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Dear ThemeNectar,
Some time ago you told me the following about my question of how to deal with switching between a local and online install:
The best way to handle switching locations with a WordPress install is to use sql queries to update all occurrences of the old URL to the new one in the database.
Although this worked smoothly for the content part, I was stuck with a major issue: I kept ending up with a default setup of the Salient settings. This was such a pain that I decided to continue work online through FTP. Your recent 3.0 update pushed me to look further into this issue, and after more research I’m happy to say I pinpointed the origin of this issue.
THE ISSUE There is one occurrence of the URL in the “salient” variable with all the theme settings (in the wp_options table) – the reference to the logo file. But it appears this variable cannot be updated or replaced, perhaps because of the great amount of data stored in it. Whatever the reason may be, once I edit it’s value (either through SQL or PhpMyAdmin functionality directly) it just results in the complete settings being dismissed by Salient – resetting to the default blank preferences.
Example of code: UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'http://my-domain-name.com','http://localhost:8888/my-local-site-folder') WHERE option_name = 'salient';
THE WORK-AROUND I currently just avoid replacing stuff in the “salient” variable by having separate SQL queries instead of a global replacement of URLs. When sticking to the online URL for the logo, this sortof works both locally and online – considering you do have a working internet connection.
But of course this is not a solid solution for the long-term, so I hope you can help me by looking into this (and help others fixing this in the process).
Thanks in advance,
prms
Hey pyramus99,
the reason it can’t update the value for the logo in the options panel is because that data is stored in a serialized manner with a bunch of other information. An easy way to go about this would be to simply reupload your logo when switching databases and let the SQL queries handle all the images in the page content. You shouldn’t be switching databases often, even if you’re making theme mods locally that wouldn’t require uploading a new database. The only thing you need to swap a database from is when you need to bring actual page content over to a different setup. You could also just not delete the wp_options table and not export that locally either, keeping the theme options intact if you’re moving databases frequently for whatever reason.
Cheers
Thanks for the elaborate response. I will think I will just keep working from one database online then.
You’re very welcome 
Thanks for your new update. Import/export of the settings effectively fixes this issue
No problem!
Cheers
I just noticed that import does not actually work when I try to update the logo URLs – it just shows the messages: “Settings have changed, you should save them!” > “Settings saved” Or is this data still impossible to change because of serialization?
It actually should work for the logo URLs as well – are other things changing for you but just not the inputs that use image urls?
Hey there, maybe I wasn’t clear enough:
1. Exported the settings from my local install of Salient.
2. Replaced local url’s for the online url with Textmate.
3. Import settings in my online install of Salient.
Step (3) fails, nothing gets imported. However, if I leave out step (2), it works fine (but of course leaving the incorrect localhost url’s for the logos).
Thanks for clearing that up – I don’t see why there would be any issue with changing the URLs since the import does not depend on the values being exactly the same as when exported. Are you certain there was no accidental syntax error?
Yes, I’m absolutely positive. Even if I just change 1 letter in one of the urls, the import fails.
Interesting, there must be something that’s interfering then – will note to investigate
Hey there, just so you know: the issue with logo url is still present in v4.0.3
Unfortunately I was unable to find the source of the issue for that minor update – still under investigation
A tip for anyone else who might run into trouble with the logo url – I came across the plugin WP Migrate DB which will fix all local url’s for you while exporting the database. Very handy! http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-migrate-db/
Thanks a lot for the info pyramus99!
Hello! Quick question – for mega menu can you have two menu items under each other vertically? I can’t see a way to do as a sub item would be treated as another column – follow me?
As an example from your demo – feature menu – can I have “Robust Power” appear under “Nectar Sliders”? (adding something to fill 4th column)
Hey sb77 – currently you can’t, a more extensive alternative for mega menus would be to opt for a plugin like ubermenu but I’ll probably going to revisit extending the current megamenu in future updates as well
Cheers
Hey Nectar Whatzup! \m/_
See Ticket #151824
ASAP! 
Hey Prashant! I’ll get to it as soon as I can
Cheers!
Hi,
I have updated WP to latest (3.8) and when I updated the theme to 3.0, the Team Member, Image With Animation and Clients shortcodes stopped working by not showing the images. Do you have any reported issues on this?
I have investigated it a bit and arrived at the solution to comment out a block of code in three places, and then it works again. It seems that this block of code is new in 3.0, and it causes problems when not having “http” in the image URL.
This isn’t a good solution though, it would be much better to have this fixed. Or maybe I’m just doing something wrong
Thanks in advance!
