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Hi, How do I display my own icon with the icon shortcode?
Thanks.
Further questions Header-
- How do I change the main navigation text color?
- How do I hide the search box?Body: How do I change the body text font color?
Footer widget – – How do I change the background color and text color of the footer?
Thanks. I need help on the css as I am not good at it.
1. The icons used in Salient are being generated from a font file, Font Awesome, and it would be difficult to add to that without knowledge of how the system works. You’re best best would be to manually create classes for your icons and set a background image through CSS.
2. #header-outer {
background-color: #ff2828!important;
}
3. http://themenectar.ticksy.com/ticket/52594/
4.
body, p {
color: #000!important;
}
5.
#footer-outer {
background-color: #e8e8e8;
color: #333;
}
#footer-outer a {
color: #333;
}
Hi. Is it safe to update to the new WP 3.6? Thx
Not yet, there are some bugs that need ironing out that were raised to me this morning. I am going to be releasing an update to fix them all today so wait for that to hit and then upgrade to 3.6 
Cheers
The update has been released
Is this theme 3.6 compatible?
Yes, but there are bugs that still need fixing as WP changed some things since I initially created support for 3.6 in beta. I am going to be releasing an update to fix everything with it today so wait for that to hit and then update
Cheers
Themenectar, is it possible to export the portfolio? My WordPress has some malicious code and I believe WP support will just suggest to just re-install fresh, if I am able to copy the specific files and replace them this would really save me lots of time. I ask as portfolio items seem to be specifically added through the theme.
The code issue is from a plugin and has nothing to do with the theme by the way.
Hey owenprescott!
You could indeed export your portfolio data by going to Tools > Export and exporting your desired data out into an xml file. You can then import this into your fresh install the same way you initially imported the dummy file by going to Tools > Import
Hey there, I purchased the theme and it’s looking amazing! I was only assuming that it’s possible to have several images with the parallax effect on one side while scrolling down as it is demonstrated in the preview (http://themeforest.net/item/salient-responsive-portfolio-blog-theme/full_screen_preview/4363266)
how can I add this feature and where please?
best regards!
I was talking about the “Home Extended” preview… I’m actually quite upset that I can’t realize the look that the preview promised…?!
Hey nadiavonscotti, I’m sorry that you’ve already gotten upset before I could respond, but the extended home page layout is indeed included inside of the dummy data xml file which is right inside of your download folder. I have a tutorial on importing it here if you’re not familiar with importing dummy data files: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wKJFYCZN1U
I also have a tutorial on creating the extended home page if you’d rather do it yourself or would just like to learn more about creating your own layouts using my system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYYtSUp-cl0
The client carousel short code is not showing up.
Hello AllyCrunk,
I’ll need more information than that to help you with your issue – obviously it should show up, so how about we start with your URL where it’s not
Thanks
How easy is it to change the logo in the header from the left of the navigation to the center over the navigation?
Hey joelmattison!
As of right now it would take some work because by doing that mod it would mess up the calculations for the header resize effect as well as the home slider and page header sections. I do plan on adding more head layouts going forward though so don’t give up hope yet!
Will stay tuned! Beautiful theme.
Sounds good and thanks!
Hi,
Amazing theme compared to the rest! Almost ready to go live – but found an issue with the titles of blog posts. Using http://designbull.co.uk/dev/responsive-design-is-the-future/ as an example: If you don’t use an SEO plugin then the title shown at the top of the post (i.e. underneath the menu, not in the title bar of your browser) uses the post title and adds the website name (entered under Settings/General) at the end which looks a bit strange. If you activate the WordPress SEO plugin by Yoast then the SEO title is displayed at the top of the post underneath the menu, replacing the post title. This isn’t ideal as this title is for SEO purposes and isn’t what we’d want to display in the actual page content. Ideally we would like the theme to work with the WordPress SEO plugin so that we can add an SEO title that won’t override the post title. Is there a option in the theme or otherwise workaround you may be aware of? Thanks Andy
Thanks a lot designbull!
