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Hi! How to make output the Related Posts selected from current post’s primary category?
Hi,
There is no such thing as “primary category” in WordPress. By any chance are you referring to the primary category function from the Yoast SEO plugin?
- AJ
Oh, sorry, yes, Yoast SEO plugin adds “primary category”. has this issue the solution?
Hi,
So there isn’t a built-in option for this, but there is a filter available to alter the blog related posts query. Example: https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/snippets/blog-related-query-args/
I added a new snippet for you that will use the primary category set in the yoast plugin instead – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/snippets/yoast-primary-related-posts/
This code would be added to the functions.php file of your child theme – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/child-theme/
If you have any issues with the snippet let me know!
- AJ
Hey AJ,
I think there may be a glitch with the latest update – I can’t get the ‘Total – Social Profile Widget’ to work. I can drag it over to the widget area, but it won’t save. I also can’t drag and re-order the profiles.
I just updated to the latest theme this morning.
Thanks!
Actually it seems like there is an issue with Visual Composer as well – None of the changes I make are ‘sticking’ – this is happening across a few different sites…
When I make any changes to a Visual Composer section and click ‘Save Changes’ the dialog doesn’t close. When I click ‘Update’ for the page none of my work is saved…?
UPDATE – ignore my 2nd comment – the Visual Composer update didn’t show up on the other site after I updated to the latest version of the theme. After 10 minutes or so it appeared, I updated and working okay now.
Original issue is still a problem though…
Thanks!
Hi,
1. Have you tried clearing your browser cache? It’s working for me – https://cl.ly/notJ
I know there is a WordPress bug with the Customizer that may break things but it only affects certain languages – https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42574 – and it wouldn’t just break the widget but it would break other settings as well.
2. Whenever you update your theme go to Appearance > Install Plugins and if there are plugins that need updating they will show up there.
- AJ
Hi AJ. I have a couple of questions for you.
I am using your theme again for a client project with CPT for the client’s portfolio (instead of the theme’s portfolio) to achieve the look defined by the designer. I have done this before for other projects but i am missing something this time, although it will be a very simple thing, i am sure.
If you check this page (http://stone-preprod.addb.fr/projects/project-two/) you will find, at the top, some meta of this CPT which i don’t want to show. I could hide it with some css but i am sure i am missing something simple.
Questions:
1- how and where can i hide that meta?
2- the first section of this page is a full height div with a background video. Since i am using ACF to create a couple of fields for the CPT, is there a way to also have a ACF field where i could paste the link of the video (Youtube, Vimeo), instead of also showing the Page Builder interface to the client? Basically, the client would see only a form (ACF fields) and i would define a Dynamic Template for this CPT.
3 – If i use a Dynamic Template for this CPT, how can i make this work with Polylang? Will the translation plugin allow me to translate some of the fixed text i will be inserting in the Dynamic Template? Basically, this text would be labels for the ACF fields.
One last thing i would like to ask you is if you could please make a more comprehensive documentation section regarding the proper use of CPTs with your theme – partials, alternative solutions, etc. I am thinking of a “real life example” sort of thing. I believe this is important because your theme is so easily adapted to a bunch of different projects that the use of CPTs seems to me to be a natural path to follow. But as time goes by and the theme evolves, there is a lot of information regarding this subject (and others as well) which is scattered in different places and it’s hard to have a general idea easily.
Thank you and keep up the good work!
Hi there,
1. If you are using the CPT plugin you can hide the meta right in the settings – https://cl.ly/noAJ – but if you end up using a dynamic template then everything will be removed from the post besides what’s in the dynamic template.
2. There isn’t any built-in way for this, but I recently tested out this plugin (it’s amazing) and it allows you to basically set a dynamic setting for any setting in any VC module, definately worth checking out – https://codecanyon.net/item/custom-page-templates-new-way-of-creating-custom-templates-in-wordpress/20133287 – it really takes the dynamic template function to a whole new level.
Example: https://cl.ly/nowQ
3. The templates should be translated correctly. I pass the ID of the dynamic template through a Total function named “wpex_parse_obj_id” which returns the correct ID based on the active language. So basically you just need to create a template and then translate the template so it’s available in both languages.
