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Hi, How can I memorize element settings?
I’m using the Image Grid element on many of my pages and each time I add the element to a page, I have to go through the tabs and make the desired adjustments.
I’m always adjusting the Image Grid element the same each time – is there a way to “memorize” the settings so I don’t have to repeat the adjustments each time?
Thank you
Hi,
You can save any element as a preset like this – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/visual-composer-presets/ – so the next time it’s added to the page you can access it under your custom elements.
But also depending what you are doing you may want to consider the following articles as well:
- https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/real-media-library-integration/
- https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/using-post-gallery-image-galleries/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGYuBjqkj8Q
These may be helpful as well depending on your project.
- AJ
Hi AJ,
Before I posted my question, I found on my own how to do it but it did not work. After your response, I found out why.
When I click on the gear icon, then click on Save as Element, then enter my desisred title, there are two buttons – almost exactly alike – that both read “Save changes.” Seeing both of those buttons, I figured it didn’t matter which one to click. Now I know it does matter.
So far, I love Total but I have encountered several places in the dashboard and in documentation where clarity was lacking.
Perhaps the button could be renamed something like “Save element title” so others may avoid the confusion I had.
Thank you for your wonderful support.
Hi,
Oh I see what you mean about the buttons – https://cl.ly/nhRx (the one next to it and then the one at the bottom) – unfortunately because it’s part of the core page builder plugin I can’t modify it inside the theme. However, I will open a request with the developers of the plugin to see if they can update that in the next version for easier usability. Great idea!
If you have any issues or confusion at all with the theme . documentation or video guides please let me know! I have over 500 docs, snippets and videos for Total so sometimes things do get a bit outdated or may need a bit of fine tuning if it’s not very obvious for the non-developer or someone new to WordPress.
Since there is such much documentation out there, the only way for me to really stay on top of it, is having customers report a documentation article as outdated or requiring further details. So please do let me know, of course i want to make sure everything is as easy as possible so that my customers aren’t wasting their time. I really appreciate all feedback and suggestions. Thank you!!
I hope you had a lovely weekend, AJ
Wow, AJ – tremendous support! Thank you. If I have suggestions of this type again, should I post here in the Comments or notify you in a different way?
Feel free to post all suggestions in the comments. I think it’s the best place and easiest for you 
- AJ
Hi, I am using header style one. My logo is tall about 150px height, and it looks funny with only a line of main menu on right.
Can you please advise how can I move the top bar section to just above the main menu? So we have the logo on left, topbar and main menu on right. Topbar on top of menu.
Leave some space between top bar and main menu.
If it is too hard to move topbar there, may be I can use a custom widget instead.
Thank you very much.
Or if I can add the below snippet to be above the main menu that would help as well.
// Add custom content to header function my_custom_header_content() { ?> Some Text, could be anything though <?php } add_action( ‘wpex_hook_header_inner’, ‘my_custom_header_content’, 999 );
Hi,
You can easily use theme hooks – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/action-hooks/ – to move the topbar to be inside the header area.
The thing with header style one is that the menu is positioned absolutely to the right by default so that it’s perfectly centered. What you would want to do is add the topbar or extra content into the menu wrapper using PHP this:
function myprefix_move_topbar() {
// Remove from wrap top
remove_action( 'wpex_hook_wrap_top', 'wpex_top_bar', 5 );
// Re-add to the menu after hook
add_action( 'wpex_hook_main_menu_top', 'wpex_top_bar' );
}
add_action( 'init', 'myprefix_move_topbar' );
- this code should be added via a child theme : http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/child-theme/
Then you will need to add custom CSS to remove the absolutely position of the menu and fixed height and instead float the menu to the right like this:
body .navbar-style-one {
position: static;
margin: 0;
top: auto;
height: auto;
right: auto;
float: right;
}
body #top-bar-wrap .container {
width: auto !important;
}
To get things looking exactly as you need, it will probably require some additional tweaking but this will definitely get you on the right track.
