Hi there, sorry to see you go. One question, what plugin are you using to manage your podcast?

You should be able to keep the functionality that come with the plugin, such as your episodes and the RSS feed. All the theme options and page templates provided through Podcaster however (such as the “Front Page” or “Podcast Archive”) will go away.

Hello,

We ran into issues changing the theme, so we’ll going to stay with Podcaster for a bit longer.

I do have a question, which could be a part of why we’re running into issues. We haven’t updated WordPress in over two years because when we have, we have received this message:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_plugin_data() in /homepages/22/d576746140/htdocs/clickandbuilds/Humanature5370/wp-content/plugins/thst-feed/admin/options-init.php on line 29

Right now WordPress is on update 4.8, and we haven’t updated. I will not update until I know that the Podcaster theme and website won’t crash as it has twice after I updated WP.

The issue we had with activating a new theme brought on new issues, and we think that because we haven’t updated WP is causing the issues.

Is the Podcaster theme able to handle the new update?

Thank you.

Thanks for your reply. I’d say update both, TS Podcasting plugin and Podcaster before updating WordPress to 4.8. I don’t know what version of either you are running, but there have been a couple of updates in the last couple of months that have resolved the issue you mentioned. Now, if you still run into any issues while doing the update, I’d be happy to assist. Just get in touch via support@themestation.net

Thank you, that fixed the nav button issue. So the last problem I have is the “widgets” statement showing on the About Us and Contact page. Have a look, www.reel9.com. I’d like to know how to get that off there.

Hey there, if you don’t want to use the widgets, simply select the “Full Width” templates for both the About Us and Contact page. That will get rid of the sidebar area.

Thank you for the quick reply, that worked perfectly. I appreciate the help.

Thank you!

Hey, happy to hear you managed to figure it out. If you run into anything else feel free to drop a comment or write a message, I’ll see how I can help.

The only problem I have right now is in the navigation. I have a button called front page and would rather it say home. Awesome template, so glad I bought it. I’ll be giving high ratings.

I’m happy to hear you’re enjoying the theme! As for the navigation, you should be able to change the text for the link on the menu page. Go to Appearances > Menus and then click on the down-arrow of the item you would like to edit. You should be able to change the text that way.

Marking this as solved.

Hey there, just so I am able to give a better answer. What kind of plugin are you using to manage your podcast? Also, is there a particular reason you are not using the “Front Page” page template for your static landing page?

As for amount of posts to display, there are several places to edit that. For one under Settings > Reading. You can also change the amount to display on the Front Page template by going to Theme Options > Front Page > Amount of Posts. I hope this answers your question.

I am using the Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin, and have a Blubrry account for the free basic statistics. I didn’t use the Front Page template for my home page because I wanted specific photos to be used in conjunction with each episode on the home page, and I didn’t want to use those images as the “Featured Image” on the landing page for that episode (the Featured Images that I chose for each episode were images that would work as the header of the page). I ended up creating both a “Podcast Page” and a “Post” for each episode. The “Post” pages were necessary to have the episodes appear in my RSS feed and to put the show on iTunes, etc., but I wasn’t a fan of the layout of those pages and preferred the look of the “Podcast Page”. The “Post” pages are not linked anywhere on the website and so are basically not accessible. I tried changing both of those things, and each are set to show 10 posts, so I’m not sure what the problem is.

Thanks for your reply. Just a heads up that this is currently being looked into. I’ll get back to you. The conflict could have come up because two podcasting plugins are active at the same time. Podcaster is laid out to only cater to one such plugin at a time, to avoid conflict.

Since you have both plugins active, which one is the one giving you the RSS functionality? That could be the key to this issue.

Could you create a dummy account for me using the email address support@themestation.net? I could take a closer look at the settings, then.

Hi there, do you have a URL so I can take a closer look at what you are seeing on your end? Thanks!

Hi there, sorry for the late reply. I see that you have already purchased Podcaster. You should be able to publish from Libsyn, do let me know if you run into any issues.

Sorry about, could you send me a screenshot of the “Blog Posts and Pages” within the settings section, just so I can see what options you’ve activated.

Here you go! http://nimb.ws/F0WBTV (this is the live page where the player displays twice https://keepingitrealpod.com/podcast/episode-1-joan-edelberg/)

Does only changing the setting under “Display Media & Links” to “Disable” hide all players? Even when you leave the checkbox for “Media Player” checked? Could you send me a message to support@themestation.net if this still doesn’t work for you. Thank you.

yes i followed those instructions, and I tried all the presets and none match the live demo. our website is 4mompreneurs.com

Thanks for your reply. Which demo exactly were you trying to re-produce. I can tell you how to go about it from where you are.

got it figured out, thanks!!