I know WPML works with Templatera (not sure about polylang though, but I see no reason why it wouldn’t).
I hope you are having a nice weekend!
- AJ
Hi AJ and thank you again for your support.
This plugin you indicate is awesome, thank you. Does it mean you no longer want to develop Dynamic Templates for post Entries? That would be a great addition to the theme.
Regards.
Hello again, AJ.
Regarding point 3), I tried translating the template and i do not have that choice. When i am checking the list of existing templates, there is no place to create a translated version. I have also checked Polylang’s synchronization settings and these are the activated items: Published Date, Post Format, Page Order and Featured Image.
Assuming that the VC Templates are custom post types, they do not show in Polylang’s settings on the Custom post types and Taxonomies list.
Any thoughts on this? Thank you once again.
Hi.
- This plugin wouldn’t work for “entries” so most likely I will still be adding a function for that
- Because the Template post type is not set to public looks like Polylang doesn’t support private types by default but you can easily add them – https://github.com/polylang/polylang/issues/164
I added a fix to the theme for the next update – https://cl.ly/no2U
If you want a temp fix here is the code. Let me know how that works out.
add_filter( 'pll_get_post_types', function() {
$types[] = 'templatera';
return $types;
} );
- AJ
Thank you very much for that, AJ. If i have further need of advice, i will contact again.
And yes, a way of using your theme to build the Entries templates would be another great functionality. Just out of curiosity, are you planning to develop this Entry function from scratch, or would it depend on the usage of the Custom Page Templates plugin?
If and when I add the custom entry function it will be a core function of the theme, not dependent on any plugin The Custom Page Templates plugin is more of an “add-on” and mostly for it’s ability to alter any parameter of any module and set custom restrictions to any module.
(be the first to review) This sentence is in the dictionary. How to translate it?
Hi,
You actually have multiple ways of translating the text.
- Using a plugin such as Loco Translate – https://wordpress.org/plugins/loco-translate/ (easiest and you can translate all theme strings)
- You can translate it using the .POT files – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDa_8sflnQE
- Manually editing the file at woocommerce/single-product/rating.php (via a child theme).
- Or you can use custom code hooking into the gettext filter – https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/gettext
- AJ
i install Loco Translate. i buy Poedit. and translate all . POT ..... This sentence is in the dictionary!!! where is it??? (be the first to review)
I told you in the last comment where the string is located. It’s located at woocommerce/single-product/rating.php
But it’s in the .POT file as well if you need to translate it using Loco Translate or Poedit – https://cl.ly/no2e
What language are you translating the string to? Maybe you just have to update the .po file if the string isn’t showing up for you.
- AJ
hi AJ i have a problem with my new website lol i translated the problem french to english
Download of the package of installation since https: // otokonovel.com/wp-content/themes/Total/framework / plugins / js_composer.zip …
The download failed. CURL error 60: SSL certificate problem: premises(places) unable to get to issuer certificate
Plugin not activated. In higher version of WPBakery page Builder is needed for this theme. Please update the plugin
Plugin not activated. A higher version of WPBakery Page Builder is needed for this theme. Please update the plugin
i have the last update of the theme and plugin too
i can instal with the widget normaly but with the install plugins of the theme i can’t install js_composer and templatera
Hi,
The CURL error is a server related error which is preventing access to the plugins that are located inside the theme on your server. If you contact your webhost they should be able to get this fixed up for you easily.
So did you manually install the plugins for now? I just want to make sure you have them active and can use them.
- AJ
hi aj i installed the plugin i conatct m ywebhost after
God bless – working like a champ 
I just bought another license…
Awesome!
Hi,
I need to transfer the license of the theme Total because I deliver a website to the owner. How to do ?
Best regards
You can’t “transfer” licenses because of how support works. But you can give them the license so they can activate it in the theme panel – https://cl.ly/np7E
The client will be able to use the theme without any issues and access updates, but if the customer wishes to receive support from us for their theme though, they will need to purchase their own support license.
