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Hi AJ,
Not strictly Total related, more Wordpress related, but the forum staff over at WordPress keep directing me over to the codex rather than give me a straight answer – probably because they also haven’t got a clue.
Right, my website at midlandsmaidens-escorts (dot) com is being suffocated by rivals using PBNs. I was wondering if there was a way to manipulate the front page URL to read (in Google) midlandsmaidens-escorts (dot) com/nottingham-escorts so that my website gets a decent boost by using keywords in the URL.
Here’s the rub though – I don’t want to be changing any existing files or folders, and I wanted users to be able to get to the website by typing in what they’re used to typing – ie midlandsmaidens-escorts (dot) com.
There are two options in General Settings I can see that might help out here – the WordPress address url, and the Site Address url.
In your highly regarded opinion, and considering that I know that an edit to the wp-config file would also be needed, which of the above two options in General Settings would need to be changed to midlandsmaidens-escorts(dot)com/nottingham-escorts ?
Thanks for any advice!
Hi,
Honestly, changing the URL is going to do very little for SEO. The best solution is to spend some time getting some quality backlinks with those keywords and if possible run a social media campaign.
Of course adding nottingham-escorts is possible but only as a redirect from the main URL. Which neglects a lot of the SEO benefit you would get from having keywords in your URL because your homepage is redirected which doesn’t look very good.
And you wouldn’t do this by altering the options under Settings > General but by creating a blank second page and setting that as the homepage under Settings > Reading then redirecting your homepage via your .htaccess file over to the actual homepage which you should modify to include those keywords you want.
You could inject extra keywords to the URL without a redirection via a script, but it won’t be visible to search engines so again useless.
The keywords in the URL make very little difference when it comes to SEO compared to the actual content on the page and quality backlinks. Make sure your homepage has the keywords you want to rank for in the meta title. h1 and content. And if you don’t have an SEO plugin installed add one, I recommend Yoast (free is perfect, premium offers very little extra). And that you build up the backlinks and social media presence of the site. Make sure you have Facebook, twitter, Instagram, Pinterest…etc. For your site Instagram and Pinterest could work very well and also for backlinks maybe try leaving some comments or hire someone to leave comments on some related forums, you should find good results from forum due to the nature of the site.
- AJ
Hi AJ,
Thanks for the reply.
Yeah, on all the seo tools that I use, the website is racked up at 96%+, (as opposed to sub-40% or 50% for the rivals) for those keywords, so there wouldn’t appear to be anything wrong with the seo. (using Yoast).
I’ve always been active on social media, whereas the rivals haven’t – so it’s looking like their PBNs are taking over.
Dunno, if they’re going to play dirty, I suppose I could report them to Google – but are Google really that bothered about PBNs?
Thanks for the advice, and it would appear that patiently waiting would be the best policy.
Yep, a PBN can get your site penalized or even removed from Google. Not really sure how to report it though…and like you said, do they even care. I’m not sure if Google would care so much especially in your industry.
But changing your url structure will not help you in the cause if your rivals are using PBN’s. The sole purpose of the PBN’s is to generate backlinks and drive traffic by creating a network of blogs owned by the same person (hence the name “Private blog networks”).
So either you need to wait and hope those sites doing black hat SEO get penalized or you need to generate more backlinks then them from other authoritative sources.
In terms of tools used for checking site ranking, Google is very tricky you could have everything perfect but the backlinks are just not there or your site has been penalized and you don’t even know. Make sure you have Google Webmaster Tools setup in case there are some warnings in there.
- AJ
I have one more question.
I have plugin call Let’s Review which use for add the review to my post and it is very important for review blog like mine. This plugin have API that we can use with our theme.
The problem is the API code is something different and complicated than normal HTML for me to use. Also the element where I want to place it are not in your Snippets lists (Even if it there I would impossible to make it). I want to put it at the top right corner of the Featured image (media). Just like the Demo of the plugin here https://demos.codetipi.com/letsreview/ The API look like this http://docs.codetipi.com/lets-review/#api
I also want it to appear the same for the featured image on Single blog post too. Here is the blog with review but I only put review at the bottom of the post. https://www.wpthaiuser.com/google-analytics-post-pageviews/Thank you so much.
