Discussion on Salient | Creative Multipurpose & WooCommerce Theme

Discussion on Salient | Creative Multipurpose & WooCommerce Theme

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Hello,

I would like to have a pinterest looklike portfolio (means images are not scaled and are all landscape or all portrait but both are possible on 3 ou 4 columns) almost like the blog home page. Is it possible to get so (you said tons of possibilities but there are 3 or 4 shown on livedemo).

Thanks in advance for your response.

Hey ilova, the closest to that style is this: http://themenectar.com/demo/salient/portfolio/ and it does always scale and change the number of columns based on the current screen width.

Cheers :)

Currently social buttons are limited nectar like, Facebook, twitter, and pinterest. I wonder if there is anyway to have google+ and maybe email icons?

Also, what is the easy way to manipulate nektar icon codes. I want to change the size and the color of one specific icon from the font awesome list.

Thank you

Hey ekapkin,

1. Google+ is on the to-do list, but until then it would require custom development.

2. You can edit the icons inside of the nectar/tinymce/shortcode-processing.php file and change the size/color with css :)

Cheers

Hi,

Does Salient support Vines?

Thank you! Beautiful theme.

That’s great to hear :)

It’s the different markup and classes that get added which determine the end look. You can find all of that in the shortcode-processing.php file located in the nectar/tinymce directory.

Just search for

//Portfolio

in there to end up at the right place.

Cheers!

Hi, could you be more specific? I believe I have to take some elements from Project Style 1 and add them to Project Style 2. But is the shortcode-processing.php file the only one I need to modify? I can’t get the buttons to appear beneath the title. Any help will be incredibly appreciated! Thank you!

Yes, but you’d have to also modify the css in the style.css to accommodate the links since by default the 2nd project style takes any link and turns it into the entire thumb link – if you’re struggling with it have you considered using a developer from microlancer? I’m sure you could get it wrapped up quickly :)

Cheers

I just upgraded to the latest version from one about 8 months ago and my home page slider is no longer working. Ideas? My site is http://desimoneit.com

thanks, Mark

Hey Mark! Wow – you must be experiencing a new feature overload :)

In regards to your issue – you’re now using the Nectar Slider on that page instead of the Home Slider. Please see my tutorial on it for more info on using it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLU9Pxo_RD8

Cheers :)

Hey Nectar, awesome theme!

I’m creating a site that is for private use only to show project updates.

With Visual Composer, is there a way to remove elements and add customs ones? For instance, I’d like to create an element that adds a hosted video where I can browse to the media library and grab an mp4 using the video Embed & Thumbnail Generator video.js plugin.

All I need are text blocks, single images, and a hosted video element. I’d like to remove the rest so it’s clean and easier to create pages.

Also, because this is such a simple site, is there anyway to disable some of the more advanced features of Salient (Portfolio, Nectar Slider, etc)?

Thanks!

Hey again!

It should be available to all users – if it’s not showing, do you have the visual composer plugin active as well?

Hey, yeah I wasn’t able to see it when logged in as an author. But don’t sweat it, I purchased the visual composer separately and switched to a basic theme. Salient was a bit of an overkill for what I’m making anyway. But don’t worry I’m still going to use it for another site! :)

Thanks for your response.

Okay sounds good! Will still be looking into this further for my own testing though :)

Cheers

I’ve found that when loading the home page on your them preview through a device that doesn’t support video backgrounds, the load times are very, very slow.

It seems like it takes a long time for phone/tablet browsers to figure out they need to load the image instead of the video. Is there a way to speed this up?

I’d like to use this theme for the video backgrounds on desktops but if it can’t degrade gracefully for mobile devices it’s a none starter.

Hey trocity,

if the device doesn’t support video backgrounds, the logic within the slider dictates it to bypasses all of that and shows the image right away. The load time of a slider using a video background shouldn’t be any longer than a slider using only images – and testing from the demo I see the slider load in at the same time as the page content. The only way to speed up the overall mobile performance would be to minify the scripts/css and take regular optimization steps with your server/content.

Cheers :)

HI – just installed your new release 3.0.5 – but it seems to have broken any of the pages where I had used a nested column…what I see now are lots of non-recognized [VC_column…], [VC_column_wdth…], [VC_inner…] showing up on the front end pages….....HELP?

