BEST TO INSTALL MANUALLY VIA FTP.
Simply unzip the file on your PC/Mac, upload via FTP into the plugins folder and activate.

In our case we’re a 33 year old publishing firm with dedicated server, so no need for external service. We use mod_pagespeed and server side caching, which caches our images but also auto converts to bleeding edge formats like “webp” for Chrome and Android, from our highly optimized jpeg images done here in Photoshop.

But most folks don’t spend $700+ a month on dedicated box 🙂

Of course, in your case if a plugin makes a local featured image, it then adds it to the gallery so that WP can generate the thumbs, which are NOT done from external URL. So, that might defeat the purpose of what you’re trying to do. You would need to build some kind of custom CDN hook to load the image from CDN into your post, then the plugin we use would make THAT a featured image and generate the thumbs for local loading on indexes.

Sorry not a better answer …. 🙂

We use the plugin to load images from external URL — the first image in post — if it’s placed in the post we’re importing.

So, we have a network — we publish news on our mothership, then our sub sites pull the content via RSS, where the first image in post is coming from mothership; the plugin then generates a featured image and sets as featured in WP locally, on the satellite site.

As to “using external URL” — without the image being IN the post already, no idea.

And of course, be aware of copyright issues.

Check the wordpress.org plugin repository and try them out ?

Alin
you might want to add this topic to an inevitable FAQs page in the theme docs, as this one will start coming up a lot. Since folks are now hearing about it, even though it was announced last year — takes awhile for it to percolate outwards. Frankly having a web host with http/2 support is more critical in real world than AMP support, but the plugin right now *is* the best solution.

Everybody else:
problem with buildling this into a theme is that as this changes, it might require theme updates to stay on top of some elements and then becomes yet another thing related to WP changes that cause theme updates unrelated to the theme — and some folks do so much customization that multiple udpates per year turns into a major pain.

PLUGIN is best choice as it can be developed/updated, even customized, outside of the theme framework.

We use “auto post thumbmnail pro” — works with all tagdiv themes

( I just went through the pain of changing some breadcrumbs to the new OL item 1,2,3 format which replaces the old breadcrumbs structured data. …. annoying!! )

Google is in midst of changing their schema, and moving a bit from older form to new stuff and heading toward embedding JSON data.

If you get a thumbs up from Google with structured data testing then your’re good.

If you KNOW what the other elements are you WANT to use which Google will support moving forward, you can try to implement some of the new stuff, but keep in mind it’s going through some changes “right now.”

Updated info as of Dec. 2015 worth a look
https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/structured_data?hl=en

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Simply adjust the media query size you want to impact. Worthwhile to learn how responsive CSS works … meaning, there are several “break points” for desktop, ipad, phone, etc.

So, you can target a specific “size” device by over-riding the CSS for that breakpoint (in the example provided the CSS should only have over-written the @media breakpoint for devices “up to 768px”.

Worthwhile to look at the style.css and see what the default size breaks ( @media ) sizes are. This gives you a sense of which kind of thing you can target with custom CSS when not just one device size.

Just food for thought as you can learn by experimenting, so that you can make future changes more easily.

I believe the paragraph text on a page/post is one dot larger than a caption for the photo/image. I believe this is intentional.

You can, of course, over-ride this with custom CSS.

It’s an issue with the visual composer block — issue with most sites using a multi-block element. Not much you can do about it except avoid certain types of blocks if it bugs you. Luckily “most” people have their browser set at 100% then adjust their overall monitor view if vision impaired.

Not best answer perhaps, but that’s the facts on that one 🙂

@ajblock7

a great way to locate the right CSS class to “over ride” in WP themes, like this one, is to start using the ‘console’ view in Chrome browser (“F12”) … you can highlight an element on page and see the CSS class — most times anyway — to figure out which class you need to over-ride such as a custom color.

TagDiv will reply once they get caught up with all the posts… but while waiting good habit to at least try to sort it, as this helps me a lot in trying to find which class to edit.

Then put the revised CSS in the custom css box in theme panel.

Of course knowing basic CSS helps (e.g., a = anchor link, p = paragraph etc)

Yes, ratings are intended for writing reviews, where the person writing review gives the thing being reviewed a ratiing, like movie/book, etc. — works just like in the theme demo on ThemeForest.

To let people “rate” the story or the movie/book, you’d need a “visitor rating” plugin.

You can find .zip in the all files download from your ThemeForest account in the /plugins/ folder 🙂

Look for “js composer”.

See the docs section, under DIY tutorials, then the section under ‘best of forum’ — and then you will find my long winded post on how to fix stuff like this 🙂

I’ve been using it since November without any issues.

No reason for it to be built into theme as it’s going to go through a lot of changes, and is best left as plugin so it can be updated independently of the theme files.

The Automattic plugin is best solution right now because they are the ones actually testing this with Google and big WP VIP sites like TIME magazine, etc. — so, right now that is the “bleeding edge.”

Presumably this is more likely going to be offered as addition to WP core at some point.

Benefit of the plugin for the time being is that theme developers don’t have to chase info they don’t have access to on where the framework is evolving and when/where it will be supported.

So, just turn on the plugin – it works 🙂

e.g., (with Newsmag)
http://californianewswire.com/calif-governor-brown-delivers-2016-state-of-the-state-address/amp/

Been there! 🙂
glad you got it sorted …

my tip jar happily accepts gingerbread cookies by mail!

You may be able to follow the WP docs here:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

In WordPress the Home URL is the “base URL” where everything is loaded from — so if WordPress is actually installed in /blog/ folder the home URL is there — “home” is where the WordPress home is, not the root URL if site not in the root.

Worst case:
a) make mysql dbase backup
b) make FTP backup of images folder, scan for virus with local backup
c) reset your hosting account, do clean install of WordPress, point at existing dbase; use only default theme temporarily
d) make sure you don’t get re-infected

Also see:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29757262/php-files-are-infected-with-sitelock-php-crypto-unofficial-found

you should consider downloading all your site content to a PC folder and running a scanner on that.

If you don’t remove an infection, changing theme doesn’t do anything. You’re still infected.

If your images are infected, that is outside the theme path for instance.

Have you checked to see if you actually have malware or not ? (Try scanning site with securi free scanner.)

Have you actually setup best security practices for your website ?

Theme cannot cause site to be hacked unless you’re using a very very old version, which might have included some insecure plugins since updated.

Whqt is the malware detected? screen capture or paste info here?

Read up on how to lock down your site
a) change default superuser — it should *not* be “admin”
b) enforce strong passwords
c) consider disabling XMLRPC
d) enable plugin like “limit login attempts”
e) don’t allow people to register on your site
f) remove old plugins and themes not being used
(etc.)

Be sure to setup the FB app ID stuff. That is usual issue.

Check enough memory allocated to site, clear/reset any caching or CDN resets, try resetting plugin folder.

Ongoing issue with Facebook. Only thing you can do is
a) make sure all your opengraph (OG) tags are in place
b) make sure your site META has the link to your FB page
c) consider NOT using mega-menu which can supposedly confuse FB “sometimes.”

FB does not “always” grab content no matter what you do.
Their “fix” for this is the “refresh attachment” option once you do a share, on the actual share/post.

Try increasing the default memory in your php.ini file/hosting, AND in your wp-config.php file. I have mine set to 256MB but the default is a paltry 40MB! That won’t work with both Visual Composer *and* bbPress.