Discussion on Valenti - WordPress HD Review Magazine News Theme

Discussion on Valenti - WordPress HD Review Magazine News Theme

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Question before purchase: what is the difference between Valenti and 15zine? framework? css? functionality? thank you very much

Hey Primarelease,

Thanks for checking out Valenti and 15Zine :)

The main difference between them is the core design – Valenti is more bold with its colors and contrast, and 15Zine is more minimalist.

They do share some things of course, such as the same system for the theme options and the homepage builder, but the options themselves vary a bit and the homepage modules available are quite different too (compare the modules themselves on both homepages).

Other things such as the review systems work differently too and the CSS has similarities in names (I coded both, so that is to be expected) but the actual CSS applied throughout is different to achieve the different designs.

Hope this helps.

Cubell

amazing, thanks for the reply. Valenti is also much more updated, right?

Hey again,

You’re welcome :)

At this moment in time, Valenti was updated more recently (a few days ago), but I am working on a big new update for 15Zine too (v3.0) and even though it’s taking me longer than expected, it is definitely coming!

Cubell

Hi Cubell,

The post background image is not working when using Parallax featured image after updating to WP 4.5 this morning. Updated Valenti too with your 4-18 updated version too. No change :(

It’s not attaching the image to the page. It’s the same background sitewide. Tried uploading it just for this page to see if that’s the issue. Still not working.

Did I misunderstand the update notes on the product page? Thought it said the rel issue was addressed for background images.

Thanks in advance :)

Hey Air45,

Ah that was a last quirk that has been addressed in 5.3. Try updating to that version (came out earlier today) and let me know if it fixes it :)

Cubell

Thanks Cubell!

As usual, you’re awesome :)

You’re welcome :)

I’m thinking of buying this theme, but I have a few questions: 1. For a newssite I need to add a source with url when writing an article. Is it possible to add that behind the name of the author and the date?

2. Is it possible to set a default layout for an single article. Like: always without sidebar?

3. There is a light and dark menu. Is it possible to change that to red through Theme options or something like that? Or do I need to make my own CSS modifications?

Thanks in advance!

Peter

Hey Peter,

That’s great to hear, I hope you enjoy using it :)

I’m afraid I don;t think that full-screen block will be possible as Valenti module blocks are bound by the theme’s site limit. The closest to that is this setup: http://valenti.cubellthemes.com/category/lifestyle/

And regarding the sidebar options, that global option hasn’t made it into the core theme yet but it will definitely happen in a future update! Until then search these comments because I have shared how to set all your existing posts to nosidebar in bulk within a few minutes :)

Cubell

Ah I’m figuring something out using custom CSS for the full-screen block I like. I’ll search the comments for the sidebar fix, thanks!

A new question: on the homepage I want to use the ‘Section With Latest Global Posts + Pagination’ but it outputs all posts, while above I’m already showing 7 recent posts. So I need an offset option like in the other sections. Can you fix that?

Thanks again!

Peter

Hey Peter,

You’re welcome :)

That latest posts block is controlled completely by WordPress, which is why there isn’t an offset option for it, however, depending on your setup you could install this plugin to omit categories from the block (that block is essentially WordPress’ default homepage posts list): https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-category-excluder/

Hope it helps!

Cubell

Hi Cubell, i have the same error with new Gallery Posts, nothing appears. Do you know when your quickfix is read? Is this also for customers with expired support? Greetings Roman

Hey Tsurom,

I’ve discovered the cause, it’s due to a script the theme uses, I am investigating if the updated version of the script fixes it, if not I’ll have to fix it manually. Stay tuned for the next update.

Cubell

Hello http://www.skagavefur.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-19-at-10.32.16-PM.png one of my friend is using this theme and i am trying to help him to fix his menu. Wuy is the menu showing up like this? How can i fix that?

Hey Djdanni,

Happy to hear that :)

Cubell

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to to set a default post style?

