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Hello AJ, The bg-fixed on the Paris demo scrolls great on desktop but does not have the “background scroll” effect on mobile. Can this be implemented?
The issue is fixed backgrounds on mobile devices (especially testing on iOS ) it causes the device to essentially freeze and you can’t scroll which is why I’ve added CSS to reset the fixed position – not via responsive code but by actually targeting the mobile class to prevent issues on all mobile devices:
.wpex-is-mobile-device body,
.wpex-is-mobile-device .bg-fixed,
.wpex-is-mobile-device .bg-fixed-top,
.wpex-is-mobile-device .bg-fixed-top { background-attachment: scroll !important; }
You can test yourself removing by adding this to your custom css:
.wpex-is-mobile-device body,
.wpex-is-mobile-device .bg-fixed,
.wpex-is-mobile-device .bg-fixed-top,
.wpex-is-mobile-device .bg-fixed-top { background-attachment: fixed !important; }
In some cases if your images are small enough it may not have too much affect or if your phone is very new (maybe the iPhone 7 can handle it I have not tested yet) but when testing on iPhone 5s and 6 I couldn’t even scroll down the page on the Paris demo.
- AJ
I added polylang and the footer created in footer builder is not showing. How do i set up different footers for different languages with the footer builder? Thanks
There is actually a small bug with polylang only in regards to the footr builder in the last update. Sorry! I have fixed it for the update I will be releasing. If you want you can submit a ticket (request it be sent to AJ) – and if you can provide temp FTP logins I can fix the bug for you. Or if you want you can wait for the upcoming update. Sorry for the troubles!
How do i write privately here?
Sorry I meant to post the link to the support site, but I see you found it and submitted a ticket. I will respond asap, thank you for your patience!
Good Day, Please, I have and issue with the filter not working although turned on currently working on a project on my localhost, view at link below
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0haRXRPEpuoekl1RklWVDJrNWsHi,
When I try and visit the live site to see what could be wrong it’s showing a different theme
Do I have to change my hosts file to check? Unfortunately just looking at the picture doesn’t help much. Can you edit the module and make sure the filter is in fact enabled? Also make sure you have categories in the backend and they aren’t empty? And if you can’t share the URL can you see if there are any errors in the browser console? Thanks!
Hi AJ – just bought another license. This continues to be my “go-to” theme! I have a quick question. On my Portfolio Categories pages, I’d like to add a block of H1/H2 text under the loop. Ideally I would like to just take my Portfolio Category description and move it below the loop, and format it to h1 or h2… but it could also be a block of custom text, whichever is easier. I noticed there’s a snippet you’ve already written which is really close to this, “Portfolio Category Description Above Loop”... but it’s above the loop, and not formatted. I guess if there’s an inverse of this function I could use, I can just use CSS to format the text however I want. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Great! Thank you for the continued support, it really helps me keep going!
Anyway it’s very easy! So total has many hooks you can use – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/action-hooks/
The one that runs after the loop is called “wpex_hook_content_bottom” so you can attach content to that hook. Example:
function myprefix_add_after_loop() {
// Only needed on portfolio categories
if ( ! is_tax( 'portfolio_category' ) ) {
return;
} ?>
YOUR HTML HERE
<?php }
add_action( 'wpex_hook_content_bottom', 'myprefix_add_after_loop' );
Of course if you prefer you can also copy taxonomy-portfolio_category.php to your child theme and modify ti manually. But using the hooks is always better then editing template files.
By the way Total 3.6.0 is coming very soon. If you have any last minute requests, please let me know!
- AJ
How to custom font on child theme? Because I still don’t understand your docs. Could you offer video for child theme tutorial?
The guide should be pretty straight forward as long as you know some basic coding. Which part are you confused about maybe I can help better explain that section?
I can totally make a video, but not today because I am working hard to get the new 3.6.0 update released so I don’t have much time. But maybe tomorrow. But if you can tell me what part you don’t understand I can update the the docs or explain better.
- AJ
Which file is paste code place for “a font add to the settings ” ?
