html/CSS error somewhere that’s stopping the content from floating. I’m totally stumped.

On the installation guide it suggested deleting the entire Newpaper theme, which I did prior to installing 6, I also ran the script on the welcome page.

I’m no coder or web wizard, but it almost feels like there is some missing </div> somewhere in the template files that’s breaking the theme or maybe VC is just not functioning as it should for some weird reason.

Hm.
you can try loading a post page in Chrome, then hit F12 and it should tell you if there is some bizarre unclosed div tag or something.

And of course, make sure you don’t have your zoom set to 150% or something as that always wrecks some stuff with VC 😉

I have not yet updated to the latest-latest version so my comments are probably more anecdotal from 10 years of WordPress gremlins …

look like you will need to redo your homepage … which can often be quickly tweaked by redragging a couple of rows into place to see if they work or not.

Most people just redo the home page layout to get on with their life.

On your posts, having two sets of social media codes at bottom likely not a good idea … if using a plugin, try turning OFF the ones built into the theme as a starting point.

For example on this page, in the console there is a ton of object fails from twitter:
http://gadgetviper.com/seagate-seven-portable-hard-drive-rant/

Hi Chris,

I took your advice and tried F12 in Chrome and saw the Twitter errors, that was the social plugin in Jetpack. I’ve since removed the social plugin and I’ve also disabled Jetpack.

I’ve looked at some of the other themes to see if the sidebar is also displaying below the main content and they appear to be functioning correctly.

I’ve also noted that the shortcode for the columns appears to function fine on alternative themes

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"] content [/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"] content [/vc_column][/vc_row]

Hopefully TagDiv can spot something, I adore the theme and would hate to loose it.

Also, since the update, the shortcode options in the page edit screen look like this

• This reply was modified 11 years by GadgetViper. Reason: added a screenshot of the shortcode options

Alin……… THANK YOU!

You nailed it!

One tiny rogue bit of CSS from a random plugin…… crazy