I’m wanting every one of my posts to be Post Style ‘No Sidebar’ as below – it’s a bit of a nuisance having to remember to select it, and edit other peoples posts when they forget. Thanks

http://s31.postimg.org/xdim9yfmj/Screen_Shot_2016_04_19_at_19_56_43.png

Ah, just noticed support expired. Have 2 licenses so will be sure to renew…

Hey RoyalRumble,

It’s okay, I can answer this one, but please do renew if you have further queries. Currently there is no global default/override for sidebars, but I do want to add an option for that, so stay tuned for future updates :)

Cubell

Must be nice to be an Elite author. I just refreshed the page and more sales. That’s a testament to a great product. Good job!

I’m not having any issues besides the Jetpack which I know you’re aware of and I’m sure a fix is on the horizon.

However, I didn’t want to use the comment section to ask for help, but I figured I’d use the support area for when I really need if I ever do.

All I was wanting to do is get the CSS for removing the titles and byline for sliders only. I know that there is an option for removing this, but it takes out both the slider and the grid. I just want to remove the slider stuff.

Reason being is because I post Memes and they already have text on them so I don’t want to make them hard to read when a user views the post.

Thanks a bunch and enjoy your day.

Hey LazyBoyDavinci,

Hope you’re well :) In the latest version there doesn’t seem to be any issues with Jetpack, can you tell me what issues you are having?

Regarding the title in sliders, sure thing, you can do it with this custom css:

.cb-slider-block .cb-meta { display: none; }

Hope this helps.

Cubell

Hey, thanks.

On the Jetpack issue, I can’t seem to get it to sit well with the theme.

When I activate it seems to break the theme. The problems are the menu won’t follow as I scroll, the modules on the front page seem to touch each other and some of the photos in the sliders and grids are blank.

I tried it yesterday and that’s when I noticed the issue. Once I deactivated, the site was back to normal.

Also, I’m not sure if this is related to the theme or the WP 4.5 update, but I literally have to upload the same image before it stops giving me an HTTP error.

Thanks kindly.

Hey again,

Ah I see! It could be because Jetpack adds lots of modules by default, try activating it again then go in to Jetpack and deactivate every single module. Then only activate the ones you need (such as stats). Because by default it activates things like infinite scroll and other things that the theme already has.

Hope that helps.

Cubell

Hi there, do you know when the update will be released. The posts on the homepage don’t appear to be updating when new posts are added? Thanks!

Sure thing, but your support seems to have expired a while back now, and due to Envato’s (Themeforest) changes on 1st of September 2015, you need a valid support package to get support. You can read more about it here:

http://themeforest.net/page/item_support_policy http://marketblog.envato.com/releases/item-support-policy-and-functionality-launched/

So please go to your Themeforest account to extend support and then contact me via my profile contact here with your admin details and i’ll try to investigate what is going on.

Cubell

Hi there—I’ve emailed you now after extending the support. Thanks for your help!

I’m going to go through emails shortly, I should be with you within a few hours.

¡Hola Cubell!

Quisiera reportar que tengo problemas para subir imágenes después del update a 4.5; creo que es importante avisarte porque me sale Error HTTP al subir algunas imágenes aún después de desactivar todos mis plugin.

Aprovechando el aviso, un pregunta pequeña, ¿sabes si es posible cambiar el color texto de los encabezados del grid? No solamente agregar un fondo de cierto color, hablo de modificar el color del texto como tal.

¡Muchas Gracias!

Gracias por la atención, por eso tienes el mejor servicio y producto de ThemeForest.

Lamentablemente sigo con los dos problemas. Ya incluso reinstalé el tema, borré el caché y desactivé los plugins, pero me sigue marcando el error HTTP y debo cambiar a Twenty Sixteen para subir mis imágenes; estoy casi seguro que es una falla con el 4.5 que está causando problemas con este hermoso tema.

