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I’ll be on holiday from 28th of July to 2nd of August with no internet connection. I will certainly reply to all questions and comments received as soon as I come back from the trip.
Thank you for your patience.
If you support RTL (Right-To-Left) or support Arabic language ?
Unfortunately not, at least yet.
Hi, Really love your template! I have read all the questions and comments on the sticky menu, so I changed the bit in custom js so that the sticky menu is enabled ie. set to ‘true’ but nothing’s happening, the menu is not sticking to the top…! Can you help me out where else could the problem be? Thanks!
I have the sticky menu working now, so not to worry! Thanks
Hi, Glad you could solve the problem
If you have any other questions, please let me know.
I purchased your template set and have been quite pleased with it but I have a problem. In using the section class flexslider thumbnail-colored offset-right-20px mb-25px” data-animation=”slide” data-slideshow=”yes” data-direction-nav=”no” data-control-nav=”no” using the div class flex-caption the picture captions show up fine on desktops but totally disappear on mobile views. I was going to update FlexSlider to 2.4 as 2.1 is included with the template – I was hoping this might solve my problem. After upgrading to FlexSlider 2.4 all sliders stopped working and I had to roll back to 2.1 (yes, I made sure filenames were correct). What am I missing to both for upgrade to FS 2.4 as well as having the captioning work on the mobile view? Thanks for your assistance.
There are some changes made in the version of FlexSlider that comes with the Emerix template – so you should not replace it. Can you give me a link to your website to test it online?
The root page of my site, HobbyBroadcaster.net, will not show the text captions of the photos in the FlexSlider in mobile (phone) view. I’m disappointed to hear that the FlexSlider code has been modified outside of its released version as that will prevent anyone who purchased your templates to migrate to newer versions of FlexSlider when bug fixes and other enhancements are added. I look forward to your assistance.
The “flex-caption” DIV element is hidden on small screens via CSS – see layout.css:
/* All Mobile Sizes (devices and browser) ----------- */
@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {
...
.flex-caption { display: none; }
...
}
Just comment out or delete this line of code, and the FlexSlider will show text captions in mobile (phone) view.
P.S. I can only see 403 Forbidden page on your site.
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately the text and background obscure the photo in mobile mode so it won’t do what I need. Any suggestions or do I just leave the caption turned off or impliment FlexSlider outside of the template’s CSS pages?
FYI: My host has been doing some geo blocking due to recent spam which is probably the reason you got a 403.
If you do need to display captions in mobile mode, you can try to style them differently for screens less then 768 pixels wide. For example, if you use captions like “Mobile and Tablet Optimized” in Home page 7:
@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {
#home-hero-content.full-width-image .slides .container {
width: 100%;
}
.flex-caption {
width: 100% !important;
bottom: 0 !important;
border-left: none !important;
padding: 5px 0 7px;
}
.flex-caption h3 {
font-size: 15px;
line-height: 22px;
margin: 0 10px !important;
}
.flex-caption .middle-font-size {
font-size: 12px;
line-height: 19px;
margin: 0 10px !important;
}
}
Thanks for the code. Does this replace any existing code or does it come before or after the code with the media only screen size? Thanks for the help.
This code (styles inside @media query) replaces .flex-caption { display: none; }
Many thanks! Just what the doctor ordered!
Glad I could help 
I just noticed a side effect of the change in the layout.css is that the up arrow and the back to top text is no longer sitting on top of footer bottom bar. This is regardless of the browser used and the size of the window. Any thoughts?
edited to add: You had previously helped me to have my footer be only the black bar portion of footer 6 so I’m wondering if something with the flex-caption change is related. I returned to code to its pre-modified state and the “back to top” and arrow is position correctly.
The flex-caption does not affect on the scroll-top section. Check the value of the top property applied to .scroll-top. In your case it should be -24px.
It did seem odd that reverting the flex-caption code made things normal. I don’t know how or why it worked before, but the top property was set to -49. I changed the value as you suggested and it’s working as anticipated. I’m still puzzled how this value got in there. Thanks again for the assist.
Dear Sir,
I am about to purchase… One thing I need to clarify. http://e-merald.com/themes/emerix/portfolio-4-columns.html Pictures of this links are not clickable on Win8 Chrome. is it normal? http://e-merald.com/themes/emerix/gallery-3-columns.html This one too, in windows 8, I cannot enlarge the images using chrome.I will looking forward to your answer.
Thanks
Hello,
It’s not normal – pictures on those pages should be clickable in all browsers. Unfortunately, I can’t test it properly on Win8 right now… maybe next week. I can only confirm that on Win7 in Chrome it works fine.
I have tested the template’s portfolio and gallery pages on 2 PCs (desktop and laptop) with Win 8.1 installed in Chrome – everything works fine as it should. A large image or video is opened in lightbox properly.
It seems to be great template. Is it possible to change blog sidebar from right to left like the page sidebar?
- The right sidebar is a little wider than the left sidebar.