Hi,
If you just want to show the overall rating on the entry featured image it’s pretty easy via your child theme’s functions.php file:
Example:
// Show rating on entry media
add_filter( 'wpex_get_entry_media_after', function( $after, $instance ) {
if ( class_exists( 'Lets_Review_API' ) ) {
$lets_review_api = new Lets_Review_API();
$lets_review_final_score = $lets_review_api->lets_review_get_final_score( get_the_ID() );
if ( $lets_review_final_score ) {
$after = $lets_review_final_score . $after;
}
}
return $after;
}, 10, 2 );
You may have to add it inside HTML with some custom CSS though, the API doesn’t explain if the html is included with the end result or not.
But there is no hook on the single posts media so the only way would be to either insert it at the top of the content:
add_action( 'wpex_hook_content_top', function() {
if ( class_exists( 'Lets_Review_API' ) ) {
$lets_review_api = new Lets_Review_API();
$lets_review_final_score = $lets_review_api->lets_review_get_final_score( get_the_ID() );
if ( $lets_review_final_score ) {
echo $lets_review_final_score;
}
}
}, 0 );
Or to replace the media block completely. I’ll look at maybe adding a hook though for a future update as I do see it could be useful.
- AJ
Yes AJ It would be helpful if we have hook for media too. I was tried to replace the overlay tag1 with the API code but mixing php+php is too complicated for me 
I will try your code. Thank you so much.
Just to let you know that I am successfully add the review rating data to the entry media. Have to write custom CSS though but it turn out the way I wanted. I prefer to use other style for the single post media.
Thank you so much for your help. Emily
Awesome!
What’s going on. Couldn’t hear a word from theme author. To top it all, my previous comments are tagged supported. which is outright false. Very pathetic!!!
Hi,
You left 1 comment 2 days ago which I just replied to. I do apologize for the delay, support is usually much quicker but I was sick last week and this weekend was a holiday weekend. Most support is provided via the ticket system – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/support/ – where i have a team helping me out incase I get sick or I am not available and so you get the quickest help possible.
If you want you can reply back to my previous reply or here. Happy to help!
- AJ
Hello AJ, hope all’s well with you?
I’m using parallax background images in rows at the top of some pages, and I’m using a minimum height on those rows. http://aptstudios.co.uk/dev/studio/On very large screen sizes the minimum row height is creating a very shallow and wide crop of the image (because the screen is very wide) meaning the interesting part of the image is lost/cropped.
I understand why this is happening, but was wondering if you have a clever work-around for this – something equivalent to a percentage row height, or different row heights for different screen sizes?
I’m already showing/hiding rows for mobile and desktop sizes and can’t make a combination of showing/hiding 3 rows (mobile, desktop, >1280) work!
Thank you Pete
Hi Pete,
So first of all I see what you are doing hiding/showing content at different devices so you can have those titles on the left side. Wouldn’t it be easier to just use a little CSS to offset the content on the left (give it left padding) for larger screens then for the titles have them adding inline with the content and use a unique classname on each title to give them an absolute position on desktop. Example: https://cl.ly/sKxz (make sense?)
Regarding the background rows. Im looking on an iMac 30’’ at full-screen and it looks ok to me. But 99.99% of people never view a website at full-screen, much less on huge monitors. I honestly wouldn’t worry about it and cater to the majority of your viewers. That said, I think a fixed background – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/fixed-row-background-images/ – instead of parallax may work a bit better and you will have a bit more control over it’s positioning.
- AJ
Hello AJ,
Thank you so much, I really appreciate the extra advice and code – I think if I knew what I was doing with code, then what you suggest would be easier!
I’m actually showing/hiding different content for mobile only to reduce the fixed height of the rows at the top of the page, so that the title below the main image is visible on a small mobile screen. Does that sound bad?!