Also be sure to tweak accordingly for mobile…You may want to use a different mobile menu toggle style such as the navbar – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/mobile-menu-toggle-styles/ – to prevent conflicts with the topbar content.
Also the first piece of code adds the topbar inside the menu, you could instead add it to the wpex_hook_header_inner as you suggested prior and then float it to the right or absolute position the text which may prove easier to handle (especially responsively).
- AJ
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ps: I noticed your support license has expired, if at this time you can renew your support license I would really appreciate it. You can also purchase a new copy of the theme for another site/client and it will also renew your support. A support renewal is around $41 so if instead you purchase a new license of the theme you essentially will get a new license for only $17 to use on another site and a support renewal. If financially you can’t at this time I understand but would really appreciate it since I spend a lot of time and money supporting and updating the product – thank you!
Hi, Thank you so much for the help. I added the code as suggested both in childtheme funciton.php and additional css, but it doesn’t do anything.
Hi,
Can you share a screenshot of the child theme’s code. It definitely should work since I wrote the code using my local development site as a test (I always do that to make sure the code I send to a customer works). It’s possible maybe there was an issue when copying/pasting from the comment section.
- AJ
Thank you so much to your reply.
the code in function.php (childtheme)
<?php /* * Child theme functions * * When using a child theme (see http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development * and http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes), you can override certain * functions (those wrapped in a function_exists() call) by defining them first * in your child theme’s functions.php file. The child theme’s functions.php * file is included before the parent theme’s file, so the child theme * functions would be used. * * Text Domain: wpex * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API * */
/* * Load the parent style.css file * * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes */ function total_child_enqueue_parent_theme_style() {
// Dynamically get version number of the parent stylesheet (lets browsers re-cache your stylesheet when you update your theme)
$theme = wp_get_theme( 'Total' );
$version = $theme->get( 'Version' );// Load the stylesheet
wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri().'/style.css', array(), $version );} add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘total_child_enqueue_parent_theme_style’ );
This code only loads the child theme. Maybe some of it got cut off, can you share a screenshot instead of the whole file? Thanks!
If you would like to renew your support – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/renew-support-license/ – you can also open a ticket – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/support/ (request it be sent to AJ) and I can help you add the modifications to your site
- AJ
hi, I had purchased a new license for my new project and had asked for help by support ticket.
Thank you to your support and your theme is the best.
Hello! I’ve added a (Total) Navigation Bar in the left column on one of my pages, and I’m wondering why it ignores my Settings>Design selections with regard to (1) the Left/Center/Rights alignment and (2) Hover Animation? It seems the Button Style setting might be overriding both the left/center/right alignment selection and the hover animation selection(?) I can successfully change the font hover COLOR but it completely ignores my font hover ANIMATION selection (regardless of whether I choose Pulse Grow, Bounce In, or any other). Also, all the button styles except for Plain Text completely ignore my left/center/right alignment selection. (They automatically give a seemingly unchangeable center alignment for the button text.) So, is it true that (1) the Design>Alignment setting only works for Plain Text button styles, and (2) the Design>Hover Animation setting doesn’t allow one to change hover animation for any of the button styles? (Interestingly, the default (seemingly unchangeable) hover animation for Plain Text button style has the classic “underline under the text” look whereas there seems to be no hover animation whatsoever (other than selected color change) for all other button styles.)
I assume I'm missing something here and would really appreciate any guidance.Thanks very much!Hi there,
- The hover animation was a theme bug which I fixed in the last update:
- https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/changelog/
- http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs-category/updates/
- The alignment option should work for all the styles. Can you share the URL so I can see what may be going on?
AJ
Hi,
Thank you. I finally figured out how to update the theme on Bluehost and as you predicted the hover animation works fine now. However, the Nav Bar Settings>Design>left/center/right alignment option definitely is still not working. I also created new Nav Bars on different pages, and except with the Plain Text button style, all the other options (e.g., Flat, 3D, etc) completely ignore my selection of left (or even right) alignment and only deliver a center alignment for the button text. My site is not yet public so I’d rather not list the url at this time, but it’s definitely not working, even after updating the theme. I guess I’ll have to use the Plain text option because I need right alignment; however, I was hoping to use one of the other button styles because they don’t force that classic “underline” under the text when hovering. (On the other hand, if there is a way to get rid of that underline when hovering in Plain Text, then I’d be all set. It doesn’t seem to be connected to any hover animation option listed.) Thanks again, and if anyone has any insights about the inability to left or right align in non-Plain Text button styles in Nav Bar, I’d love to hear.