- On a small screen device (smartphone) the content of left sidebar is displayed before the main content, while the content of right sidebar – after the main content. However, the template allows you to control the visibility of each widget on small screen devices (show or hide).
Hi! I really like the template, but before buing it I want to uderstand how can I change the contents for my project – do I need to edit html file or need some cms for it? Regards, Vladimir
The Emerix template (like any other template in “HTML” category on Themeforest) is a set of HTML, CSS, and JS files.
In HTML template all pages are static, and each page or post/article is represented with a separate .html file. The content of a page/article can be changed by editing the corresponding .html file in a text editor (Notepad++, for example).
I have 2 questions.
1. I am new to sites not made with flash. Can you give me an idea as to the main difference between this template and your tectonic template? I am having trouble understanding why one might be more suitable then the other. This type of site design is new to me. It doesn’t seem to be basic HTML or Flash, hence the question.
2. Could i expect to fully customize this template or the tectonic one as i am doing with your Estetica flash template? Meaning have full creative control over everything. Or does it rely on pre-configured plugins, scripts etc?
Thanks for your time. Joe.
Hi Joe,
1. The main difference is in design and page layout. Also Emerix has more features and elements. But it’s up to you to decide which template is more suitable for your needs.
2. Yes, an HTML template can be fully customized because all the code (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is open and editable. Actually a Flash site template is more pre-configured – all the settings can be made only through parameters in XML files. It’s easy to do but you are limited in a number of predefined parameters you can change, and the source code is not supposed to be modified. In HTML website templates you can also use predefined parameters (like choosing a color scheme and built-in page templates) – this don’t need any special skills from you. But if you want and have some experience in website developing, you can modify any code in source files (.html, .css, .js) and change the style or functionality of entire site or some its parts.
Emerald,
Agree with most other folks that this is a fantastic template. You mentioned in a previous reply you expected to have WP version Jan 2015…just wondering are you still expecting it soon? I am finally near implementation stage but would rather publish it in WordPress if at all possible. If you think it will be available in next couple of weeks, I may wait for it. Thanks!
Thank you! I’m still working on my first WordPress theme (Tectonic) – it takes much more time than I planned. So I’m not expecting Emerix WP theme to be done soon, unfortunately…
I am using javascript to retrieve a Youtube playlist and display the items in an info-box. It all works well except I can’t get it to load the video in a lightbox to play. If I code the item manually within the info-box it plays nicely in a lightbox. The same code from within the script loads the youtube play page over the top. Are you aware of any tricks I am missing?
Unfortunately, no ideas on how to fix it… Maybe, I would have some if I could test your site online.
Many thanks for the reply. I am thinking the problem is probably not yours but mine with the javascript I am using but thought I would ask anyway. I didn’t want to clog up this page with reams of code. 
I have a testing site here if it helps. http://www.delillama.com.au/TEST/GPNEW/GP-index.html
The first video in the video section towards the bottom is hard coded and the following videos are from the playlist. I appreciate any help but also understand if you can’t help because it is outside the realms of your template support. 
The list_data section is appended after the prettyPhoto lightbox plugin (jquery.prettyPhoto.min.js) is loaded and initiated. That’s why clicking a video in retrieved playlist doesn’t open a lightbox overlay.
Add the following code after $(list_data).appendTo("#playlist"); – this will do the trick:
$('#playlist a[data-rel^="prettyPhoto"]').prettyPhoto({
deeplinking: false,
overlay_gallery: false,
social_tools: false
});
Absolutely brilliant! Thank you very much indeed. 
Hi, I´m tryng to make the Font size bigger, but I´m having troubble to find where to do it.
Can you help me?
Thanks!
The font-size property for basic elements (body, h1-h6, blockquote, button, form fields…) are declared in base.css. For some elements, the font-size property is overwritten in layout.css – like for main body font, for example:
/* in base.css */
body {
...
font-size: 12px;
}
/* in layout.css */
@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {
body { font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px; }
...
}
Hi, I have a problem with the thumbs at the homepage 2 on the header slider. After 4 sliders are fall down the 5. thumb of the fifth slide on a second line what seems not nice. Thanks in advance for your help.
If you want to have 5 slides in the homepage slider and, respectively, 5 thumbnails in slider navigation, find “Hero navigation – thumbnails” subsection in layout.css and modify the following style like this:
.slider-menu.thumbnails li {
margin-left: 20px;
width: 110px;
}
Also in media query for “Tablet Portrait size” (screen width 768-959px) make the following change:
.slider-menu { left: 25px; margin: 0; }
Hi, the template was purchased form the account of my web developer but he not have so well english knowledge. depending this I wrote you. He will write you for this issiu with my help. Thanks
Hi, I have a problem with the thumbs at the homepage 2 on the header slider. After 4 sliders are fall down the 5. thumb of the fifth slide on a second line what seems not nice. Thanks in advance for your help.
I would help you, but I don’t see the “Purchased” badge in your comment…
Hi,
I am not using contact form. Could you help me please. I changed only $recipient_email = “mymail@gmail.com”; it is not working. Are there any other options to adjustment.
