Hey Samanpes,

The theme does actually load fast, the Google page speed tool isn’t actually a measure of site loading speed! You should read this for more info on this: https://wp-rocket.me/blog/the-truth-about-google-pagespeed-insights/

But yes, the theme’s overall performance is getting a huge boost in v5.6 and in iterative updates closely after too. You should look at the overall score so of our Zeen theme to see the type of performance Valenti will get.

P.s in case you don’t have time to test Zeen – most demos from that theme score between 95 and 100 out of 100 (Yes some demos score 100/100)

Codetipi

Hi there,

Love that you still love it

You have to have multiple thumbnails for each image, this is 1000% necessary to have great/modern performance and responsiveness.

9 thumbnails is very few though, most modern themes use many, many more. In fact, Valenti v5.6+ will add new ones to be extra responsive and perform fast.

I 100% recommend you change hosts, as it sounds like you’re on a really cheap (which unfortunately usually means not good) hosting.

By having thumbnails of different sizes, the theme can use the exact size necessary. If you load the original 500kbs file for a tiny 80×80 pixels image space, then your site would be extremely, extremely slow to load = users would leave site = Google would drop you in the rankings.

Hope this info helps.

Coedetipi

Hey Forestwoods,

Thanks for choosing Valenti. The v5.6 is still in beta testing and we could do with more Valenti beta testers. Would you be interested in helping test it? As you have valid support, all you need to do is open a ticket titled “Valenti beta testing” in http://codetipi.ticksy.com and share the url of your staging site where you’d test it. The more beta testers, the quicker it can reach the final stable release version

Thanks in advance!

Codetipi

Happy to help. Can you give me some idea of what testing entails?

Great news! All it involves is installing the beta version on your staging site and thoroughly checking it all. Then you’d need to report back any errors/problems/unexpected things you encounter, and any suggestions/overall feedback too.

Hey Zzzileee,

Thanks for choosing Valenti and for the kind words

For maximum user control, the mobile menu is a separate option in Appearance > Menus. You can create a unique menu for it or if you want to use the main menu there, just assign the main menu to the mobile menu (small screen device navigation) location.

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

Thanks, new things, great things…

You’re welcome

Hi Samanpes,

Yes, the Valenti v5.6 update does indeed come with the latest breadcrumb schema

We could do with more Valenti beta testers, so that’s great news! Please open a ticket at http://codetipi.ticksy.com titled “Valenti beta test” and the url where you’d be able to test it on.

Thanks.

Codetipi

Hi Basheernaik,

The next update is practically ready, it just needs beta testing to ensure a smooth transition for the 10k+ Valenti users. As soon as it passes the beta testing it will be released

Codetipi

Hey Stefnapico,

Thanks for the kind words and for choosing Valenti

The theme is really fast, but there are things that themes don’t control that affect score (images, cache, plugins, etc). Pagespeed isn’t a great source of information (and the scores don’t actually mean much for a WordPress site), try running your site here: https://gtmetrix.com/ that will give you more detailed information of what is causing the slowdowns and how to improve it.

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

Hey Leyugo,

Thanks for checking out Valenti

The current latest version of Valenti is compatible with WP 5.4 if you use the Classic Editor plugin (free). The upcoming Valenti v5.6 update (currently undergoing beta testing) will be 100% compatible with everything – WordPress 5.4, Gutenberg, all latest PHP versions, etc, etc

And yes, Valenti comes with the French translation included.

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

Thank you for your response, I look forward to the release of version 5.6. How to know when it will be ready.

You’re welcome It all depends on how quickly the beta testers are able to test the theme and report back any potential issues. The aim is to release as soon as possible though!

sorry it was custom CSS problem

Hey there,

Happy to hear you got it sorted

Codetipi

Hi Chronicrd,

The Sidebar plugin company actually sold to another company and the new company discontinued Sidekick, which is why it doesn’t work any more. It has been removed in the upcoming v5.6 update, but for now you can just dismiss the installation notice and it won’t appear again.

Also, are you able to help beta test the v5.6 update? We now only have 1 active beta tester and we really need more to speed the testing stage up and be able to release it.

If you can help, please open a ticket at http://codetipi.ticksy.com titled “Valenti Beta Test” and share the url where you will test it (ideally it’s a staging site).

Thanks in advance.

Codetipi

Hey Fiona,

Ah okay, the WooCommerce implementation in Valenti has been re-written in the upcoming v5.6 update, so I think the best thing to do is to update to it when it comes out and check again, as I think it should all be 100% working automatically there.

