Discussion on Zox News - Professional WordPress News & Magazine Theme

Discussion on Zox News - Professional WordPress News & Magazine Theme

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I’d like to use the top section on the homepage as a hero image only and not an ad code. I would need to upload the image and provide a link so it gives the theme a potential professional look. Is this possible.

Hi pgsimas,

You can insert any html or javascript code you want, and it doesn’t even have to be linked to anything. So, yes that is certainly possible.

Thanks, but I want to simply upload an image to whatever specks needed ie 2000px by 300px for example to fit the homepage. I don’t need any html or java script code. Hope this makes sense. If it had to be html what would be the the necessary html language to achieve my goal? Thanks.

Hi pgsimas,

You can upload the image via WordPress, and then just use the URL for that image in the HTML code, which I could provide for you should you decide to purchase the theme.

I like your ZOX NEWS template very much. I’m wondering about the purchase but I would like to make a few key points before answering my decision. 1. Is it possible to add GoogleAdSense ads? 2. How do you manage your advertising campaigns, is there any tool that shows clicks, visits, reporting etc? 3. Can you freely define the dimensions of banner ads or are they permanent (if so what)? 4. Is the translation supported by WPML.org or something else?

I apologize in advance for my weak English. Regards, Jarek

Hi jerronimo,

1) Yes, you can use any html or javascript code in the ad spaces, including Google Adsense.

2) There is no built-in ad management system, but you can use a third party service like Google DFP, where you can set up an ad campaign and they’ll give you ad code that you can then use in the theme.

3) The dimensions of the leaderboard ads are not fixed, so they can be as wide or as tall as you want. But the ads in the sidebar can only be a maximum of 320px wide, but they can be any height.

4) I have not tested the theme with WPML, but the theme is translation ready and comes with translation files.

Hey guy, I love your theme, can I get demo import?

Hi srebic11,

The theme comes with XML data from the demo, but that doesn’t include the demo images due to licensing. All images will be replaced by a dummy inage.

Thanks Nice Theme! Can I display loading mark while loading articles after clicking [More Posts]?

Hi 000sugar000,

That is something I may add in a future update, but for now, that is not a feature of the theme.

Thank you for your consideration.

No problem!

Are the 4 share icons on top menu editable? Currently have Facebook, twitter, instagram and youtube. Can we add more/and or change the four that are up there? Is RSS an option? Thanks!

Hi TCM1968,

Unfortunately, those are not easily editable, though I may include an option for that in a future update. But the remainder of the social buttons are located in the flyout menu or in the footer.

Thanks for the reply. Bummer :( With so many people abandoning push notifications RSS has been making a major comeback. Millions of people use feedly so for a lot of publishers it’s just a must to have RSS near the top and not buried in the footer. Unless you use those 4 specific sharing buttons guessing lots of people are going to want a way to put their top 4 buttons up in the menu. Will check back for future updates to see if those top buttons can be edited.

Hi TCM1968,

I appreciate the feedback, and will take it into consideration for future updates. Thanks!

Is there a reason why infinite loading feature doesn’t properly work like in the flexmag theme? It loads the next posts but URL doesn’t change once in the next article. Is that a feature or a bug? I like this theme and am considering it but that would be a prerequisite for a switch.

Thank you.

Hi sashabogi,

The feature in this theme is not a true “auto load post”, but rather a “teaser post” feature that displays part of the post and the viistor will need to click the “Continue Reading” button in order to view the rest of the post.

I did this for a few reasons. 1) Because the auto load post feature in Flex Mag was causing conflicts with some javascript plugins within the auto loaded posts, and 2) because the feature in Zox News will lead to true increases in page views rather than artificial ones like Flex Mag.

Thank you for your answer, I was hoping that the autoload feature will be updated to avoid the conflicts with javascript. I wanted to use the Flex mag theme really bad but it kept breaking every time there was a third party ad (java script) in the article so I never moved on to Flex Mag.