Is the issue with the alignment that you can’t select the alignment or that it won’t save? If it’s the later, it may just be a caching issue – can you try clearing your browser cache?
Here is a test on the latest version so you can see it should work: https://cl.ly/nj9g
Is that what you are testing that isn’t working?
- AJ
So glad you sent that video as I now realize I didn’t properly communicate the problem. I’m using Nav Bar only in my side column and then I’m using the EXPANDED button layout (Design>Layout>Expanded) in order for each button to fill up an entire “line” in the column. Although not my site, here is an example of a similar far left column (which I’m doing via Nav Bar)—http://hls.harvard.edu/dept/academics/degree-programs/ So, my alignment problem is not with the button itself but with the text inside the button. If for instance in the Harvard page example above, if we say the left column was designed using Nav Bar with expanded buttons filling the column, then the text with in the separate buttons—e.g., “Programs of Study”, “Curriculum”, “Writing at HLS” etc would all be left justified within the full-column-width expanded Nav Bar buttons. That’s what I’m trying to do. Instead, except for the Plain Text style, the system seem to require that the text within the buttons be “centered”. (It does allow me to select “left” or “right”, but it just ignores it and keeps the text centered.) Not sure if there’s a way around this. Thanks again!!
Ah, gotcha. This clears things up. So basically you want to align the text inside each link. You can do this easily with a little CSS added to the pages. I recommend using a unique classname for that like this: (give it any unique name you want).
Then add this CSS to your site: https://cl.ly/njh5
.my-custom-menu a.theme-button { text-align: left; }
I would like to see what you are doing though on the site if possible (you can submit a private ticket if you prefer). Because maybe whatever you are doing can be done in a much easier way. For example if you are adding this menu to multiple pages (rather then doing it manually). I want to make sure however you are building this menu if it’s to browse different pages that it’s done in the most efficient way possible for easier modification in the future.
- AJ
Excellent.. Thank you! I’ll need this side Nav Bar on only a few pages so I’ve now pasted the CSS you suggested in through the Visual Composer settings wheel at the top of the relevant pages rather than through other methods that would be applicable for the entire site (according to your instructions at https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/making-css-edits/ ). It works perfectly! I am wondering however if it would be better to paste the css in through the Total Custom CSS panel (under Theme Panel) if my aim is to minimize risk that something could get screwed up or lost when I do future updates or if I have to migrate my site to a different hosting company, etc. (As you can probably tell, I’m not a coder and fairly new to Wordpress.) Thanks again for your excellent support!
Glad that works
It doesn’t really matter where you paste the CSS because both methods store the settings in your database which if you ever moved the wesbite to another hosting is the number 1 thing which gets migrated.
But of course if you pasted the code in the Total Custom CSS tab and you ever want to tweak it then you only have to do so in 1 place not in all the pages, so it’s easier for future edits if needed.
There is literally nothing that wouldn’t be lost if a site is migrated correctly – http://www.wpexplorer.com/migrating-wordpress-website/ – since everything (posts, pages, categories, customizer settings, custom css, etc are all saved in your database).
- AJ
Hi AJ it’s me again XD i want to use the recaptcha of google and and I wonder where I can put the google code on your theme 
Hi.
Depends. Where are you planning on using it? Login page? Comments? other?
- AJ
i want to use for the comments and contact form
We’ll you’ll need to integrate it with the forms, you can’t just copy/paste code from Google. For example:
- AJ
thank you
Damn, I need the social link for SnapChat. Of course it is a Saturday.
I see the “Alter The Top Bar Social Icons” in the docs was done in 2015.
