Discussion on Valenti - WordPress HD Review Magazine News Theme

Discussion on Valenti - WordPress HD Review Magazine News Theme

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Also waiting for the update :-)

Trust me when I say it’s Codetipi’s biggest priority :)

Hello, I have this excellent theme for a long time and it is super. I currently have the Version: 5.5.4, is there a new version? Please can you tell me the link if there is? Thank you!

Hey Fabo77,

Thanks for choosing Valenti all that time ago and for the kind words :)

Yes, 5.5.4 is the current latest version and the plan is to jump straight to the v6 update which is under heavy development as we speak ;)

Codetipi

Hi, it seems like the last update was 2 years ago.. is that correct or can I update the theme to a newer version?

Hey Fcampbell,

The latest Valenti version is currently v5.5.4, and the plan is to jump straight to the v6 update which is under heavy development as we speak ;)

Codetipi

Hi,

How do you insert gallery tiles/image tiles in the middle of the post, like this:

https://valenti.cubellthemes.com/videogames/post-with-background-slideshow-video-review/

Thanks!

Hey there,

That was done with Jetpack’s Tiled gallery module, once installed, you can add a gallery and you’ll find a “tiled gallery” option in it.

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

​Hi, I have problem with your theme, using custom taxonomies. I need to show blogs only from selected custom taxonomies, but I can’t see checkboxes for more than 6 custom taxonomies on my site, when I want to show posts by “custom taxonomies”. For example: when I want to filter posts by custom taxonomies: event_location or event_type I can see checkboxes with option which I want to choose… but when I want to filter posts by custom taxonomies like fandoms or any other (more than 6th in queue) , I can see…nothing. No error lilke “no custom taxonomies” , no checkboxes. I see only empty place – nothing. I think there is some limit to show custom taxonomies in this editor. Any idea when I need to change something in file and which file? Peter

Hey Peter,

If you can only see some custom taxonomies, it is likely that your custom taxonomy set up needs to be looked at. Compare the options for one that does appear and one that doesn’t, you likely have an option disabled in the one that doesn’t appear. You would do this in the plugin that you used to create the custom taxonomies.

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

Hi, You’re wrong, I’ve checked this: file cb-meta-boxes.php .

There are something like:

$cb_tax_str_output_1 = $cb_tax_str_output_2 = $cb_tax_str_output_3 = $cb_tax_str_output_4 = $cb_tax_str_output_5 = $cb_tax_str_output_6 =array(...

It’s important to add here something like:

$cb_tax_str_output_1 = $cb_tax_str_output_2 = $cb_tax_str_output_3 = $cb_tax_str_output_4 = $cb_tax_str_output_5 = $cb_tax_str_output_6 = $cb_tax_str_output_7 = $cb_tax_str_output_8 = $cb_tax_str_output_9 = $cb_tax_str_output_10 = $cb_tax_str_output_11 = $cb_tax_str_output_12 = $cb_tax_str_output_13 = $cb_tax_str_output_14 = $cb_tax_str_output_15 = array(

So there is hard limit for only 6 custom taxonomies to show in admin panel. You should fix this for other users to show all taxonomies, not only first six.

After this change, all working correct. Peter

Hey Peter,

Ah thanks for pointing that out, this will be improved in the next update for sure.

Codetipi

Have you an idea about the date of the new version V6? And another question, when i put a tittle center on my image feature blog post, I tough it’s too dark, how can i change that? thanks a lot

Hey SandVE,

I can’t give a date yet, but it’s moving along nicely :)

Regarding the second question, please open a ticket at http://codetipi.ticksy.com and someone from support will happily assist you with that.

Codetipi

Hey Codetipi, Love your theme – however there appears to be a small issue with Google Chrome, all the headlines are showing up as Gibberish.

Even your demo site here on Themeforest is showing headlines like ETIAM SEMPER NEC URNA LUCTUS INTERDUM – Instead of the real text.

Do you think this could be a font issue or an incompatibility with Google Chrome browser on Macs? Thanks!

Oh what how weird! That definitely isn’t normal. But I just checked on Chrome on a Mac and it works fine for me.