That’s strange, the site name should not be displayed in the post title by default it should only be the post title name as seen in the demo: http://themenectar.com/demo/salient/food-for-thought/amazing-post-with-all-the-goodies/
I will look more into the issue you’ve raised with Yoast and report back to you
Hi, I imagine you’re busy but – is there any update on this blog SEO conflict?
I’m keen to go live with it so may disable this plugin until there’s a solution…?
Thanks!
I have tested with the plugin and it seems to just be a built in option of it that you can configure in your dashboard in SEO > Titles & Meta. Inside there at the top you’ll see how the default titles are created for posts:
%%title%% %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%%
Just change that to this:
%%title%% %%page%%
Hi,
Thanks for looking into this but I tried changing this option and it doesn’t seem to work.
So I had a google on it and found this which mentions editing the themes header.php:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-duplicate-title-when-yoast-seo-plugin-is-activeI just wanted to run it by you before checking this out?
The post you’ve linked me discusses a problem where the top title in the browser bar has the site name twice – Salient used to have this problem (where it already has the blog name in the title so when using Yoast it would appear twice) but that was fixed a few releases ago. I thought the problem you were having was that the blog titles of your posts was tacking on the blog name? That’s a different issue which should be editable from the plugin options as that’s what’s putting it there in the first place.
Sorry, I’m just trying to find a solution and thought that may be it? I did update all the Titles & Meta for posts in Yoast SEO but no change? What is happening is the blog title on the post page is reverting to the SEO title. Eg. http://designbull.co.uk/dev/responsive-design-is-the-future/ should show title as,’Has your website caught up with your customers yet?’ but shows the SEO title I use in the plugin. ‘Responsive web design issues & mobile friendly design – Designbull’
I would take a second to try and write on the forums relating to this plugin and see if the authors or people in the community can assist with this issue because it seems that Salient isn’t responsible for this issue. Let me know if they can shed some more light into the issue and if not I’ll try and reexamine it for you
OK – I’ve reverted back to All in One SEO plugin and it’s working fine now (although Yoast SEO works on all other templates we’ve used?) but I now have another issue from updating version 1.7.2 of the Salient theme. See http://designbull.co.uk/dev/graphic-design-blog/ The header, sidebar and footers are not displaying, All plugins on the site are deactivated, so it is not a plugin conflict, The following error is showing at the bottom of the blog post: Fatal error: Call to undefined function the_remaining_content() in /home2/afullerd/public_html/dev/wp-content/themes/salient1.7.2/includes/post-templates/entry-image.php on line 72
Yes, for some reason WordPress is assigning some upgrading users posts to the post format “image” even though I don’t have declaration for that post format in the theme at the moment. So essentially, open your posts up that are assigned as the image post format (you can see the image icon next to their titles to know which ones to click on) and change them to standard. This will fix the errors
Hey TN,
I’ve noticed the main drop-down menu gets layered on top of the header if secondary header menu was activated. This happens from viewing the site on a mobile phone device. Do you have any idea why?
Thanks
Hey neibohood!
Can you supply me with your URL so I can check on that for you?
Thanks
Is there a way to have a boxed column and left-aligned text?
Hey pinkgerbil!
Yes, just place this into your custom css box in the theme options panel:
.col.boxed {
text-align: left;
}
Good man, thanks!
You’re welcome!
Hi ThemeNectar,
Just wanted to start with saying – I’m in love! This is the best Wordpress theme I’ve come across, and your videos are so helpful and easy to follow, it’s been a great learning curve to use this gorgeous theme!
I just need help with one eensy tiny thing!
In the portfolio, I’m trying to complete my gallery using the ‘gallery slider’ option in the ‘project configuration’ section. In the video it’s super easy, just tick the box and it’s sorted! However, I don’t seem to have the tick box. All I have is the option to upload a Custom Thumbnail Image and that’s it! 
Will I need to redownload the theme?
Thank you so much! And go you on making this beaut!
Hey ayatbabajan!