Does that still hold as is, or are there updates since you wrote that doc.
Damn, not running a child theme.
How can I switch to using a child theme without losing my settings?
OK, I switched to the Child Theme. I just used the Import/Export Settings to carry over all my settings.
Then I followed the instructions on “Snippets: Add New Social Options to Top Bar & VC Social Module” and it worked. The documentation could be cleaned up a little on this topic.
So problem solved.
Awesome, thanks for letting me know. Have a nice weekend,
AJ
HI AJ, just wondering if the super fly menu is going to be an option – I’ve seen your thread with their developer and I hope we will see it soon…
Maan, I keep trying different themes and I believe yours is the most stable one of them – I think I should save my time and go 100% Total from now on :-))
It can’t be included with the theme, because they don’t offer extended licenses – I already reached out to them.
I think you should go 100% Total from now on as well Also when you purchase your next license of the theme it will renew your support license for free which seems to be expired now.
Have you already updated to 4.5? http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/changelog/
- AJ
Not yet but I’ve seen your changelog and hopefully in the weekend I will catch up with the updates. I know where to find your changelog and I like the fact that you keep it it in the same place. I have worked on different themes and their updates changelog are totally vague and not clear – it makes my life miserable…
I will add another license soon! Happy Friday!!
Great, I’m glad to hear all that
And I’m actually planning on a little design update to the docs/changelog as well to make it even better.
Happy Friday and Holiday weekend to you!
- AJ
Hi AJ,
Are there any plans to introduce a Client Logo widget bit for Visual Composer?
I’m running a shortcoded plugin at the moment, but I reckon it would be so much better if VC introduced one as stock.
Thanks for any info!
Not sure what you mean exactly. You can already use the image grid module or the image carousel module to display client logos without the need for a module specifically called “Client logos”.
- AJ
Really? I never thought of that – and you’re able to add links from each logo to their websites too?
Yep You can add custom links with either of those modules.
Yes, I’m already on it – thanks AJ!
Hmmm – its not looking QUITE right at the moment but it’s not far off.
Whenever I add any CSS3 Hover aspects to the images, they shoot off to the left and I can’t get them centred.
The only other way I can get them centred is by disabling CSS3 to default, which makes the images grow in height and out of proportion.
Is there a way to get the images centred by any other means?
It’s ok – sorted with a WordPress Logo plugin
I don’t know what module you are using so I can’t be of much help.
But, if you are using the image carousel there is an option to center them – https://cl.ly/ndif
If you are using the Image grid, the images should be centered by default, however, some hover affects require the images to stretch to prevent issues with the hover affect, which may be what you are seeing, you’ll have to share the URL so I can look.
- AJ
Well you can check it if you want at midlandsmaidens-escorts.com (it’s below the Blog Posts) but these clients that have designated logos, and those that use banners need to have a happy medium drawn between them – which is why I chose the plugin.
The plugin is also VC compatible, so as soon as they’ve sorted out an infuriating fault, I might consider upgrading to Pro.
Ya, the image carousel module in Total can do the exact same thing basically…If you wanted to share an example of the theme’s module and the issue you were having with it then I can help.
I have an example carousel at the bottom of this demo – http://totaltheme.wpengine.com/corporate/
Sure, leave it with me and I’ll set up a new page with just the carousel module set up.
I got rid of the old one so it’ll mean setting a new one up from scratch, but it was dead simple!
Sounds good, just let me know. If you prefer you can open a ticket and keep this private – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/support/
It’s the weekend so I may take the afternoon off to spend time with family, but I’ll be back tomorrow
- AJ
Okey dokey, have fun!
Right, I’ve added a few sliders to midlandsmaidens-escorts.com/logo-test/ which is there purely for testing purposes.
If you felt the need to go in and mess about, the admin details sent over the other night should still be working.
Can you please edit the carousel to remove the hover affect? The theme’s hover affect requires the image to display as a block so it won’t center. You can always add an opacity hover after with a little CSS.
Without it the images will be centered : https://cl.ly/nfo3 (you can see in this example that the images are centered by default).