This goes in a child theme – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/child-theme/ – functions.php file. This is the place where you can add any of our snippets – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/snippets/
- AJ
Hi there. I got busy and took time away from working on my site for a while. I’m back with a question. Under the “Edit Page” command, I tried to change templates. However, i don’t see any difference in the page after I update it. I’m trying to change the page titled “Blog” to a blog template. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Make sure under Settings > Reading you unselect the Blog as the “Posts Page” first before setting the blog template. Also make sure everything is up to date just incase there was a bug:
- http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs-category/updates/
- http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/changelog/
- AJ
i unselected the blog as the post page, then set up the blog template. No change.
Are you able to share the URL in question so I can have a look? It’s possible I can see what’s going on from the front-end. Or you can submit a private ticket here – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/support/ – with temp logins so our support staff can have a look for you.
- AJ
Hello AJ,
Could you please give a sample objective of the snippet “Conditionally Alter Portfolio Post Grid Links” ?
And regarding permalinks structure, I would ideally like to have specific prefixes :
- for a Blog post : domain / POST PREFIX / post… - for a Portfolio post : domain / PORTFOLIO SLUG / post…
I have set a POST PREFIX in WP custom structure but a Portfolio post shows this prefix also before the portfolio slug prefix : domain / POST PREFIX / PORTFOLIO SLUG / post …
Is it possible to remove this post prefix from portfolio post url ?
Michel
Hi Michel,
The snippet you are referring to “Conditionally Alter Portfolio Post Grid Links” is something completely different, this is if you want to redirect specific posts when using the Portfolio Grid module. It doesn’t have anything to do with the url themselves.
When you set a custom prefix at Settings > Permalinks it is added for all posts. In order to remove it you can set the in_front parameter false for the theme’s custom types.
I am actually going to update the theme in the next version for this. So you can update it manually. Open the file at Total/framework/portfolio/portfolio-config.php and locate line 142:
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => $slug, ),
change to:
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => $slug, 'with_front' => false ),
Do the same for the tags and categories (search for ‘rewrite’ in that file you should be able to locate it easily).
And make sure to re-save your permalinks so WordPress can register the new settings. I’ve tested everything locally and it should work well. You would probably want to do the same for the staff and testimonials (located in the same framework folder very similar to the portfolio process).
Or you can wait for the upcoming update 
I don’t believe most people would want this so I will disable it in the upcoming update (could still be re-enabled though if someone wants it).
- AJ
Thanks indeed AJ.
Thanks to your help, I should be able to have my structure ready by end of September as wished 
One minor remark regarding header logo icon : I can’t find the font awesome icon “fa-institution” is the Theme Options drop-down list, so I’m trying to locate and replace the icon string in Total/Framework/header-functions.php , but if you have a better solution …
Michel
Oh yes I do see it’s missing I will update the list in the upcoming update. Open total/framework/fonts.php and just add it to the wpex_get_awesome_icons array manually right after where it says “elseif ( ‘all’ == $return ) {”. I will be there in the next update 
Actually I double checked. It’s not “institution” it’s “university” and it should be there already
Please double check.
You’re right : the icon exists both as “institution” and “university” !
Thanks again.
Hi,
I have noticed that displaying the portfolio grid doesn’t give the user the ability to dynamically filter the portfolio by category, and there is no ‘next’ button to see more items. Please correct me if I’m wrong. Shall I use an external plugin for that? Is there a recommended plugin?
Thanks for advance.
Hi,
I am glad you found the settings, thank you for letting me know 
Because of the way the theme constructs the grid with the various built-in settings for enabling/disabling items and font/styling options, the various jQuery events and the ability to easily override the entries via a child theme it doesn’t allow for a very good AJAX integration. It could be possible to include it but it would cause more issues then it would help because if added I would either have to re-code everything completely and it would break people’s sites if they made any adjustments via a child theme or it would only allow 1 grid per page with ajax pagination which will for sure cause some concern by customers.
If you are inserting a grid on a homepage for example my recommendation would be to actually disable pagination and then you can add a button under that links to the “full portfolio” where you have pagination enabled which is better for usability and SEO.
Another alternative is that the Visual Composer “Post Grid” module does support a “load more” function if you want to check that module out and it also has a filter setting. But my portfolio grid module is less bloated and in general should load faster. So it’s a matter of what you would prefer.
Other customers have also recommended a premium plugin called “The Grid” which is very nice, but again it would be adding a lot more “bloat” to the theme, but I do believe their system includes ajax pagination if you want to check it out.