Mattias
Hey Mattias,
yes – visual composer needs a full URL or image id in order to process the images correctly. I will see if there’s any workaround to this for the next update though
Thank you for the reply.
Okey I see. The problem is that we’re running the site on HTTPS and it obviously only support HTTP URLs. However, I have changed in my server config that http URLs are rewritten to https so it’s no longer a problem. For me, at least.
Thank you for a very nice theme, anyway
Makes sense – I will definitely try and pose a fix for this in the upcoming minor release
Cheers!
Thanks!
By solving it the way I described it causes the little lock symbol showing secure connection to show a warning, since it fetches images from an untrusted source. So yes, it would be great if you could squeeze in a fix that in the next release
Cheers
Going to be releasing the bug-fix update tonight and that should be in it
Cheers
Hi folks,
first of all, this is a really great theme so thanks for setting it up.
My question concerns the blog page when using the Mansonry Blog layout with no sidebar and the default template within the page itself. As I’ll be working a lot with images only I’m trying to get rid of the title, meta data and the excerpt incl. the read more button below the featured image. I’m trying to achieve an overall blog layout that equals the simple “Quote” one: image, grey line, date.
I’d usually just edit the template file which I can’t seem to find here. Also, if editing the template file I’d need to use a child theme in order to keep the changes when updating. I’d rather not. Any chance I just add a specific, magic code to the Custom CSS?
Thank you for your help.
Hey ewgcerhtenz,
you should be able to get that look by simply enter this into the Custom CSS box located in your Salient Options panel:
.masonry-blog-item .post-content .post-header, .masonry-blog-item .post-content .post-header p {
display: none!important;
}
Hello,
I have some questions regarding the theme
1) I noticed that in search when i type something it will bring the results for all languages and not those for the language i used that time in the site.
But the results are in the language i am at that time
i.e. When i type a product in english, the results brings the english product and the greek product (the text i search exists in english and greek description)
I want to be able to see only the english product when i am in english.
2)Iis it possible to add imdb at the footer as social icon at bottom?
I have asked before and i saw your answer (add in footer.php at
- section) but i want to be able to have the hover effect as it is in demo site
(with the #27CCC0 color)
3) For the “Watch video” effect in portofolio items, is it possible to change the dimensions for the pop up video effect.
The videos have not the same dimensions and sometimes the play bar is hidden
Thanks in advance for your supportHey emanos,
1. That’s strange, the search results page in Salient does not modify the query in anyway so it should show the same results as you would get in a default WordPress theme – can you confirmed that you don’t have duplicate results in twenty-fourteen or twenty-thirteen?
2. If you wanted to keep the same hover effect, instead of using an image you would need to create a new icon class with css and use the icon element like:<i class="icon-blahblah" />
3. There’s no easy way to make the height dynamic, but you can increase the height of the container to avoid clipping by entering this in your custom css box:
body div.dark_rounded iframe {
overflow-y: visible!Important;
}
.pp_content_container {
height: 700px!important;
}
I’m not sure how I did this but for some reason the image I placed as my logo left of the menu and the home page are both calling my blog. It’s driving me bonkers how is that happening when I have a home page linked in the menu?
Also, what if I wanted to start over? I’ve deleted so many menus and pages that when I reimported the dummy data I get messages of duplicates which also has me scratching my head.
How do I reset Salient as if it’s never been touched?
thanks
I figured it out by watching one of your tutorials thanks. I forgot to check the manage locations tab which much have reset upon reimporting the dummy data.
Now to start over. 
Hey CSMurphy,
sorry to hear you wanted to start over – I’ve just responded to your ticket though
Hello,
is it possible to add a slider in the header of your ‘shop page’? Since this is a fixed layout I cannot seem to get a full width header ABOVE the shop.
Please advice..
Thank you
Hey dzineee,
instead of using the shop page layout that’s defined in your WooCommerce settings, you could always create a static page with a nectar slider at the top and add a WooCommerce shortcode under it to display your products
Cheers
Hi Nectar,
I am having a problem with my lower page section, fullwidth parallax image since updating to v3.0. The image always ‘jumps’ when scrolling down the page in Chrome. You can see it here: http://www.diamondship.be/ustemp/ – when scrolling towards the bottom of the image (with the “our mission… statement”), the image itself jumps.I had seen this type of behaviour before, prior to the new update and got around the image ‘jump’ by adding more padding to the sections higher up on the page. However now it seems I need an increased and huge amount of padding in the above sections which wouldn’t look right.
