Is there a way to implement either a padding to the caption (above) or to the image (below) I tried adding a } – no effect

.ilightbox-caption { background: none !important; padding-top: 30px

also: .ilightbox-image {padding-bottom: 30px}

Is there a way?

Hi AJ – I’ve used this code to force caption under image but its not a complete solution. I’ve used this css code:

.ilightbox-holder.white .ilightbox-container .ilightbox-caption { background: none; text-shadow: none; bottom: -20%; text-align: left; font-size: 12px; }

However – even though it displays the caption below image on desktop http://angelmedia.co.uk/Screen-Shot-2.jpg

...it still shows in overlay when the screen is resized http://angelmedia.co.uk/Screen-Shot-4.jpg

...and over the thumbnails http://angelmedia.co.uk/Screen-Shot-3.jpg It appears that the caption needs to have space between image and thumbnails. I have been trying to find a way? Any advice? Many thanks – Kim

Hi Kim,

If you want it under the image rather than using -20% for the position it would be best to give it a “static” postion (default is absolute). This way it always sits at the bottom.

.ilightbox-holder.white .ilightbox-container .ilightbox-caption { position: static !important; }

And reset any left/right/top/bottom position if needed.

In terms of the thumbnails, there isn’t any real way around this because if you push the thumbnails down you will have to scroll down to view them which isn’t ideal for usability. Why not select the vertical thumbnail position instead?

If you are using an image grid you can select that via the module – https://cl.ly/tKgu – if not, it’s possible via a little code added in your child theme’s functions.php file:

add_filter( 'wpex_ilightbox_settings', function( $settings ) {
    $settings[ 'path' ] = 'vertical';
    return $settings;
} );

That way with the thumbnails on the far right it should leave enough room for the caption.

- AJ

That’s a great idea. So technically the snippets would still be their own post type but you could have a button in the editor to insert a new one, that’s very easy. What I can look at doing, is instead of using a shortcode I could have it work with the upcoming Gutenberg builder – https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/

The good thing about having a post type though, is even if you remove the plugin all the snippets still exist on your site and you can easily re-add the shortcode in a child theme with a few lines of code.

Most people using snippets on their site are developers (if not, they are blindly copying snippets and sharing code they don’t know which is not a good idea) so they shouldn’t have the same concerns about installing plugins or conflicts. Plus there would never be a conflict with this style plugin because it only runs on the front-end. The purpose of using a shortcode is so the snippet is it’s own element and can never conflict

But i really like the idea of a popup for adding new snippets, that would be very handy and much easier

- AJ

I was thinking about Gutenberg too because we will no longer worry about the mess in the editor. It have been always annoy editing it sometime. I often switch to Text mode lol.

So when the Gutenberg arrive as default probably in this August as I read from the WCEU. I am keeping my eyes on it too but all people talk about it now is how to build the awesome Gutenberg block which is impossible for me to understand but I keep watching of it possibilities. So the problem above will be gone as it will manage as separate block. I think it is the best way if we can make it work with Gutenberg. And also insert it directly to the database as CPT? That’s absolutely brilliant. I understand now about the benefit to store it in the database. And you are right most people who share code know code lol I didn’t notice that.

This sound become bigger and more complicate. I like sharing idea. It would be better if I could help develop too I know that I should learn to code right away. I feeling like I want to code. It is like magic on the fingers. But I know it real world with bugs and expectation from others too. That why I only keep doing just for myself now. It seem hard for me to deal with other people. You are really good in support and helping out your clients here even some topic are out of the support policy. I am really appreciated.

P.S. I agree that to make as CPT is easier to manage especially when we have lots of snippets and to open to post to edit the code is much slower then edit it in cpt. More focus and quick process. That is why you are developer haha

Hi,

This is Aj the theme developer. I apologize for the delay I was sick all last week and because of how ThemeForest works only I can answer comments. I see you haven’t opened a ticket about this yet, so I hope you figured it out. If not, the error is caused by either uploading the incorrect folder, make sure you are uploading only the Total.zip file, or a memory limit issue on the server ( make sure your upload limit is at least 20MB and your PHP memory allocation is at least 256MB).

Thanks for picking up a new license, I’m glad you like the theme. If you do have any suggestions for future updates let me know!