- AJ
That’s why I added TWO VC image sliders, one without the CSS3 hover effect added, and one with it added.
The one without it added is the top one, with images in the centre but the images all out of whack.
Oh, and whilst I’m here – some CSS to remove the title border would be greatly appreciated as I can’t find the settings anywhere!
- The images in the first carousel are being stretched by other CSS on the site outside the scope of the theme (maybe coming from the slider plugin you are using). It’s not possible to tell because of the minify function you are using on the site. But it’s easy to override with CSS:
body .wpex-carousel-entry-media img { width: auto !important; }
- You can use the settings under the Content CSS tab and set the border to 0 – https://cl.ly/nfGD
- AJ
Yep, all centred now and looking good!
I’ve tried the Content CSS settings though, and maybe it’s because it’s a black background, but the border settings aren’t working.
Hang on – got it.
I needed to put ‘0’ into all the border settings and then it fired up.
Looks pretty good now!
The black background doesn’t matter, here is a video to help : https://cl.ly/neuO if it’s working in the backend but not live, that could be a caching issue. Make sure to disable any caching plugins while you are working on your site.
- AJ
Yep, it’s working now.
Just needed to add the ‘0’ border bit.
Hi AJ, my client wants me to use WP Rocket and I have a question regarding the minifying of js files. There is a text field that asks: ‘Specify URLs of JS files to be excluded from minification and concatenation’. Are there any URLS I should put in here? Thanks, Chris.
Hi Chris,
Really you shouldn’t have any issues including all of them. Basically any script that is in the head tag should be left alone though (there is a reason it’s there and not in the footer). The theme itself puts everything in the footer.
But…I don’t recommend combining scripts the speed increase will be minimal (and if you are using https with http/2 it will actually slow things down) and it can cause more hassles when updating themes/plugins due to hard caching of the scripts since they will no longer include their version numbers at the end.
I recommend you actually test the site with and without concatenation and see if there is in fact an increase in loading time (not score, that’s useless, actual loading time).
- AJ
Cheers thanks for the info
Is there a plugin for add to wishlist for product images?
Hi,
You mean for the products? There are many 3rd party WooCommerce wishlist plugins out there (free and premium) I can’t really recommend a specific one though because I haven’t tried them all out and they all work fairly differently. If you Google search “WooCommerce Wishlist Plugin” you should be able to locate some to try out. The theme should work with any of them (if they are coded correctly) but if you have any conflicts let me know.
- AJ
AJ, Is there a way to add wishlist and/or like buttons to post type portfolio images? I would want these images to be saved to the member so they can see them later. Thank you. Example: https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/
Hi,
There isn’t any built-in function for this sort of thing. It would require a 3rd party plugin or a child theme modification.
Basically you need to add the link button which can be done easily with a custom overlay – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/create-new-overlay-styles/
But then you need a system that either saves all the likes in a custom post type or database entry (if the user is logged in) or in a cookie (if the user is logged out). And a custom template to display any saved items based on the current visitor.
I know there are some plugins out there for this but I can’t personally recommend them since i haven’t tested any and it’s not something I would likely add to the theme because it’s a massive functionality and no one else has requested it, so it would just be added bloat for most users sorry 
If you find a good plugin though and need help with the integration let me know!
- AJ
Hello WPExplorer,
i have a few problems with the Visual Composer Plugin of the theme… first: There is a Z-Index Issue with the dropdowns on the mce editor when editing textblocks.. the vc panel got a higher z-index as the dropdowns.
second: the accordions in the vc role manager wont open but will trigger a js error because in tap-vc-roles.php there is this data-vc-targe attribute which ( i guess ) a jquery selector that is not properly set ( the value has to be quoted ).
third: im working locally, then deploy on my dev and then to live.. only on live i ran sometimes into an issue where the checkboxxes in vc role manager -> post types are unchecked… i dont get this issue locally or on dev but it sometimes appear on live. it looks like it has to do with the way vc does save permissions. can you help me solving or reproducing this problem? it rarely appears but its annoying if the client with editor rights suddenly can´t use visual composer to manage his content.
thank !
