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I hope this is the right place for a pre-sales question or two:
Do portfolio categories have their own static urls for seo purposes (and it would be helpful to be able to add text descriptions for the categories as well)?
I looked through the documentation and it seems you can’t tag portfolio items or sort them in any way other than by category. Is that true?
If the portfolio is too limiting for my purposes, could I enter the projects as blog posts and customize category pages with the visual editor? or does that sort of defeat the purpose of your theme?
Hey vickster!
1. Yes, you can access them by doing /project-type/your-category on the URL – but unfortunately there’s no option for a description for each of those automtcailly generated pages.
2. Yes, the portfolio items are only filterable via the category currently.
3. If you’re most concerned about the category pages you could always create a page for them manually and only choose for only one to display on each. This way you can control over all other content that will appear above/below it.
Cheers
I’d like to use the ‘Audio’ post format but I really miss having a featured image displayed in the category view. Is there a way to have a featured image AND the audio player when in category view?
I tried adding images to the excerpt text but they don;t show on the category page.
Thanks in advance.
Hey trocity,
Just use the standard post format and then insert an audio shortcode into the editor in order to use both 
Cheers
That was the first thing I tried but it doesn’t show in the category view.
Can you please share your URL so I can take a look?
Hi ThemeNectar,
It looks like on my about page, the hover state color blue doesnt cover all of the text. See screenshot here… http://i.imgur.com/G59XQTE.png
Site is live here… thecravebar.com
Hey PairDesigners! So far i’ve been unable to replicate that on my end – have you checked on a different computer to ensure it wasn’t just a local glitch?
Hello, the theme is beautiful, I just have a pre-purchase question: In the Live Preview I am unable to scroll using my mouse in Safari, I need to grab the scrollbar and drag it. The scroll function works normally in Google Chrome. Will this be the case when Safari users visit my site as well or is this just something that occurs in the Live Preview mode?
I have checked some of the websites created by other commenters using Salient and it appears the scrolling function operates normally in Safari, so I may have answered my own question.
Hey richiebonilla01!
You probably just need to close out of the iframe preview to get the demo to function normally with that browser
Cheers
Amazing theme and I’m really enjoying all of the customization options! But are there any plans to spend an iteration or two optimizing the site/templates for speed? The site loads great on my wired desktop, but when browsing via cellular, there are some pretty noticeable slowdowns.
When I run an audit (Google Dev tools), I get warning such as “Combine external CSS (6),” “Combine external JavaScript (29),” “Remove unused CSS rules (2586),” etc. All of that data is being sent to the browser and it’s not being used… As a result, I have commented out some of the code in functions.php (e.g., I don’t use the woocommerce functions, or the steadysets or linecon icons so I don’t want them loading in the browser) but that can potentially be dangerous.
Is it possible to add some options to the Salient General Settings page to allow users to turn on/off features and functions so that the code is as lean as possible when sent to the browser?
Thanks inovdesigns!
There’s no way to ship the theme minified/compressed since then it would uneditable for the users – but I would recommend checking out the plugin bwp minify to combine all the scripts into one
Cheers
Understood and appreciated!
What about the option to turn on/off features and – if turned “off” – prevent it from loading?
A great example is the js_composer_front.js and css files. Not only do I not use the visual composer, but I’m not sure why they’re loading up when viewing the public website (that is, I’m not logged into wordpress). That’s 19.7K of javascript and 44K of css that’s not needed.
Hey again!
There actually was an option added in the latest update to turn off the built in visual composer – it’s located in the general settings tab
Ah! I missed that one! Great job, thanks!
You’re welcome
Hello there,
I’ve got a very basic but inherently fatal problem with Salient.
Two days ago I bought your theme and was really excited to get cracking on my site. Once I uploaded it to my theme repository, I wanted to check the Live Preview of the site – so I did. But all i got was a blank page. Then I made the mistake of activating Salient and broke down my site entirely (which I now know some people call the “White Screen of Death”)
Is this a memory problem? I tried to increase the memory space manually by adding define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘64M’); to the main php tag. I also deleted all unnecessary Plugins. Nothing worked so far.
So basically the Theme isn’t even starting for me, which is a real bummer… I would love to get your input on this matter.
Cheers
Hey constantinbaumann, sorry to hear that!
It does sound like a memory problem as white screens usually point to that – however if your server simply doesn’t have the resources available it won’t matter how high you set the memory limit to in wp-config.php
I would get in touch with your hosting company and ask them to confirm it’s a lack of memory that’s causing the issue
Cheers
Why does not the slider video play on mobile devices? (Netcar slider)
Hey Anatal, I cover that in my video tutorial: http://youtu.be/FLU9Pxo_RD8?t=6m37s
Cheers
I did put the video formats webm and mp4 files as in the video tutorial. Look at http://yacobi.activated.co.il/ – why the slider video don’t play videos on mobile devices?
I cover that right at the section I linked you to in the video tutorial (6:37)
Thanks. Because I am deaf there is no way I was find out it (the answer for my question) so great that you were take care for subtitles. Again, Thanks!
Hey again! If you click on the CC button: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/100078?hl=en YouTube will display captions for you
Yes i know, I mean thank you that you did the captions
No problem!
Hello again,
I was building my site from my laptop for the last 4-5 days when I was away from home. Today I’m back at my office and I’ve checked the site from my PC and the nectar sliders look wrong. They are not full screen and the text is very very small in comparison with what I’ve set up.