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

Thanks a lot! I will try this. Have a good day, Fiona.

No problem and you too

Hi Codetipi, I always write H2 and if necessary H3 headings in a blog post. But when I run Screaming Frog and check the H2 tags per blogpost, they don’t show. So that’s why I find it very weird. It looks like the theme overtake the titles of the blogposts mentioned in sidebars or widgets on the page of the blog. For example this post: https://vegantravellife.com/reizen/backpacken-in-brazilie/. Hope you can clarify this…Thanks!

You see them in the html, but I find it so weird that Screaming Frog and Moz toolbar don’t see them….

I had a look and the H2/H3 are definitely outputting fine! I think the issue is with Screaming Frog/Moz Toolbar though. Google would 1000% read the h2/h3 properly.

Perhaps Screaming Frog and Moz have problems reading special characters, as your headings have (Brazilië) with that “ë”, or it could be because your headings are bold, which means the HTML is this:

<h2><strong>Backpacken in Brazilië 3 weken </strong></h2>

Maybe the strong (bold) html is making them think there’s nothing in them or similar.

Either way, you can see that Google detects them fine, check this out:

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

Currently you can set the review type “Editor only/Visitor only/Editor and visitor”, if you set the Visitor Only option, then the score in the post thumbnails will be that score. If you choose “Editor Only” or “Editor and visitor”, then post thumbnails show the Editor score.

Showing both editor + visitor scores in the post thumbnail might be added via a plugin update, however, if you have access to a developer, he/she could help you do it with some custom PHP code, as Valenti’s implementation can be easily filtered via the functions.php of a child theme.

Hope this info helps.

Codetipi

Thank you very much! Your replies are very helpful Buying today!

You’re welcome, happy I could help

Hey Gaspard,

You need to set the post layout to not have a sidebar, and then when you do that you’ll see an on/off option to make the embeds bigger than the content. Then simply set the embeds to center alignment and ensure they are the “full size” image size, and that will happen.

Hope this helps.

Codetipi

Hello,

Have a good day,

Gaspard

Ah my apologies I got confused! I think you only need to set the embeds to be “center” alignment and use the “full size” option to make this possible. In the upcoming Valenti v5.6 the theme is fully compatible with Gutenberg so you’ll be able to use the new alignments to achieve this too.

Hi Tiny18g,

Valenti v5.6 is in beta right now and it’s shaping out to be a very big update, particularly framework wise. It’s a HUGE re-write and modernisation of lots of code. The performance is much better, the practises are even cleaner and the theme is now even compatible with PHP 7.4

However, we currently only have 2 beta testers helping beta test it, the more beta testers testing it, the more broad/quicker the feedback will be.

The latest beta version is due out very soon, so if you can help beta test it would be very helpful to Valenti as a product. If you can, please open a private ticket at http://codetipi.ticksy.com titled “Valenti beta test” and include the url where you can test it – ideally it’s a staging site.

Codetipi

Hey Kasp,

Yeah, Valenti is getting multiple big updates in the near future. The next update (v5.6) is in beta right now and as soon as the beta testers report back that it’s ready to go, it’ll be launched.

Stay tuned

Codetipi

Hey Gaspard,

No worries! I had a look and that is actually to do with Gutenberg’s image block. Valenti will be officially compatible with Gutenberg from he v5.6 update.

You do indeed need valid support to open a ticket, and the beta testing is all done there. It would be great if you could become a beta tester though, as it should fix the issue you’re having (and if not, it can be investigated for the v5.6 update).

Codetipi.

Okay, thank you. I’ll just keep using the old text editor then.

I don’t understand what you’re getting at. Can I beta test or do I have to wait?

Regards, Gaspard

No worries!

Without support you can’t be a beta tester, if you do decide you can help and extend support, you can then open a private ticket at http://codetipi.ticksy.com and include the url where you’d test it on – hopefully you have a staging site to do it on.

Thanks.

Codetipi

Hi Pie123,

Hm, but you will always need valid support for all theme questions/support, this is how all of Themeforest works. Unless we get enough beta testers to be able to test the new update thoroughly, the theme update can’t come out, as there are too many Valenti users to just launch without proper testing :/

Codetipi

Well i never need support, but i bought support now, will open ticket

Great news, thanks for joining the beta testing group

Hi MacHow2,

The 5.6 update is ready, but needs more beta testers. If you’re able to do it please open a ticket up at http://codetipi.ticksy.com with the title “Valenti Beta Test” and include the url where you can test it. Until a few people can beta test it, it can’t come out unfortunately :/

Codetipi