I’m in the process of setting up the Newspaper 6 theme for our existing WordPress site and have a few questions / feature requests. But first a big thanks for creating such a cool and comprehensive theme!
1. Is it possible to change the thumbnail sizes so it reflects our existing image ratio? Our existing featured images are 480×280 so it would be great if I could set certain thumbnails to use a 48:28 ratio and the images don’t get cropped.
2. Instead of the Ajax Filter I would like to place a custom text or hyperlink right of the block title. Per example the title of the module is Daily News and I would like to add a text / link to the right: Powered by Nike. I noticed most people in the Newspaper showcase topic don’t use the ajax filter so this could be interesting for a lot of users.
3. Is it possible to auto embed a banner in the middle of the post text? So not above or below the article but in the middle without manual insertion.
4. In the author box the authors URL is displayed with http:// in front of the url. Can this http:// be removed as it looks odd. Per example: http://Google.com should just be Google.com
5. Is it possible to rename the Trending Now box to Breaking News?
6. Is it possible to remove the more from author tab on single posts?
7. In post style 3 and post style 4 on single posts is it possible to remove the hyperlink under the featured image? It is already shown large no need to link to a large version.
8. On category pages we used the category description and category image before. Is it possible to show them at the top of the category page?
9. Is it possible to show the featured articles in that category + sub categories at the top of the category page?
10. We already used a category for features, is it possible to change the source category for featured articles from featured to features?
11. Is it possible to set a new default image for all authors?
12. I saw it is possible to create custom blocks based on existing modules but for our homepage we have some other wishes. How can we create additional modules?
13. Is it possible to set a different header background color for smaller screen sizes? Per example on desktop the header looks best in white but on mobile the bar with logo would look better in black.
Thanks!!
Hi,
1. Here you can see all thumbnails sizes that are used on modules/featured images – http://screencast.com/t/jsnReCqmbKTb if you want to change or add thumbnail size you will have to edit – http://screencast.com/t/8MITol7p and the thumb is used on each module – http://screencast.com/t/Z8LXUOclzo If you do any changes please regenerate your thumbnails – https://forum.tagdiv.com/using-the-theme-with-existing-content/
2. You will need custom work, unfortunately we cannot provide any custom work at this time, sorry! You can edit all blocks where you want to make your custom modifications – http://screencast.com/t/FWRgereEu and here you can change the functions for all blocks – http://screencast.com/t/yfXhwjntA8
3. The only option that the theme has, is to place an inline ad after x paragraph – http://screencast.com/t/IvxEsMjt5
4. There is no extra field for title of the site, we just use wordpress url for author box. A solution is to make this change – http://screencast.com/t/103oZ7QcZl – http://screencast.com/t/UjuVFBGCI
5. Please check Translations section – http://screencast.com/t/9NqBbNwo
6. Check this solution – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/related-article-box/
7. Please use this custom css in Theme Panel > Custom Css for post template 3 and 4:
.single_template_3 .td-post-featured-image, .single_template_4 .td-post-featured-image {
pointer-events: none;
cursor: default;
}8. Not sure what you mean, theme have a various styles for category page – http://screencast.com/t/uu33kDROOd
9. Change here to take the featured posts – http://screencast.com/t/0qdQfFpAa8tX and also make this change so the featured filter appear – http://screencast.com/t/dTotgT95dds – http://screencast.com/t/ii4TSLwc
10. You will have to search in code all references to the “featured” name and replave with “features”. This is not so ease as you have to make sure that you change all, as some issues may appear.
11. You need to use a plugin like WP User Avatar – http://screencast.com/t/FbbMthPmy4Rn
12. Please check documentation – https://forum.tagdiv.com/td_api_moduleadd/ If you’re a beginner we suggest that you look for tutorials or professional training before trying to use this feature as we will not explain the syntax elements which are present in the code.
13. Unfortunately the theme doesn’t have an option for this but you can change the color using custom css in Theme Panel > Custom Css – http://screencast.com/t/cuoptJBP7
@media(max-width: 767px) {
.td-banner-wrap-full, .td-header-style-11 .td-logo-wrap-full {
background-color: #ffffff !important;
}
}Thanks!
Thanks that is amazing!
One more request / question:
14. It is possible to filter multiple categories for display in the blocks by listing the category numbers like 5,9. But at the moment it will show all posts from 5 and 9. Is it possible to show only posts that are filed in both categories? Per example 5+9 – which would show only articles filed in both breaking news as sports.
Thanks again!