No need to redownload the theme, the video is simply showing you what the UI will be in WordPress 3.6 (which was supposed to get released months ago but they have since fallen behind). As the note in the description on the video states, “The instructions seen in this video regarding slider gallery creation only apply when using WordPress 3.6. If you wish to create a slider gallery in prior versions, it can be done using multiple featured images. You should see 6 boxes for them on the right hand side :)”
Hello!
Ahhhhhh I see! Makes sense now I’ll look at the descriptions more often from now on – woops!
Thank you ever so much, you’ve been absolutely grand! x
You’re very welcome!
Hi! Nice theme!
A pre-buy question:
if it is possible to make galleries with horizontal and vertical images?
Hey jorgemmadridd!
Yes, the gallery will allow variable height images they don’t all have to be the same. Just keep in mind until WordPress 3.6 is released you can only use galleries in the portfolio and blog sections and you can only use up to 6 images in each. Once 3.6 is out, both of those restrictions will be lifted
Cheers
Hey ThemeNectar,
really awesome theme. I just want to say that. But I have the following problem:
I want to change the background of the theme. Because there is just an option to set some accent colors I need to change values in the style.css.
Now it gets complicated: Since the whole themes background-colour is set to ”#f5f5f5” every other element on other pages is adjusted to color ”#f5f5f5” (for example the description “box” under the RECENT-WORK-Previews.
I think it would be really awesome if there would be a documentation, in wich it is explained wich values you have to change in the CSS-File to get the colors you want.
Can you help me out?
best regards
Don’t get me wrong. This theme is ultra individual! But the ultimate individuality would be achieved through an overall color control. I want to give my website a much darker look, you know? 
Hey DonTilla!
Not every element has the background color to match, only a few select places like the description box on the portfolio. That specific area has to have a BG color set to fix a text rendering issues with the isotope plugin. Here’s a css snippet to place in your Custom CSS Box in the theme options panel that will target all the places to change the BG color where it’s set with css – the other things you’ll have to change are simply the img files (the icons like the social sharing and love etc.)
body, body .container-wrap, body .home-wrap, #portfolio.portfolio-items .col.span_3, #portfolio.portfolio-items .col.span_4 {
background-color: #333!important;
}
Cheers!
No worries, I understand! The only issue with me giving control over the main BG color is that the user will still have to change the icons img files to match, so it wouldn’t be able to be fully integrated into the admin panel. However, since the majority of users who mod the BG are just trying to make a dark skin, I am definitely going to make that an option in a future update
You, sir, are the pure awesomeness in person! I bow my effin’ head!
Yeah, I just realized now that I need to change some images on my own. My website needs to be online but I’ll stay frosty until you make that future update!
Thanks mate!!!!
Thanks a lot
Cheers!
Hello,
i have a problem with the display of my works in Safari and Chrome. The Portfolio detail picture should be big pictureswith the option to scroll down. With Firefox and IE it is no problem, but in Safari and Chrome the portfolio picture is Shrinked to the left side.
Can I send you a link? in PM?
Thanks and regards, Eva
Hey Eva!
What version are you using? There was a bug with that a few releases ago but it has since been taken care of in 1.6+
I use Version: 1.4.2 – How do I get the newest version?
You can update your theme by downloading a fresh copy from ThemeForest, deleting the current version you have on your server and uploading the new. It’s recommended that you use FTP, but this also can be done with the WP dashboard if you prefer. The reason FTP is superior for this is because the theme won’t have to be deactivated during the process so you won’t have to reassign your widgets.
my content and my adaptation of the theme reset?
No, all of your content will be safe as it’s stored in the database and not the theme directly. However if you modified theme files directly you’ll have to make those changes again in the the new version.
thank you!
You’re welcome!
Really nice theme, but terrible documentation. Would not recommend unless you have html / css experience.
Not a theme for a newbie unfortunately.
