Discussion on Zeen | Newspaper Magazine News Blog WordPress Theme + WooCommerce

Discussion on Zeen | Newspaper Magazine News Blog WordPress Theme + WooCommerce

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Hi,

Can I use square images with this theme? eg: 1:1 images size.

Thank you

Hey Solun,

Thanks for checking out Zeen :)

Yes, some layouts use 1:1 square sizes, and some blocks in the Tipi Builder have the option to set the featured images of the posts to be either landscape/portrait/square :)

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

That’s perfect @codetipi, I’ll check your theme in super traffic site and let you know.

Best Regards

Sounds great, enjoy Zeen :)

Hi, a quite interesting theme. I loved how easier is to deal with content blocks. Some questions about it before going forward: 1- Is there a login/register/profile feature? 2- From the demo movie, I coudn’t understand how the theme deals with CPTs. Is it possible to easily set different layouts to different Custom Post Types, without using php files (I’m not a developer)? 3- Now, I’m using Pods to cretae CPTs and CFs because WBakery Page Builder can’t input Custom Fields based on taxonomy and I need a few specific layouts for the CPTs which almost custom fields are taxonomies. Is it be possible to integrate Pods shortcodes to built a CPT layout? 4- Is there an option for sticky headers? 5- I visited the demos page but I couldn’t find any layout templates for pages, only for posts. Is there any information on it? Thanks. Rogerio

I think we answered at the same time! Check my answer before yours for the answer to the child theme question :)

Regarding the price, the theme’s intro price was only for the first 200 sales, and that was reached a few hours ago! So it is indeed now the standard price. But in my opinion even $64 is an amazing deal for Zeen. The amount of value, quality and possibilities you are getting with Zeen is quite unique. Plus with the monetization possibilities in the theme, you should be able to get the investment back in no time :)

Bought it. Thanks.

Thanks for choosing Zeen, hope you enjoy using it!

re: zeen 1.0.7

i believe i’ve come across something that should be updated …

the video format last two media designs (left to right) both are mute instead of vocal …

Hey Leemarr,

Ah I’m afraid those are indeed muted because YouTube doesn’t allow videos to autoplay on site-load with sound. On top of that, most browsers block autoplaying videos to have sound now too. There is no workaround for this, as it’s how they want it to work.

Codetipi

Hello Codetipi!

First of all, I would like to say that the wait was worth it. Zeen is an outstanding theme. It feels carefully coded giving to the user a big flexibility to build designs with a lot of variability among them. I’ve been testing it for several days and I can say that is one of the fastest themes I’ve tried, besides it has a lot of great ideas (include tipi builder on categories and tags is amazing…) pushing the quality of this market one step forward. My respect about this excellent work.

And related my question, I would like to ask you about a couple issues that I have not found a solution. Maybe with some minor updates…

Here are my 2 doubts:

Test scenario: I simply created a page, I enter the front-end of the tipi builder (edit with …) and create a block “grid classic mix”, followed by a “default posts” block (list with pagination by numbers) and followed by a “grid D” block. As it looks something simple, in this case for test these issues.

1.- PAGINATION BY NUMBERS – At the moment I always use the module “default posts” instead of “classic” (block list) because that first allows me pagination by numbers. For some reason, there is not this type of pagination on the other blocks. Well, when you click on the page number 2 the upper block and the lower block are dissapeared. Only I can see the “default posts” block (same on the page 3, 4…)

2.- LOAD MORE BUTTON – Same test scenario like before but adding load more button instead of number pagination. Keep in mind that the list post need to has the “heart” like button activated. When you have loaded more than one page (with the load more button), the heart like button stops working. Curiously, works on the first posts of the list but not on the last posts loaded (url/page 2 3, 4…).

And that’s all, thanks in advance for your support on this and keep up the amazing work!!

PS: 3 licenses purchased by the moment ;)

Ricard

You’re welcome :)

Are you saying you want the blocks to still load on paginated pages? If so, it may be possible to add an option to allow for that in the future.

Chris

Wow, thanks for considering it Chris!

