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Hi, i have a problem with child theme, style.css not overriding parent. The content of style.css in child theme is: /* Theme Name: Salient Child Description: Child theme for Salient Author: Name Template: salient */
@import url(”../salient/style.css”);
blockquote { font-size: 16px; }
Please help me, I dont’t know what is wrong
estebanjuela, thanks for buying the theme! I really appreciate it 
There was a bug found yesterday that causes the child themes stylesheet to not override the parent correctly. The fix for it is going to be included in the next release. For now, to fix it on your end, open up functions.php. On line 103 change the segment:
get_template_directory_uri()
to
get_stylesheet_directory_uri()
Hey Nectar,
Yeah! Thank you for looking into this:
1) Option 1: http://themenectar.com/demo/salient/portfolio/scouter/ – same format as this but more images to the left. Only one description is needed (on initial image).
2) Option 2: A bit more complex, but like someone said earlier perhaps include the ability to have hearts, date, description with each accompanying image. (Perhaps able to toggle on/off these elements).
On both of the above, mix media, yes! video, jpg’s + pngs, etc.
I don’t know how many times i refresh hoping the coding gods help! Haha.
kamdiba, thanks a lot. I’ve been working with the init.js file trying different combinations and nothing has worked. Thanks for you help!
Jlondon - you can do this by changing the below in init.js - as you can see I updated mine to 18px as opposed to 28px that was there originally.
$('#header-outer').css({
'padding-top' : 18
});
$('header#top nav > ul > li > a').css({
'padding-bottom' : ((logoHeight/2) - ($('header#top nav > ul > li > a').height()/2)) + 18,
Kamdiba, thanks for jlondon in the right direction 
Hi, AWESOME theme. Before I purchase it, wanna know something about Home page. Can I add some module like ones in the example? Just some Images and Text under the slider, Like this : http://progressionstudios.com/themes-wp/?theme=White-Rock I really love you’re theme, but if I can’t do that things, doesn’t work for me! For example, instead of recent work/posts can put some images linkable? (Sorry for bad English, swear you understand!)
Yes, you can add whatever you like under the home slider. Using our in house shortcode generator, accomplishing nifty layouts with columns and icons is a breeze! However, if you do not want the recent work section to appear you will have to enter in a custom CSS snippet to hide it. Let me know if you have any more questions!
I’ve been looking for a theme for a couple of weeks and finally found yours: looks fantastic! My worry is galleries: has anyone had any problems running nextgen plugin? If nextgen works I’ll probably take the plunge!
Hey mark, I’m glad you like the theme!
I haven’t tested it with nextgen yet, but maybe I can check it out later and let you know how it goes 
Cheers!
Thanks man! I’m a photographer: and as long as I can put galleries in blog posts and on pages that will be all I will need! Hope that it works!
Mark,
I have checked out NextGEN’s Image list, Slideshow and Imagebrowser in posts and pages and can verify it works as expected 
Awesome. You have a new customer. 
Loving the simplicity of the back end, and the speed that everything updates. And you have great customer service here as well! Good luck with your business: rated the theme five stars.
Thanks a lot Mark, I truly appreciate that 
If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to leave another comment or PM me!
Also, would you mind if I use your comment as a testimonial?
Absolutely!
Excellent!
Hey, Few questions to help make a decision on purchase; -Can multiple portfolio pages be put into the menu? Like my site currently – http://www.ryanhamilton.ca -Can the roll over on portfolio items be changed to loose the “View Larger” text and centre the “More Details”? See example – http://www.ryanhamilton.ca/Downloads/Theme_Question.jpg - Can the portfolio grid be altered like the above link. Smaller thumbnails to make 4 or 5 items across? - On a video page within a portfolio can still images be added below stacked above one an other. As if to show style frames designed for the animation posted at the top? -Can all the comment stuff be removed from under portfolio & blog posts? Thanks for your time.
Ryan, sorry for the delay.
- Right now you could only really have one portfolio page that filters all of the categories.
- The roll over on the portfolio can easily have just the “More Details” centered and the “View Larger” removed with one line of CSS.
- Only a 3 column portfolio is available now.
- Please see my post to jaraujo below for a detailed response.
Let me know if you have any more questions!
Thanks for the info. Could hiring some custom coding get the multiple portfolio pages? Although you say pieces can be filtered I would want filtering done only within each different type of service I offer.