- AJ
Hi AJ,
Thought I’d just check on this before I went ahead then came back in here with some advisories:
POST FORMATS – (the video one) do they work in Total?
I’m asking because no matter how I load a post up, save it as a draft, check back on it, there are no extra fields under the post to add a video.
Does Total treat video format posts differently to WordPress par se, and if so where do I add things like featured images (and will they over-write the video in the posts list) or do I just not add a featured image and the video will show up in it’s place?
Also, where do I add the descriptive text that would normally follow the video?
Thanks for any info!
Hi,
Of course they work (you can see them in many demos). Please see the documentation here: https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/adding-videos-to-posts/
But I’m not sure what you mean by “where do I add the descriptive text that would normally follow the video”. Can you explain?
- AJ
By ‘descriptive text following video’ I just meant the normal textual post content. Apparently it’s also shown in the documentation too so it should be fine now.
Thanks AJ!
The post content always goes in the content box
- AJ
Right there’s a slight problem using the settings from the documentation – there’s no featured image.
I was under the impression that a video format post uses the video as the image but it’s not there?
Hang on – found it.
The ‘Featured Video’ item needs to be checked to ON in the Visual Composer blog grid.
All sorted!
Just one thing whilst I’m here -
I noticed that the ‘Related Posts’ module isn’t working with video posts – it’s just showing up as blank with the title and excerpt.
I’ve been into the Blog>>Single settings where everything LOOKS ok, but it’s obviously not.
Which settings should I be using to display the video in the ‘related posts’ module?
The related items don’t show the embeded video by default for usability reasons and speed (not much room and also having multiple video embeds slows down the page – pretty much how all sites work). I recommend adding a featured image to the posts so that the image shows up for related items.
Of course you can enable it if needed with 1 line of code – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/snippets/related-blog-embeds/
- AJ
Wonderful suggestion, and one that doesn’t need any code adding.
I’d expected that adding a featured image into a video post would wipe out the video, but it doesn’t – the video is still there as the featured media in both the post, and the category list – the only place that it’s NOT there is in the related posts module which as you already pointed out could slow page loading times down.
Excellent stuff, and I’m learning more about WordPress by using Total than any other theme out there!
Yes the featured image is used for related items, search results and any modules where you may not want to show the video.
But…also if you have a grid (for example the page builder blog grid) and you disable the “Featured Video” option you mentioned earlier but you enable lightbox links then when you click on the images it will show the video in lightbox.
Example: https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/portfolio-grid-video-lightbox/
Just incase you may need this at some point
- AJ
Hi AJ,
Following two successful theme updates (one with an update to Visual Composer), and no further need to add hosting ‘snapshots’ to revert the website to a previous condition, I’m presuming that all is ok at t’mill now.
Cloudflare seemed to help out by suggesting that I PAUSED the website when doing a Total theme/plugins update by going to Cloudflare>>Overview>>Advanced>> then hitting the PAUSE button until all updates were complete, then RESUME-ing afterwards.
Thanks for helping out previously on this problem!
I am trying to use the Visual Composer plugin, but the js-composer.zip I reinstalled (thought there was an error during the initial install) is showing up as Wpbakery Page Builder in the left control sidebar of Wordpress, which does not seem to have the same functionality as your online tutorials. Was there an update somewhere that I missed? Does the latest version need to be purchased?
LOL never mind, user error. Pretty sure it’s working now.
Great! If you do have issues though or any other questions let me know. Otherwise have a fantastic weekend.
- AJ
Hi AJ!