Can you go into your Mac fonts and see if you’ve installed the “Oswald” font by any chance? Because if you have it installed it might be that, as I remember there was a bug with Windows users years ago where if you installed Oswald locally on your pc, if you went on any sites using Oswald, the text would appear cut in half.

Codetipi

Thanks for the reply, I had a look for Oswald but its not there. I don’t suppose there might be anything else worth trying? Would I be able to change the fonts in the theme or is that too drastic? Thanks again!

I think that there must be something on your system then, because I’ve never seen that (and no one else has reported that), try going on another computer and see what happens. Could it perhaps be a browser extension you’ve installed?

Is it possible to remove the metadata from the homepage and instead put elements such as the post title on top of the thumbnail similar to how it is in the slide?

Hey Fribee,

Yeah, you can turn off the by line in the theme options, that will just leave the post title :)

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

How can I get the Instagram icon in the valenti social media icons widget for the sidebar? It’s important that we have major social media icons there in a way that’s congruent to the valenti look.

Thank you

Hey there,

It will be part of v6 update, but until then you can easily get all network icons by using a free lightweight plugin such as this one: https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-media-widget/

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

can’t install Sidekick, Something went wrong with the plugin API.

Hey there,

Please ignore Sidekick, they were seemingly acquired by a bigger company and seems they have completely stopped that service now, so don’t worry about it, it was only a service to show you video tutorials during the use of the theme. It has been removed now though in the development version (Valenti v6) and will no longer appear once that update is out.

Codetipi

Hi,

I’m trying to change the color of the “about author” text in both the author profile and in the byline below the post.

I tried this (from the support comments): .cb-byline, .cb-byline a, .cb-byline i { color: #000 !important; }

But its not working,

Can you provide me with the CSS to change the about author text?

Thanks!

Hey Ssltgh,

Could you please open a ticket at http://codetipi.ticksy.com and include the url where that can be seen and someone from support will happily help you with whatever the correct css is :)

Codetipi

Hi! I’m interested in Let’s review plugin. Will it be included in v6 or I’ll have to buy it separately?

Hey Mirf,

There are currently no plans for Let’s Review to be included with Valenti v6. The theme comes with the plugin’s API code already integrated though, so they work seamlessly together. Let’s Review also has a migration tool to convert Valenti reviews to Let’s Review with one click ;)

Codetipi

Hi, i’m using Valenti Theme since a few years now and i have one BIG problem about Thumbnail Size.

Actually, when i upload an image, 9 copycat are created on the server even if the image is not chosen as picture in the spotlight for the article.

Is there any solution for creating only copycat for the spotlight picture and not every pictures uploaded on the article cause my server is full of pictures and i have to delete hundred of them. Thank you for your help :)

Hey there,

It’s lovely to hear you’re still using Valenti :)

You’re actually looking at it from the wrong angle, those thumbnail images created are actually a very good thing! Without them your site’s performance would be terrible and it would affect your Google rankings (performance is one metric they use to rank sites). WordPress itself creates about 5 thumbnails, any plugin that shows images will create more and the theme creates more, but they are all created for a reason and so are needed. The real solution is to increase your site’s hard drive space if your site uploads huge amounts of images every day and you’re getting low on space. Although you should check your cache folder size first, as your cache may actually be what is taking up all the space, as thumbnail images are usually small.

Codetipi

Hey thank you for your answer. I can’t increase my site’s hard drive space cause it would mean having a dedicated server and i’m not big enough to deal with that kind of server. I have one more question.

Let’s take an example : On one article i upload 10 pictures ; only one of the ten is chosen as spotlight picture. Why do you need to create 9 copycat of every pictures ? Only the picture set as spotlight picture needs to be display on the Homepage, on the mega-menu and other parts with differents sizes, no?

But maybe i’m wrong, i try to uderstand why i need 9 copies of 5.000 pictures i uploaded on my website.

Thank you for your answer and your time.