Hi there, I’m sorry about this and the delay in getting back to you. I’m currently looking into this and have some questions: are you only getting this message when trying to make changes to the theme options? Or when editing posts/pages or other settings as well? Thanks:)

Thanks, it is happening only with changes to theme options. Changing anything else on the site (pages/posts/other site settings/etc) has been working just fine.

Just a heads up that this is being looked into.

Hi Ian, sorry for the late reply. I’m currently looking into what might be causing this as others. Does the message only appear within the theme options or in other situations as well, such as saving posts/pages or other settings?

As for the homepage, it looks like you are not using the static front page. If you want the set up like it looks within the demos, you will have to do that. You can find the instructions within the documentation under “Getting Started > Static Front Page & Blog Page” http://themestation.co/documentation/podcaster/#getting-started

Hi there, sorry to the delay in replying. Looks to me like the image is being hidden by a file called custom.css. Might want to check it, maybe you made some changes to the theme? Check for this: ”.single-post .wp-post-image” in the CSS file.

Again, I can’t thank you enough. Thanks!

Sure, you’re welcome

Hi there, thanks for your question! As it stands, Podcaster is meant to feature just one podcast at the time. Currently, works are under way to at start supporting the PowerPress custom channel feature, but there is only room for one podcast archive page at the moment. I’m working on fully supporting more than one podcast at a time, but it won’t be out for some time.

If you let me know what podcasting plugin you are planning to use, I can give a more exact answer.

I’m at the very start of this project, so I’m still doing research to find out what’s the best solution for me. I’m open to any possibility right now and will check back into your theme before making a decision.

Thx!

Okay, feel free to drop a comment then

Hi there, the square images are cropped 400 * 400 px, it seems like the image you used for your blog was on the smaller side (only 318 in width) so it made up for that by making it larger. Just make sure the thumbnail you use it 400 * 400 px or larger and that won’t happen.

Great, thanks!

Sorry to have so many questions! My site can be viewed here: http://www.happyjacks.org/

I can’t seem to get it to look like the demo. I imported the demo and that helped, but it still looks really different.

Big goals: - Media player and image in the header - Thinner posts on the main page that look like your demo (play bars in these? This would be nice but isn’t a must)

Just a heads up, that this is being looked into. You should be able to display players for both feeds, though. I’ll get back to you when I have all the answers.

Replied to your email

The newest version of Podcaster is 1.6.5, but you’re currently running 1.6. Both issues should be resolved by updating, since there have been updates to both the logo and navigation since then.

If you have made changes to the theme code directly, keep in mind that these would be overwritten during an update. To save your changes, I recommend making a copy of them and pasting them into a child theme instead. If you have any questions about this, feel free to ask.

Hi there, I updated to the latest version but the menu issue has not been fixed. The retina logo has though, which is great!

Hey there, just a heads up that I’m looking into what could be causing the menu issue. Did you by any chance make any CSS customizations to the theme (even if it wasn’t to the menu directly)

Have you only posted one post so far? If yes, then everything looks fine. The posts below will fill up as you post more. If you post episode 2, episode 1 will be displayed below and so on.

Yes I only have one post.

As I said : ” I only have one podcast posted, and I’d like to display it in the header, as a featured item (it works), and I’d ALSO like it to be displayed below in a “normal” post like in the demo”

But perhaps is it impossible ?

Hey there, sorry about that, I now get what you mean. You can achieve that by selecting “Featured” instead of “Newest” in the Front Page Header section of the theme options. Then depending on whether you have selected the “Static Posts” or “Slideshow” mode make sure you also tick the “Feature Post” in each individual post. That should do it

Hi there, this really depends on what exactly you want to change. In some cases it’s padding, in others exact widths. Are you using a developer tool such as Firebug to determine what you wish to change? If you give me something more exact, I’d be happy to give you some pointers.

As for the rounded corners, you can use the following CSS:

.list-of-episodes article.list { border-radius:0; } .list-of-episodes article.list .featured-image { border-radius:0; }

This in your child theme should get the job done.

Much appreciated! I completely forgot about the child theme, it’s not included in theme forest’s download of the theme only so I must do a quick reinstall! Thanks for the help.

You’re welcome. Yeah, the child theme is a theme of own and needs to be downloaded separately.

Hi there, happy to hear you like it! Sure, get in touch with me through support@themestation.net and we can arrange something.