I’ll stick it out as long as I know you guys are looking for a solution. Just hadn’t heard anything in a while.

It has now been over a month since my last post. This issue doesn’t look like it will be fixed. It might be time to find another platform.

Thanks for the help!

When I did the solution above on my large-screen iMac, it looks perfect. But, on widescreen laptops with small vertical resolutions, it will get hidden behind the menu.

Is there a way to position this header text in relation to the top menu versus the bottom of the photo? I tried to use the CSS calc() function but no dice.

Cheers,
Mark

• This reply was modified 11 years by shiftanddrive.

No worries! You guys have been absolutely fantastic so far. Support is top notch!

Still waiting on this. Not meaning to rush you. It’s just one of the last “to do” items I have to fix before going live.

Also, notice the “More” arrow goes along with the shift toward the top. I’d like that to stay at the bottom.

Thanks Davis! I got it to work exactly how I want it.

Unfortunately, that really isn’t an option for me. It adds a layer of complexity that isn’t welcome. I don’t want to have to “manage” updates as it will distract from creating content.

Latest version. I always keep it updated.

Maybe I am putting my child theme copy of td_module_big_grid.php in the wrong location?

Hi Emil,

It seems I cannot override the td_module_big_grid.php in the child theme either.

I have proven the concept by editing the core files but I really don’t want to do that with the regular updates coming from you folks.

Oh well, back to the drawing board…

Cheers,
Mark

Just to confirm — this wasn’t fixed in the latest patch, right?

No problem! The site is not live yet so I have lots of time. I was just hoping to get one of the many ‘to-do’ items off my list 🙂

Thank you, Emil.

Is there anything I can do in the meantime before waiting for a theme update?

Cheers,
Mark

I did turn off all my plugins (except for a couple) to see if it was still happening — it was.

You’ll have an email in your inbox momentarily.

Lucian,

Thanks for testing this and providing a test case. However, I am still having the same issue as before.

Here is the menu, built to your specification, and working when you are on the home page:

But, if I browse to the forum and drop down the same menu that was working before, I get this:

It’s as if the shortcodes are being completely ignored for some reason.

If you’d like access to the site, send an email to mark (at) shiftanddrive (dot) com.

Cheers,
Mark

Also, I cannot provide a link because the website is currently hidden by the SeedProd Coming Soon plugin. However, this is (kind of) how it is supposed to look:

But, when I go to the forum, this happens:

Alin,

Please note that the MegaMenu is designed to work only on categories(with/without subcategories): https://forum.tagdiv.com/menus-newsmag/

MegaMenu also has a feature to embed a page as part of the menu for a custom look:

I need to put a lot of automakers in the submenu and the way MegaMenu would typically do a vertical list for sub-menu items doesn’t work for me. This is functionality provided by the plugin itself.

When you use this functionality in conjunction with a page developed with Visual Composer and you are browsing a bbPress forum, you get the above broken sub-menu.

Mark

Found a solution…

I installed the Newsmag-child theme and copied two files from the bbPress installation into the child theme:

• loop-single-topic.php
• loop-single-forum.php

Both of these files can be found in wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress.

Paste both files into wp-content/themes/[child_theme_dir] where child_theme_dir = directory of your child theme, usually Newsmag-child unless you’ve made changes to the name of the theme.

In these two files are multiple references to size => 14.

• bbp_get_topic_author_link function handles the avatars under the “Author” column (left-most column in forum index views).
• bbp_get_topic_last_active_id function handles the avatars under the “Fressness” column (right-most column in forum index views).

I am sure there are more times when avatar sizes are being set by bbPress (and I will post them as I find them when I go through and do some cleanup). But, the best way to find them on your own is do a search for the CSS container for the avatar (ex: bbp-topic-freshness-author) in the bbPress template files. Once you find the template file, copy it over to the child theme and make your edits.

Pretty simple once you figure it out!

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Hey,

After a little more digging, I think this should be called a bug.

If bbPress is truly supported by the theme, theme buyers shouldn’t have to do more customization in order for it to look as it should.

I did find one topic on the bbPress forums: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/change-avatar-size/

Basically, in order to make the thumbnail itself bigger, we need the thumbnail to be defined in a template file as part of the main theme install. Since editing core files is a no-no (from a bbPress and theme perspective due to updates), the only way you can fix this (it seems, please correct me if I’m wrong) is to install the Newsmag-child theme, add the different bbPress template files, and edited the values in those newly copied template files.

Hi Lucian,

I’ll definitely use the plugin instead!

Thanks for the help (yet again).

Cheers,
Mark

BP_ parameters are for BuddyPress, not bbPress.

I’ve already gone through the forum and I did find an answer before when I was working on this issue before (when I made it smaller). But, for the life of me, I cannot find it again.

Posting to a forum is usually my last resort. Also, I post here so that other people using the same theme can see the thread.

I’m not in a rush so it’s no big deal.

Hi Lucien,

Could I made one suggestion?

I have implemented bbPress and it works fantastic now that I have all the settings figured out. I’ve also installed the “bbPress Topics for Posts” plugin, essentially replacing the WordPress commenting system with bbPress.

While the forum on its own looks great, the comments aren’t so pretty. Could tagDiv also look into this plugin and theming the comment area so it is a bit nicer looking? I know I am in the vast minority for this need, but it would be a nice touch.

Cheers,
Mark

Hi Christopher,

Thanks for the amazingly swift reply. Well done!

I did perform those theme compatibility steps — and much, much more — but I am still not happy with my final product. The theme is great though. Maybe I’m just not all that keen on bbPress. It’s really too bad though as I was looking forward to using bbPress for commenting instead of WordPress or Discus.

Thanks for the help!

Mark