- MeisterMilad
Hi MeisterMilad,
This is Aj the theme developer.
1.The issue with the z-index was fixed several versions ago. Please make sure to update your theme and bundled plugins:
- https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/changelog/
- http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs-category/updates/
2. I can’t recreate the issue with the accordions, can you please update and if you still have issues send me the link with to the page with the error so I can have a look? Thanks!
3. Are you using any sort of user role plugins on the websites or 3rd party plugin with user roles? Once user permissions are saved in WordPress they can’t be changed easily unless modified directly in the database either by saving the VC options again or if a 3rd party plugin is modifying user roles. There isn’t any sort of transient or cache function on the user roles so they shouldn’t be switching on their own.
The only time when they may switch is when activating the Templatera plugin because this plugin can modify the roles on activation.
I’d be happy to have a look though if you want once everything is updated
- AJ
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ps: I noticed your support license has expired, if at this time you can renew your support license I would really appreciate it. You can also purchase a new copy of the theme for another site/client and it will also renew your support. A support renewal is around $41 so if instead you purchase a new license of the theme you essentially will get a new license for only $17 to use on another site and a support renewal. If financially you can’t at this time I understand but would really appreciate it since I spend a lot of time and money supporting and updating the product – thank you!
How can I change the text that says “skip to Main Content” when you press tab? I’m using the theme in a site in Spanish, so I need to translate it.
Hi,
If you are translating the theme the best way is using the .POT files – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDa_8sflnQE
Or using a plugin such as Loco Translate – https://wordpress.org/plugins/loco-translate/
If you rather do it manually in a child theme you can as well The template part (file) is located at partials/accessibility/skip-to-content.php
- AJ
I’m using Loco Translate, but “skip to Main Content” nor “Back to top” texts appear in the list to be translated, maybe you need to enclose these phrases with the _e() function to help us translate easily. Thanks in advance.
Hi,
That’s weird, it’s possibly a plugin issue. The string is definitely translated already – https://cl.ly/nh5w
I am using esc_html__ (as you can see in the screenshot). though because it’s secure whereas __() or __e() is non-secure.
I’m going to install the Loco translate plugin and see if I can locate the error. But it may be something you need to ask them about.
- AJ
I just installed Loco Translate to test and it is showing up for me in the Spanish translation – https://cl.ly/ngSh – is this the same file you are using?
- AJ
Sorry, it was a problem with my server, Loco Translate needs php mbstring and it was not installed, thanks for your help!
Oh awesome! I’m glad you got it working, thank you for letting me know.
dear sir/madam,
I am currently showing some of my customer reviews which I manually added in the testimonial section of wordpress. But now I want a function next to these shown testimonials where my customers an rate my service directly. How can I add something like this to my website using Total? Many thanks!!
Hi,
Do you want to allow people to be able to add their own testimonials via the front-end? If so I would recommend a form plugin like Gravity forms that allows you to create post types from the front-end. So you can have a form where a user can fill out their name, add a review and a rating and then your form can create a new testimonial based on the form – it is a bit advanced and will require some custom code but Gravity forms is awesome for this and maybe they can assist you with the form since it is a premium plugin.
Otherwise if you want separate ratings you could locate a 3rd party plugin just for that, there are quite a few rating plugins out there.
- AJ
Since the Total 4.5 update my local scrolling stopped working. I had to revert to the previous version of Total. I’m using local scrolling on every page of my site so this is a very important function. Can you please let me know how I can fix this?
Hi,
Local scroll should still be working as you can see on this live demo – http://totaltheme.wpengine.com/freelancer/ – the issue may have just been cache related. In the future instead of reverting your site, please reach out to me so that I can look and let you know how to fix the issue because I can’t really provide any help unless I can see the issue live since the function is working for me and other customers. I just don’t want you wasting any of your previous time rolling back an update if there is any fix
- AJ
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ps: I noticed your support license has expired, if at this time you can renew your support license I would really appreciate it. You can also purchase a new copy of the theme for another site/client and it will also renew your support. A support renewal is around $41 so if instead you purchase a new license of the theme you essentially will get a new license for only $17 to use on another site and a support renewal. If financially you can’t at this time I understand but would really appreciate it since I spend a lot of time and money supporting and updating the product – thank you!
