Thank you for the reply Calin.

1) I see what you are referencing here. In the past, I was able to shift the entire homepage layout by selecting a different option. For example, a “tile/grid” style layout of featured images that still looks/behaves like a homepage. Like this site that also uses your theme:

https://theshadowleague.com/

I don’t want to display individual full posts in chronological order.

2. Thank you for this. I will dig through and figure out which plugin is causing the conflict.

Thanks again.

Paul

I will try this today and let you know Bettina – thank you.

You are the man Vlad, thank you so much!

I followed your suggestions. I also realized that I had not Enabled the newspaper mobile plugin (it was off) then cleared local cache – just cleared cloudflare cache – and it works.

Can you please confirm on your end the images are now showing?

Thank you Vlad

Bogdan,

I followed all the steps via “C. Update the theme automatically” in the how to update theme page.

I got to step 6 and could see “Update Available” so I clicked it. And it WORKED from what I can tell!

Hi Bogdan,

I confirmed that I am not using a demo version of the theme; thank you for your screenshot. I noticed in that same section it gives a message that says, “Please install and activate the tagDiv Composer plugin – Our plugin is required for this theme to work best.” That would not have anything to do with successfully updating my theme correct? I can’t imagine that it would, but want to be thorough and ask.

I don’t necessarily need an automatic update or notice.

But what I desperately want is an EASY way to do this, that doesn’t create these same issues that I mentioned in this thread from 12/26/18:

“But upon new theme installation, certain homepage content was missing and I’d like to know why/how to avoid in the future:

– Site identity switched to blog from static front page
– Title tag and meta description removed
– Content blocks deleted
– Footer deleted”

Of the multiple ways to update the theme that you sent the link to, what is the preferred method?

Why does this have to be manual every time? Why doesn’t this theme update like every other theme I have encountered or worked with?

Thanks.

Hi Bogdan,

I am having the same issue with the latest them update.

How can I tell if I have installed a “demo” version as you mentioned in this thread?

Also, under “Updates,” it says this: “Themes Your themes are all up to date.”

But I know I am at least 1 version behind, per emails from Themeforest.

Why does this theme not behave like a regular theme?

Thank you Simion.

Is there an optimization/minification you recommend that is compatible with your theme?

Thank you,

Paul

Thank you for the quick reply and sorry about the delay of mine. For some reason I did not get an email notifying me of your follow-up.

Yes, I was using Swift for optimization. I cleared the cache and deactivated the plugin, and it sure looks like that solved the issue. Can you click this link and confirm from your end?

https://i80sportsblog.com/

Hi Simion,

I do use Cloudflare and I checked the rocket loader, it was disabled.

Any other suggestions?

Thank you Bogdan. I accessed the latest update via Theme Forest–> Downloads.

I will make sure upon next update I am not installing a demo.

Hello,

Manually deleted prior installation via FTP client (FileZilla), then uploaded the WordPress installable file via WP. EVerything appears to be working.

But upon new theme installation, certain homepage content was missing and I’d like to know why/how to avoid in the future:

– Site identity switched to blog from static front page
– Title tag and meta description removed
– Content blocks deleted
– Footer deleted

Thank you,

Paul

Hello,

Yes, I followed this and have used this previously. For the latest version, I followed “A. Update the theme via WordPress.”

Since the Newspaper.zip file must be renamed every time there is an update, how am I able to tell if I successfully updated?

Yes, I have. And it does not work.

Thank you Bogdan. When is next theme update scheduled to be launched?

Also, is there a similar known issue for Facebook?

Simon, you nailed this one as well. I accessed my database and increased the file size. Thank you!

Thank you for your help Simon. Sorry for the delay, was able to get it squared away via checking and unchecking the profile box. Thanks!

Thanks for the link. I went in and toggled Show Date to “off” and the square icon continues to circle as if a change is in progress. It never stops, and the setting change never takes effect.

I’ve refreshed and tried several times. And it does the same thing, endlessly rotating.

Any ideas?

Thank you for the clarification and the links. I disabled all plugins and increased the allocated resources via host. The issue remains.

I did some research and found this blog post:
https://chriseggleston.com/fix-missing-visual-and-text-tabs-in-pagepost-editor/

When I “Disable Visual Editor,” I can see the post content in HTML. But there is no Text or Visual tab.

How can I get back the Text and Visual tabs?

Thanks so much Bogdan, exactly what I needed and everything is fixed. The link was fantastic.

Hi Bogdon,

Thanks for getting me pointed in the right direction. I followed all of the steps and deleted the previous versions, then updated the theme, visual composer and social counter plugin.

A couple things:

– The social counter has been deleted from the sidebar. I also had “Most Popular” and “Categories” in sidebar and they are gone as well. How can I get those back?

– The text color in main nav bar went from white to black. I went into theme panel (Theme Color –> Main Menu) to edit and it won’t let me; it gives me an error message and pop up that says “Background Request Blocked – A background request to WordPress was just blocked.” It gives me the option to “Whitelist this action” or “Dismiss.” But, it won’t let me click on either. I click outside the dialogue box and the loading square just spins and spins, and I have to reload the page. This happens when I try and do almost anything in the theme panel. How can I fix so I can make these (and other) changes? What do I need to do to whitelist?

– My original issue with Visual Composer not being able to edit via pencil icon is not fixed either.

Please let me know what I can do to fix these issues.

Thank you,

Paul

Thank you Bogdan, that helps!

My Facebook counter has stopped updating. Can you tell me how to fix?

Thanks Bogdan.

WHat is optimal image dimensions?

Hello,

The thumbnails appear to be fixed thanks to the plugin you suggested – thank you.

The primary image in the Big Grid 2 slider (the Featured Image for that particular post) no longer auto fills the width/height; how can I fix? See example here:
http://www.sportsdouchebags.com/

Also, the Facebook social media counter does not update. Please advise.

Thank you.

Hello,

Just to follow up, how can I fix all these broken links rather than going into EACH ONE ad redirecting? I don’t want to leave them broken, can’t be good.

I saw in your above post regarding 404 errors not having a huge impact on Google, but still.

Thanks!