Hey stuartf98,

3.0 didn’t remove any functionality with nested columns and as you can see from the live demo, the areas that use them are still intact. Anyway you could let me log in to your setup to see what’s going on?

Cheers

Thanks for the reply – sure, where would you like me to email the login info to? (BTW, I didnt have the problem with 3.0, in fact built the page using the 3.0 release. It only broke with 3.0.5 this AM, and when I went back to 3.0 it worked again.)

You could send them over to themenectar@gmail.com, just let me know once you’ve done so :)

Cheers!

This maybe an issue resolved in v3.0.5, but I’m having an issue with “Video Player” element in the [Visual Composer]. Whenever I add a video it creates roughly a 300px padding above the video. I also tried tried just embedding the code for the (Youtube) video in a “Text Block” element but then the video doesn’t show at all.

Odd?

Thanks for your help

Hey squareinch,

1. Yes odd indeed – it sounds like there’s a conflict somewhere. Can you supply me a URL so I can take a look?

2. It might be better if you can allow me to log in since this sounds like pretty weird behavior as well. But have you already checked for plugin conflicts?

Cheers :)

Thanks for the quick reply.

1. Here is the URL for the first inquiry http://www.sinch.us/portfolio/maggie-and-the-sprinkle-tree/ if you scroll down toward the bottom you will see three videos that are hovering just below a full width section with an image background. Those videos are suppose to be in that section but there is some sort of forced padding that I can’t seem to control. I can counter it by putting a 450px padding on the bottom of the section but it just creates too much space that I find awkward.

2. I’m more than happy to give you log in credentials, what’s the best way to send those privately? Here is the URL for that second inquiry http://www.sinch.us/art-prints/

Thank you

Hey again!

1. Very strange – I can see the issue and what’s causing it on your setup but in my testing it’s no behaving like that. I’m noting to investigate more into this but for now, just add this into the Custom CSS box located in your Salient Options panel:
body .wpb_video_widget .wpb_wrapper .wpb_video_wrapper {
    padding-top: 0px;    
}

body .wpb_video_widget .wpb_wrapper iframe {
    height: inherit;
    position: relative;
    width: inherit;
}

2. For this I would still need to log in – you can send the credentials to me at themenectar@gmail.com and I’ll take a look :)

Hi Guys,

Quick question, are you able to use milestones/icons etc in blog posts? i tried but got the script as opposed to the animation?

Wasn’t sure if i was maybe doing something wrong?

thanks

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Hey rebelle143! There’s no known issues with using those elements in a post – can you provide me with a URL so I can take a peek?

Cheers :)

Hi,

Is it possible to have 6 pricing tables, in the same line?

like this: http://a-kassetesten.dk/?kw=g6&gclid=COmkwJ-PobwCFYdb3godET8A3g

Hey eperial, the pricing tables in Salient can only go up to 5 columns on a single line – changing that would require some custom modding or the use of a plugin.

Cheers!

I’m using Event Espresso shortcodes to insert event listings, calendars etc. but the page isn’t expanding to fit the content. I’m getting a very narrow space with a scrollbar at the side.

Is there a way to create more space to fit more content?

Many thanks, Rachel

I discovered the shortcodes were wrapped in preformatted tags. It’s resolved now.

Hey Rachel, good to hear :)

I wonder if there is a way to add: rel=”author” to the Authors link of the blog? This is required for Google Authorship. Thank you for your amazing support!

Hey juistevorm! That should already be on there, can you supply me a URL where it’s missing?

Cheers :)

I overlooked it, the rel=author is there. Somehow i missed it.

No worries :)

Hello again,

I cant figure out how to have a portfolio element like this http://thelifecycle.roblutter.com where you have 2-3 images that automatically fill the entire site width. If I put 2 pictures (masonry) there will be empty space next to them if I stretch the browser window enough. That doesn’t happen with the example I gave. Is that a normal feature that I just can’t figure out how to do it? Thank you

Nevermind I got it

Hey! Glad you figured it out :)

Hey everyone,

Salient v3.0.5 is ready!

This is a bug-fix & maintenance update which takes care of all the known issues with v3.0 and adds a few new things as well :) Please see check out the changelog for a detailed list of what’s been update and fixed.

http://themenectar.com/changelogs/salient.html

The update has been submitted to ThemeForest and should be available to download soon!