Hi, can you add custom field options for image grid and image carousel addons in next update (as image addon). Because post gallery is not enough sometimes, I have need more. Thank you very much.
And I noticed that acf field doesnt work in top bar social URL field. And can you add text transform option to heading addon? Because when choose custom field, cant set transform: uppercase.
Hi,
- You mean so it can support the ACF gallery? https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/gallery/
I can’t just add a shortcode field because it can cause some issues with in-experienced users. But I could look into adding a new field to select your ACF gallery if the plugin is active.
For galleries though I highly recommend this – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/real-media-library-integration/ – it’s a lot easier for the end user and for managing many images.
- For security/sanitization the top bar social fields only accept URL’s not shortcodes. I don’t see any reason why you should require shortcodes for these fields. Can you please explain?
- Adding a text transform to the heading module is a great idea, I just added one for Total 4.5.1 – great suggestion!
- AJ
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ps: I noticed your support license has expired, if at this time you can renew your support license I would really appreciate it. You can also purchase a new copy of the theme for another site/client and it will also renew your support. A support renewal is around $41 so if instead you purchase a new license of the theme you essentially will get a new license for only $17 to use on another site and a support renewal. If financially you can’t at this time I understand but would really appreciate it since I spend a lot of time and money supporting and updating the product – thank you!
Hello. When I disable WooCommerce Product Zoom, also lightbox arrows and thumbnails are being removed. What can be the reason for that?
**Edit: I have found out that, zoom setting conflicts with “Auto Lightbox” setting. If I disable it, then gallery is displayed properly (with or without zoom)
But I couldnt find out how to keep “Auto Lightbox” setting enabled sitewide while turning off zoom feature.
Hi,
Thanks for the bug report! I’ll be releasing 4.5.1 today and I added a fix for this
- AJ
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ps: I noticed your support license has expired, if at this time you can renew your support license I would really appreciate it. You can also purchase a new copy of the theme for another site/client and it will also renew your support. A support renewal is around $41 so if instead you purchase a new license of the theme you essentially will get a new license for only $17 to use on another site and a support renewal. If financially you can’t at this time I understand but would really appreciate it since I spend a lot of time and money supporting and updating the product – thank you!
Hi AJ, Can you plz advise how i can achieve this effect with the single image module? These are image links with a mouseover animation.
http://www.almasaoodoilgas.com/what-we-do/In Total 4.5 I added a new total module which supports custom overlay hovers – https://cl.ly/ne0m
There isn’t an exact hover like the one you mention but you can always create your own if non of the pre-built hovers work for you – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/create-new-overlay-styles/
- AJ
why is the max execution time recommended to be 300 (5 minutes). Is there a downside to this giving the server too long to process? I just want to understand the reasoning to this before I update. Thank you
Hi,
This is AJ the theme developer. This is primarily for importing demos which on some servers can take some time as well as when updating the theme in which the process WP does is download the update, delete the current version and replace with the new version which can also take some time on.
Issues normally happen on shared hosting plans which are much slower and require higher max_execution_time limits. If you have a good server and don’t currently have any issues then don’t worry and leave the values you already have set
I’ll look at adding a little question mark next to the system status heading that links to a documentation page and better explains things. Do you think that would be a good idea?
- AJ
Hi AJ thanks for the quick reply and info. I agree on you making a question mark so users can make an informed decision and maybe a few notes on how to do that with htaccess and also .user.ini – php.ini -etc.. My server is setup with php fpm pools using multiple versions of php so .user.ini is the only way I can get the settings to change and I think that is confusing for some people. As always thank you for the assist.
Thanks for your reply. I’ll definitely add something For most users it’s best to tell them to contact their hosting company in order to edit the values because a lot of my customers don’t even know how to use FTP!