Please let me know if you have any further questions or any issues with the theme! I hope you are having (or had) a good weekend.
- AJ
— By the way I do see your support license has expired, if financially you can afford to renew your license at this time I would really appreciate it if you did (purchasing a new copy of the theme for another client will also renew your support license). Thanks you!
Hello team Total – I’m wondering if you have any tips on what could be going on here:
- Some Staff pages not loading featured image. They’ve been set up in the same way but some work and some don’t.
1. Not working: http://neoface.com.br/nf/index.php/staff-member/luciano-del-santo/ 2. Working: http://neoface.com.br/nf/index.php/staff-member/bruna-santos/
I’ve completed the Wordpress and theme updates but it didn’t seem to resolve. Any pointers would be super helpful. Thank you.
Hi,
When I check this page – http://neoface.com.br/nf/index.php/staff-member/bruna-santos/ – it is actually re-directing to the first page you mentioned “luciano-del-salto”. Did you delete it? If not can you please confirm it’s the correct link so I can help you out, thanks.
By the way I do see your support license has expired, if financially you can afford to renew your license at this time I would really appreciate it if you did (purchasing a new copy of the theme for another client will also renew your support license). Thanks you!
I hope you are having a great weekend, - AJ
Hi AJ, thank you for getting back to me. I kept working on it and just really wanted Luciano’s page to work and Bruna’s was the only one working so I replaced it.
Examples of pages not displaying image: http://neoface.com.br/nf/index.php/staff-member/staff-2/ http://neoface.com.br/nf/index.php/staff-member/profissional3/ http://neoface.com.br/nf/index.php/staff-member/profissional4/ Examples of pages working: http://neoface.com.br/nf/index.php/staff-member/marina-leardi-gouvea/ http://neoface.com.br/nf/index.php/staff-member/alex-barbosa-nunes/Something else happening is that the staff grid is not being adjusted based on the order I’m setting up. On this page: http://neoface.com.br/nf/index.php/sobre-a-clinica/corpo-clinico/ “Luciano” is set up as order #1 but showing up in position #6
Re: renewal, will do!
Many thanks!
Yay, thank you for the renewal!
Regarding the image, that is very strange. It’s not even in the source code – https://cl.ly/463H1v0t1Y1j
The featured image is clearly defined since it’s shown on the Grid. The only thing I can think of is if there is an issue with the cropping. Can you please double check the image size settings for this module on these staff members?
Regarding the staff grid. How did you setup the custom order? Are you using a 3rd party plugin for the custom order or the order field when you quick edit the post?
By the way since you renewed the support license if you want open a ticket and request it be send to me (AJ) and I will personally help you further. If you send me temp FTP logins that would really help as I should be able to tell right away what’s up – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/support/
- AJ
Hello, i have some questions you for my theme. 1. How can i add meny toggle to top bar as this image (absolutely i see that top bar menu dont change toogle in mobile) https://cl.ly/2c022r0Y0O1H 2. Can i add menu subtitle to theme (i can use theme child) https://cl.ly/0V0M0l3F3u1L 3. Can i add this js to my site for Total menu toggle: http://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_css_menu_icon.asp
Thank you for support 
Hi,
1. The topbar menu is a simple menu so it doesn’t have a mobile toggle. The main reason is because I don’t want to add 100+ more options to the customizer and slow things down 
2. This is not enabled by default because of the way the menu is coded to allow for better user customization. However, it can be enabled in a child theme 
I have a snippet here: http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/snippets/menu-descriptions/
3. Here is the correct way of adding custom javascript to a child theme – http://www.wpexplorer.com/javascript-wordpress/
Than you for answer. 2. I could do menu description, but how can i move description under menu? https://cl.ly/2g1G3y2p4626
With CSS 
.menu-item-desc { display: block; }
Or change it from a “span” to a “div”
Hi AJ,
Just a quick question. I would like to insert the logo at the left of the main menu bar, and eliminate the logo area on top of the menu altogether, is that possible to do with some coding changes? If so, how would I do that or where could I source it from?
