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Help Pirenko!
I just updated my website (davidrom.com) from V2.5 to the latest version following your instructions in your video and i got this error…
Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp_get_theme() in /homepages/10/d169282542/htdocs/davidromblog/wp-content/themes/mercina/functions.php on line 612
What have i done wrong?
Should i update WordPress – currently on 3.3.2? Have i lost all my setting?
I hope you can help!
David
Please update wordpress. Thanks!
Faster than a bolt of lightening! Thank you – and love your site!
since I’ve worked out how to get in touch with you can i ask you one other question that has frustrated me 
:
In the News section why cant i make a link that is clickable? I insert a link in the txt, i select the tab to make it a link but it doesnt come out as a link that can be clicked on in the news section. Is this something im doing wrong?
D
Hi,
On the single post you should be able to see the link, but if you are referring to the parent blog page it has to be like that. This is to avoid HTML tags to be stripped and generate erros on the remaining HTML code.
Cheers!
Hey there It seems very odd that if i add a link to one of the videos in the portfolio or indeed in the About section or Contact. But in the one section that i would like to have a hyperlink to the news that i am mentioning ie a film festival for example, i cant. Or rather i can if they click on the news item and then again on the link – this is a little cumbersome.
Is there no way to make this work in the news section without clicking on the News story and then on a separate page to the link? Perhaps just one news page where info and links can be entered rather than each news item having another page.
d
Hi,
Please send me a private message with some specific links and explain exactly what you want to do. Cheers!
Hello, I purchased this theme a while back and now I am getting it ready. I am having an issue with the images with the homepage slider. They are sized 713×380px, but they are not fitting in the area where they should be and they are sitting on top of the subtitle. Here is my website www.islapops.com Thank you!
Hi,
Please update the theme and turn off all the plugins you may be using. If you still have trouble please send me a private message with your WP login details.
Cheers!
I am running Mercina 3.9 and tried it with my plugins turned off. Still looks funky. I’ll private message you here in a minute. Thank you for your quick reply!
You are welcome!
Pirenko, I applaud your support of this theme to the level you do. It’s nice to have the creator as a resource.
I having a couple small changes I’d like to make that I’ve seen implemented, but I’m having trouble completing alone.
1). I’d like the menu to stay fixed in position (as in this example: http://divacoffee.com.au/). I’ve tried Custom CSS of: #left_area{ position:fixed; }
This fixes the menu, but the center area gets over-layed on the menu area. The native code gives the #left_area a position:inherit. What is my course of action?
2). My Favicon only appears on the Home page tab.
Thank you in advance
Hi,
Thank you for your kind comments! Here’s what I have to say:
1) It seems that you already achieved that effect;
2) The favicon is set by the header.php file that is the same across all pages of the website. This means that if it is ok for one page it should be ok for all. Try clearing your browser cache;
Cheers!
The link I provided was not my site, but an implementation of the effect I wanted. I think I figured it out though. I had to adjust the margin for both #center_area and #center_area_grid (for portfolios) to over-ride the result.
As for the Favicon, it indeed only works on the initial tab (Chrome browser), not at all in IE (I have to use IE9 ) or FireFox.
Additionally, I’ve just discovered the template is broken in both IE and Firefox. Here is my site: http://moxymarine.com/Hi,
What do you mean with broken template? Thanks!
Everything is all out of place in both IE and Firefox. The only place it looks ok is using Chrome
But does this also happen on the theme preview? http://www.munto.net/mercina/
If not try removing the changes you made to the theme. Thanks!
The theme preview works fine. Removing the changes on mine does clear a lot of the problems up. How can I implement changes that will work in multiple browsers?
Well if you find any bug with the theme in his original state, you should report it so that I can take care of it.
If you are trying to change the theme default layout you’ll have to test it properly on all browsers to make sure that it looks good everywhere. I haven’t done what you want to are trying to implement so it will have to be a paid customization if you are eventually interested.
Cheers!
Hello! A few questions…
Even when I set the background option to repeat, it does not repeat/tile. How can I get my background to repeat itself?
