Hi,

Thank you for your interest. This is AJ the theme developer.

Gutenberg is going to optional and it won’t affect the live site, it only affects the backend and how pages/posts are created. The plan for Total is to make it so if you enable the bundled WPBakery page builder Gutenberg will be disabled otherwise it will be optionally enabled and I will be adding some exclusive modules for Gutenberg that match current page builder modules.

According to WordPress Gutenberg is intended to be a plugin that is auto installed but not enabled on your server so it should never affect your site.

Total has over 31,500 customers and it is one of my main sources of income so no matter how WP updates in the future the theme will always be updated accordingly

- AJ

Hi,

Your gallery is a standard page so if you want to use the standard WordPress comments you would have to enable comments for pages – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/enable-comments-for-pages/ – then enable it on the pages where you want them.

But you could also use for example a Facebook comments plugin instead if you prefer Facebook comments and have FB followers.

- AJ

Hi,

The reason they have a background is because it’s the active page. In order to remove the background you would have to reset it via CSS. Example:

.widget_wpex_modern_menu .current-menu-item > a {
    background: none !important;
    color: #777;
}

- AJ

Hi my friends I put your code in appearance but see what happens, now its all in white and the hovers effects don’t see when you put the mouse above http://prntscr.com/j5lm8m

Hi,

Sorry I forgot to add an !important tag to the color value in the code above (when making the code I test in the browser so it always overrides but when adding to your site you need to force the override). And if you want hovers you will need some extra code. Example:

.widget_wpex_modern_menu .current-menu-item > a {
    background: none !important;
    color: #777 !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
}

.widget_wpex_modern_menu .current-menu-item > a:hover {
        background: #fafafa !important;
        color: #000 !important;
}

This should remove the active black color for any active page.

I hope you are having a nice weekend!

- AJ

Hi, I was going to try to register another sidebar for the theme so there was a left and a right sidebar… Is this possible?

Trying to register a second sidebar? is that possible?

Hi,

Yes it’s possible to do this with a little code. You don’t have to edit any templates. I have a full guide here with explanations – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/add-double-sidebars-layout/

If you have any questions or issues with the guide let me know!

- AJ

Hi,

Can you share a screenshot of the “border” you are referring to as I don’t see what you are talking about, thanks!

You can use self hosted videos on your site using native WordPress shortcodes – https://codex.wordpress.org/Video_Shortcode

And there is no need to have the video in a slider (unless you want it in a slider) you can simply use the “Shortcode” page builder module for this.

- AJ

Hey,

Here is the white border I’m talking about: https://snag.gy/vS6KL5.jpg

Thanks

Hi,

I’m not seen any extra space at the bottom like this when looking at your site. Here is what I see: https://cl.ly/qv4y

Did you already manage to tweak things accordingly?

- AJ

Hi,

The footer widgets doesn’t have an alignment option in the Customizer – https://cl.ly/qq1z – and by default the footer widgets and footer copyright section are both left aligned so I’m not quite sure what you are referring to. Can you please share the URL so I can take a look? Thanks!

- AJ

Hi David,

Yes it is! I actually use PHP 7 on my development server and I highly recommend using it, I wouldn’t recommend anything lower than PHP 7. You should be good up to version 7.2 but most hosts I believe use 7.0 or 7.1

- AJ

Hi AJ,

Great to hear! Thanks for your quick response.

David

Hi,

The height is actually coming from the settings for the shrink sticky header – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUxnwB0JQGU – defined under Appearance > Customize > Header > Sticky Header.

- AJ

Oh boy, finally, that makes sense, thanks AJ!

Sorry about the confusion, I should have mentioned that earlier! If you need anything else or have any suggestions for future updates please share.

- AJ

Just updated some things and it seems to be working. I think updating to your newest theme version helped. Thanks!

Oh great, I’m glad it’s working again! Thank you for letting me know

By the way, the site looks amazing! Do you mind if we share it on Twitter as inspiration?

- AJ

Hi there,

So in WordPress by default you add your pages to the menu under Appearance > Menus, it’s not automatic. However, you can enable automatic addition of pages like this – https://cl.ly/qp0Z

- AJ

Thank you very much, it worked!