I know you’re right re. catering for the majority of screensizes, and I should probably compromise more on the image composition across devices.
Thanks again Pete
Hi Pete,
So for mobile honestly I would just recommend hiding the row with the background from mobile – https://cl.ly/sO9V – it’s not really needed it’s just there because it looks nice. People on mobile just want quick answers they don’t care so much about the site’s “prettiness”. Alternatively you could give the row with the background a custom classname and then reduce it’s hight on mobile – I can help with the CSS if needed/wanted.
- AJ
Thanks AJ,
I’ll remember that and may well come back to you in future for help with the CSS – sounds easier than my clumsy approach. This site is for a garden designer and at the moment it is all about showing the pics, even on mobile.
Hope you have a good day,
Thanks Pete
Got it. If you need anything else let me know have a nice day as well.
- AJ
Hey AJ, we do have a problem with the theme (or WPBakery) concerning the backround (the CSS property is “backround-attachement”). It started about 8 days ago… without us having installed any updates. On the whole page our backround pictures don’t show up anymore. Well, they show up for a second, but then they disappear. In DevTool we can see, that even the backround is set as a picture in wordpress, the page uses “color fill” backround. We deleted the pictures and set them new but nothing helps.
Your help would be highly appreciated 
Any hint or recommendation?
Thanks a lot, Chris
Hi Chris,
This is AJ, I hope you had a nice weekend. Can you please share a live example with the issue so I can inspect the code and see what’s going on? That’s the only way I’ll be able to help since this isn’t a known bug/issue. Thanks!
- AJ
Hey AJ. thx for your quick response. Could you please give me a hint what you mean by “live example”? you mean the link to the homepage so you can check it? It’s www.bringliesel.de And e.g. here https://www.bringliesel.de/#macher and here https://www.bringliesel.de/#sortiment should be a picture. However, the picture disappears after a second and “color fill” backround is loaded…
Does it help you?
Thanks a lot AJ! Chris
Hi Chris,
When I look at the site I see all the background images but there is a little security concern because the background images are loading via http and not https – https://cl.ly/sNUk – so depending on your browser or browser settings they may not be displayed.
When setting up HTTPS some servers/plugins (not sure how you did it) will automatically for https on any assets displayed on the page.
This is usually caused if https isn’t setup correctly. Make sure under Settings > General that your Wordpress and Site URL’s both contain https. Example: https://cl.ly/sNNR
This is how WordPress knows to display assets using https or not.
- AJ
thanks a lot AJ – I will look into it and let you know!
Hey AJ, you were right concerning the https issue, however, as you can see here, it doesn’t have anything to do with the error: https://www.bringliesel.de/jobs/ the picture is also on http and it is displayed without disapearing after a second. The proplem only occurs on our main Site… not on the sub-pages… Is there anything else you could think of? As mentioned before, it seems that there is a backround colour loaded automatically after a second (even there is a picture set as backround)...
Thanks a lot, Chris
Hi Chris,
It has actually been brought to my attention after some other customers reported the bug and my doing some research that it’s actually a re-paint bug in Chrome from one of their latest updates 
If you check in Firefox it will display correctly.
The bug is related to the fixed background position – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/fixed-row-background-images/ – there really isn’t any “fix” because the background-attachment property with a fixed value is a normal function – https://www.w3schools.com/CSSref/pr_background-attachment.asp – it’ literally an issue with Chrome so it can’t be fixed theme-side.
Sometimes using a smaller image for the background works but of course you lose that extra quality. The only real “fix” is to either ignore chrome and set a background color so at least it’s not white or remove the fixed position until Chrome fixes their issue.