I updated to the latest version of Total, Composer and WP 4.9. When I try to open the composer, I get an empty page. In the chrome console I see this error:
wp-mediaelement.min.js?ver=4.9:1 Uncaught TypeError: b(...).not(...).filter(...).mediaelementplayer is not a function at HTMLDocument.a (wp-mediaelement.min.js?ver=4.9:1) at i (load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,underscore,shortcode,utils,backbone,wp-util,wp-backbone,media-models,moxiejs,plupload,wp-plupload,jqu&load[]=ery-ui-core,jquery-ui-widget,jquery-ui-mouse,jquery-ui-sortable&ver=4.9:2) at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,underscore,shortcode,utils,backbone,wp-util,wp-backbone,media-models,moxiejs,plupload,wp-plupload,jqu&load[]=ery-ui-core,jquery-ui-widget,jquery-ui-mouse,jquery-ui-sortable&ver=4.9:2) at Function.ready (load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,underscore,shortcode,utils,backbone,wp-util,wp-backbone,media-models,moxiejs,plupload,wp-plupload,jqu&load[]=ery-ui-core,jquery-ui-widget,jquery-ui-mouse,jquery-ui-sortable&ver=4.9:2) at HTMLDocument.K (load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,underscore,shortcode,utils,backbone,wp-util,wp-backbone,media-models,moxiejs,plupload,wp-plupload,jqu&load[]=ery-ui-core,jquery-ui-widget,jquery-ui-mouse,jquery-ui-sortable&ver=4.9:2)
I mean “customizer”, of course. I also tried with the latest version of firefox. Same problem: customizer not opening. Also tried two different websites. The old version works fine.
Hi,
Can you try clearing your website and browser cache and see if it helps? WordPress made edits to the customizer and changed some of the javasript so it’s possible if your browser is loading cached files that you would have errors.
If that doesn’t help can you try disabling any 3rd party plugins (not bundled with Total) to see if any are breaking things?
There shouldn’t be any issues in the Customizer, this was fully tested before releasing the update. I just opened it up again and took a screenshot – https://cl.ly/noAU – there shouldn’t be any console errors.
- AJ
Hi,
I did all you suggested but no change. I just found out that this is a known WP bug: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42574 So just waiting for the next WP update. Thanks!Oh 
Hopefully they push out the fix soon. Sorry I wasn’t aware of this bug. Thanks for the heads up!
Hi Aj,
While doing the updates to one of the sites using your theme, I have noticed some of the elements within VC are not saved when you click save changes.
The page won’t even update….
for example go to any page, select Single Image element out of VC, add an image, select any type of animations and click on save changes, it won’t take it… Visual Composer is acting funny…
I'm using the latest version of Firefox... I have tried to disable 2 other plugins (essential grid and Massive Add on for VC) but the problem still in...I know I’m behind in maintenance – I will get another theme license shortly :-))
in Chrome, Visual Composer works but when you add an element to a page, that element opens up all the way at the bottom of the screen… odd but it works…
Is everything up to date on your site? http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/changelog/
I am releasing a fix for WordPress 4.9 with the page builder text block but saving should still be working, unless your site is very outdated. Can you have a look and let me know?
- AJ
Hi AJ, Everything was up to date yesterday when I pushed wp 4.9. I will push your updates on a staging copy today and I will let you know if I see something odd…
If you still have issues after updating let me know, I’m here to help!
- AJ
We are having an issue with Total theme. Recently, the scroll will no longer work in Chrome or Opera. I’ve tried updating both the theme and Visual Composer, but neither have resolved the issue. If I turn off Visual Composer we can scroll again properly.
Are you using any Visual Composer addons such as the Ultimate Addon which has a smooth scroll option? I’ve had some customers in the past with scroll issues and it turned out to be their Visual Composer addon.
- AJ
an update for the last version of the WPBakery Page Builder and wordpress 4.9 compatibility?
I am releasing the update hopefully in 1-3 hours (doing final edits and checks). I didn’t want to update yesterday because the last page builder update had some bugs which needed fixing. But it should be all good to go today. I just want to do some extra checks to make sure you won’t have any issues and couple small edits to the theme. Thank you for your patience.
- Aj
Hello,
I have another question about the sort order for visual composer post grid and the events calendar plugin.
I am able to see where the Data source is Tribe_events. And I am able to Order by Meta value of _EventStartDate.
This results ordering ALL events by Start Date Ascending order.
I NEED HELP in excluding events that have a start date older than today.
Changing to Descending order will NOT work for me because my calendar will eventually go to 18 months, and I need my grid to show what’s happening today, tomorrow, next week, etc.