Yes, that’s exactly what I was talking about: the possibility of keeping the blocks of the Home page (even if they are only a couple of small blocks like a banner or a small grid, etc…) on the second and following pages.

Thanks again for your always positive attitude :)

It’s no problem! Zeen will continue evolving in part thanks to customer suggestions/requests, so all suggestions will always be considered :)

If I want to use this theme on more than one website, do I have to purchase imultiple copies?

Hey Animaplates,

Thanks for checking out Zeen :)

Yes, Themeforest controls/sets the license terms, and each license license is strictly for one site. The theme is currently on sale (for 17 more sales) so if you need more than one license, make sure to get them before it reaches 200 sales!

Thanks again,

Codetipi

hello , I am a freelance developer looking for work

Hey Pasargad-Template,

I think you may be in the wrong place :) Please go to the forums, I think that is a better place to say that.

Best of luck!

Codetipi

Stylish, fashionable & modern level! Cool!

Thanks Audiosport, appreciate it :)

Hi! I have a question about widget system. Is there a way to exclude the current post from such widgets as recent posts or others? I’ve used 15Zine before,but there was no such option there.

Hey Bezdredoff,

Thanks again for choosing Zeen :)

Are you referring to the Zeen Stylish widget? If so, that is a great suggestion, and it will be looked at for an upcoming update.

Codetipi

LOVING this theme so far… wondering if there is any way we can add “portfolio” functionality to it?

Hey Bulletorthechapstick (Great name!),

Loving that you’re loving it :)

What kind of portfolio functionality are you thinking of exactly? Depending on your needs, could you not create gallery posts using one of the gallery designs to showcase imagery? Such as https://demos.codetipi.com/zeen/artistic/london-guide/ ?

Codetipi

any idea when the gallery will be changed …

will it be ready for next version (1.0.7) ...

Hey Leemarr,

That unfortunately isn’t a small change, it could potentially be site-breaking, so need to investigate deeper and it will take a bit of time, as now the focus is on ironing out all bugs reported. If it hasn’t been added within 2-3 weeks, please ask again as I’ll have more info then.

Codetipi

Hello, this theme seems to be really awesome!! But before I am going to buy this I have some little pre-sale questions.

1) Is it possible to show a variable number of random posts on the startpage and is it also possible to do this for each choosen categorie too?

2) And if it is possible to do so, is perhaps possible to show one predefined sticky-post in the choosen categorie?

3) Is this theme PHP 7.2 ready?

Many thanks in advance

You’re welcome, and sounds great! Make sure to send your finished site’s url to check it out, as I’m excited to see how you guys use the theme :)

I´ll do my very, very best. ;-)

Sounds good :)

Hi Codetipi,

For the subscription box, can I use mailster for it? Thank you!

Hey Jackjack,

Thanks for checking out Zeen :)

Yeah, you can use any mailing service you want. You simply enter the shortcode provided by your desired subscription service’s plugin and it’ll output in the subscription locations :)

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

Hi Chris!

I just rated Zeen 5 stars, and the only reason for that is… because I can’t rate it 6, 7 or even 10 stars lol Zeen is AMAZING! I was mind-blown by the videos before purchasing it, but this is the first time I buy a theme and discover that there’s even more possibilities than I believed it had, actually. Congratulations and thank you so much for creating this!

(If you are thinking about buying Zeen and came to check the comments: it is 100% worth the money).

I have some questions:

1. My progress bar looks “thinner” than it does on your demos, like you can see here: https://ibb.co/jWmbD0 I looked everywhere and could not find where to make it thicker. Can you help me out? I want it to look exactly like the demos. Also, a suggestion: it would be great if it’s color was the post category color! ;)

2. I already used force regenerate thumbnails and emptied my cache with Autoptmize and W3, but some pictures look weird on both mobile and desktop, as you can see here: https://ibb.co/myx56L and here: https://ibb.co/jh9wD0 . What do you suggest to solve this problem?

3. The only place google ads display correctly is on my sidebar. it looks like this everywhere else: https://ibb.co/hFxSLf I’m using Tipi Builder, the Ads block.