I use the fixed background on this demo – http://totaltheme.wpengine.com/paris/ – and I don’t see the issue but I am also using smaller images and I don’t have a slider at the top of the page. A slider does add extra javascript code running on the page which may be overloading chrome a bit combined with the fixed background. I’m not entirely sure since there is very little info online about why the issue happens in chrome but many have the problem
- AJ
Hey AJ,
thanks for your response! We actually now manually deleted the code part “background-attachemend: fixed…” in the CSS of the theme. Now it works also for chrome again and pictures are loading normally…
Greetz, Chris
just purchased this theme. demo importer for base theme failed for Import XML Data (pages, posts, meta data, terms, menus, etc). I am setting up a project on local server. No matter how many times i tried , it never loads including slider revolution issues.
Lost more than 3 hours. I seek a refund.
I have not even downloaded the purchase license.
Hi,
This is Aj the theme developer. I hope you had a nice weekend, it was Father’s Day here in the USA 
You can seek a refund here – https://help.market.envato.com/hc/en-us/articles/202821460-Can-I-Get-A-Refund-
But before doing that, it’s best if you can fix the issue. The base demo should import in just a few minutes (definitely not 3 hours) without issues unless there is a server problem. Since you are working locally are you able to see any errors in your error logs? Usually the issue is a memory limit or max execution time. I would recommend setting your PHP memory limit to 256 and your max execution time to at least 300.
I don’t understand how you haven’t downloaded the theme if you are trying to import the sample data. Make sure when importing the sample data to use the version found here on the marketplace.
Also if you are having issues with the built-in demo importer you can try this plugin – https://wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-demo-import/ – which is fully supported by Total since a recent update. This plugin uses a different method to import sample data which can be better on slower hosting environments.
- AJ
I’ve been using Total on a bunch of sites over the past year or so and I’ve run into an issue with the standard Visual Composer row background video. It loads a default YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMJXxhRFO1k) when there’s another video set as the background so that as the page loads, you see the first couple of seconds of that video and then it flickers to the actual one you have selected in the backend editor. It’s set in a config file at /wp-content/plugins/js_composer/config/containers/shortcode-vc-column.php and I’ve had to go in an delete that default value, which is obviously not good since it will be overwritten every time there’s an update to VC. Can you add an override in the theme to not use that or is this something that needs to be brought up with Visual Composer? Thanks.
Hi,
This is AJ the theme developer. I hope you had a great weekend and Father’s Day.
So if you set a custom video it’s impossible for it to show the default one first because the custom video overrides the default variable/value for the video. I’ve tested locally and live and I don’t have the issue either. Are you able to share the URL so I can inspect the source code? It seems more like perhaps the video is enabled on both the row and the column but only a custom video was selected for the column so you have 2 video backgrounds going on.
- AJ
Than you.
Hi,
I hope you had a great weekend. I am not seeing the page title anymore on the site, but generally if you are seeing it it’s because it’s enabled under Appearance > Customize > General Theme Options > Pages : https://cl.ly/sKoe
- AJ
I’m hoping someone in here can help me. I am wanting to have a text overlay the featured image for specific category thumbnails. The text overlay I want is the name of the category.
Hi,
This is AJ the theme developer. Nice to hear from you again, I hope you had a great weekend.
Adding a category overlay on the thumbnail is very easy via a little child theme code since there is a hook named “wpex_get_entry_media_after” which you can use. I can assist with the custom code, but I need to know exactly where you are wanting to add this (page builder module, archives, main blog only, etc). Also you say for “specific category thumbnails” can explain what you mean by that? Thanks!
- AJ
Hi AJ,
I have a blog category “For the Record” that I would like to have as a static text/category overlay. If you look at http://staging.uaoh.net/category/for-the-record/ you will see what I am wanting to do. So far, I am uploading an image with the overlay, but in the long run this seems like extra work to me as I will not be able to re-use those photos elsewhere on the site unless I upload a duplicate photo without the overlay.
As always, thanks.