- AJ

Hi Andrew,

Thank you for your patience.

Can you make sure under Appearance > Customize > Blog > General that your Main blog page hasn’t been set to “products” – https://cl.ly/sLnu

- AJ

Regarding the local scroll? I just replied to it

It seems to be the Line Chart element that is causing it

The line height should be getting it’s height on site load. Any chance you can share the URL so I can have a look?

- AJ

This shouldn’t be happening unless there is something lazy loading on the page such as an image that is 500px tall and is lazy loading on scroll, there is no way for the scroll to know. Can you share a live example?

Hi,

The example provided is just adding a slider above the site. You can do this already with Total using this function – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/adding-sliders-top-pages/ – and select the following position – https://cl.ly/sGTX

I’m glad you like the theme!

- AJ

Wow. Your theme is the best. I will buy another license soon.

The option does what it says, it floats the columns to the right. By default all column float to the left. So the first column would be on the right instead of the left.

Here is a video guide – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li2z_tVUqy4 – this is basically the only reason to use this functionality.

- AJ

You can use a special class like this if needed – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/left-side-menu-dropdowns/

However, if you have that many dropdowns I would consider maybe re-thinking things a bit in terms of usability. Maybe instead having some links in a sidebar or even the footer to slim down the primary menu.

- AJ

Thank you it worked

Hi,

1. It’s not possible to center the 2 items without using a completely different javascript function for the filter and masonry positioning. It would be a massive undertaking.

2. Changing the 6 grid to 4 grid is possible with some custom CSS. However, if instead of the Post Masonry Grid you use the Total Post Types Grid you can actually select your responsive columns via the settings – https://cl.ly/sGTp (assuming you like this module)

- AJ

Thanks. I’ll give that a try.

Hi,

The plugin is so horribly coded/commented it’s nearly impossible to follow the logic and figure out how things are loading in the backend. I wasn’t able to trace down where the issue is coming from exactly but this is the only plugin that seems to break things. So I just updated the theme to remove alpha selectors (currently only used in the metabox) if the plugin is enabled. Can you try replacing this file via FTP – https://cl.ly/sGbV – under Total/framework/classes/

- AJ

that worked perfect, thank you – will that fix be in the next update? too bad NEXT gen is coded bad they see very popular and widely used.

Yes, the added tweak will be in the next update

A new company recently bought NextGen so they may improve on the plugin, but it seems right now they are focusing a lot more on their themes. We’ll see

- AJ

Basically what you want is to inject a second navigation area which you can do easily via theme hooks – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/action-hooks/

Example snippet: https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/snippets/under-header-menu/

There isn’t a built-in option for this so you will need to add it via the child theme then add a little CSS to style the way it looks. It’s pretty basic stuff though

Let me know if you have any followup questions.

- AJ

Hi AJ is this something you could do for us? and pay you?

Hi Chris,

Thank you for your patience, I was pretty sick last week. I can definitely help and no need for payment if it’s a simple menu.

My recommendation though if you need dropdowns on this menu and a mobile version is to just install a menu plugin that allows you to add menu’s via a shortcode, such as UberMenu. Then you can quickly insert it to the site with this code:

add_action( 'wpex_hook_header_after',  function() { ?>
    <div id="prefix-secondary-menu" class="container clr">
        <?php do_shortcode( '[ubermenu config_id="1" menu="1"]' ); ?>
    </div>
<?php } );

There are tons of great menu plugins out there you can use. It should be very easy to add like this as opposed to coding your own menu. However, if you don’t need dropdowns and you are going to hide on mobile then it’s very easy to add manually without a plugin. I can provide the code.

- AJ

Hi,

1. Yes, there is a site border option in the Customizer: https://cl.ly/sGTm – but even if you choose a theme without it, it’s usually very easy to do with some custom CSS.

2. Connecting with Booking.com is not a theme related functionality. This is something you’ll need to do either via an added plugin or if booking.com supports some sort of embed function (some of the booking sites allow you to use a few lines of code to embed the booking on the site).

If this is for a hotel/restaurant what a lot of developers do is use WordPress for building the nice looking site but then link to a 3rd party for the booking process.

- AJ

ps: Thank you for your patience, I’ve been sick the last few days

Thanks for your feedback. Do you offer customization services? We will create the models for you to develop the site. No problem ! Thanks in advance.