E increíblemente, el código CSS no me funcionó :( tengo activados estos códigos en Theme Options si sirve de algo:

.cb-grid-block .cb-module-header h2 {color: #000000; } .cb-sidebar-widget .cb-sidebar-widget-title {font-weight: 400} #cb-related-posts li .cb-meta { background: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); } .cb-meta, #cb-recent-posts li .cb-meta { font-weight: 400 } .cb-grid-3 .cb-article-meta, .cb-grid-4 .cb-article-meta, .cb-grid-5 .cb-article-meta, .cb-grid-6 .cb-article-meta {background: rgba(0,0,0,.99); }

Lo del CSS es vanidad pero lo otro es urgente por el tema de subir imágenes a un sitio de noticias, algo está muy raro por aquí :( también uso Godaddy si sirve de algo

FIX: Agregamos esto a functions.php y se solucionó el problema: add_filter( ‘wp_image_editors’, ‘change_graphic_lib’ );

function change_graphic_lib($array) { return array( ‘WP_Image_Editor_GD’, ‘WP_Image_Editor_Imagick’ ); }

Ah que bien que lo hayas solucionado! Y si habia un bug en WP 4.5 debido a script que el theme usaba, pero lo actualize y submiti Valenti 5.3, el cual deberia estar disponible para bajar luego :)

Awesome theme. I have a quick question about getting other custom post/content types to appear in the homepage (or other page) sliders. Now I’ve selected to have a category called “Podcasts” to appear as they are linked to the Seriously Simple Podcast plugin. There is a post type called podcast, and even in the function.php I’ve added the following

add_action( ‘init’, ‘ssp_add_categories_to_podcast’ ); function ssp_add_categories_to_podcast () { register_taxonomy_for_object_type( ‘category’, ‘podcast’ ); }

add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘ssp_add_podcast_to_category_archives’ ); function ssp_add_podcast_to_category_archives( $query ){

if( is_admin() ) {
  return; 
}
if( $query->is_tax('category') ) {
  $query->set('post_type', array( 'post', 'podcast' ) );
}

}

In order for my blog to list this as a category akin to normal blog posts. I’m just trying to figure out what parameters for post types need to be met in order for the slider to display their featured image, etc. in the slider. Help?

Hey Mechagorilla,

Thanks for the kind words and for choosing Valenti :)

Are you using the latest Valenti version? Because in the latest update all modules in the homepage builder can now use custom taxonomies, you don’t need any special code, it will automatically pick them up. Have you tried that?

Cubell

Buenas noches Cubell,

Hay una cosa que me pregunto si se podría añadir como una mejora de cara a una futura versión, y es incorporar una opción en las Theme Options para activar que se muestre hora de publicación de los posts. En cada nueva versión lo añado manualmente en el código, por mi parte puedo seguir haciéndolo así, pero creo que para una página de noticias es importante que se refleje la hora de publicación de una nueva noticia, por lo que creo que sería también interesante para otros usuarios de Valenti.

Un saludo!!! ;)

Buena idea! Lo voy a intentar hacer en el proximo update.

Saludos :)

Oh! Perfecto! :))) Muchas gracias Cubell!!!

Hi Cubell
I have wanted to use this theme for a long time now, and finally I have a client that needs a website, and this theme is ideal for that project.
Can you please let me know if there are any known issues with the latest WP 4.5 ? and if so, do you have a time-frame on a fix.
Thanks
KD

Hey KD,

Thanks so much for keeping Valenti in your radar :)

I have tested it on the local demo site with WordPress 4.5 and it seems to be working fine. Two buyers have reported issues with the gallery post type, but in my local demo site, it seems to work fine, so I suspect it is a cache/minify issue on the buyers’ sites.

WordPress 4.5 changed the jQuery/backbone scripts, so that will break a lot of themes and plugins, but as far as I can tell, Valenti is fine. If you do use the theme and discover a bug, report it and I will of course take a look at it and release a quickfix update if it is to do with the 4.5 update.