Thanks
Hum, the Events Calendar doesn’t have an option to simply hide all past events from your site? It seems like a reasonable thing to include in the plugin.
This should be possible but can you let me know if you are using the Page builder core Post Grid module or the Total Post Types Grid module?
- AJ
ps: Do you think I should consider adding an exclusive grid module just for the Events Calendar which will allow more advanced queries? If so, I’d love to hear some ideas about the way the grid design would look, thanks!
AJ
I am currently using the Page builder core Post Grid module.
I was able to PARTIALLY make it work by using this custom query:
post_type=tribe_events&post_status=publish&_EventStartDate>=$today&orderby=_EventStartDate&order=asc&tribe_events_cat=city-events
Where I am having problems is the _EventStartDate>=$today
For some reason it is not showing today’s events… The Events Calendar has a css fix to hide past events from the monthly view calendar, but I think what I’m doing here is different.
Also, I think you would find your users would love to have some functionality added to the Grid Module for Events Calendar. I don’t know how others would want it to look, but you can see my staging.uaoh.net on any of the Parks & Recreation pages to see how I am using the core Post Grid modules.
Somewhere along the line I discovered that it is the best to use custom query for the events calendar. This query can be used for any of your sliders, grids, news, posts, etc.
post_type=tribe_events&post_status=publish&include_category=(city-events,public-notice)&posts_per_page=4&tag_id=33
That’s it. Shows the 4 most current events matching my tag id. Simple and clean.
Awesome and thanks for sharing with others
AJ, FYI in case it can help you :
I’ve seen the comment here soon after my previous one, from “chrystalmyers” (saving a VC page doesn’t work without error message).
I regularly have this issue on my Chrome 60 install (haven’t tried on FF yet), and noticed it usually happens after having switched to text mode – especially on active Footer Builder and Toggle Bar pages.
I feel it’s not related to Total, as I have other problems with VC on my Chrome.
I’ve “learned” to live with that because I anticipate it when I (scarcely) update in text mode, and correct it this way :
I clear site data in Chrome inspector app tab, and if it’s not enough :
I add to the page whichever temporary module, save, delete it, add it again, re-save.
(and in any case refresh caches)
Michel
Hi Michel,
That’s very strange. I use Chrome for all development (with over 20 tabs open usually at a time) and never had any issue working locally or on a live site.
Do you run any sort of extensions in Chrome? Specifically an ad-blocker (most likely to cause issues with javascript related functions).
The issue with the user “chrystalmyers” was just a bug in an older version of VC. What you are talking about seems very different…
- AJ
Hello AJ,
It’s very kind from you to be concerned about my problems with Chrome, but I don’t want to bother you with that, as it’s not a big problem for me.
For your curiosity though : I was indeed using Adblock, but now disable all Chrome extensions when in WP admin – easily with … “Simple Ext Manager” extension *<:o)
Thanks also for your feedback about Contact Form 7 and video lazy load. For the form, I had heard that its resources are drawned on every page even without form, and I was afraid of the delay appearing on Pingdom “refill” line without clicking Send : http://www.pnet.fr/cf7.png
For info, I’ve kept WP version 4.7.7 installed by my host (who doesn’t provide auto updates), thinking that a newer version wouldn’t increase performance – and I’m afraid of difficulties updating myself.
And I also hesitate to switch to HTTPS (my host proposes free SSL), although I’ve heard it can substantially improve performance.
Michel
Note : I’ve just sent via email 1 question about iLightbox size, that would be difficult to explain here (and is not a “problem” enough for a ticket, I think).
Thank you
Hi,
- Oh I see the refill now. I found this – https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-refill/ – not sure if it’s helpful at all to you.
- HTTPS will help performance if using http/2 – if you plan on switching you need to decide before the site is live. Otherwise if you wait then there are important SEO considerations because Google treats https and http as 2 different websites.
- I’ll have a look for the email and reply back. I don’t do support via that email because it gets 50-100 emails a day and I don’t like to waste time going through the email on a daily basis because most of it is random people trying to basically get free help for their website or offering services. Always best to open a ticket.