I haven’t seen this site yet, must be a new one you are working on, cool – Definitely remember your username and icon though
For the overlay it would be very easy to add and you can just create a new overlay style – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/create-new-overlay-styles/
So in your case it appears you want an image to be added on top so all you need to do is return your custom “For the record” image. The code would be very easy. Example:
// Define new overlay style
add_filter( 'wpex_overlay_styles_array', function( $overlays ) {
$overlays['for-the-record'] = 'For The Record';
return $overlays;
});
// Define output for the "for-the-record" overlay
add_action( 'wpex_pre_include_overlay_template', function( $style, $args ) {
// Custom output for YOUR_OVERLAY_NAME
if ( 'for-the-record' == $style ) :
// Only used for inside link position
// This means it's part of the image link so it can be clicked along with the image to access the post
if ( 'inside_link' != $args['overlay_position'] ) {
return;
}
// Overlay Ooutput
$output = '<div class="for-the-record-overlay"><img src="YOUR_IMAGE_URL" /></div>';
// Echo output
echo $output;
// Important -> prevents the theme for checking for overlay template part
return;
endif;
}, 20, 2 );
Then you could go to Customize > Blog > Entry and select your new overlay style from the setting dropdown.
This will just place the overlay under the image so with a little CSS you can give it an absolute position and a 100% width to ensure it stretches across the image.
Alternatively you can use HTML to create this overlay, but I thought you wanted to use an image.
- AJ
The code would be added in a child theme of course – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/child-theme/
Thanks so much for your help… per usual you are right on.
I have one question about this. How do I filter the overlay to only show when my blog category = For the Record? All other blog categories will NOT have an overlay.
Edit the if statement:
if ( 'for-the-record' == $style ) :
To this:
if ( in_category( 'for-the-record' ) && 'for-the-record' == $style ) :
However, if it’s for the specific category only you don’t have to use an overlay function you could just hook into the wpex_entry_media_after function instead to automatically add this code without having to choose an overlay style. Example:
add_filter( 'wpex_get_entry_media_after', function( $after_content, $instance ) {
if ( in_category( 'for-the-record' ) ) {
$after_content = $after_content . '<div class="for-the-record-overlay"><img src="YOUR_IMAGE_URL" /></div>';
}
return $after_content;
}, 10, 2 );
This would probably be best, sorry I should have mentioned it previously! (it’s a much never functionality added this year)
- AJ
You are my HERO!
Nice Definitely a much better solution!
Hi, how to purchase the theme for unlimited sites? for web design agency? I really like the theme, It is very flexible, the hooks are very powerful, what i can suggest to put in the hooks to make it more powerful is that if you can make the hook areas read a PHP, if you can do that, that will make the site more developer friendly and i can purchase more of this theme…Please add it
Another thing is, as mentioned above, where can i purchase a theme for unlimited sites? and its for Agency, that can be use for multiple or unlimited clients?
Thanks
Hi,
This is AJ the theme developer. I hope you had a nice weekend!
- I could temporarily enable the extended license function but it’s very expensive, like $4,000 – a better idea is to have your client purchase the theme. This way you don’t pay for it but also when you are done with the site if your client needs extra help they can contact me for free since they bought the theme
- Adding PHP function to the hooks dashboard in the admin is a very bad idea because it’s only possible to do so using the eval() function – http://php.net/manual/en/function.eval.php – which is extremely dangerous and security is always a primary concern on mine.
However, using hooks in your child theme’s is extremely easy! Have a look here – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/action-hooks/
- AJ
cool, can i purchase multiple Total theme in 1 account?
by the way, how to use this total tweaker https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/total-tweaker-plugin/ ?
im looking around at the wp-admin sections but i can’t really find where to use the tweaker, it is not installed. Please help
thanks
Hi,
- Yes you can purchase unlimited licenses under 1 account. But if you have your client purchase support generally it’s better because then after you are done setting up the site if they need help they can ask me and not bother you
- The Total “tweaker” plugin is for developers. It’s only an example of how you could use a plugin to modify the theme via hooks/filters. What you do with it is entirely up to you and you would basically just delete everything as it’s only an example. If you are a beginner I would recommend instead using a child theme – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/child-theme/ – which is much easier and child theme’s take priority over plugins.