Love the theme and thanks for allowing us to set our logo height. However, it would be great to be able to increase the logo height without increasing the header bg height. By default, your logo is 30px high. This makes the entire header bg 86px high with all the padding. I would like to be able to add a logo that is 80px while still keeping the header bg 86. I’ve tried to play around with absolute positioning but can’t get it to work right. Let me know if this is possible. Thanks.
jlondon,
this change would require editing the javascript that is calculating all the padding for the header 
UPDATE: I found a temporary solution. I couldn’t get the logo to align horizontally in the NAV BG when it re-sizes on scroll but I was able to make the Logo the same height as the NAV BG and have turned off the re-size option for now. Here’s what I did for those interested in doing this:
*My goal was to allow my logo (since it’s taller than it is wider) to take advantage of the entire Nav-bg height (86px) without increasing the bg height itself.
In header options, set your logo height to “30”. With all the padding this makes the entire nav-bg 86px high, which is how tall my logo is. Then, in General Settings enter the following in the Custom CSS box:
header#top #logo img {
height: 86px !important;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1000;
top: -27px;
}
You’ll notice that since your logo is now absolute, it throws your nav menu to the left. To fix this, open “rgs.css” located in the “css” folder of the template and find this:
/* COLUMN WIDTH ON DISPLAYS +690px */
@media (min-width: 690px) {
.span_1 { width: 6.5%; }
.span_2 { width: 15.0%; }
.span_3 { width: 23.5%; }
.span_4 { width: 32.0%; }
.span_5 { width: 40.5%; }
.span_6 { width: 49.0%; }
.span_7 { width: 57.5%; }
.span_8 { width: 66.0%; }
.span_9 { width: 74.5%; }
.span_10 { width: 83.0%; }
.span_11 { width: 91.5%; }
.span_12 { width: 100%; }
}
Then, change it to this:
/* COLUMN WIDTH ON DISPLAYS +690px */
@media (min-width: 690px) {
.span_1 { width: 6.5%; }
.span_2 { width: 15.0%; }
.span_3 { width: 23.5%; }
.span_4 { width: 32.0%; }
.span_5 { width: 40.5%; }
.span_6 { width: 49.0%; }
.span_7 { width: 57.5%; }
.span_8 { width: 66.0%; }
.span_9 { }
.span_10 { width: 83.0%; }
.span_11 { width: 91.5%; }
.span_12 { width: 100%; }
}
That will put your nav menu back to the right.
If anybody has a better/cleaner solution for this, let me know.
- Correction:
To put the NAV MENU back to the right, leave rgs.css alone and just add the following to “Custom CSS” or to your stylesheet:
header#top nav > ul {
margin-right: -34.5%;
}
Sorry about that!
Possible bug – on mobile, the smooth scroll seems to freeze up the content and does not allow you to scroll in any direction. Not sure if this happens across all mobile devices but i’m using the latest windows 8 nokia lumia (ie9)
I have not tested on a windows phone yet, so thanks for pointing out this bug. However, It has been tested out on Andriod and iOS and I can ensure compatibility there (except for the iphone4 menu bug which I am working on today). I will now also look into the windows phone issue 
no worries dude, this theme is great.
Great to hear you like it! 
I just pushed an update to the live preview that should take care of the windows mobile issue. Test it out and see if the bug has been squashed 
What is the easiest way to put the OpenSans version with cyrillic support? Everything in my webside will be in Bulgarian so I need cyrilic support. I know Open Sans has a cyrilic version @ Google fonts but I’m not sure what is the best way to fix this in your template. Maybe I need to replace the font files?
Hey absinthe, thanks for purchasing!
Here’s the best workaround,
Right now the only extra option for fonts is the Latin chars. There is an extra parameter passed to Google to include those characters if the check box “Include Latin Characters” is checked.
In your case, we want to include the cyrillic characters instead of the Latin ones.
Activate “Use custom fonts” in the admin panel, select the fonts you want for each section, in your case just choose open sans for all. Choose your weights for each section, and then open up fonts.php located in nectar > options. Scroll towards the bottom and edit the segment in line 186 that says:
&subset=latin,latin-extto
&subset=latin,cyrillic-ext,cyrillic
Now , go back to your options panel and re-save your fonts to make the new call to Google.
*Note, if you attempt to make calls to Google for fonts that don’t support the cyrillic characters, it will fail and the font simply won’t load in, so make sure the fonts you choose all have cyrillic characters. Also note that the check box will still say “Include Latin Characters” since we never edited that, but it will work for what you need.
Let me know if you get everything up and running!
Thank you for the insanely quick reply. Everything worked fine, I didn’t know that the fonts are included directly from Google because I saw some url directives in the CSS. Thank you very much 
Awesome to hear! 
Hi ThemeNectar,
I am new in wordpress. I have got this theme,set lots of stuff up on it and I want it to update. So my question is: How can I update the theme without loosing my completely customized website?
I do not know anything about coding and not familiar in wordpress, so please be clear. 
anyway, Really nice theme.