Hi,
There are no other options to configure – only $recipient_email. And of course, you need PHP enabled web host with the PHP mail() function switched on.
Starting question: How do I make the menu sticky ? Like when i clicked enable in the preview.
How do i actually do in the index.html template ? Which file needs to be modified ?
Thanks 
You can easily find the answer to your question in Documentation: Basics / Header / Navigation
Hi thanks for the reply. I am having trouble finding it, maybe i am blind : I checked the Basic documentation, cannot seem to find it. Please help me so i can move forward. thanks
FOUND IT. thanks please ignore my question
How do edit the actual menu ? I want to add bold to the navigation so the menu is easy to read. Nothing is happening when i add font-weight bold.
Again please ignore. :$
I would like to use Wordpress for the blog part of my website rather than having to sign into Dreamweaver when i want to add a post. Do you create Wordpress sites? I would really like my blog to be the same theme as my website (I used Emerix). I love my website using this template.
Thanks Roxane
Now I’m working on converting my first template (Tectonic) into a WordPress theme, and I think I can finish it approx. in a month. The next will be Emerix WP theme, but it’s going to be done not earlier than in January 2015.
Thank you for getting back to me. I am uncertain that I can wait that long, however, maybe I can start my blog using the current HTML5 and then switch once the Wordpress one is complete. If I wanted to keep my HTML5 website and only use wordpress for the blog could I do that?
Do you know how much you will charge for the WordPress version of Emerix?
Yes, you could. Why not… The prices for products here are set by Envato team. I think, the WordPress version of Emerix will cost $48-58, like an average WP theme.
Hello
I really like this template. But before I buy i need to confirm, is it possible to make the logo sticky to meaning it scrolls down with the menua bar ? Like on this template http://webnus.biz/themes/florida/header7.html
Many thanks
Yes, it’s possible. In the sticky menu mode, the arrow in header can be replaced with a logo (reduced in size, or smaller version). The “Sticky menu” section in layout.css should be modified like this:
/* Sticky menu
--------------------------------------------------- */
body.sticky-menu-active #header {
position: fixed;
top: -80px; /* match header height */
}
body.sticky-menu-active #header.extended { top: -99px; }
body.sticky-menu-active #header.top-bar-embedded { top: -118px; }
body.sticky-menu-active #logo {
bottom: 3px;
width: 40px;
height: 30px;
background-image: url(../images/colored_theme/main_bg/green/scroll-top-arrow.png);
background-color: transparent !important;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center center;
border: none;
cursor: pointer;
}
:not(.ie8) body.sticky-menu-active #logo {
width: 120px; /* the width of logo */
height: 44px; /* the height of logo */
background-image: url(../images/logo.png) !important;
background-size: 120px 44px; /* the size of logo */
}
body.sticky-menu-active #logo img { display: none; }
body.sticky-menu-active #primary-nav > ul > li > a { height: 35px; }
body.sticky-menu-active #primary-nav > ul > li.sfHover > ul,
body.sticky-menu-active #primary-nav ul li:hover .sf-mega { top: 39px; }
.ie8 body.sticky-menu-active #header { border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; }
.ie8 body.sticky-menu-active #logo {
padding-top: 3px;
filter: alpha(opacity=70);
}
.ie8 body.sticky-menu-active #logo:hover { filter: alpha(opacity=100); }
P.S. You can make the sticky header look exactly the same as in your example… but this will require from you a little more modifications in layout.css and custom.js.
Hi Many thanks for your prompt reply. I will look once purchased.
Now an other thing, one of your customer above posted a link to his website using this emerix theme. And i noticed his reservation page. Please check the link below: http://www.ferienhaus-idrosee.de/booking/reservierung.php
See how the form fields appear neat and same size, plus on empty submission you get error.
Is this achieveable ?
I am not familliar with php
If stuck can I request your expertise help in this matter. ?
Looking forward to hear from you. Many thanks
That form is not mine (not from my theme). It’s most likely a plugin. Unfortunately, I can’t help you with implementing third-party plugins or doing some custom job for you because I don’t provide such kind of services.
I can only help my customers with some little prompts concerning some slight modifications of css/js (like you can see here, on this comments board).
Thanks for the reply.
Any idea what pluggin might be used there ? As i really like it. How do i contact the user to ask about it.
Wonderful many thanks.
I am waiting for a reply from the author regarding customization.
Once confirmed. I will buy this one. 
Thanks a lot for getting back.
Just heard. Everything should be good. All plugins are compatible with the lovely theme. I am super excited. And now I am buying it. Exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks for providing this. 
Thank you very much! Wish you have a nice time working with my theme! 
I am working on my contact page and was wondering if I can add and change fields on the contact form? If so, please let me know what all needs to be changed.
Thank you!
Basically, you can add any number of the following field types: input[text], input[email], input[checkbox], textarea, and select. All you need to do is to add/modify necessary fields on a contact form in html file (“required” attribute is needed for mandatory fields), and add/modify corresponding lines in mail-contact.php.