- AJ
hi AJ, yes i understand it, i just want to know where can i see the tweaker section after the plugin is installed? i cannot see it in the WP admin sections. I know how to use the child theme, I am just curious on this tweaker plugin, pls guide where to locate it after i installed it. Thanks
hi AJ, can you answer my query please specifically. thanks
Hi,
The plugin itself doesn’t do anything or add any “sections” to the site. It’s just an example of how you could add code via a plugin instead of a child theme. If you look at the code – https://github.com/wpexplorer/total-tweaker-plugin/blob/master/total-tweaker.php – you can see in the example all it does is disable the title on WooCommerce pages.
If you rather use the plugin then a child theme and you want to edit it you would go to Plugins > Editor and you can locate it on the dropdown on the right side to modify the code. However, it’s always recommended when editing code to do it locally instead using a real editor and update via SFTP.
- AJ
Total theme will not install in Word Press vers 4.9.6-en on my site hosted by Heart Internet. Help please
Hi,
This is AJ the theme developer. Thank you for your patience. I was sick on and off last week. I see you haven’t opened a ticket yet, where you able to fix the issue?
Usually installation errors are from uploading the incorrect folder or the server needs an increase in it’s upload/memory limit – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/theme-installation-errors/
If you are still having trouble please let me know so we can get this resolved ASAP.
I am not familiar with Heart Internet (I only recommend and work with managed WordPress hosting companies like WPEngine, Flywheel, Kinsta…etc). It looks like a UK based company with many options so you may want to also be sure your server is setup to work well with WordPress – https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/ – and make sure you have at least 256MB allocated to PHP memory, at least 20MB upload limit, at least 300 for the Max Execution Time and at least 32MB for the Post Max Size. Dedicated WordPress hosting companies generally have this by default but if you are using a non-managed WordPress solution then you should verify to make sure your site doesn’t have any errors or runs very slowly.
- AJ
Hello AJ,
I’ve tried the “Mailchimp form” module (with correct ID).
Is it “normal” that only the email field appears ?
Michel
Hi Michel,
This module by default only displays the email feed due to it’s default design (left input / right button). You could always use Mailchimp’s direct embed functions though to insert a subscription box with name field. Because of GDPR I prefer to grab as little information as possible though
- AJ
Thank you AJ, I was just wondering, and will do as you say.
Michel
With the Lefty demo, is there a way to add social media icons below the menu like this: https://d1nvcfeljt87mm.cloudfront.net/items/3A0l1a0H2r1a2w0f3p3J/Screen%20Shot%202018-06-15%20at%2012.58.17%20AM.png
I also notice that when using the left navigation, I can’t make a row “stretch row and content with no padding” without the content going behind the left navigation area. Any fix for that?
Hi,
I hope you had a great weekend and Father’s day.
There ins’t a built-in way to add the social under the header, the main reason is because of responsiveness since the vertical header turns into a single header on mobile there isn’t room left for them. However, it’s very easy to add either via a theme hook – http://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/action-hooks/ – or if you want to use this little plugin – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/extensions/vertical-header-widget-area/ – to insert a widget area under the menu then you can use the social widget to add the icons
Stretched rows always stretch to the full-browser screen, that is their purpose, and since the vertical header is on the side then it will be over them. With this layout style you generally wouldn’t use stretched rows. If what you want is your content to “expand” to the full-screen you would instead use the site width options – https://wpexplorer-themes.com/total/docs/customize-your-layout-widths/ – so your container width which by default is 960px you could change to a percentage like 100% so your content is fluid with the whole window if that’s what you want.
- AJ
Hi AJ,
Started looking for a Facebook feed, then realised there was probably one already in the widgets – which there was – so job done.
However – is there a way to customise the feed for a dark background website?
I can grab some css for the text, no problem – but the #fff background is not playing nicely at all!
Hi,
Are you referring to the “Total – Facebook Page” widget? If so, this pull the widget directly from Facebook – https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/page-plugin/ – which is an iFrame so you can’t actually re-style it because you can’t target iFrames via CSS
- AJ
Yes, that’s the one.