Thanks, Istvan
The theme doesn’t store any of the content you have entered in, all of that is in the database. However, I have changed some sections in the admin panel which means you will simply have to enter in those things again, as the fields have changed. Not everything, just a couple of sections like the contact options. Also, there are many new options in v1.1 so if you update and see something has changed, check to make sure that feature is enabled in the options panel.
Since you said you don’t know much about coding/WordPress I can assume your going to update through the admin panel and not through an FTP upload.
To update, just deactivate the current version of Salient you have and delete it. Then upload the new version and activate it 
If you run into any problems or can’t figure something out just reply back to me and I’ll assist you!
Thanks for your quick answer. So I need to download the 1.1 version from here. The file name is same as before,so Need to change anything on the file name? How can I deactivate my current version? and after then how can I activate the new version? :s
No problem!
You don’t have to change anything on the file name, just head over to Appearance > Themes and activate another theme, such as Twenty Twelve. Now you will see Salient sitting below in the “Available Themes” Section. Click the delete button to delete the old version of Salient from your server. Now, go to the tab on the top of the page titled “Install Themes” and click upload to begin browsing for the new .zip of salient. After that just activate it 
Many thanks. Perfect. Thanks again.
No problem!
Does the theme have wpml support?
Hey,
the theme is translation ready with all the localization functions in place and the .po file included. It hasn’t been tested with wpml, but according to their own site, it should work fine 
Will you try?
I don’t believe there is a free version for me to download.
hi,
@4054: me too!
this is an awesome theme, but the single portfolio view definitely needs images stacked one over the other!
and the homepage header as an option to include in other sides (especially single portolio view) would be perfect 
@ ryanhamilton. I too am hungry to have this theme! I am also waiting for the portfolio section to be able to stack images & videos in a single portfolio page – he said he might have it in a future release. Fingers crossed. 
Hey, Few questions to help make a decision on purchase;
-Can multiple portfolio pages be put into the menu? Like my site currently – www.ryanhamilton.ca
-Can the roll over on portfolio items be changed to loose the “View Larger” text and centre the “More Details”? See example – http://www.ryanhamilton.ca/Downloads/Theme_Question.jpg
- Can the portfolio grid be altered like the above link. Smaller thumbnails to make 4 or 5 items across?
- On a video page within a portfolio can still images be added below stacked above one an other. As if to show style frames designed for the animation posted at the top?
-Can all the comment stuff be removed from under portfolio & blog posts?
Thanks for your time.
Thanks for the update. It looks great!
Cheers!
My top navigation bar and logo just disappeared. Cant seem to get them back… And how long should it take before the favicon is updated? I lost them after uploading one, and it hasn’t showed up yet.
Can I please see a link to your site?
It appears your logo and navigation bar are normal for me..can you not see them right now at that link?
Hmm… No i cant see anything except a white bar. But i guess the problem is on my side. (runs to new computer)
Seems to be working fine on other computer. thanks!
No problem
Can i replace the google map in contacts with a header image instead? Have no use for the map thing.
The only thing that the contact template does is apply that map, therefore if you don’t need it simply don’t assign the contact template. If you want to use a header image still, assign one as you would on any other page in the “Page Header Settings”.
Also, since you’re the only buyer commenting at this second, could you please verify that your shortcode generator works correctly?
Thanks!
Oh yeah sure, one sec. Re: the contact page though, I can still apply the form to another page (just installed so I haven’t really explored how this theme functions yet 100%)
The form used in the theme demo is the plugin Contact Form 7, just install that and drop the shortcode in any page you want as the theme already has styling for it 
ah gotcha, perfect. Shortcodes looking ok to me, is there a specific error some of these other guys are getting?
They have stated it doesn’t seem to work at all. Saying it won’t insert a shortcode into the editor or no options appear, but I can’t seem to duplicate the bug to fix it! I am trying to see if it’s a global issue or something more specific, so surveying you guys is my starting point.
ya everything is good on my end as far as shortcodes.
Good to hear 
One issue I am having is, I am not seeing the meta info for the portfolio items on the home page module. (the heart, title, date) I have the show date option checked in the port. options panel. weird =\
Can I please see the link?
You need to have at least 3 items in your portfolio for the home carousel to correctly calculate the heights, just add one more item and take a look 
Anyone who is using v1.1 of Salient,
can you please check to see if your shortcode generator is working correctly and let me know in here? There are a couple buyers reporting theirs has broken as of the update, but I can’t seem to duplicate the error in order to fix it.
Thanks!
Question: Is there a way to remove the search completely? I will wait for your reply on the shortcodes.
In the custom CSS box add this line:
#search-btn {
display: none;
}
In regards to the shortcodes, have you added any new plugins that you could try deactivating to see if there is a conflict? I have tried to duplicate the problem you have described for a bit now and can’t get it to happen.