Thanks again,

Cubell

Clickable Background Advertising Takeover image doesn’t fit the screen in mobile. How to fix or disable that for mobile? page: www.bizevdeyokuz.com thanks

Hey Bizevdeyokuz,

The theme;s background ad takeover system doesn’t output on mobile at all, Have you edited the theme code in any way? Or are you using a child-theme and overwriting major files (header.php for example)?

If possible, install a fresh latest version of the theme and it shouldn’t load on mobile at all.

Cubell

most recent version of jet pack cratered the theme and the site. also, just upgraded to wp 4.5 and is now throwing a fatal error in the footer. kind of expected better from themeforest…

This is what I’m getting – Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_plugins() in /home/content/48/3673748/html/wp-content/themes/Valenti-2.2/library/extensions/github.php on line 222

Remarked out the github.php reference in functions.php to clear the error. (line 40 if others have the issue.) But would like a real fix though, thanks.

Hi Dijinn,

That Github.php error is actually not the theme, that file is how Envato tells us authors to include their official Envato Market plugin (plugin that allows users to update their Themeforest themes).

Envato was already aware of that bug in their script and they have updated it again, so I will include the latest github.php in the next theme update. Until then leave it commented.

And for Jetpack, can you go into the modules and deactivate any ones you don’t need (for example, the theme already has infinite scroll functionality, so no need for that module), and see if it works okay, because in my local demo site it seems to work fine.

Cubell

With new version, gallery post type doesnt work ! don´t appear anything

That isn’t great at all! But it doesn’t seem to be happening to any other Valenti users.

Try disabling every single plugin now and let me know, because I had a look and you still have lots of plugins enabled (I can see Google Calendar, anti spam, jetpack and others active).

Cubell

:), IT´S seems to works fine. It was JETPACK. unnistall and update all. Thanks cubell. :). www.planbeonline.com

Perfect, happy you got it working :)

Gallery not work at WP4.5 http://Carsoid.com

Can you share a new post where it isn’t working please?

It’s not work when you select type GALLERY, you can’t add images

You are absolutely right! I’ve discovered the cause, it’s due to a script the theme uses, I am investigating if the updated version of the script fixes it, if not I’ll have to fix it manually. Stay tuned for the next update.

Cubell

Hi Cubell

Its safe to upgrade to WP4.5? or wait a little?

cheers!

Hey N3k0,

I recommend waiting a bit! I’m going to launch a quickfix update soon to fix some minor bugs but before I do that I will try to test the theme in 4.5 as much as possible.

Two users (Below) have reported the gallery post type stops working, so I’m investigating it now and will try to fix it before releasing the next theme update.

Cubell

Yeah… i will wait :) Thx

Sounds good! :)

Theme is good, maybe one of the best I ever buy.

You can see http://carsoid.com , you can add it as example :)

Hi Vujo91,

Thanks so much for choosing Valenti and the kind words, really happy you like it :) And thanks for that!

Cubell

The 5.2 update broke the Background Image options for the blog. If I set the background image to anything but “repeat”, it doesnt show up. It used to earlier, but with the new update, it doesn’t.

Hey Disturbedrhythm,

Thanks for reporting, I am already aware of this and have fixed it already, it will be included in the next update (may release a quickfix update this week to address this issue).

Cubell

Hello Cubell, is there a way to use the Valenti Top Reviews widget with posts not containing reviews? Even with shortcode is there anything close to that? Any code-tweak?

I want to show more posts on the sidebar, but with big, wide grid-like thumbnails and this widget is the best available but unfortunately it cannot work with all post types.

Thank you, have a nice day.

Hey Korbakis,

I’m afraid not, that widget is coded to be for reviews. However, I may consider adding that design style to the latest posts widget. Have you tried the “big style” in that widget though? It’s a different design but does have large thumbnails.

Cubell

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