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Hello,
First, I absolutely love this theme – it is gorgeous!! I’m trying to start my blog but am stuck in a corner here with two issues:
1. The blog post is showing the full post rather than a summary. In Settings/Reading I have checked show “summary” rather than “full text” so I’m not sure why this is happening.
2. How do you make the masonry style blog like in the demo? I’m been through the entire menu but am lost as to how to set that up.
Thanks so much! Again, LOVE (love love) this theme.
V
Hey V, thanks for purchasing the theme!
1. http://themenectar.ticksy.com/ticket/50070/search/
2. You can choose your blog layout style in the “Blog Options” tab inside of your theme options panel
(If you don’t have that option then it’s time to update to the latest version!)
Wow – thanks for the quick reply! The first one worked swell.
I bought this theme a couple of weeks ago – is there already an update to it? I can’t see the Layout Style in my “blog options” tab so I guess so . . . Never done an update before, is this through themeforest too?
Thanks so much!
V
Yeah I just added the blog layout options about a week ago! 
To update, download a fresh copy of the theme from ThemeForest, delete the old version on your server and upload the new. I recommend using FTP, but you can also accomplish it through your admin panel.
Okie dokie – thanks for the tips (and for making the BEST THEME EVER). 
Haha, you’re welcome 
Sorry one more question – I’ve setup most of the other parts of the site, how can I keep all of that work in tact if I delete and re-upload the theme?
When you update you won’t lose any of your sites content – it’s all stored in the database not in the theme itself 
You’re my hero. Thanks!
You’re welcome!
Hello congrats on your theme ! One question, do you plan to add a parallax section feature to your theme ?
Best regards
Thanks Tsukassax!
It’s a possibility, but nothing’s set in stone regarding future additions.
Hi , I have a simple question, i would like remove the button “search” in the menu. which file should I change? Thanks
Hey Flash, thanks for buying the theme!
I’ve answered that question already here 
Sorry, thank you
No worries!
Cheers
Prior to purchasing, are you able in the theme to move the “About us” bio section with round images to front page?
Hey jtate1133!
1. You can place all the elements from the about page onto the homepage, as they’re created by shortcodes.
2. When you “with round images”, are you asking if the team members section images can be round instead of square?
Hello. I´ve almost finished my project, but I have a last problem. I need to move the logo to the dark row, upper placed….I´ve tried it for hours but I break everything. Could you help me please?
The project is www.carlos-polo.com/pruebasap
Thank you very much!
Hey Charliman,
header#top #logo {
visibility: hidden;
}
You’ll also have to change the widths of your columns in the header.php from span_3 and span_9 to span_1 and span_11
Ir works but when you resize the window to simulate mobile devide it breaks everything 


Charliman, it looks like you’ve made some more progress with it since you posted the comment. I can only really point you in the right direction like I have been since your doing custom modding. If you need further assistance with it I have a developer I can recommend.
Just let me know 
Thank you!. Your´re right. I thing I´ve got it.
Cheers!
Can’t find the shortcode for the boxed columns? Where is it as shown in your demo?
Hey designbull!
To create a boxed column, just tick the checkbox for “Boxed Column” when adding a column shortcode. 
Thanks – didn’t see that before!
Haha, no problem!
Cheers
We LOVE this theme!!! WE purchased it (although we did from another site, oops… but we love ThemeForest and have purchased from them too)!
Is there a way to have a video play automatically on the slider page? We would love to have the very first slider page to be a full video that begins playing and then, when it ends, it continues on to the next slider. Is that possible?
Thank you so much for an AWESOME theme!! 
Hey Whirlwind7007, I’m glad you decided to purchase it legally from here! 
The functionality you desire would require custom development – definitely not an easy task unless you’re very comfortable with coding. Let me know if you would like to get in touch with a developer and I’ll supply contact info.
Cheers
Thanks for the reply! Sure, what developer would you have us speak with??
You’re welcome! Just shoot me an email at themenectar@gmail.com and I’ll send you his info 
Cheers!
First, love this theme! Beautiful and so easy to use!
Two questions: 1. Do you have a “latest tweets” shortcode on the way, or a particular tweets widget you recommend?
2. Do you have a breakdown of the fonts used on the site demo? (They are not displayed by name in the typography options on the backend, just the option to change them.) I want to keep everything the same but change the font that appears as the “call to action text.” Not sure if that text is considered a “standard heading” or something else.