I’m plodding along with it at the moment, but if you reckon that it cannot be customised, it’s looking like a third party plugin is needed.
Thanks anyway.
Yes, unfortunately you can’t stye iFrames. One thing I do want to mention though is with the new GDPR rules even showing the Facebook page plugin could cause some concern which is why a lot of people are not adding it to their sites anymore – so just a heads up. Using a plugin that hooks right into the Facebook API to only show your recent post may be best. If GDPR is a concern just make sure that the plugin isn’t also trying to auto log in the current visitor into Facebook or accessing their data.
That’s actually a Google bug it happend to me a year ago and it took some time for Google to fix it up. Not really sure why it happens to be honest it just fixed itself on my site.
I will remove the “home” link from the schema markup in the upcoming update to see if that helps. But I will also be updating schema markup in the near future to use jSON markup instead of inline markup. But it does require a full re-write of the breadcrumbs class so it takes some time.
- AJ
No problem AJ. I have research and found the fact that it is because of Google thing. Thank you so much.
I still removed the home link from the schema markup for the upcoming 4.7 update, I think it should help. On the main Google structured data documentation they say not to include it in one paragraph then in another they say to include it, so not really sure what’s best. That’s why I will be switching the breadcrumbs to use jSON instead which can include more data for Google.
- AJ
Hi there, password protected pages doesn’t work it won’t take the passwords and just redirect to the please enter your password.
Hi,
It’s working when I test locally and on my live site. Have you installed any plugins recently that could have broken the password functionality?
Also have you tried clearing your browser cookies?
Password protected pages is a WordPress related function so it doesn’t even come from the theme. If you try switching themes you should have the same result.
- AJ
Hello there, i’m finally building my own company website. Decided to go with WP and have been playing with a free theme on our website for the past month. We uploaded some content – not yet finished, but we are ready to go with the real deal – Total is our choice to go, our only question before proceeding, as we are going to learn a new theme and its features, could our current theme be live while we prepare the content and arrange our new website with Total? Is that even possible? Thanks in advance
Hi,
Thank you for your patience. This is AJ the theme developer I was sick in and out last week
What I would recommend is you setup a stagging site which is a duplicate of your current site on a temporary domain or subfolder/subdomain of your current site where you can set everything up with the Total theme and then once it’s all ready you can merge it over with the live site.
Most of the good WordPress hosting companies have stagging functionality built-in, like WPEngine which with 1 click you can duplicate your site then with 1 click move the updated site to the live one. If your hosting doesn’t have that, there are some plugins out there you could use if you don’t know how to do it manually. But working on everything separately and leaving the current site intact is the best way to go.
- AJ
Hi AJ, thanks for your reply and hoping you’re well now.
Thanks for this great theme, I’m really amazed at the wonderfulness of WordPress and how user friendly and yet at the same time über-configurable theme you have made available with Total.
Me myself not being a web developer at all but rather an enthusiast, decided to go all in and start my website from zero using your theme leaving my first steps behind, and at the same time taking a Udemy course on WP.
I’ll be sure to pick your brain on some Q&A, if I don’t find an answer on this big and friendly community first
Have a great one!
Neil
Hi Neil,
Yes much better now, thanks
I’m glad you are really liking the theme so far if you have any questions or suggestions just let me know.
- AJ
Hi AJ – I’ve just renewed support and wondered if you could advise how/where I can change the CSS for the lightbox.
1. take off background colour for the caption on ‘white’ skin 2. is it possible to make the caption multi-line? or to include both caption and description in caption element separated by a space. 3. Do you have any snippets for changing lightbox css?
Many thanks in advance.
Hi,
1. You can remove the background like such:
.ilightbox-holder.white .ilightbox-container .ilightbox-caption { background: none !important; }
2. You can use breaks in your captions like such: https://cl.ly/sKxr
3. There isn’t any snippets specific for the lightbox CSS since no one has asked in in general I only add CSS snippets for things asked very frequently – in which case I will almost always just end up adding a Customizer setting for it instead.