Hi,
14. Unfortunately the theme doesn’t have an option like this, you will need custom work and it is not an easy task I suggest to hire a freelancer to do this for you as we cannot provide any type of custom work at this time. You can find the filter function here – http://screencast.com/t/o3QutM7Ls
Thanks!
Thanks!
One more question – we would like to use the post style 3 but also use the video format – currently it is not really compatible as the video controls hide behind the post title etc. Is there a way to use post style 10 automatically for posts that have video format selected and keep post style 3 the default for all other posts?
Thanks again!
Hi,
There is only an option to set post template as default site wide in Theme Panel – http://screencast.com/t/UfgBAp7t4z unfortunately the theme doesn’t have an option to set a template by default when the video format is enabled, sorry! You will have to set post style manually when the format video is used.
Thanks!
Thanks I have decided to tweak the template a bit so it does display videos correctly.
One more question:
Is it possible to change this slider?
http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/ios-slider/
A few issues:
I like to remove the author, comment and view count and if I use the two column variant on smaller devices like Ipad and Iphone it crops the photo to a different aspect ratio, how can I change that it keeps the aspect ratio when scaling?
Thanks again! Awesome theme!
Hi,
You can remove meta info for IOS Slider using custom css in Theme Panel – http://screencast.com/t/ZiUSazc1C
.td-module-meta-info {
display: none;
}
Also there is a specific width and height on different devices, you can change this if you want using media queries to overwrite the default css – http://screencast.com/t/K0MbWAetehC1 – http://screencast.com/t/5IeN5ZkFpglu
You will need custom work for this, if you don’t have css/html experience I suggest to hire a professional to do it for you as we cannot provide any type of custom work at this time, sorry!
Thanks!
Thanks again!
One problem if I do this:
.td-module-meta-info {
display: none;
}
It removes the meta info for all blocks and not just for the slider. Any solution?
Hi,
You need a more precise css, try this:
.td_block_slide .td-module-meta-info {
display: none;
}
Thank you!
Thanks that works!!
Another questions – we use DFP and like to add the tags to the custom ad fields. Do you know if its possible to load the same DFP tag multiple times on one page?
Say I make 1 728×90 tag and 1 300×250 tag and place them in the sidebar and main content area of the side. User scrolls down and it loads the ad space again and again – will this still serve ads or will DFP leave the space empty or mess up reporting?
Hi,
Sorry I forgot the slider class!
The theme ad system is designed to work with adsense code, but maybe this tutorial may help – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/tutorial-responsive-ads-with-google-dfp/
Thanks!
That is helpful thanks!
Another question:
I would like to add another ad I can change from the admin – per example add a Superheader Ad. Is that possible? And if yes which files do I need to edit?
Hi,
Do you want to add another ad in the header? You can use do_shortcode function and display a custom ad in the header style that you use, for example – http://screencast.com/t/nFe3UMxj – http://screencast.com/t/4tFMXITS
<div class="td-container">
<?php echo do_shortcode('[td_block_ad_box spot_id="custom_ad_1"]');?>
</div>Thanks!
Thanks that did work but leaves me with another problem – all custom ads have a 44px bottom margin and since I want to use it as a superheader it looks weird to have a big white line above the top navigation.
I tried:
#td-a-rec-id-custom_ad_5 {
margin-bottom:0px !important;
}
As custom css but that didn’t work, do you have a solution?
Another issue I have come across is that when I’m embedding images in my posts I prefer to select the ‘large’ size and embed that. I can’t seem to figure out where I can set the exact image it has to use. Right now it uses the 1024px width variant and displays it as 640×374 width.
I would like to use the 696×0 variant and display it at 696px width – is it possible to change this somewhere or should I ask my developer to do that?
Hi,
td-a-rec-id-custom_ad_5 is a class not an ID so please use this custom css:
.td-a-rec-id-custom_ad_5 {
margin-bottom: 0 !important;
}
Please try this solution – https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/how-can-i-add-thumb-sizes-to-dropdown-list-where-you-choose-image-size/
Thanks!
Thanks!
One thing I noticed – in the theme panel it says 696×385 is used for the 2 column slider but when I check on the site it uses a 640×385 image. I looked on the server and can’t find 696×385 size images. Can it be it is making the image in 640×385 and if so do you have a fix?
I’m switching off some of the thumbnail sizes as we have 55,000+ images in the media library and creating 20 thumbnails for each image will take very long and take up a lot of space.
Ignore that – seems to be a weird glitch with the regenerate thumbnails.