Many thanks for your help, and thank you for making such a gorgeous and user friendly theme!
Thanks a lot margoneely!
1. There’s not twitter shortcode as of yet, and unfortunately I don’t have a specific widget to recommend. However I know that there are tons out there and new ones being put up every week, so I would suggest just grabbing a couple and seeing which one works best for you 
2. Skip to 1:50 in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg62_DU8200
Cheers!
Servus. After browsing hundreds of themes we’re almost there purchasing “salient”. What we still like to know: Is the multilanguage plugin WPML working properly? Any experiences?
Hey studioastic! There’s still no official support for it yet, but I know a few buyers have used it.
Cheers
i love the feel of this theme .. does it support multiple portfolios?
Thanks codemunkys!
As of now, that would require creating custom layouts in the theme files itself.
Hi,
I use the theme mainly to show series of photos. Would it be possible to have something similar to the main page slider on the portfolio post page to show the photos larger rather than the rather small gallery showcase option currently.
Also i would like to know how to remove the widgets because i dont really need them. thanks
Lastly, I’ve been playing with the slider video function. I uploaded both m4v and ogv to the same directory. I checked the links and made sure that they both play when i directly access them. they are both 720p. the video plays when i use firefox, but when i use safari/chrome/andriod they image comes up but when i hit play, it just goes black and nothing happens. Is that a problem with my file or the theme? I havnt done any editing to the theme files. a link to my site: http://bit.ly/1aqxlcH
Thanks, Love the theme.
Hey mistahhmc, thanks for purchasing the theme!
1. You’d have to do some custom development to bring something like that into the portfolio section – as it’s just not set up to handle that in it’ default state.
2. You can deactivate the bottom widget area in your theme options panel in the footer options tab 
3. This error is showing in your console on load “HTTP “Content-Type” of “video/x-m4v” is not supported. Load of media resource http://michaelxcheng.com/video/epoxyblancweek2.m4v failed.”
Try adding this into your .htacess file in the root of your wordpress install:
#Register MIME types AddType video/x-m4v .m4v AddType video/ogg .ogv AddType video/mp4 .mp4 AddType video/webm .webm
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
# Netscape 4.x has some problems...
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
# Netscape 4.06-4.08 have some more problems
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
# MSIE masquerades as Netscape, but it is fine
# BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
# NOTE: Due to a bug in mod_setenvif up to Apache 2.0.48
# the above regex won't work. You can use the following
# workaround to get the desired effect:
BrowserMatch \bMSI[E] !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
# Don't compress images
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI .(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$ no-gzip dont-vary
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
# Make sure proxies don't deliver the wrong content
Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
#Register MIME types
AddType video/x-m4v .m4v
AddType video/ogg .ogv
AddType video/mp4 .mp4
AddType video/webm .webm
Is that your entire htaccess file?
yes, i host on hostgator btw
i went to control panel of hostgator and found a MIME Types section. i added those four to the user defined but i’m not sure if its working properly
actually i found another htaccess file. i was looking at the wrong one.
# BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
</IfModule>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css text/x-component application/x-javascript application/javascript text/javascript text/x-js text/html text/richtext image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/x-icon application/json
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
# DEFLATE by extension
AddOutputFilter DEFLATE js css htm html xml
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
# END W3TC Browser Cache
# BEGIN W3TC Page Cache core
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip
RewriteRule .* - [E=W3TC_ENC:_gzip]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !=POST
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} =""
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \/$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !(comment_author|wp-postpass|w3tc_logged_out|wordpress_logged_in|wptouch_switch_toggle) [NC]
RewriteCond "%{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/%{HTTP_HOST}/%{REQUEST_URI}/_index.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}" -f
RewriteRule .* "/wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/%{HTTP_HOST}/%{REQUEST_URI}/_index.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}" [L]
</IfModule>
# END W3TC Page Cache core
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
#Register MIME types
AddType video/x-m4v .m4v
AddType video/ogg .ogv
AddType video/mp4 .mp4
AddType video/webm .webm
# END WordPress
# manual caching - force use of browser cache
FileETag MTime Size
<ifmodule mod_expires.c>
<filesmatch "\.(jpg|gif|png|css|js)$">
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"
</filesmatch>
</ifmodule>
AddType video/x-m4v .m4v
AddType video/ogg .ogv
AddType video/mp4 .mp4
AddType video/webm .webm
That looks like the correct htaccess file!