Hey pinkgerbil,
That’s the first time I’ve heard that, I’m sorry you feel that way. Between the 12 page user guide and the 6 video tutorials I’m not exactly sure what you were having issues with because you didn’t specify, but most of my buyers are new users and thank me on how user friendly it is. Unless you’re stuck on doing modifications outside what the theme advertises as built-in options
Cheers anyway
Simple things like shortcodes could be listed in the user guide for an example. This is pretty standard with most themes and very handy even for seasoned developers as a quick reference.
Secondly illustrations for various shortcodes or mixing shortcodes (i,e the difference between toggle box with / without accordion).
Or guidance on things like mixing paralax background with testimonials feature – something that is indicated on the demo site but not referenced in the guide.
I found this first with a reference to boxed columns on the demo site, but no mention of it in the guide. Also it seems to centrally align the text whether you like it or not – no mention if this is a feature..
As I said, it’s no slight of the theme which is a pleasure to use and very well coded. But having used many themes I’d highlight it isn’t the best documented theme for newbies that’s all.
Thanks for writing back quickly pinkgerbil,
1. The only reason I didn’t write up a list of the shortcodes is because if you were curious about which ones are available or what attributes they can have, it’s literally faster to just open the shortcode generater and insert one into your page than it would be to cross reference a pdf.
2,3. I extensively cover how to use the shortcodes including creating a parallax section that contains a testimonial slider in my tutorial videos “The Shortcode System” and ” v1.6 New Features Tutorial” respectively.
The user guide is really just a getting started introduction and the tutorial videos are where I extensively explain all the nitty gritty aspects of the theme. I thought new users would find it more useful and easier to grasp concepts they are unfamiliar with an auditory and visual reference.
Thank you for clearing up your initial statement, which I have to admit put a frown on my face!
Hi, yes I figured that – but having a viewable graphic with each shortcode is a very handy reference. I will often have the PDF open or printed on my desk when working with a new theme and it’s much faster than clicking the shortcode button(s).
The boxed columns is a good example, you don’t know what this is until you see it and click it.
Sorry I did not even look at the videos, so that’s my bad!
Please don’t frown, feedback is supposed to be constructive, not a put down
I stopped frowning after you wrote back the first time because I could tell you were being genuine about concerns. Initially I got the impression you were just posting to hurt me 
Yeah, I can see why you would feel the way you do if you didn’t check out the videos as that’s where the real bulk of information is. If you have any questions regarding features or issues just post and I’ll help you out!
Cheers
Hi,
How can I select only post with particular attributes, for the “recent works” zone in the homepage ? I’ve searched a bit, but unfortunately, I couldn’t find…
Thanks.
Ok, I’ve self answered to my question _
I think It can help some people if they are facing the same problem as I did. So to sort last project only by “categories”, you have to open the page where your recent works are shown, and modify the portfolio array, add'project-type' => 'TheDesiredAttribute'
Thats all, anyway, thanks for a such beautiful theme.
Hey Lukyvj,
I’m glad you’ve answered your own question! Thanks for posting your solution in case others were curious.
Cheers
Hello,
Not sure if its a bug but nonetheless, I noticed while viewing a Carousel on a mobile device (iPhone) or smaller screen sizes, the bottom part is cut off. For example, the Team Member Carousel is cut off at the bottom through the social links.
Thanks!
Hey,
I am unable to see that on my mobile device, but will confirm on iOS tomorrow morning. What version are you using? Also, do you see that happening on the demo’s team carousel or just on your setup?
Thanks
Sorry for the late reply! I’m on the latest version (1.7.2). I see it on your demo, I’m currently not using that feature yet because of this issue I just checked the demo now, the issue persists. The links (Facebook / Twitter / YouTube) is cut in half.
Thank you for your great customer support!
No worries! What iPhone are you using.. 4, 5?
5
Thanks for the info – I see it now and the fix is pretty easy. Just add this into your custom css box for now to patch it on your end and I will include this in all future versions so you won’t need to
.team-member {
padding-bottom: 7px;
}
Cheers
Thank you!!
How do I edit the hover color for the main navigation links in the header? I know how to change the color of the links but i can’t figure out how to change the hover color.
You’re welcome!
See this ticket in regards: http://themenectar.ticksy.com/ticket/53154/search/
Awesome! Thank you!
