Hi,

Unfortunately the issue isn’t with the theme but with Mailchimp and how they write their code, it actually breaks a lot of sites. Otherwise I would apply a fix in the theme. But it’s very easy to still use their forms by simply rewriting their code so that it’s correct like such – https://gist.github.com/wpexplorer/c0d725c219e1163214d20dbca75e8b55 – so this is the code you would paste into your site header (can be added under Theme Panel > Custom Actions > wp_head) and just change the uuid and lid to match that from the code provided by Mailchimp.

- AJ

Hi,

Total doesn’t use any custom search functions so any properly coded plugin should work.

I downloaded and tried this one – https://wordpress.org/plugins/woo-search-by-product-sku/ – and it works for me, I also inspected the code and it’s done the right way.

- AJ

For me it does not, but I am using a shortcode to have search form in the top bars (https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/topbar-searchform/) may this be a reason?

Oh..Yes, that would cause an issue because this form doesn’t just search products which is needed. The shortcode simply calls “get_search_form” but WooCommerce search requires a custom hidden parameter to add ?post_type=products to the search url.

If you add the following to your child theme’s functions.php file it should instead grab the woocommerce search:

add_shortcode( 'searchform', function() {
    ob_start();
    if ( function_exists( 'get_product_search_form' ) ) {
        get_product_search_form();
    }
    return ob_get_clean();
}, 999 );

So you are replacing the default shortcode with your own output.

- AJ

Hi,

The issue is that it’s not semantically correct or possible to add images inside HTML buttons. The only true way to use an image for a button is via advanced CSS knowing the dimensions of the image making it too complex for an inline module setting.

That said…you generally don’t need images for anything these days with CSS3 you can customize any button to look how you want it to, no need for a background image. I previously gave you some code for this in your last reply, but to be honest you can achieve a very similar pink button affect without an image and just using CSS

- AJ

Hi,

This was a known issue from a recent Instagram update. Make sure to update your theme to the latest version so you have the fix:

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

- AJ

Great, I’m glad you like it!

You can center the text easily with some CSS like this:

body .navbar-style-six .dropdown-menu > li {
    text-align: center;
}

And if you want to center the links and remove the padding use this instead:

body .navbar-style-six .dropdown-menu > li {
    border: 0;
    text-align: center;
}

You can also adjust the padding between the items like this:

body .navbar-style-six .dropdown-menu > li > a {
    padding: 5px 20px;
}

How to add CSS: http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/making-css-edits/

- AJ

Awesome, works well, thanks for the swift reply!

I double checked and it’s definitely included in the sample data – https://bit.ly/2DWoQZx (if you search for account on the xml file you can see it).

Did it not import or did it just not get set in the WooCommerce settings?

- AJ

Thank you for the reply, even with expired support Well I managed to import the Woocommerce product sample data and homepage by doing it manually. But the first time I did it via the easy importer tool, but that one did not imported the Woocommerce Sample data en Custom homepage of (http://totaltheme.wpengine.com/glitzglam) anyway, fixed it now.

Thanks Vidal

Very strange!

By the way if you ever have issues you can also test this out – https://wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-demo-import/ – via their manual import function. And downloading the files from github. This plugin is using a beta version of the next WP importer which can be a bit faster and I am considering adopting it myself in Total in a future update

- AJ

Hi,

Actually neither of these are built into the theme, however, I do have on my todo list to add an image hotspot function in an upcoming update. There are plugins out there you can use though for both.

I think I could add the timeline as well in a future update as I think people would like it, are you looking to have a timeline of posts and social media like the attached image? That would require some deep API integration which may be a bit too much bloat for having inside a theme.

- AJ

Hi AJ, thanks for the reply. Hope to get these features in your next update. I have used some other theme as well, and they do include these two features. Because i have a website that needs timelines and image hotspot and all other features that your theme has. So for this coming website, i think i will have no choice but to use the other theme first Hope to hear the update from you soon

Hi,

I can’t recreate this issue myself: https://cl.ly/qSXN (tested both the main style which is white by default and the dropdown style which is black by default).

Do you have any code in your child theme to modify the meta data or any plugins active that may be causing a conflict? Such as a plugin for saving custom fields?

- AJ

Hi,

I personally don’t know of any that I could recommend but doing a quick search this plugin has very good ratings – https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/

Any plugin coded correctly should work with Total since Total doesn’t make any modifications to core WP functions like adding/saving posts or tweaking front-end forms.

- AJ

Correct, but the theme has multiple options I just wanted to know what mobile style you are using and search so I can test accordingly. If you can share the URL that would be best. Thanks!

I just want to make sure we are testing the same exact search field.

- AJ

sorry, brain freeze on my part. the link is http://galmedpharma.com – open the side menu when in responsive mode on an iphone x and you will see the issue in the search box. The site resolves correctly on the ipad and the iphone 6+

Oh, sorry I have so many customers I sometimes forget what username belongs to what site

Yes, I see the bug but it seems like there is nothing that can be done to fix it but wait for the iOS fix. If you instead enable the search inside the header via a search icon as mentioned here – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/creating-mobile-icons-menu/ (see bottom section) does it work better?