Hi,
It is possible but a bit tricky. The best way is using custom code. I made a little example snippet for you:
function myprefix_move_logo_inside_menu() {
// Remove things from header inner
remove_all_actions( 'wpex_hook_header_inner' );
// Place logo in menu
add_action( 'wpex_hook_main_menu_top', 'wpex_header_logo' );
}
add_action( 'init', 'myprefix_move_logo_inside_menu' );
More info about hooks here – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/action-hooks/
This removes everything inside the header inner area and then adds the logo inside the menu. You would then just need to use CSS to position the logo/menu accordingly.
The only real issue I see is when you insert the logo in the menu, this menu wrapper is hidden on mobile because it switches to the mobile menu, so the logo will be removed also. It may be ideal to instead float your header and float your menu to give the appearance they are in the same line, make sense?
I can look into adding this as it’s own header style in the next update. I put it on my todo list, I think several customers would like this 
- AJ
Actually…If you use header style one – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/header-styles/ – you can just add some css – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/making-css-edits/ – to float the menu next to the logo instead of having it positioned to the right, that is the easiest solution 
- AJ
Awesome as always thank you 
Hello I’m using woocommerce as a catalog and I would like to hide or remove the products title in the archive page while still being able to show it in the single product page. Basically I would like to show only the product image in the archive page. Is there any sort of css or php custom code that can help me out?
Yes, using CSS is the easiest method. Here is an example:
.woocommerce ul.products li.product h3 { display: none !important; }
You can also remove it via PHP code by “un-hooking” the title if you wanted, but this would require adding custom code to a child theme – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/child-theme/ – functions.php file.
Here is the code needed: http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/snippets/remove-woo-entry-title/
- AJ
thank you very much!
I bought this theme a little over a year ago. Now my visual composer does not load. It worked with WP Version 4.5 + but now with WP version 4.6 it stopped loading.
Hi,
If your Visual Composer plugin is outdated it won’t work with the latest version of WordPress. The correct process to update the plugin is to first update your theme and then update the plugin. Once updated it should all work as expected. Here are the docs for updating the theme and plugins – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs-category/updates/
If you have any issues or questions about that, let me know!
- AJ
Hi -
I’m trying to add some logos to the Footer Bottom>>Copyright area. I would like them to be centered above the text, as you can tell they’re left justified. Is there an easy way to do this? Am I going about it all wrong? Thanks! url – http://dollargeneralbowl.com/
They are floated to the right, the best solution is to make the divs inline-blocks or change out the divs to “spans” which display inline (better for older browsers if you care about that). See here: https://cl.ly/132C461B371Z
Y’all are the best! Thanks!
Hi! I created a menu to sort my portfolio grid. I was wondering if there are any known issues because it seems glitchy today. I’m not sure if it’s something I did but it seems to sometimes work fine and other times nothing shows. You can see it here: http://614.a9e.myftpupload.com/floor-plans/. Thanks!
The issue is with the appear animation that has been added to the grid. Unfortunately you can’t enable the appear animation on the portfolio and apply a filter because it will give your items a 0 opacity and they will not display correctly.
Unfortunately since you are using the navigation bar outside the scope of the portfolio grid there is no way for the theme to automatically remove the animation based on the fact that it’s being filtered
So it has to be disabled manually.
Make sense?
The site is looking great!
- AJ
So glad I asked. I love easy fixes! Thanks so much as always!
Since I’m in here I may as well ask. Is there anything built into the theme that would allow me to easily link the resident portal link I have up top to a page with a login box that uses only one generic name/pass? Then somehow tell it to include x number of pages under that password protected section? Ideally I’d like a simple login box to a page just like these that has a new menu and a few pages that are protected. Thanks!
You are welcome
Thank you for always being such a nice, patient and polite customer – I appreciate it!
Regarding your question, this is a bit tricky. The login part is easy, you would just create a new user in WordPress with the name and password you want and a subscriber role. You can create the login page with the Visual Composer since Total has a login form module. Now to restrict access to the pages is more complex you can use a plugin for this, or you can use custom code in a child theme to redirect non-logged in users back to the login page when trying to access the specific page. Example:
function my_redirect_users() {
// Prevent access to page with ID of 2
if ( is_page( '2' ) ) {
// Redirect by default
$redirect = true;
// Check logged in user
if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
if ( 'username_to_test' != $current_user->user_login ) {
$redirect = false; // do not redirect this user
}
}
// Redirect user
if ( $redirect ) {
wp_redirect( 'REDIRECT_URL', 301 );
exit;
}
}
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'my_redirect_users' );
This is probably the better method, in my opinion and very easy 
- AJ
Awesome! I’m going to give it a try soon. Thanks so much!