- AJ
Hello AJ,
Thanks indeed for your tip about HTTPS and for having looked for a solution about CF7.
What was mentioned in the CF7 support thread didn’t work for me, but I’ll stick to CF7 as apparently the “Refill” thing only adds around 50 ms to each page, as you seem happy with it, and as your module is handy (although an extra class in a future relase would help).
Can I please ask you if Total sets any cookies ?
As I don’t use (for now) user registration nor comments, I’d prefer to disable them to avoid displaying the EU warning to each visitor.
I’ve just found a tip to disable cookies on a domain via htaccess file :Header unset Cookie Header unset Set-Cookie
Michel
Hi Michel,
The actual Total theme does not set any cookies on the front-end. In the future if I add some sort of notice bar with a dismiss button then that would use cookies but currently no theme function uses them.
- AJ
Hi AJ,
I’m using the testimonials slider – it is working fine along with the Read More button. Question, after clicking on Read More it brings me to the expanded view of the testimonial post. However, the url that shows links to my Home Page and I would like to change it to my Testimonals page where the Testimonials reside. How do I change the link?
Thanks, Robert
Hi Robert,
Are you referring to the URL in the breadcrumbs? If so, simply log into your dashboard and set your main testimonials page so it’s added to the breadcrumbs – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/post-type-page-breadcrumbs/
- AJ
Yes, fixed. Thanks you!
Updating my site using the WPBakery Page Builder no longer works. Any time I publish or preview the page all changes revert. I CAN update using the front end builder but I find that interface frustrating. Any idea why this would suddenly stop working? The only change that has happened recently is a Firefox browser update. Working on latest versions of Total and WP and all plugins are up to date. Anyone else having this issue?
Hi,
There aren’t any known issues with updating/saving pages on the latest version in the backend or front-end builders.
Do you see any errors in your browser console when updating?
Usually these sort of things happen when a poorly coded plugin is installed causing a javascript error on the page so the page builder won’t work.
You mentioned its happening in Firefox, does it happen on all browsers?
If you want to renew your support license and submit a private ticket we can log in and have a look for you – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/support/ – otherwise I am happy to troubleshoot here in the comments till we can get things fixed up.
Did you already update to WordPress 4.9 as well?
- AJ
Looks like there was a new version of WPBakery which I installed and the problem has resolved. Nevermind! Thank you!
Oh awesome! I’m glad that fixed things up Perfect!
Hey there AJ, I just updated a site to the latest version of the theme and started getting this error:
Warning: file_get_contents(/home/ambay0/public_html/wp-content/themes/Total/templates/blog-content-above.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/ambay0/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php on line 1042
Warning: file_get_contents(/home/ambay0/public_html/wp-content/themes/Total/vcex_templates/vcex_post_meta.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/ambay0/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php on line 1042
Warning: file_get_contents(/home/ambay0/public_html/wp-content/themes/Total/vcex_templates/vcex_post_next_prev.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/ambay0/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php on line 1042
Warning: file_get_contents(/home/ambay0/public_html/wp-content/themes/Total/vcex_templates/vcex_social_share.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/ambay0/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php on line 1042
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/ambay0/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php:1042) in /home/ambay0/public_html/wp-admin/includes/misc.php on line 1114
Any ideas?
Did you update all files? These errors would happen if the functions.php file was updated but there are files missing inside the theme. How did you update? It’s possible the server may have timed out during the update so not all files were uploaded correctly or there are permission errors on the server so the new files added don’t have the correct permissions and can’t be accessed.
- AJ
I updated from the WordPress updates page. I’ll try again and if that doesn’t work, I’ll download the files and upload manually
I’ve transferred the latest theme files manually but the errors are still there…
I’ve switched back to the old theme version and the errors have disappeared. I’ve kept the latest theme files in a folder called ‘Total 5.5.1’. Let me know if I need to reset something somewhere to make it work.
Very weird, are you running a child theme? If you are make sure your child theme’s functions.php file isn’t trying to load these files.