The screen resolutions are different but I don’t think this is the problem. I even checked the full screen option for my homepage nectar video slider and it still doesn’t show it full screen.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thank you.
I found the problem. I set the column style to full width and that was messing it up 
Hey calin_balea, glad to hear you figured it out!
Hi guys,
Please can you help. For some reason all galleries are blurred, can you help please.
Example:
http://www.starry-town.com/yoghi/Hey Ghandi91,
It appears you’ve uploaded the images at 400×265 but the column you have them is bigger than that – try uploading the images a bit bigger or setting the size larger in the gallery element
Hi, it’s possible to modifiy the blog shortcode? In my home page I’ve 6 box with a specific post, now it’s like this
http://prntscr.com/3nmk0wI need it like this
http://prntscr.com/3nml8dHow I can do it?
Hey drnoizer,
If you can share your URL to that page I’d be glad to assist
Cheers
Excuse me 
www.forleader.it
No worries – use this in the Custom CSS box located in your Salient Options panel:
#post-area .content-inner .post-header, .content-inner p {
margin-left: -84px;
}
A quick question: In the Portfolio Basic Item view is it possible to have several images as a slider…?
Hey aelenes, yes – you can use the Visual Composer Image Gallery element wherever you need
Hi there!
first of all, great theme! just finished the new website and it looks great (http://www.offthewallvisuals.com) I was just wondering, how can I change the caption background of the nectar slider of the home page?
At the moment, the slogans are hard to read, and I would like to have a transparent but blurry background. When I use the following code, the title also turns blurry:
.swiper-slide .content h2 {
padding: 0px 0px;
display: inline;
position: relative;
left: 10px;
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
filter: blur(5px);
-webkit-filter: blur(5px);
moz-filter: blur(5px);
-o-filter: blur(5px);
-ms-filter: blur(5px);
}
I basically would like to use the current typography, but just both heading and caption with a blurry background (also not black but preferably white or transparent)
Is there any way to do this?
Hey offthewallvisuals,
instead of using a blur filter I would try a box shadow – and if you want the BG to be white you can set the slide font color to dark
Cheers
Just wondering if it is possible to change the social media icons to a different set of custom icons that I have? If so, how would I go about this?
Thanks again, great theme!
Hey camdenhowitt,
you’d need to add them into the theme via font face as the original ones are – for an example of this check the bottom of the style.css file
Cheers
Hello again! Thank you very much for your answer for the last question! Was very helpful! My thumbnails are now in the right resolution and looking good! But I’ve got another two more questions, sorry for being such a dumb dumb.
The thumbnails in the shop online page are now clear but when I click into one individual product, the picture showing on the left is still blurred. I assume the image dimension is still in the wrong setting here. Can you please tell me the correct dimension it should be?
Second question, the view cart and checkout pages only would show if I log in. When I log out they would only show 404 page not found. Is there another setting I should change here? Please do tell!
Thank you so much for being so helpful. Really appreciated!
Hey fishan1908!
1. 600×630
2. That shouldn’t be the case – anyway you can share your URL again and try to refresh your permalinks by going to Settings > Permalinks and clicking save changes?
Cheers
Hey mate, If we want to add text say”next page” to the blog next page button(now with an arrow), where we can add the text? Best Regards Patrick
Hey Patrick,
That would get added in the functions.php file in the nectar_pagination function
Cheers
Hi ThemeNectar,
I’ve turned on the “Header With Secondary Navigation” cause I want to add a link that says “Find a Store” that will link to the “locations” page on my site. For example see starbucks.com.
Also, with your help awhile back I was able to add a dripping chocolate effect as the header. But it’s showing as transparent in the secondary nav area. see screenshot here… http://i.imgur.com/E0HyssU.png. Can I have it where it’s a solid color of #291211?
Site is live here… thecravebar.com
Thank you!
Hey again! The default functionality is to have a BG color but somehow it appears there’s no HTML inside of your secondary nav – if this isn’t caused by a plugin conflict or a child theme I might need to log in to see why that is since it’s not apparent from the front.
Cheers
Hi ThemeNectar,
I’m having trouble adjusting my twitter feed to be 470px tall. Any suggestions? see screenshot here… http://i.imgur.com/FQk0NDE.png
Site is live here thecravebar.com
Thanks!
Hey PairDesigners! I’m actually seeing the feed at that height currently – did you already sort this?
Cheers
That’s weird, it does appear to be fixed. It has a mind of it’s own. Nevermind, thanks!
Glad it’s sorted
Cheers
This might sound like a stupid question, But how do you have the main parallax image continue onto the header like you have in your example page?
Hey Onechrisscott,
There was an option added to “force transparent header” in 4.1 – activate that in your header setting meta box at the bottom of your edit page screen and you’ll get that effect
Cheers
Hello
1st. question regarding the project categories, is it possible to remover the “All” categories from the portfolio it seems to be appearing by default even though it was not selected for display within the editor?
2nd. question can we rearrange the project categories on the portfolio page they are currently showing up alphabetically.
Hey gaurav62489,
1. If you can share the URL of your portfolio I’d be glad to assist with the needed css
2. Not without modding the shortcode-processing.php file unfortunately.
Cheers
Hi any option to add parallax module that moves on scroll or mouse… or just with the row module? something else, any option to add links to icons module¿
thanks
Hey josemanuel,
1. There’s a parallax option based on mouse movement and it’s only available through the visual composer row currently
2. Yes you can link the icon element in the theme by simply wrapping it in a standard HTML anchor
Cheers