Hi,

This error is server related. If you have a security plugin installed it’s possible it’s preventing access to your own files or you need to run a chown command on your server to properly set permissions on your server files. It could also be a curl error. This is very uncommon and you shouldn’t have this issue on most webhosts, but your hosting company should be able to fix it up though easily.

- AJ

Hi Alex,

First of all Gutenberg is going to be optional so if your sites are running well you can simply not enable it (originally it was going to be auto active, but because of the backlash from the community I believe it will be an auto installed plugin but not auto enabled).

Second, my plan with Total is to create a new set of modules designed specifically for Gutenberg, this way if you prefer it you can use it instead of the WPBakery Page Builder.

Just like how some customers use other builders like Elementor, Gutenberg will basically just be another alternative.

Either way, it is a backend functionality so your live site wouldn’t change

Because Gutenberg keeps changing by the day I am actually waiting a bit before making any changes to Total as I don’t want to waste a lot of time creating new modules or making tweaks for Gutenberg when the way it works may change drastically the next day.

The developers keep pushing the release date back and back, who knows when if ever it will be released, but we are keeping an eye on it.

- AJ

Hi,

The link is cached by WooCommerce so after changing it you need to add/remove something form the cart so it can be refreshed. Can you please try?

- AJ

Hi,

Actually Total is built with hooks – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/action-hooks/ – so you don’t have to ever touch any files such as header.php and best of all there is a panel you can use to quickly add code such as this. Simply go to Theme Panel > Custom Actions and you can add the code where needed. Code that belongs in the head tag should be added in the wp_head hook and the code that goes after the body opening tag should be placed in the “wpex_outer_wrap_before” hook.

- AJ

ps: The theme is 50% off right now if you want to grab up a new license and/or renew your support.

Hi, AJ. What’s the normal cost for a new license?

$59 – But Total was only $29 for spring break which I ended yesterday. I’m sure we’ll have another sale though at some point later in the year

Hi,

You can easily enable the filter like on the main demo page, but this is only a javascript filter so it only filters the items currently on the page. And you can do so like this – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifhQ7Fb-0lE – but you need to be using a Total grid module such as the Blog Grid, Portfolio Grid or Post Types Grid.

For any future questions please log in with the account used to purchase the theme, support is for verified customers only, thanks!

- AJ

Hi,

1. Of course, the theme works with a page builder so you can add anything to the homepage – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JyW4yAyTl0

2. The theme definitely has the wp_footer hook – ALL themes should have this, in fact themes won’t even get accepted for sale on this marketplace if they don’t have it.

3. Yes, you can use either the Blog Grid, Blog Carousel or the Recent News modules for this in the page builder – https://cl.ly/qni0

- AJ

Hi David,

So for me the Sold Out tag is showing in the right location. Have you tried clearing your mobile device cache? Or checking on another device?

- AJ

I’m feeling very, very silly yet again. Many Thanks. I automatically clear cache on the laptop when changes don’t take effect as expected but I don’t seem to think the same way for my mobile. Anyway, you’re a star. David

Great, I’m glad it was just a simple fix

You can do this with a little CSS. Example:

img { opacity: 0; transition: 0.45s; }
.wpex-window-loaded img { opacity: 1; }

- AJ

I note from an older post that there is a difference in handling Fontawesome icons between Total and Slider Revolution. But Ignoring this problem for now, is it possible to use buttons with links defined in Total (did that using the multi-buttons component in WPBakery) and drop them as layers in Slider Revolution? I’m trying not to redesign all buttons and links from Total to Slider Rev.

Hi,

To be honest I’m not 100% sure I understand the question. Instead of entering a URL are you looking to basically enter a shortcode instead that returns a dynamic URL for the buttons? If so, is there any reason for this?

And yes, Slider Revolution does handle fontawesome differently, it’s to prevent conflicts with other plugins/themes.

- AJ

Hi,

So switching to a child theme wouldn’t cause things to disappear unless there is an error in the child theme code causing the site to break. Can you try enabling WP_Debug to see if there is any error visible on the page? total_http://codex.wordpress.org/WP_DEBUG

- AJ