If you want you can submit a private ticket and request it be sent to AJ with the FTP logins and WP logins so I can have a look – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/support/
This does sound like a permissions issue…
- AJ
Hey AJ,
It was something odd with the child theme. For some reason when I looked at ‘Appearance >> Editor’ it was showing that the child theme contained all of the same files as the parent theme – which wasn’t true. So I deleted the child theme and re-added it – working perfectly now.
Weird!
Did you update to WP 4.9?
I’ll double check my update function to make sure there isn’t any issues with child themes. Can you let me know the name of your child theme so I can test with the same name? Thanks!
- AJ
It is: total-child-theme-master
Thank you for your reply!
I just tested on a stagging site with the same child theme and didn’t have any issues (tested in wp 4.8+ and wp 4.9). I guess something went weird on your server
I’ll keep an eye out though to see if there is some sort of WP 4.9 bug with this (if you were using this version).
- AJ
Hi AJ,
This is happening again on a different site – showing all of the parent theme files, so I changed the child theme folder name. The child theme editor page looks normal now – just showing child theme files – but getting a series of errors at the top of pages throughout the site…?
These are the errors I am seeing this time:
Warning: Missing argument 2 for WPEX_Portfolio_Config::alter_title() in /var/www/vhosts/xxxxxx.com.au/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/Total/framework/post-types/portfolio/portfolio-config.php on line 778
Notice: Undefined variable: instance in /var/www/vhosts/xxxxxx.com.au/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/Total/framework/post-types/portfolio/portfolio-config.php on line 779
Warning: Missing argument 2 for WPEX_Staff_Config::alter_title() in /var/www/vhosts/xxxxxx.com.au/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/Total/framework/post-types/staff/staff-config.php on line 814
Notice: Undefined variable: instance in /var/www/vhosts/xxxxxx.com.au/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/Total/framework/post-types/staff/staff-config.php on line 815
Warning: Missing argument 2 for WPEX_Testimonials_Config::alter_title() in /var/www/vhosts/xxxxxx.com.au/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/Total/framework/post-types/testimonials/testimonials-config.php on line 585
Notice: Undefined variable: instance in /var/www/vhosts/xxxxxx.com.au/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/Total/framework/post-types/testimonials/testimonials-config.php on line 586
Hi,
Very weird, can you maybe submit a private ticket for this and request it be assigned to me? (AJ) – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/support/
I would really like to have a look at how things are setup to make sure you don’t have any errors in the future and also take a look at the child theme to make sure it’s added correctly.
This way we can prevent any future errors with updates. Thanks!
- AJ
Oh, and you definitely shouldn’t be having any errors at all (I do all development with debug enabled to make sure there is never any errors).
- AJ
Hello AJ,
I’m sorry, but I’m working on 2-3 things to improve loading times, on which I’d be glad to have your opinion. Here’s one :
On webpage tests waterfalls, Contact Form 7 adds substantial time – although I have very basic forms. It doesn’t seem to be due to the VC module, as i’ve found commentaries on the web about its apparent slowliness.
Maybe you would have a recommendation, possibly of other plugins.
Thanks in advance,
Michel
Hi Michel,
Contact Form 7 has always been super fast for me, on which URL is it showing slowness? Can you share the URL?
If you want a recommendation though my absolute favorite form plugin is Gravity Forms but it is premium. It offers so many options, addons and developer tools.
- AJ
Hello AJ.
The delay appears for example on this page (on Pingdom waterfall bottom : “REFILL” link) : http://www.culture-officer.fr/atelier(maybe due to my disabling of WP heartbeat ?)
On another subject : I’ve seen your documentation about “Lazy Load for Videos” support, and I wonder wether such a plugin would improve loading of pages with a Portfolio Grid of 8 items, each with video URL in oEmbed field (video accesssed by clicking on an item’s feature image on the grid)
Michel
Hi Michel,
- I don’t see any contact form issues here. And the form uses AJAX so it doesn’t run until you click submit and when you do it only takes 300ms to run – https://cl.ly/nnIK
- Lightbox videos don’t load until you click the image to open the video because the iframe isn’t created until the lightbox is clicked it’s just a link in the code.
- AJ
