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

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 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

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

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!

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.

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

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!

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!

**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!

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

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,

• 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

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,

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!

Hi Giulio,

The filter ‘wpex_get_index_loop_type’ is used in the index.php file which is used for all archives (blog, categories, tags, custom post type archives, custom taxonomy archives…etc).

What are you trying to do exactly so I can show you an example?

- 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 Michel,

Title tags don’t show unless you hover for a good amount of time, most people will click on the button before they even see the title tag. I’m sure you do the same thing…or do you always hover on buttons and wait for the title tag before clicking it?

Of course if you want to add it, you can by copying the partial file to your child theme at partials/togglebar/togglebar-button.php and adding the title tag. But I don’t really think it’s needed.

Ok I will be going over tickets in a bit, thank you for your patience! Looks like there are 18 in my queue and you are number 16

- AJ

OK, thank you.

Hello AJ, take your time, nothing urgent on my side.

I forgot to mention in the ticket that you may have to deactivate the “Admin Menu Editor” plugin to see the normal WP left column menu.

Michel

Hi,

This is AJ the them developer. Total version 3.6 is from October 2016 so I’m not 100% sure if it’s fully compatible with the latest version of WP since quite a bit has changed in the last year in both WP and the theme. The best thing would be to update your theme to the latest version which is 4.5:

• http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/changelog/
• http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs-category/updates/

If you have any issues with updating let me know.

My recommendation though is that you should always update WordPress even if plugins/themes aren’t technically compatible yet because of security concerns. There has been important security fixes in WordPress and if you are still on 4.7.2 then your site is at risk. It’s better to potentially have a bug in a plugin or the theme which can be fixed then to risk having your site hacked.

- AJ

Hmm nevermind, the white space is not linked to this tag.

Tracked this down to a firefox Youtube Downloader add-on I updated recently. Quickly deleted the add-on.

The skip to main content link is for screen readers for accessibility. It is hidden by default until you click tab when you first get to the website. If you see it on your website it’s because your site is loading old stylesheets so you just have to clear your cache so that the newer Total stylesheet gets loaded.

- AJ

Hi,

Unfortunately Envato won’t let us do a bulk discount for so few items. Bulk discounts are usually for over 100 licenses. After Envato takes 30% and US taxes takes 30% I’m also left with a small portion from each sale, so even if it was possible, doing discounts for a few items is almost like giving it away for free.

Let me know though if you have any pre-purchase questions or concerns with the theme itself.

- AJ

I understand the economics of that AJ – and I’m completely supportive of your policy. One last question: if I buy a licence, and build a new site on a development domain, can I then move that licence to the normal domain, once the dev is complete?

Thanks

Definitely! You can have as many development and stagging sites as needed. You can only “activate” your theme license on 1 domain at a time, however, this is for update purposes only so it’s not really something you have to do on all your development sites – and you can always “deactivate” the license right in the dashboard – https://cl.ly/nfw8

If you have any other questions let me know. I hope you are having a fantastic weekend.

- AJ