Hi.
I’ve got a few problems and questions.
1. How to change the background color on the sidebar? 
2. How to get these elements into my theme? Both of them are demod here http://demo.tagdiv.com/newsmag_tech/
1. will be done with custom CSS; I forget the exact CSS; but tagdiv will update Monday.
2. Use visual composer to create that layout and choose the post categorie(s) you want to be included in that module. You can easily “experiment” by adding a new row to your home page layout to test.
Simple enough to add a new module, save, then preview.
If you don’t want to mess with your current live page, make new page, then play with that until you have what you want, then make that new page the replacement for your live static front page.
Not sure that helps, but those are the broad strokes.
3. Try importing the “tech news” style/demo from the theme panel … but only the style not any other demo content.
1. The custom CSS part. I searched the old threads and found some but none of them worked for me.
2. Will try
If this is a new install of Visual Composer you will have to set up the permissions in Visual Composer settings for the new Elements to show up, if they aren’t already.
It is not a new install of the Visual Composer. I don’t see any elements that look like the ones on the demo. As i’ve already customized the theme I’d rather not import all of the demo style
Hi @ronaldliive,
You have below my recommendation on this:
1. To change the background color for sidebar you can use custom css as Chris suggested above, try this css code and add it in theme panel > custom css:
.td-main-sidebar{
background-color: aliceblue!important;
}
If you’re using a Visual Composer sidebar, the background color from column settings: http://screencast.com/t/ch0SpVxy – http://screencast.com/t/UGJOrSq1N
2. The first element is big grid 4 with with style 7 for layout: http://screencast.com/t/g19xf2RaiTp and second is big grid 5 with style 5: http://screencast.com/t/xkrEMpudb Those grids are available in Visual Composer plugin: http://screencast.com/t/BInPLbXt1zP
Thanks!
1. I’d like to change the background color on the sidebar titles not the actual background of the sidebar. So right now the text is white and the background is black. I’d like the text to be white and the background #8bc34a
2. I didn’t have Big Grid 2-7 before. I updated the theme and now i’ve got them. Thanks! (I thought auto-update was on for my theme)
You still have to update theme even after activation. There is no auto update, but I think the envato toolkit has an auto update feature. If that is what you using, then it should of auto updated. I am not always right, but that is from what I have noticed or done.
I don’t like the envato plugin, because I like to have the files and folder offline, just in case I need them.
I use the Envato toolkit. The update process was really simple I just can’t remember seeing a popup or any other notification inside of WordPress saying that there is an update available.
Hi
The titles color for blocks used in sidebar can be changed from Appearance > Widgets: http://screencast.com/t/lcNykx9Cmm
Thanks!
I don’t use tagdiv sidebar widgets so I would need a custom CSS to change the background.
http://kiip.ee/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Screen-Shot-2015-09-01-at-18.46.03.png
I sorted to using a workaround for my first question. I just don’t display titles in the sidebar anymore.
But i’ve stumbled upon another question. Is there an option to not display featured articles with other articles? To make it more clear – take a look at my site kiip.ee. Right now i’ve got a featured section right on top where i display some articles that should be of more interest to the visitor. The same articles show up on the “Uudised” (which means News) section. To clarify more, i don’t want featured articles to show up next to “normal” articles. They should be there only if there are never featured articles and then they get pushed down. I hope you understand me, cheers.
Hi
Try this custom css in theme panel > custom css: http://screencast.com/t/eyxwXDuyFVG
.block-title > span{
background-color: #B14646;
}
Thanks!