Please help
Kind regards, Adam
Hey Adam!
I am unable to see this behavior on the URL you’ve linked – I checked in Chrome on PC & Mac. Have you cleared your cache since the update & is this still an issue you’re facing?
Cheers
I have a question regarding the Social Media icon options (related to the ones in the FOOTER). Although a list of sites/icons is provided, it is not comprehensive – I would like to add a link to my Soundcloud page.
How can I add/specify this (I am capable of supplying a properly sized icon to match the others)?
Hey violet424,
You could add in your own icons in the header/footer by opening those files (header.php & footer.php) and adding your own list item into the
<ul id="social">
The list item would look like this:
<li><img src="your-img-src.jpg" /></li>
Cheers!
Pinch me, I am dreaming! Did you guys add a a SoundCloud icon to the Social Media options on the latest update? THANK YOU!!!
Curious tho – I added my url but the icon is not appearing on my footer – is this likely because I’m using a child theme and so the updates aren’t automatic?
EIther way, so grateful that option is there now!
Yes, the option was indeed added!
Just make sure you’ve turned on the icon to display in your footer options tab of the Salient options panel
Cheers!
Hi,
Great theme! Looking through it and testing it on all devices. It looks like there is a bug here for mobile devices:
$adminBarHeight is not defined on line: nectar-slider.js?ver=1:3527It seems to be the simple fix of changing:
} else if($('.parallax_slider_outer').length > 0 && navigator.userAgent.match(/(Android|iPod|iPhone|iPad|IEMobile|Opera Mini)/)) {
$('.project-title').addClass('parallax-effect').css({
'top': $('#header-space').outerHeight() + $adminBarHeight + 'px'
});
}to:
} else if($('.parallax_slider_outer').length > 0 && navigator.userAgent.match(/(Android|iPod|iPhone|iPad|IEMobile|Opera Mini)/)) {
var $adminBarHeight = ($('#wpadminbar').length > 0) ? 28 : 0 ;
$('.project-title').addClass('parallax-effect').css({
'top': $('#header-space').outerHeight() + $adminBarHeight + 'px'
});
}Hey joedajigalo, you’re right! Thanks so much for letting me know – will sort this for the upcoming minor release
Cheers!
Any possible ETA on bbpress for this theme? You know, making it all look pretty
Hey daedalis, unfortunately there’s no ETA as a major version was just released a few days ago and I need to still mend the minor bugs of that and catch up on some things before I can plan the next feature based release fully
Hi, is it possible to give megamenu an opacity of 0.5?
Hey Guppinator!
Add this to your Custom CSS box located in your Salient Options panel:
body header#top nav > ul > li.megamenu > ul.sub-menu {
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)!important;
}
body header#top .sf-menu li.megamenu ul li a {
background-color: transparent!important;
}
Cheers!
Hello, How can I add a JPG image as a background for my page? Please help nir … Thank you in advance. Regards, Robert.
How to update? The documentation says to delete the old version via ftp and upload the latest version, I have downloaded the latest version now but I am hesitant to delete the theme. What about my settings, css in the custom css field, widgets, sidebars and footers?
On a different note, after watching the video on visual page builder I am so thankful and happy! Salient 3.0 is the best theme and finally beats my second favourite Enfold also in layout creation. I love good working page builders and great design Salient 3 is a winner!!
Hey theroyalvideographer!
When you delete your current them and upload the new one in its place you won’t lose any of your content or theme settings as all of that is stored in the database rather than the theme itself.
Really glad you dig the new page builder! Just make sure to clear your browsers cache after doing the update
Cheers!
Thanks for the speedy reply. 2 questions: is this type of updating applicable to all themes? (only encountered in-theme update or no update at all) 2nd Q: How to del Safari cache? I don’t want to reset and loose bookmarks and passwords. Thank you for your awesome work!!
You’re welcome!
1. I can’t say the exact number, but a lot of premium themes will avoid an integrated updater to avoid conflicts/the extra weight.
2. Cache is something completely different than your saved passwords/bookmarks so you don’t have to worry about that
Where you clear your cache depends on what version of Safari you’re on – but there’s always to option to clear that separately from history, saved logins, cookies etc.
Hello I have the same problem an other user posted view days ago: “i am interested in this theme, however, for some reason, i cannot scroll using my mouse using safari on a mac…. It works fine in firefox and chrome. Is this a known issue? thanks!”
Does the problem still exist?
greets alex
Hey Alex!