- AJ
Hi, Can you plz advise how i can achieve a similar header look as http://www.almasaoodoilgas.com/
Notice the links above the menu to the right http://prntscr.com/h7t633 and the way the logo changes when scrolled http://prntscr.com/h7t6pk
I tried to use the overlay header but was not able to make the top bar transparent. Kindly advise.
Hi,
- You could add the extra links using the Top Bar function or you if you want to add a custom section you can use theme hooks – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/action-hooks/
- In the Customizer under Header > Sticky you can choose a custom sticky logo if you want it to switch on scroll.
- AJ
Hi AJ, Thanks for your response. Yes, i did think of the top-bar as a solution, however, i need to make the top-bar’s background transparent so the background image from the overlay header is visible through it.
Plz advise
Hi,
Technically you can’t just make the topbar transparent and have it work. You have to make the topbar position fixed just like the header which you can do by moving it’s placement. Which can be done very easily: https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/snippets/move-topbar-to-header-wrap/
- AJ
Hello AJ,
FYI, after having updated to Total 4.5 on Flywheel, and having flushed cache via Flywheel dedicated button :
– The VC update didn’t work : it stays to 5.3 saying “The plugin is at the latest version” (same thing for Slider revolution, that I don’t use)
– In Theme panel, nothing happens when I enter the Theme License code
(I’m on WP 4.8.3 by default on Flywheel)
Michel
Hi Michel,
Sounds like you are having some issues with making outgoing connections. Are you by any chance using CloudFlare on the server? I know that it can cause some issues.
If you open a ticket I can help with manual activation of the license and also let you know what’s going on exactly – just request it be assigned to me.
There shouldn’t be any issues with updating the plugins or activating the license, so if you are having issues it is something on your end and I’d be happy to help check.
- AJ
Hi there, even if you BEAUTIFUL theme makes me do pretty much everything I want…I need to ask for your help. My client would like to have the mobile menu icon animated, like this: https://codepen.io/designcouch/pen/Atyop. Is there a way to do it? Many thanks for your work!!
Hi,
First of all I’m glad you like the theme, yay!
The link you send me has the exact code you need to add to your site for that exact icon and animation
I’m guessing what you want to know is how to replace the current menu item with your custom HTML? If so, it’s very easy to do. Have a look at this screenshot: https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/snippets/mobile-menu-bars/
So you can use that filter added to your child theme’s functions.php file – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/child-theme/ – to change the default HTML of the mobile menu icon.
- AJ
Sorry AJ…I can’t figure out where I have to put the custom HTML to change the menu icon…
Hi Luca,
I mentioned this in the last comment. The code will go in your child theme’s functions.php file. If you don’t have a child theme active please have a look at the docs here: http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/child-theme/
Once you have the child theme installed you would paste this into your child theme:
function my_mobile_menu_open_button_text( $return ) {
return '<div id="nav-icon1"><span /><span /><span />
</div>';
}
add_filter( 'wpex_mobile_menu_open_button_text', 'my_mobile_menu_open_button_text' );
This is the code taken from the example you shared. Then you need to change the number in nav-icon1 to the icon you want from the example.
Then paste the CSS from the example onto your site – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/making-css-edits/
Then add the javascript to your site. You can also add the javascript via the functions.php file like this:
function my_menu_toggle_js() { ?>
<script>
( function( $ ) {
'use strict';
$( document ).on( 'ready', function() {
$( '#nav-icon1' ).click(function() {
$(this).toggleClass('open');
} );
} );
} ( jQuery ) );
</script>
<?php }
add_action( 'wp_footer', 'my_menu_toggle_js' );
Make sense?
- AJ
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ps: I noticed your support license has expired, if at this time you can renew your support license I would really appreciate it. You can also purchase a new copy of the theme for another site/client and it will also renew your support. A support renewal is around $41 so if instead you purchase a new license of the theme you essentially will get a new license for only $17 to use on another site and a support renewal. If financially you can’t at this time I understand but would really appreciate it since I spend a lot of time and money supporting and updating the product – thank you!