You’re welcome, but have you investigated to see if it is indeed the images and not cache or something else? Because 5000 images would likely be less than 2-3 gb in total size max (with all the thumbnails included), and even the worst/cheapest hosting would offer you LOADS more space.

You need multiple thumbnails to load the exact image size in every possible locations. Menus, widgets, homepage, archives, inside post, etc. If you don’t have multiple thumbnails, your site’s performance will be very bad and slow.

Codetipi

There’s a recommended plugin called Sidekick, but when I click it it says no plugin found.

What is this plugin and why is it recommended?

Hey there,

Please ignore Sidekick, they were seemingly acquired by a bigger company and seems they have completely stopped that service now, so don’t worry about it, it was only a service to show you video tutorials during the use of the theme. It has been removed now though in the development version (Valenti v6) and will no longer appear once that update is out.

Codetipi

Pre-purchase.

Can I have 2 reviews on a page? Like a review I give something, and allow the visitors to have their own reviews? Like a Rotten Tomatoes.

Update: Never mind, i just saw this functionality in the demo. Very nice!

Hey there,

Thanks so much for choosing Valenti, I hope you enjoy using it :)

Codetipi

Hi,

The Catpcha used in the Login form and Comments form is very difficult to use (click images test).

How can i change this Captcha type to one of the easier Captchas, like just click this box to confirm not a robot, or even invisible catpcha?

Thakns

Hey there,

The theme doesn’t add a captcha to the login form and comments form, if you have one, then it 100% is coming from a plugin and if you think that captcha isn’t very good, then you would need to change the plugin and use a different captcha one :)

Codetipi

Ahh, i see, thanks!!

You’re welcome :)

Hi, I’m making final review of details before purchasing. Trying to decide between 15zine and Valenti. A couple of questions:

Is the full functionality of the Let’s Review plugin included?

Also, I notice on mobile that the nav menu is different than on the desktop version: it uses subcategories of some menus, like ‘Hip Hop’ in the demo. Is this configurable easily?

Thank you for your help.

Hey Kreg8,

Thanks for the interest in both Valenti/15Zine, I’ll answer it all in one and copy/paste this to your other question too :)

Let’s Review plugin is not included in 15Zine/Valenti, but both themes are 100% compatible, as both have the API code of the plugin already integrated into the theme code.

Regarding the mobile menu, you can indeed set a different menu for main/mobile menus, and you use the standard WordPress menu system to control them (Appearance > Menus). That means you can create 1 menu and set both menu locations (mobile/main) to use that 1 menu so they can use the same one too, and they are easily configurable through the WordPress menu system too.

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

You’re welcome :)

PrePurchase questions:

1) Looking at the homepage, is there a way to remove the author, categories, comments, times viewed showing with the posts? I like the title, date, and possibly some of the teaser text, but that’s about it. I definitely do not want categories shown because my posts have multiple categories and most of my posts open in a new tab, so I am not even sure if the times viewed gets added. Plus, I am the author of everything, so I don’t want that, either.

2) Is there a speed issue that is getting updated in the next version (to come out soon)? From the comments posted, that seems to be the case.

Thanks

Hey CJ6,

Thanks for the interest in Valenti.

1- Yeah, you can definitely turn off the different parts of the by line. It can be done with some easy on/off switches in the theme options :)

2- The theme does perform really well right now, but v6 will indeed take it to new levels as a lot of the framework has been heavily re-written to take advantage of new technologies available in modern browsers + new WordPress practises which improve performance.

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

Hi, In your theme update date on themeforest, it shows latest update was done on, Jan 2019. But after downloading, all the files are seems to be updated on 2017 only. Is the current available version on TF is mobile friendly? Or do need to wait untill V6? If so what will be the approximate release date for V6.

Regards, Jerald.

Hey Jerald,

Thanks again for choosing Valenti :)

Valenti has always been mobile friendly, but Valenti v6 will indeed make it more friendly than ever. It’s under development now and it’s going really well. The zip you downloaded is indeed the latest version of the theme, and v6 will be the next update – Shouldn’t be toooo long now :)

Thanks again.

Codetipi

Thanks for your reply! Then i will wait for V6.

No problem :)

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