Hello AJ,
I’d like to use the existing Testimonials post type for a Questions/Answers usage : I would accept questions via another way, and post the question in post title and the answer in post content.
But in VC Testimonials Grid entries, I haven’t found how to link the entry title to the Testimonial post itself.
And there is probably a way to hide the title area for all testimonial posts ?
Also, I have a Header Type One and plan an overlay image on the homepage : isn’t it possible that the menu search icon opens a “replace” bar ? In any case (replace or overlay search), is it possible to have the focus in the search field when clicking the icon ? (I’ve added “autofocus” in <input field …> but it didn’t work).
Michel
HI Michel,
Honestly I would not recommend the testimonials for this because of their default archive design it would require significantly more edits and custom CSS then to simply use a new custom post type. I would recommend disabling this post type if you won’t be using testimonials.
Sure you can link the title and you can hide the title area for the testimonial posts – both fairly easy customizations, but in the end still more work then simply adding a new FAQ post type (which would make a bit more sense also).
Have you looked into the FAQ / Q&A plugins available? Such as this one: https://wordpress.org/plugins/dw-question-answer/
For the header overlay, you can override the search style via a child theme function via a filter – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/snippets/override-header-menu-search-style/ – but there are reasons why it is set the way it is for the overlay header style.
The auto focus issue for the search field requires javascript. I’ve already added a fix for the upcoming update since another customer reported that 
- AJ
Thank you AJ, I’ll work on your recommendation.
Have a nice week-end 
Michel
Bought one year ago but I’m just trying to find any example of Total theme with different portfolio sizes in masonry view. Is there any way to see a demo with this? thanks
I have a simple example here – http://totaltheme.wpengine.com/features/builder-modules/portfolio-modules/
And here is one on a demo – http://totaltheme.wpengine.com/base/portfolio/portfolio-masonry-grid/
If you use the Portfolio Grid module you can easily enable masonry if you want to test it out.
Be sure you update your theme to the latest version because there have been many awesome changes!
- http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/changelog/
- http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs-category/updates/
Also some customers do like using the JetPack gallery/carousel module which also works perfectly with Total if that is something you would prefer as well.
- AJ
Hi AJ, Hopefully an easy question for you… can you look at my author block, do you know why it has the picture below a broken picture image? I know that the picture is through Gravitar, but thought I would try you first. http://www.sleepbabylove.com/sleep-needs-by-age/
This is being added by some sort of lazy load plugin you are using -> https://cl.ly/27272t393s2F
- AJ
Hi. I’m pretty sure I’m overlooking something simple but I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. I’m trying to enable the Top Bar. I’ve enabled the Top Bar via Appearance > Customize > Top Bar and Theme Panel > Customizer Manager. Please help me see the error of my ways. Thanks!
Hi,
Can you please make sure it’s not disabled for the homepage via the Page Settings by chance – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/page-settings-metabox/ – on some of our demos if you imported a demo we may have disabled it on the homepage manually so it may be causing some confusion.
- AJ
Thanks for the quick response, AJ. Your suggestion fixed my problem.
I love the theme and the support. I’ll be a repeat customer.
Great, glad it was an easy fix and you like the theme! If you have any other questions or issues just let me know 
- AJ
Hi there! I’m trying to set a page’s subheading via the meta box. But on update and reload, subheading text shows in the back end, but it’s not displaying at the front end (not even searching the source code). This was happening on a video type page, so I’ve tried with a standard type but the result was the same. Everything else is working wonderfully! Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks!
Is this for a custom post type? Can you please show me the URL in question so I can take a look? There aren’t any known bugs with the subheading so I would like to see the page in question as it may provide me with some additional info for troubleshooting, thanks!
Sure! I’ll open a ticket to send you the link. Thank you!
You were right, subheading is working fine! We just forgot that some time ago we disabled the page header as we’re using the h1 title as heading for single pages. So subheading wasn’t being displayed. Anyway, thank you very much for your concern.
Great, I am glad you managed to get it working! Thank you for letting us know in the tickets and in the comments 
- AJ