I really had hopes that this theme (since it looks amazing) will have that sorted out because I have 2 local digital newspapers that are ad supported only and need the ads to work. The auto load feature would increase the number of page views and thus increase revenue generated from ads if it worked.

Either way, thank you for your reply.

Hi sashabogi,

This is something I still plan on looking into for the future, and if a solution is found, it will likely be implemented in all of my themes.

What is the font that you used for the Logo?

Hi meflies,

It is not showing that you have purchased the theme. Please login with the username you purchased the theme with and post a comment here so I can confirm your purchase. Thanks!

hi,

Great theme very nice! i was thinking is it not possible when people click on the continue reading link that it reloads the page and show the full article everytime it reload we gain pageview so more $$

instead of next button to reload the page for pageviews use the continue reading button that you have created as reload button for the full article?

Hi Nelrickson,

I’m not exactly sure what you mean, since when you click the Continue Reading button on the Teaser posts, it does reload the page by loading the article page itself.

i have made a fast video of what i mean for you. https://youtu.be/-InKaF3kqGE

Hi Nelrickson,

Thanks for the illustration and I now understand what you mean. However, That would be a nuisance to visitors to your site to reload the page they are already on each time they view an article. The only reason the other Continue Reading buttons reload the page is because they are not actually viewing that article and need to be taken to that page. So, it’s not actually a “reload”, it’s more like an initial load.

Hi, I’m thinking of using this for a sports-based site. Is it Sportspress compatible by chance? THX.

Hi soaringpine,

Unfortunately, I have not tested it with SportsPress, but I do have another theme called The League, which is compatible: https://themeforest.net/item/the-league-sports-news-magazine-wordpress-theme/19488138

Hi,

I bought this theme yesterday. I found it amazing. But, i’m disappointed today. The homepage is a static page…. For example, i like the feature 1, but if i don’t want trending topics in the homepage, i can’t remove it. I would like to add others widgets.

Thanks in advance.

Hi anthoaridon,

Please submit a ticket at the Support Center and I’ll look into this for you.

But the short answer is that the Trending column is a part of the Featured 1 layout. There are 3 other Featured layouts that do not have the Trending column in it if you would like to use one of those. And there will also be more Featured Posts layouts added in future updates.

Is the theme updated to manage latest Facebook API changes? Read this https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2017/06/27/API-Change-Log-Modifying-Link-Previews/

Also, i want to move my website from the current theme to your Zox theme. Check http://www.digitaljunkfeed.com – will the transition be smooth? Will i get your support in shifting the site once i buy the theme?

Thanks in advance.

Hi whopps,

The Facebook sharing button function still works just fine through the changes, and if any issues arise, a fix will be provided in a future update.

As for switching themes, I cannot account for any features that you may be using with that theme that may be tied directly to that theme, but as long as your site works well with the default WordPress theme, it will work well with Zox News. The only thing I would recommend is that you regenerate your thumbnails with a plugin after installing the theme (as you would after installing any theme).

Is it possible to change the background shape of widget title?

Hi dlndolgion,

Yes, I can give you some code to remove the slant if you’d like, but I also plam on providing other header options in a future update as well.

For some reason the color of the header isn’t changing, any idea why? Also the social sharing buttons aren’t appearing. I also can’t figure out how to properly setup Theia Sticky Sidebar.

Hi GPunch,

I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying the theme! I would really appreciate it if you could give the theme a 5-star rating. And I have an update pending that addresses a few minor issues and adds RTL compatibility (which likely doesn’t affect you). But I do plan on adding more Featured Posts options (including another option for category pages) and a few more widgets in the next update. Thanks again!

Sounds awesome, and will do!

Thanks so much again!

Hey, love the look of the theme. Just wanted to know if I could post gifs. to my post. Its very important. Also can I change the color of the theme from dark or light ?

Hi daboss704,

If you’re referring to inserting GIFs into the body of your posts, yes, you can certainly do that and they will work just fine.