I think I found a bug. When using the “more” tag in blog post (I’m using the masonry with sidebar), after clicking Read More to proceed to the single blog post page, the page loads and immediately scrolls/displays the bottom of the page. It is occurring on a page with a video from Youtube (using iframe); not sure if that matters. Sorry kind of hard to explain. I’m using Safari and Chrome browsers. Let me know if you need more information. Thank you
Hey again,
This is how WordPress works by default, it will link to whatever section of the page the read more tag was placed. If you would rather it link to the top of the page, use the excerpt box instead of placing a read m more tag
Ah.. I see! Thank you! Next question, How do I change the colors of the top/header navigation dropdown menu (background, hover, link color etc.) I tried to change it in the header section of the CSS but nothing seems to change…? And, how can I change the indicator/icon from the upside down ^ to a plus sign (+)?
1. Paste these into your custom css box in your theme options panel:
regular state
body header#top nav ul ul li a {
background-color: #f4f4f4!important;
color: #999!important;
}
hover state
body header#top nav ul ul li a:hover, body header#top nav ul .sf-menu li.sfHover a,
body header#top nav ul .sf-menu li.current_page_item a {
background-color: #fff!important;
color: #222!important;
}
2. Run a search for this line in the init.js file (located in the js folder)
$(this).find('> a').append('<span class="sf-sub-indicator"><i class="icon-angle-down" /></span>');
and change it to this:
$(this).find('> a').append('<span class="sf-sub-indicator"><i class="icon-plus" /></span>');
Hello,
After updating to v1.9, the background color of the title section below the header changed to a light gray (default). Which line of code was changed? I cannot locate it; i’m trying to change it back to white.
I edit this line…
.row .col.section-title { background-color: #fff;
but it doesn’t change the entire area, it only changed the background of the title line.
Thank you!!!
Hey!
You can target it with this snippet:
.page-header-no-bg {
background-color: #fff!important;
}
Hi. I’m wondering what line do I edit to customize the ‘home slider’ appearance. Height, width, background colors, fonts, button, boxes, etc. Thanks!!
The height, background color and fonts are editable through the admin panel in the theme options. If you want to edit other things such as the style of the button just run a search for this rule in the style.css file ”#featured article .post-title > a”
Cheers
Hey,
There’s a black space (maybe it’s the background color) above my home silder, right below my header. How do i get rid of it?
How do i remove the white dot animation when the home silder is loading? Or how can i customize the animation?
Hey again!
1. Please share your URL so I can check on it for you
2. The loading animation is just a gif image file inside of the theme, you can replace it with whatever you want. The location is /img/icons/loading.gif
Hello, How do I start the full-width section either, right below the header (I customized the height) or no space from the top of the page?
Hey,
placing a full width section at the top of your editor should leave no space between the header and itself. Can you share your URL where it’s not working correctly so I can see?
Cheers
This is truly amazing. I’m very happy with my purchase. There is no way that this didn’t take a crazy amount of time to make.
Thanks a lot cpmocha, I’m very happy to hear you’re enjoying the theme!
It did take a long time to build and has still been consuming a ton of time to maintain/update!
I give up finding any problems ;-P cant find any issues! this is one of the best, if not the only best WP theme ive worked with. The designs are aesthetically appealing, setting up was easy, modifications and tweaking were simple and customer service is rapid and nice. If you are contemplating buying this theme, stop contemplating. Buy this theme, its absolutely wonderful.
Looking forward to seeing some new themes in the near future!
Thank you so much for taking the time to write that MobileDesign!
It always makes my day to read such kind things
Found a bug in the slideshow with the video. When going to the home page and to the slide with the video, click play. Then go to the next slide. Then go back to the video slide and click play again. It looks like the video gets dropped down below the placeholder image and thus getting it’s overflow cut off.
Hey AmieSexyFeetandToes,
thanks for reporting the bug – this was an unintentional negative side effect of one of the recent updates. I’ll patch it right away and include the fix in the next release