Okay, well I can see you added the MIME types correctly, so I don’t know what else could be creating that error. You might want to run the error by hostgator and see if they have any clues. Also, you can still use a vimeo or youtube video in its place for the meantime so that you actually have a working video up 
i just turned off my cloudflare services i was using, nothing happened. then i remembered that my cloudflare was ran thru the W3 Total Cache plugin i was using. so i disabled that, and it seems to work now. would there be some kind of conflict between the optimization that W3 Total Cache is doing thats causing it to not play? thanks
There shouldn’t be, prehaps your htaccess was cached though. If you reactivate W3 now does it break?
Insanely awesome theme!
I bought this theme about three weeks ago and I just want to say it is an absolute joy to work with. I haven’t had to call on support yet (as the few minor queries I’ve had have been already asked and answered in the forums) but the author appears to be extremely helpful, quick, and patient.
For my money, it’s the most stylish theme available on themeforest at the moment. If you’re hesitating, don’t. Take the plunge and buy it. You will not regret it.
Thanks a lot Astronomix! It always makes me happy to read stuff like that 
Cheers!
Hi, how can I adjust the header size?? thanks
Hey jmsabariaga!
I don’t see your purchased tag for some reason, but you can adjust the header padding, logo size and link size all in the theme options panel. 
Anyone looking for WooCommerce support (saw someone besides me mention it) add the following to functions.php (either in the main functions.php or create a functions.php if you use a child theme):
// Unhook WooCommerce Wrappers.
remove_action( 'woocommerce_before_main_content', 'woocommerce_output_content_wrapper', 10);
remove_action( 'woocommerce_after_main_content', 'woocommerce_output_content_wrapper_end', 10);
add_action('woocommerce_before_main_content', 'salient_theme_wrapper_start', 10);
add_action('woocommerce_after_main_content', 'salient_theme_wrapper_end', 10);
// Hook in to display the Salient theme wrappers.
function salient_theme_wrapper_start() {
echo '<div class="container main-content">';
}
function salient_theme_wrapper_end() {
echo '</div>';
}
// Hide The "Your theme does not declare WooCommerce support" Message.
add_theme_support( 'woocommerce' );
The above should fix the broken layout wrapper issue with WooCommerce shop/product pages with this awesome theme.
Thanks a lot for posting this Syrehn!
No problem! 
Hey Guys, love the theme, everything works just perfectly and as it should, I only have one question – after I insert an image in to a post or page, when I click to enlarge the image it does not open in to a lightbox, it just opens in a _blank page? How do I set it up so that all images enlarge in Lightbox?
Thanks so much, love your work
Peter.
Thanks Peter!
open up your init.js file located in the js folder and add this anywhere after the first line:
$('img[class*=wp-image]').each(function(){
if($(this).parents('a').length > 0) $(this).parents('a').addClass('pp');
});
Just wrote that off the top of my head, but it should do the trick 
Can the Team Shortcode, http://themenectar.com/demo/salient/about/about-the-team/ – be used in a 4 column format?
Hey bcatkins!
It can indeed, but not in a carousel. Current the carousel only allows a three column. So if you ever grab a copy of the theme just use the team member shortcodes in the 1/4th column shortcodes instead of dropping them in the carousel shortcode 
Cheers!
Hello,
how do you add another language to your website with this theme? I would like my website to be in French and English.
thanks!
Hey mlcloutier, thanks for purchasing the theme!
You can trabslate the theme using the included .po file with Poedit or another plugin like http://wordpress.org/plugins/codestyling-localization/
If you need to have the site switch between languages on the fly, you’ll;l need to use a premium plugin like WPML
Cheers!
Another CSS question….I have always been stumped how to make the browser window scrollbards colored and styles…this theme seems to have them…YAY!
Ok, I figured out the background track color but cannot figure out how to change the scroller color?
#ascrail2000 {
background-color: #f26a22;
}
Thanks again..yea, I am having so much fun with this theme!
Hey again vegasphotog,
open up the init.js file located in the js folder and run a search for “Smooth Scrolling”. In that niceScroll function call you will see the parameter for
cursorcolor: '#2D3032',
Modify that as needed 
Ok…thanks again…..should I delete this post in the forum? Or post your response and marked solved for maybe someone else to review?