- AJ

Hi,

I tested locally and I don’t see any issues and no other customer has mentioned this before, so I don’t believe it’s a theme issue.

Were you using the theme previously and you updated? If so, this issue could be caused by having some outdated files on the server. How did you update? Via FTP?

- AJ

Thank you! What’s the difference between using the “Video” post format and create a custom post type? Is it that I can customize the styling options more that way? If so, that makes sense.

I forgot to mention that some of this video will almost surely be embedded from different sources (Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and possibly elsewhere). It might make sense for me to do post types for each source, but I can play with that.

I don’t have anything in particular in mind. I do think a grid may make sense, but I love larger images, so I’m not sure I would stick with a grid. And I just had a thought—would it be possible to color code videos by taxonomy? For example, sports is orange, city government is blue, schools are grey, etc.? If that were possible, a grid combining all the videos might work, because visually, a visitor’s eyes would go to what they’re looking for more easily. (Maybe custom post types would be necessary for that?)

As for examples, just looking around, I do really like this sort of look: http://preview.themeforest.net/item/socialplay-media-sharing-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/5530973?_ga=2.237578048.1705222245.1522091143-1491116966.1516211303

I prefer dark over light for a video theme, I think. And I think having a featured video is important (which I'm sure is possible with Rev Slider). But I also think a mosaic look for the rest of the videos would be a cool way to display them. On the demo above, I love the way the video is embedded over a featured image, and I like that search is featured prominently.

Hi,

The difference is if you use a custom post type then all of them will be separate from the standard posts in a different section of the admin (like the built-in portfolio, staff or testimonials in Total). Generally your standard posts would be used for a blog and keeping it separate is easier to manage.

However…if your whole site is videos then using the standard posts and NOT a post type does make sense and you can take advantage of built-in archive functions for the blog like the load more or infinite pagination.

And you can just add a custom taxonomy named “Sources” so you can tag your videos if you wanted if they are from different sources (facebook, instagram, etc).

In terms of color coding taxonomies this wouldn’t be very hard. You can either use a plugin like this – https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-colors/ – and create a custom block to display your category/tags with inline CSS for the colors – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/snippets/custom-blog-entry-blocks/

There are quite a lot of options in the Customizer to alter the theme colors if you want a dark style and for anything missing you can always use CSS (let me know if you need help).

- AJ

I’ve been sidetracked for a week, and haven’t had much opportunity to work on this site, but you’ve been very helpful (as always)! Thanks so much for your responses. I’ll send a link when I have it done (if I don’t send a link with a help request before then ).

No problem

I’ve tryied to change it with css but I was able to change all tags to one color only.

Can you tell me what exactly i have to change or add in custom css?

Thank you

Hi,

Each entry has unique classnames for the categories they are in that you can target on your CSS. Example: https://cl.ly/rXPk – so as you can see each entry has a classname in the format of cat-{id} so you can target your CSS according to the category it’s in.

If you share the URL you are working with I can provide some sample CSS as it depends on the modules you are using, etc.

- AJ

Here is a URL http://www.cgsmash.pl/kursy/

Hey guys, thanks for the quick reply. I just tried this option – the link target gives me either “Default” or “Blank” – none of which opens the link in a new tab. What am I missing?

“Blank” means new tab

Oh snap – now it is working. I guess I didn’t save. Muchos Gracias

Hi Joanna,

First of all thank you for the kind rating! I hope you had a lovely weekend

Your site is very cute! If you need anything else let me know.

- AJ

Hi Melissa,

First of all I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

So it sounds like they are disabled on Pages which you can enable under Customize > General Theme Options > Pages just like on the posts you need to enable the block – https://cl.ly/qS9N

In the next update though I’m adding a little filter so that you can globally enable social share via a child theme if needed outside of the “block” settings.

- AJ

Thanks AJ! Week is off to great start Ok, the social icons are activated for pages and blog, but still coming up empty on my homepage! Anything else I could be missing?

Have they been disabled by any chance in the page settings? – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/page-settings-metabox/

That’s the only thing that would stop them from showing up.

- AJ

Hi,

The issue is you can’t stretch the columns without stretching the content inside the columns. The best solution would probably just be to center the text in each column.

I honestly can’t wrap my head around how you could ever stretch the columns but keep the text positioned inside the wrapper, did you have a live example of a site doing that?

- AJ

Hi,

You could create a custom post type to hold your text – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/adding-custom-post-types/ – then use the “Post Types Carousel’ module to display the content from the custom post.

- AJ

Hi,

If you were using the “Hidden on Desktop” visibility setting this is a known bug which has already been fixed for Total 4.6.2 which I hope to release today or tomorrow. If you aren’t using that setting you can send me the code from the page so I can test to make sure there isn’t any bug in the upcoming update – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/share-page-content-troubleshooting/

- AJ

Hi Andrew,

The bundled Slider Revolution and Visual Composer (now named WPBakey page builder) are both the full plugin code in their unmodified form.

However, both of these plugins do offer some premium features only available if you buy your own copy of the theme.

- AJ