Please disregard last request, I am now able to use the shortcodes… not sure what changed but grateful it’s working now!

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I think I figured it out! Using CATEGORY TEMPLATE options…. whew!

The update makes this theme much more complex… options are good but having some trouble finding things easily is frustrating. 😉

I don’t particularly care what color the button is, as long as it’s bright and visible (not gray or muted color).

What colors ARE supported by the button shortcodes? I need the easiest solution for a non-web person to be able to create a new post and add a color button.

I need this to be very easy…. the whole point of shortcodes is to make it user-friendly, correct? That is what I need.

I did not manually create any custom codes in the past. I simply copied & pasted the working button code from a source code and pasted it into the source code of another post so the button would work. This is not a solution that will work for my company long-term. I require the shortcodes to work as expected.

I hope I’m making sense! I appreciate your guidance.

I am having a problem using the buttons shortcodes. When I use the shortcode from the editor, the buttons never have any style, they appear as text.

The only way I have been able to successfully get the buttons to work is to go directly to the source code and use this code: < a class=”wpb_button_a” title=“BUTTON TEXT” href=“#” target=”_blank”><span class=”wpb_button wpb_btn-danger wpb_btn-large” >BUTTON TEXT</span>< /a > (Note: Spaces inserted in this code so you can see code fully)

Ultimately I will be training others to use this website and they will need to use the buttons — customizing the html source code is too advanced for them. So it’s imperitave that the shortcodes work and that buttons can be inputted as different colors and sizes.

Thanks for your help!

Example of button appearing correctly when I manually insert in the source code: http://wordpress.mauimagazine.net/the-edible-landscape/ (Planting Guide)

Example of button not appearing correctly by using shortcode: http://wordpress.mauimagazine.net/restaurants-with-a-view/ (Button text is toward bottom: “Get Chef Lofaro’s hamachi carpaccio recipe”)

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Hi Alin,

Thanks so much for your instructions. I did each step, and now the tags are working again!

In gratitude,
Maui No Ka Oi

I ended up updating to 6.5 and it changed a lot, including that footer problem, now resolved. Thanks! 🙂

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I am using Newspaper 4.0

Would an upgrade to 6.5 fix this issue?

Many Thanks!