Hi,

Sorry for the delay I was sick pretty much all last week. I do not offer any sort of customization services because my primary focus is on improving the theme, theme companies that offer customization services spend a lot of time on customizations but they could instead focus on making the theme better

That said, Total is very popular and developer friendly so finding a good freelancer to help you make advanced child theme edits should be very easy. If you want some recommendations for design agencies familiar with the theme I can recommend a few, but it would be more expensive then getting a freelancer from somewhere like Envato Studio.

- AJ

Hi,

Because of how ThemeForest works I don’t have access to any email’s or other customer information. If you provide me with an email I can zip it over or you can renew the support license on this account (would be better to just purchase a new license on your own account so you have your own license and also gives you the ability to use it for another client) and submit a private ticket – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/support/

- AJ

Please send me the zip to support@uptimecomputing.com.au

Thank you

Will send right now.

Hi,

The reason it gets reset is due to the sanitization of color picker fields in WordPress and in the javascript. The only way possible would be to turn it from a colorpicker field into a text field so you can enter anything you want.

If you would prefer simple text fields for color options so you can enter hex, rgba, or whatever. I think I can write up some code you can paste into your child theme for that.

I can tweak the way the Total module background options work for a future update (great idea) the issue becomes with the the page builder core modules like those in the Design Options box – https://cl.ly/sGjb – because of how they are generated. And the inconsistency may be a bit confusing for the end user.

- AJ

ps: You could also use custom CSS by giving the module a unique classname then targeting it with CSS – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/making-css-edits/ – this could be a good idea if you are using the same gradient over and over again to slim down the code a bit.

Hi,

This is AJ the theme developer.

That is correct, because “full width” rows stretch to the entire browser window and the vertical header is positioned to the side of it. There is no way around it and also many customers use this to their advantage when creating see-through vertical headers with full-screen backgrounds under it.

Did you want to share the URL you are working on maybe I can take a look and provide some feedback on how we can get things looking great?

- AJ

We updated the price, unfortunately ThemeForest counts this as an “update”. The official theme changelog is here: https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/changelog/

There will be an update this week though

- AJ

Usually if it’s not working in Chrome only it’s either because of how the file is named (empty spaces, extra periods…etc) or an https issue. Can you share the URL so I can see?

- AJ

Hi,

This is AJ the theme developer.

To open menu items underneath would require changing the dropdowns into Toggles. This can’t be done with CSS it would require first removing the theme’s dropdown script which takes a bit of code added to a child theme’s function.php file – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/snippets/destroy-superfish-menu/ – then you need to add custom javascript for the toggle affect.

What you could do instead is use a menu plugin that uses toggles by default to replace the main menu.

I would definitely consider adding this in a future update if more customers were to request it

- AJ

Great, thank you for your help AJ always appreciated! Another question i have, is that i want to use in the bottom of vertical menu the social icons as is on the topbar like here http//demo.edge-themes.com/vigor4

Hi,

The reason I don’t do this sort of thing by default in Total if you notice this example – demo.edge-themes.com/vigor4 – on mobile the social is gone. Which is a common issue with theme’s that have widget areas or extra content on the vertical menu.

Of course it’s very easy to add I created a little plugin you can use – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/extensions/vertical-header-widget-area/ – which places a widget area under the header when using the vertical header function. So you can use this function to add a social widget under the menu.

Or you can easily use a child theme to insert any code you want to the header via a hook – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/action-hooks/

- AJ

I am finally feeling a bit better..Thank you!

This is a security warning from the browser. It sounds like half your site is set to http and half isn’t. Can you make sure under Settings > General that your site and wp URL’s both have https in the URL and that force HTTPS is setup on your site in the backend.

When you do try and load the front-end editor is the URL loading in https or not?

- AJ

Hi AJ! It is set to https in both the site and the wp URL in the settings > general, and its loading with https in the frontend editor. Still not working unfortunately.. Is there anything else I can do to make it work?

- Linda

Hi Linda,

That is very weird. Do you want to submit a private ticket with the logins so my support staff or myself can log in and have a look? https://wpexplorer-themes.com/support/

If you look at this doc page – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/visual-composer-issues/ – can you also verify points 7 and 9 incase it’s one of those issues?

- AJ