You’re welcome! I’ll take care of putting the response and marking it solved 
Firstly let me echo the sentiments of many here; this theme is themendous!
Also like many here I’m currently hacking and slashing my way through the CSS/Templates to customise all the various bits; generally doing ok with limited coding knowledge, trial-and-error and a lot of googling.
However, have come up against an obstacle that I’d really like to get some advice on:
The problem = Keeping the Portfolio menu item highlighted when viewing a single portfolio post.
Basically, I’ve introduced a rounded background-box element to all menu items: white when dormant and blue on hover.
In addition I’ve included a condition for the box to remain blue when it is the CURRENT MENU ITEM (or similar class), to show users what section they are in.
CSS as follows:
/*----- Menu Default/Off -----*/
header#top nav > ul > li > a {
padding: 20px;
display: block;
color: #5391b0; /*menu item color = blue */
font-size: 17px;
font-weight: normal;
line-height: auto;
background-color: #fff; /*menu item background box = white */
-moz-border-radius: 2px;
-webkit-border-radius: 2px;
border-radius: 2px;
-webkit-transition: background-color .3s ease, color .1s linear;
-moz-transition: background-color .3s ease, color .1s linear;
-o-transition: background-color .3s ease, color .1s linear;
transition: background-color .3s ease, color .1s linear;
}
/*----- Menu Hover -----*/
header#top nav > ul > li > a:hover {
display: block;
color: #FFF; /*menu item color = white */
background-color: #5391b0; /*menu item background box = blue */
-webkit-transition: background-color 1s ease, color .1s ease;
-moz-transition: background-color 1s ease, color .1s ease;
-o-transition: background-color 1s ease, color .1s ease;
transition: background-color 1s ease, color .1s ease;
}
/*----- Menu Highlighted For Current Section -----*/
header#top nav .sf-menu li.current_page_ancestor > a, header#top nav .sf-menu li.current-menu-item > a, header#top nav .sf-menu li.current-menu-ancestor > a, header#top nav .sf-menu li.current_page_item > a, header#top nav .sf-menu li.current_page_parent > a {
color: #FFF;
background-color: #5391b0;
-moz-border-radius: 2px;
-webkit-border-radius: 2px;
border-radius: 2px;
}
The problem is simply this: soon as I click thru to view a piece of work, the blue box is set back to white i.e. a non-selected state.
It’s important to mention at this point my Portfolio menu item is singular – no sub-pages.
So, as best I can figure the Portfolio menu item isn’t staying blue/selected because it drops any kind of CURRENT_MENU… class when I go through to ‘More Details’ pages.
Frustratingly the above CSS works for my BLOG pages – from blog index right through to any single blog posts/tags/categories etc.
Could anyone suggest any workarounds for this?
Much appreciated,
Hey monkeehub!
Yes, unfortunately the single portfolio more details pages do drop any current_menu class because they actually have no relation to the parent menu. A quick workaround for this would be to add the class manually with javascript depending on your portfolio’s menu name. Here’s a snippet to paste into the init.js file located in the js folder that will add the active class to a menu item named “portfolio” on the more details page (you can paste this in anywhere after the first line):
$('body.single-portfolio #header-outer nav li a:contains("Portfolio")').parents('li').addClass('current-menu-item');
Just modify the
:contains("Portfolio") if your menu item is named something other than portfolio. Also make sure to use the correct case, as the selector is case sensitive
Cheers!
You sir…r legend.
Everyone…this guy r legend.
Clap with meh people, cuhmon!
p.s. I guess what I meant to convey by this is; it worked.
Haha, thanks a lot monkeehub!
Cheers 
}
.page-id-7 #page-header-bg h1 {
color: rgb(145, 0, 0) !important;
}
.page-id-7 #page-header-bg .subheader {
color: rgb(145, 0, 0) !important;
}
Hey vegasphotog!
That code actually looks good for targeting the h1, would you be able to supply me a URL to that page so I can see why it might not be getting applied?
The support forum is the place to post things like this, you should be able to see the login form – maybe try a new browser though?
Cheers
Thanks…yes, I will post in the forum….Chrome allow me to login.
Okay, sounds good! Thank you 