Cheers

I updated to the new version today and am having an issue with my Tables. For example http://www.topdank.com/breath-life-delivery-services/ Now instead of being on separate tabs it lists them all on one page, and when you click on the other categories ie menu, coupons, maps nothing happens. I am sure it is an easy fix I would appreciate your input. Thank you!

Hey justin9321!

It just looks like you have an incomplete update – please ensure that you’ve deleted the old version before uploading the newly downloaded one :)

I am still having the same issue I must be doing it improperly. The way I am doing it is switching to the 2013 theme in Wordpress. I then click on salient then press delete. I then proceed to go to the themes, add theme, upload and upload salient.zip. Can you please inform me to what I am doing wrong as I tried this again last night and it seems a few of the tabs are working but the last 2 merge together. Thanks again I love your theme! Just curious do you do any paid web development on the side?

Hey again Justin!

That’s the correct method and I can actually see your tabs working now – have you cleared your cache sine the update?

Cheers :)

I have images that are 2000×700, but they are cropped using either the home slider or the nectar slider. any ideas? I’ve played with every setting I can find. http://www.purplechairstories.com/

Hey carriewhite,

that’s how the css property “background-size: cover” works – it will always fill the entire space with the image supplied, but since the height of the slider is static in each viewport, it will clip the edges small amounts depending on the screen size viewed on. The Nectar Slider scales much better responsively though in regards to hold proportions on mobile devices.

Cheers :)

Is there a video tutorial on how to set up store with woocommerce, I was a bit confused, Do I have to buy a theme from woothemes > then activate that in wp via Salient theme ? Any help would be greatly appreciate it !

Hey alp!

Setting up WooCommerce with Salient is the same as setting it with any theme – you just need to install the plugin and start configuring it. Optionally you can import the included dummy data to have the same setup as shown in the live demo. Here’s a guide on doing that: http://docs.woothemes.com/document/importing-woocommerce-dummy-data/

Cheers :)

I LOVE this theme! :) All the updates are awesome! Nice work :)

PS – I can’t log in to support and I’m not getting my password reset email.

Thanks a lot fusioncreative!

Ticksy can be glitchy but unfortunately I don’t have direct control over it in anyway that could allow me to assist you getting in – perhaps just create a new account? (Ticksy has been working on a new version which should solve a lot of the bugs like this)

Hey Nectar,

So I’m talking with the kreatura who is the support guy (or gal?) for the LayerSlider plugin and I was having an issue in regards to the parallax feature it has. As you can see by the header of my personal site csmurphy.com it seems to work quite well with the Salient theme.

I’m also working on a secondary site sparkdoodletoons.com and the issue arrises when I try to use Layerslider the very exact same way but have run into a small snag in regards to the parallax feature working which it isn’t.

Kreatura looked at my site and said that there’s a rule that I need to remove from the style.css in order for LayerSlider’s parallax feature to work.

It’s line 1486 and said to remove this.

.col.centered-text img, .wpb_column.centered-text img, .col.center img { margin: 0 auto!important; }

1- My question before hacking into the style is Will this ruin the structure of the site, is this unsafe? He seemed unsure.

Why do I have to remove this when it clearly works fine on my other site?

2- In regards to my last post about the portfolio section. . . I still have an issue with the feature image not pointing to the display image. It’s just a bigger version of the featured image.

3- The landing page for the large image also has the featured image displayed with it and again sometimes the thumbnail image takes the spotlight as the main image while the larger one takes the back seat either above or to the right.

Where is this landing page because I’d like to edit the BG color and remove the 4 squares in the form of a cube that just links to a 404 error page in the upper left.

Thank you so much.

-CS

Hey again – glad you figured it out!

In regards to your remaining item – add this into the Custom CSS box located in your Salient Options panel:
#portfolio-nav li#all-items {
   display: none!important;
}

.project-title, .single-portfolio .container-wrap {
   background-color: #fff!important;
}

Phectar thank you so much man. I mean this when I say that your help is seriously appreciated.

You’re very welcome! :)

Hey Saali_maali I think this video tutorial will help. I had that same question which I believe is answered 1:35 in.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

Thanks for trying to help out Saali_maali :)

It’s the least I can do sir. Pay it back is what I say!

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