Also, is it possible to add a video to the slider? If not, how can I replace the slider on the standard home page with a youtube video?
Finally, how can I change the color or add an image background to the header blocks?
Thanks so much!
Hi,
About the background: please send me a private message with a link and I’ll check it.
As for the video/slider: you can add a slide and place the video using an iframe. Here’s the code that I’m using on the theme preview:<iframe width="713" height="380" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3LHDXUiDH3Y?html5=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Changing the color can be done with the theme options (Mercina Options>General tab>Active color). If you want a special color or a background image, this has to be done with some Custom CSS. Open your browser inspector and analyze the element that you need to change.
Cheers!
Hi Pirenko, how can I insert the meta description in the home page? Thank you
DISREGARD – a plugin I installed was causing the issue.
My slider at the top of the page is suddenly unpopulated. The slides are still there in the Dashbboard but I can’t figure out what the issue is. Any thoughts? http://balimalas.com/Hi,
Ok… Let me know if you still need any help. Cheers!
hi, I want to change the rights for the role as editor so that the editor is able to change the theme too (without being admin). so I used the plugin called “Theme options for editors”. What happens is, that the Mercina Options are visibile but not changeable. Saving error. The author of the plugin told me that the mercina options should normally be available under “Design” option. Do you have a solution for this? thank you & cheers
Hi,
What do you mean with design option? The theme options are declared according to themeforest recent requirement changes…
Send me a private message if you want more info about this. Cheers!
Hi there,
Is it possible to have two portfolio pages on the site with different images in each?
Hi,
You can do this by using categories and adding each category to the menu. Cheers!
Hello Pirenko,
I have finally purchased this theme, which I find clean and very elegant.
My question is about shortcodes, are there any column related shortcode (now or in a future release) so I can layout a 2 column section into a page? I want to put, between single column text blocks, a 2 images with one text under each one section.
Thanks and keep doing brilliant work!
Hi,
You can see them here: http://www.munto.net/mercina/text-page/
Thank you for your kind comments 
Ops my fault… And man, you are fast answering!
I am using the theme.. i installed it.. but it put all the stuff that supposed to be on the left (logo etc) on the far right
Hi, can you send me a private message with a link please? Thanks:)
Hi there Pirenko,
I’d very much like to purchase your theme. I was just wondering, can you have one wide banner header at the top of the page?
Many thanks. Alice
Hi,
This can be done by changing the header.php along with some CSS changes to the theme styles. I would say it requires medium HTML/CSS knowledge.
Cheers!
Thanks very much for getting back to me. I bought the theme and apart from that it looks perfect. Can you walk me through how to make this change or do I need an expert to do it for me?
Hi,
Thank you for purchasing! The only thing I can add is that you need to edit the header.php file and add some custom CSS to the theme options. The implementation itself requires testing so I can’t go any further than this.
If you want a quote for this please send me a private message.
Cheers!
Hello, I really liked the theme, but not the slideshow images are not showing up, I’ve already changed the permissions of files and the problem still persists, the website link is www.claricemilano.com.br / web Can you help me solve the problem? thank you
Hi,
This has to do with the permissions as you can see here: http://claricemilano.com.br/web/wp-content/themes/mercina/includes/plugins/timthumb.php?src=http://claricemilano.com.br/web/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/003.jpg&w=713&h=380
If you want me to double check this please send me a private message with your FTP details.
Cheers!
Hi, I sent you an email with the information! thank you!
Ok, fixed
Thanks!!!
You are welcome
Hi Pirenko,
I would really love to use your Mercina Wp theme. I would like to know before to buy if you or someone you know has tried to add an e-commerce plugin, if yes, which one and it would be great to see a real example.
Thanks! Mon
Hi,
Why don’t you try my latest theme: http://themeforest.net/item/samba-colored-wordpress-theme/5691055
It is WooCommerce compatible and you can make it look similar to mercina (you can change fonts and background easily). If you try the theme preview click on the screen that says less colors.
You can try and install Woocommerce with mercina, but you’ll have to adjust some styles to make it look really good.