4. How can I change the “load more” button color?

5. I’m using Grid Mix D. If I put it edge to edge, it cut’s off the byline, but I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong or if it’s a glitch. Also, I decided to use some gradient overlay on it. But it only shows when I’m in Tipi Builder mode. If I publish, nothing has changed once I refresh the page. If I go back to Tipi Builder, it’s there like I wanted.

6. Stylish Articles Widget: is there a way to put the title inside the image like you have here? I believe it’s a different widget but asking doesn’t hurt lol https://ibb.co/bRUhLf Also, can I have dates shown for one specific category, which is my “news” category, but hidden for the rest? And last question: can I make thumbnails have the same size? Because mine look like this: https://ibb.co/eGxit0

7. How can I change the “purchase” icon that appears on sticky menu bar on a review post? I review restaurants, so my “purchase” links are actually a “book now” link. I tried to put a font awesome icon on Let’s Review options but it’s not appearing on the affiliate button.

8. I could not find the strings to translate the “share/tweet” buttons. I translated every share word on Poedit but could not find the word “tweet” and the “share” word I found definitely was not for those buttons. Is there a way to do it?

Once again, thank you so so sooooo much for the best theme ever!

Ah yes those headers are for non-builder pages, as they are completely different in how they work. Can’t you simply use the Image Tipi Block? Or the Call To Action block (to put a title on) instead?

can I customize the Call to Action block height with a custom code? I wanted something smaller like the one you have in “contact” page, but the block takes the whole screen lol

Ah that contact page is simply a featured image style set to 66% screen height, have you tried that?

i’ve not imported a demo yet …

what happens if i do …

will the previous posts be deleted …

Hey Leemarr,

No, the import will not delete anything :) However, if you want to only experiment, I’d recommend you install the “Local by flywheel” app on your computer to quickly install a local WordPress that you can quickly use to test things. You can import demos, reset the site in a few seconds (using WP reset plugin), test things, break things, etc, with no worries :) If you do still do it on your real site, make sure to do a backup first just in case!

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

Google says my AMP page is invalid:

This is the page I tested: https://techranker.tv/google-home-pros-and-cons/amp/ Here’s the AMP tester: https://search.google.com/test/amp

Sure thing, but please mention the plugin you used in the ticket. Try using the one made by Automattic (they made WordPress, so kind of considered the “official” one). :)

I switched to this AMP plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/accelerated-mobile-pages/

Google now says my page is valid. Plus I can now insert Google Adsense Auto Amp Ads.

Ah perfect, happy to hear that :)

I know a few others have asked about it already – is there a solution for using infinite scroll along with WPBakery Page Composer, since Zeen currently shows the shortcode when infinite load is on.

I also noticed an issue with Tipi Builder when W3TC is activated – I wasn’t able to edit a call to action with W3TC running on the site. As soon as I deactivated it, it works fine.

One last thing – how can I transfer reviews from 15zine to zeen?

Hey Zantopper,

Thanks for choosing Zeen :)

The infinite scroll with Visual Composer should be working in v1.0.6, have you updated to that version?

Also, when you say could you please open a ticket about the W3 issue, because I tested it and can’t recreate that: http://codetipi.ticksy.com if you could share the exact steps to follow to see the issue, that would be great.

To transfer reviews over – go to Let’s Review -> Migration, and select 15Zine reviews, and one click later they’ll all be migrated :)

Codetipi

Thanks so much, my site is looking better every day – I got all the reviews migrated & will open a ticket about the W3TC issue. About the infinite scroll issue, I have updated to 1.0.6, but still have the visual composer shortcode showing.

You’re welcome, really happy to hear that :) And please mention the VC issue in the ticket too to take a look at it.

Do you have and plans to make or are you aware of any team dashboard plugins or pages? A place were contributors or team member could easily get a glance of the site, whats trending, their recent posts, edit profile links, their post count, For example, my site is just a blog, so my team members would only really need add a post / edit a post / edit profile, etc. But Im sure would love a hub or dashboard like you offer for bbpress / buddy press. And I would only want my team member to see the account/login feature. no guests should see this hub / dashboard. Also display things like recent comments, trending posts per day, week, month. Team member section. Latest posts per author. authors that post most recent or frequently. Basically something like buddypress but private and forum team bloggers.