You’re very welcome!

Oh wow this theme is amazing! better than Click Mag for sure. Every new theme you publish is better than the last.

It’ll have some discount like The league had in the past?

Hi m4tl4s,

Thanks for the interest! Unfortunately, I don’t have any discounts or sales planned at the moment.

Hi,i buy and i love your Theme.

Please more “Dark Widget” Options not only for “Videos and Photos” :-)

Hi Schabulsky,

Thanks so much for the purchase!

I definitely plan on adding more widgets and will consider more dark ones. I’m so glad you like it and would appreciate it if you could give it a 5-star rating, which would help me out a ton. Thanks again!

Can you help us to support RTL in this theme? We need to use it in our Arabia website :)

Hi ezzeldean,

I will try to have a RTL preview available later today, and yes, the theme does support bbPress.

Item from purchased from @estihdaf account. Happy Day! :)

Hi ezzeldean,

Great to hear! If you have any questions or issues, please submit a ticket at the Support Center and I’ll be happy to help.

hi do you support bbpress?

Hi harryg98,

Yes, this theme is bbPress compatible.

Great job. Unfortunately, like other theme creators, you probably are not publishing yourself. From here you can not know what we need. I have written about it many times, I will write and you will use it in your favor and I will have a good reason to change the look of my page. Eg photo gallery. – what a waste of money. The photo gallery should open up in a separate popup which every time it refreshes and I next to the picture can make some ads. Think about it now – 60 good pictures in the gallery and zero profit … And the photographer has to pay. See that theia has the ability to refresh the page while pagination. Not without a reason. They left this option by chance. Another issue is the button under CONTINUE READING. 50% as no more readers are so lazy that they will not click … because they have to click. If the article was loaded immediately – it would have been better. A good idea would be to implement embedding of banners within the article text. In the case of many themes that I have seen here I have a lot of comments and none is perfect. Your is as close as possible – but think like publishers;) Good luck.

Listen. SocialGallery eg in their lightbox allows you to place an ad. This is not the best solution, but it shows the right path. This should be more flexible. Naturally adding a watermark will do something that most people do not think …

When it comes to loading another article, you have it in your flexmag. One article loads another. Statistics go up, advertisers are willing to work further. It’s not as important as the previous solution.

As for the ads injected into the article, AdRotate Pro is the benchmark.

There is not much information in the trade portal – woo commerce does not bother anyone and may help, but it is better to have each comment made a new thread on bbPress (native support for bbPress Topics for Posts).

This allows people to automatically create forums.

The above issues make me, finally, once, I would see a theme that is tailored to the needs of publishers.

I’ll tell you what I’m using, maybe give you some tips for the future.

I personally and I think that many people who run an information service use eg business directory (like sabai directory), listings (AWPCP) or very important for me :calendar (calendarizeit) – these are basic additions for local + nationwide news.

All that I wrote, you can really work around using external plugins and plugins. But the native gallery is something like blocking me. Not so much gallery as the lightbox. It’s a detail and believe me – if you added it, I’d be your customer because it’s been a couple of years since I changed the theme and time to change. What you wrote about AMP or FB above to someone shows me that you are not going for fashion just thinking about what you do and for whom. It’s really more than others and that’s why they see the chance;). Well done.

Hi negoz,

Thanks for all the info and I will take it into consideration moving forward with possible future updates.

CONGRATULATION NICE THEMES, I LIKE IT

I have some questions for you before i buy this themes, can i share my article to facebook or other social media to automatically, or i must add other plugins for this.

Is this theme highly compatible with google adsense and can change me to monotize my website?

thank you

Hi putrasumedi,

The theme comes with its own custom social sharing buttons plugin that you will need to install. The buttons were built into the theme, but Envato now requires authors to include the buttons separately as a plugin.

The theme is fully compatible with Google Adsnse.

well, thank you for your replied, i like so much your themes. thank you

You’re very welcome!

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