Cheers!
Thanks for your quick answer! I still like more Mercina … Im going to look at both carefully to try to decide. Cheers!
Ok. Let me know if you need any help or explanation. Cheers!
Hi, great theme! With Archive/portfolio items, how can I make the whole image/title link to the post, instead of just a link icon? Thanks
Hi,
The thumbs there behave like the portfolio “normal” page. If you want to change if you’ll need to edit manually the archive.php file.
Cheers!
<br />and<p></p> tags. I have partly solved the problem by adding raw tags around my HTML. Unfortunately this is not possible on my form page.
http://roessli-rickenbach.ch/wp_ro/kontakt
I’m using formidable. And on formidable support page I have found following information:
Several themes are adding extra space between field labels, the required symbol, and fields. WordPress adds HTML (
and
) automatically, and some themes send it through this WP filter multiple times which adds paragraphs and line breaks inside the form. In many of these themes, you can fix this by adding [raw] around your form shortcode. raw[/raw]
If the [raw] option does not work, you will likely need to contact your theme author to find out how to prevent the theme from filtering the content multiple times.
Thank you for your help Kind regards Michael
Hi,
Please turn off all the plugins you may have and try again. If this does not work send me a private message through my profile page. I’ll ask you for that page code then so that I can test it locally.
Cheers!
Hello!
I am curious how to change the font color of only the menu items? I would like the menu items to be white, while the body font color to be black. I have not been able to figure it out either through the standard options page or in the CSS. Thanks so much!
Hi,
If you want the body color to be different you need to add some custom CSS under Mercina Options>General tab. Here’s a sample:ul#menu-mercina_menu li a {color:#FFFFFF !important;}
Cheers!
Thank you so much for your prompt reply! One more question – what would be the code to use to turn the bottom sidebar links white as well?
Try #footer a {color:#FFFFFF !important;}
See ya
Hi! Great looking theme! I would like to know, before purchasing, am I able to have a 4 column portfolio instead of 3?
Please let me know and I’ll purchase if it’s possible.
Thanks!
Gareth
Hi,
No, but I have another theme with a menu on the left theme waiting for approval that has this option. If you want a sneak peak send me a private message through my profile page. Thanks!
Hi Pirenko,
I’m having a major problem with the theme at the moment.
The site will not load any content and just displays a blank background. It was fine a couple of days ago and I’ve not made any changes. See here www.fatfreemusicvideo.co.uk
I’ve activated other themes and they work fine, but Mercina doesn’t
Any idea what could be causing this?
Hi,
Do you have any active plugins? If so please turn them off for a moment. Please update also the theme and Wordpress.
Cheers!
I’ve done all those things and the site is still blank?
There are still some plugins active and your theme version is not the latest (but this should not be a problem).
Hi, I’ve deactivated all plugins. My theme is 3.6, yes you are right. I want to fix this before I upgrade. Any ideas on the issue?
It seems that you are not taking this the right way. I still see things related with anything slider. This means that you have manually changed the theme files or that you still have some active plugins.
Send me a private message with your WP login details if you prefer and I’ll turn everything off and re-upload the original 3.6 files.
Cheers!
I’ve send you a PM just now. Thank you for your help. Let me know of any update. Much appreciated!
Ok. Cheers!
Any luck?
I haven’t checked this yet. Give me some hours to reply to your email.
Cheers!
The problem was related with a duplicate function name on the twitter widget. All sorted now 
Hello,
How can I change the order of slides on the front page. I want to have them appear in a specific order.
Hi,
Please take a look at this post: http://www.munto.net/blog/2013/05/29/changing-custom-post-types-order/
Cheers!
That works perfectly. Thank you!
Hi! I’m wondering if its possible with this theme to have at homepage a section pretty much like the portfolio block (square thumbails) but with the latest post. Thank you.
Hi,
Any page that you see on the preview can be your homepage. “Squared thumbnails” are only for portfolio entries. Do you want them for your blog? This should not be a problem as long as the single portfolio posts page layout is good for your blog too.
I hope this was clear. Cheers!