Hey Neptin,

Thanks for checking out Zeen :)

Hm, that isn’t really something a theme can do I’m afraid, that is WordPress core or possibly plugin-territory. I think what you’re looking for is this free plugin:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/adminimize/

That would work with Zeen and should help you get closer to your needs :)

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

Hi Codetipi, Fantastic theme and high quality ;) *

1. Which facebook comment plugin do you recommend and how to integrate it instead of the wordpress comments, do we have to integrate the php code with the file comment.php?

2. And also which AMP plugin do you recommend for the theme?

3. I activated the option “number of views” and nothing appears! I installed Jetpack. should I activate something else?

Thanks!

Oh I see! Can you please open a ticket at http://codetipi.ticksy.com and include the url where it’s on (and misplaced) + url of installed plugin to investigate deeper?

Ok it’s done :) thanks

Thanks, will get back to you soon.

Hi codetipi,

Very impressed with and interested in the theme! My only concern is that the media-driven post types (Gallery, Video, Audio) are not fully compatible with AMP, since the photo galleries and media players disappear in the AMP version. Is this going to be addressed in upcoming updates?

Thanks!

Hey Colecoboy84,

Thanks for the interest in Zeen :)

Currently, media embedded in posts will appear as expected. For the data from gallery/video/audio post, that is something that will indeed be added in a future update. The official AMP plugin is changing a huge amount for its v1.0 release, so I’m going to be following it closely to see how to best implement it with that.

Thanks again,

Codetipi

Hi Codetipi Team, Congrats on the new Zeen theme. It looks amazing. Love it! I have few questions:.

1. I am currently using 15zine theme and it’s a business news site (installed many third parties pluggins + having many contributors on the site). Thousands of articles already published on my current theme. If I import the 15zine to zeen theme, will I lose any info? Do I need to install the pluggins again?

2. Social media icon – does the zeen theme support LinkedIn icon?

3. Sign up/Log in – With the new theme, you allow users to register/ log in with facebook/google/twitter accounts. With my current theme, I have about 300 contributors on the site. Do they need to create a new account? Do you support the front end publishing form? I don’t want users to access to my backend WP dashboard.

Thank you for your help.

Hey Nela007,

Thank you so much :)

1- What kind of info have you got? Almost anything that is made with 15Zine can be transferred over. Some things are already possible, for example if you have made reviews with 15Zine’s review system, you can convert them over with one click.

2- Yes, it’s available in every location you see social icons :)

3- The login/register is still done the same way via the Login with ajax plugin, the theme just makes it work smoother/better than ever and the social logins are also an optional plugin. So the current users will continue working the same way (And so will new ones). There is no frontend publishing, as that isn’t really something a theme should do, it’s something a dedicated plugin should/needs to do.

Does your hosting have a Staging site feature? If so I’d recommend doing it like that. So you would do everything calmly on the staging site, and when all is ready, you publish it to the normal site :)

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

Hi Codetipi. Many thanks for your help. I have few questions:

1. How can I turn off/remove the date the author/contributor joined the site? (in the author page).

2. How can I turn off/remove the “leave a reply” in the post section?

3. I’d like to create a page, where all of the articles/posts will appear in that specific page.How can I do that? Do I have to create a new specific category for it? There are over 2000 articles on the site atm., I dont want to do it manually.

Thank you so much for your help.

You’re welcome :)

1- There will be an option to remove this in a future update, but until then add this custom css to your additional css tab in the theme options:

.author-joined {display: none;}

2- You need to disable the comments in your post or if you don’t want comments at all, disable it globally. These are WordPress settings though. Here is a great guide on how to turn them off: https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/wordpress-comments-off/

3- No, you could simply create a new page, publish it. Then go to Settings > Reading and set that page to your “Posts page” now that will automatically show your entire site’s content there. You can adjust the way it looks in Theme Options > Blog Page.

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

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