Depending what you want to do though, you could always go with a 3rd party plugin for the image grid you are working on. Some customers for example really like the JetPack Gallery and use that in their projects.
- AJ
Hi AJ -Thanks so much for your help and for the reply. I implemented the code and yes it took the background off – my main problem now is that the text description is over the top of the image. (see screenshot https://pasteboard.co/Hva9fXH.png) – How can i get the text to show under the image? I am trying to make a lightbox act as an artist gallery with info displaying under each image.
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: 30pxalso: .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 – KimHi 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
Just my curious. As we already have syntax hilighter in WordPress (the additional css or Custom CSS in Total theme). Is it possible to use it for our code snippet in our post as well? I mean now if I want to display code with pre tag and get it hilighter I have to use syntax hilighter plugin. But why wouldn’t we use something that we already have. (Actually I try Gutenberg and the HTML editor is very beautiful too. I really like that one to show the code) Thank you
Hi,
There isn’t a plugin yet that uses the new Wordpress built-in CodeMirror functionality? If not, I would be happy to make a plugin for this and upload it to WordPress.org. Syntax Highlighter is great but it’s also pretty large.
What I do on WPExplorer though is I have a separate post type for code snippets – https://cl.ly/sKYs – then I use a shortcode in the post. This is a better way of doing it then having the code on the actual post which can get messed up when switching via visual/text mode or when using certain plugins.
I actually made a plugin for Total – https://cl.ly/sM4w – as a few customers requested but it uses prism.js – https://prismjs.com/ – which is what i use on WPExplorer, I think it’s better/faster then what WP has in it’s core
But I could tweak the plugin to make a CodeMirror version and upload it to WP.org if there isn’t one yet.
- AJ
I am not sure about the CodeMirror I never know about this. And actually I use prismjs WordPress plugin version on my website too
Let make a plugin
Yes, Codemirror is the new syntax highlighter used in WordPress. If there isn’t a plugin for it, I’ll look into making one over the weekend. It’s a great idea! If you have ideas/suggestions let me know I will add you as a contributor for the backlink. Do you have a wordpress.org account?
- AJ
Yes I have account. Username : Emilybkk
Thank you so much.
Do you use the code/pre tags in your posts or do you have a separate post type for snippets? I think keeping separate is much better.
Yes I use code/pre tags in my posts with some css style. It use Total Editor format so it show me the style in the visual editor as well. I never use it as separate post type. Must try.
Gotcha. Yes, I prefer to keep the code separate from the actual site content to prevent any possible formatting issues. It may take a little bit more time then pasting it directly in the post but I find it’s best.
Just tried your plugin. WoW it is awesome! Just exactly how I like it. Normally I don’t write about code so much but only a short snippets sometime. I just want something that lightweight. I don’t need so many theme or styling. Just something to show beautiful code.
Thank you so much for your help. You have save my day!
Hope you health get better as soon as possible too.
I’m feeling awesome now, thanks! Glad you like the plugin, it is very simple and very very slim. Feel free to use it and provide suggestions if you have any. I’ll make a version for WordPress.org and add you as a contributor
- AJ
Thank you so much. I think many people will find it inconvenient if they have to create and copy/paste the shortcode. Also they are afraid if it conflict they will left with the shortcode. Even though it wrote with quality. Also many people believe that they have to keep numbers of plugins as minimum as possible. Even it is not about the number but it also easier to maintenance.
My suggestion if we going to make it as a plugin for more convenient maybe we could make it possible to add new snippet from the visual editor. Put the button there. I use ThirstyAffiliate plugin and he do that with his plugin so user can click to insert the link that have been created and they can click another button to add new one right in the editor too.
I know this may required more work but I would do it that way to make it as easy as possible for everyone (even the laziest one)
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 I’ve Just downloaded a second license for TOTAL theme – trying to install it I get the message ‘the link you followed has expired’. Help please!
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
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