I still have been unable to replicate this issue on Safari on PC or Mac so it’s hard to say what the problem could be. What I do know is that if you disable the smooth scrolling option in the general settings tab, the issue will most likely resolve
Hello!
I love the theme and the computer works fine but when I load it on my tablet gives me problems.
If you charge me with Firefox menu does not work.
If I load it with Chrome, with the tablet in portrait works well with the tablet horizontally scroll does not work.
Would I could help?
Thank you very much.
Hey sistemasdon,
can I grab a URL so I can test on my iPad? What tablet are you checking on & can you replicate the same behavior on the demo: http://themenectar.com/demo/salientCheers
Hello ThemeNectar,
Yes, my url is http://www.kreenti.com
I have a Samsung tablet with Android 4.2.2
Thank you!
Hey thanks for the link – I unfortunately don’t have an android tablet at my disposal, but do have an android phone (gs4) running 4.3 and can’t replicate any issues on Firefox. I’ll look into the scroll functionality on landscape chrome though and see what could be causing it.
Cheers
Greetings Everyone,
Love love love love this template.
Has anyone added Mijireh Secure Checkout to their Salient themed site? If so, can you send me a link to your site with it attached? I’d like a cleaner Checkout and avoid having the customer jump to a PayPal screen. Any solutions are welcomed.
Thank you in advance
Hey abstraxx!
Unfortunately I haven’t tested with that at all, but hopefully another buyer has and can offer you some more info
Cheers!
Hi! Awesome theme. Haven’t updated yet as we spent nearly 2 weeks finding the proper settings both for W3 Total Cache (working on WP SUper Cache now) just to get a decent score on Gtmetrix (PageSpeed/YSlow) etc..
Just wanted to let you know that you should attach an optimization guide to this theme just to make it perfect. The average user doesn’t have a clue on how to make a site faster and keeps on installing crappy plugins (mostly not compatible with WP 3.8) ending up with a bad user experience or loading Javascript where it’s not supposed to load it – or maybe loading CSS the wrong way-
I know your demo sites are ‘fine’ and score pretty decently..but the average user of this theme after spending $55 should get a little guidance on how to optimize his/her site…extremely important nowadays with the new Penguin algorithm from Google.
Anyways, thanks a bunch for this awesome theme. Feel free to contact us if you want a freelance optimization of your site. info@multicorechina.com
Keep up the good work!
Hey multicorechina!
I’m actually not using a very aggressive setup with W3, I only have caching on – no minification. But I will try and make an official guide on the forum or offer more options in the theme itself for minification.
Cheers
Hey thanks for your reply 
Drop us an email once you get your hands on this sort of ‘guide’ ..we have nearly mastered the art of placing Javscripts in the right place in order to get the best user experience..it’s tough and boring some times..but the reward is just awesome. We algo got some freelance projects since we posted the last message
Now our questions..
Do you know how to place several images (from a CSS Sprite) to appear in a single row? We just want to get rid of the carousel
Is it possible to load all the fonts in a single request? Which .php file do we have to get our hands dirty with? headers,footer,index…functions?? Would be good to ‘call’ all the fonts in a single request i.e: bla bla bla..Oswald|Helvetica etc..
Thanks a bunch!
Hey again, will do!
1. Are you running into any specific issues trying to use a sprite? I’m not sure how the theme would interfere with any normal technique for using a sprite i.e. creating different classes each with the applicable background position and using those classes on your elements (imgs or divs) in the text tab on your editor.
2. You can find the relevant script at nectar/options/fonts.php – just scroll to the bottom to find where the processing happens and also where the requests are formed
Cheers
First, your theme rocks. But… i do need a bit of help please!
My video player is being resized by the Salient framework. It doesn’t matter if I place my in the video field, or if I just use the wysiwyg on the blog posts. Here is the test page: http://www.vertcydev1.com/greatchefs/test/
I am attempting to use the CDN, Brightcove, in conjunction with your theme to develop a video driven site. To ensure it was the theme causing the issue, I’ve added the same video player script to my own website with no problem. http://www.vertcy.com/services/digital-consulting/Can you please let me know how I can fix this issue, or stop the resizing of the player? Thank you
Hey kevhortz!
The only thing Salient does for flash embeds is set a max width on them to make sure they can’t be larger than the content area they’re placed in. It appears you have the dimensions set on the actual flash player itself for:height="500" width="700"
Also, just to mention it’s recommended to use an iframe embed over flash whenever possible to get true responsive sizing on all screens. If you’re going to be placing a lot of videos, you might want to see if there’s a way to use iframes instead.
Cheers
