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Hello Meks Team!
I would like to know how to add my social media handles / icon to my “Hosted” section on each page / episode?
I see that I’m able to add my website through my “User profile” page but, I don’t see how or where to add my social media info? Is there a tutorial that can show me how to add my socials?
Here’s an example of what I’m talking about. https://prnt.sc/JToSJ5UNAusEThank you, Winners!
Hi Meks Team..
In addition to what I asked above..^ I wanted to also ask you how I can add a Youtube video in my “Text editor” to show up in my Player? I don’t see any documentation on how to add a Youtube video in my player?
Thank you! Winners!
Hello,
1. See here for instructions on how to add social media to your user profile: https://mekshq.com/faq/add-social-fields-authors-users/?kb=190
2. You need to use the YouTube block and paste the link to your video – the theme will automatically move it to the player. See here for instructions: https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/youtube-embed/
Cheers, Meks Team
Thank you, Meks Team!
I wanted as if you could take a look what seems to be a bug potentially?
My site that I’m creating is: AiEpisode.com An Ai Podcast.
Here’s a screenshot here: https://prnt.sc/6Idj32-2tsog
I’m going to give you my log in details via your Themeforest Profile.
Thank you for an awesome Theme and Support!
Best, Winners!
Hello,
We’ve received your ticket. We will continue the conversation through email.
Cheers, Meks Team
Hello, I need support please. You can see the website here: https://prnt.sc/MMCJJugHcWCm The logo and colors work well. But when you give it the menu (on mobile phones and tablets) see what it looks like: https://prnt.sc/9jwKBrp6gGxM
I want to change to the black logo when the menu opens and change that block (colors) remove the word MENU. Can you send me the steps please? thank you so much!
Another quick question, can you send me the post layouts, layout D please? I need to activate in a Blog category just like the demo. See screenshot: https://prnt.sc/yMj8bxYLPfku
Hello,
Please open a support ticket here: https://mekshq.com/contact/#support and our team will assist you. Thanks!
Cheers, Meks Team
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Hi When I go to Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Podcast -> General -> Select categories to separate podcast from regular blog, I chose my blog category “Blog” but I still see the blog posts in the episodes page as if they are episodes. Any Idea? Thanks
Hello,
Please open a support ticket here: https://mekshq.com/contact/#support and our team will assist you. Thanks!
Cheers, Meks Team
Thanks but I’m no longer under the support program, can you refer me to a possible explanation?
Hello,
It’s hard to tell. Please send us the URL to your website, so we can take a closer look.
Cheers, Meks Team
Hello,
From what I can see, it seems that you are using the built-in WordPress blog template that lists all posts by default, regardless of the category. What you need to do is assign the “Episodes” template to a page if you only want to list the episodes: https://prnt.sc/heeMp-RoUt3T
Cheers, Meks Team
You are right, thanks, fixed it. Accordingly, to create a blog page, there is no blog archive template, should I direct to the blog category as my blog archive? Thanks again
Yes,
You need to use the built-in blog template for you blog category.
Cheers, Meks Team
Hey guys,
Great theme!
Quick question…on the Search Modal, the search form input content text is white. Is there a simple CSS snippet we can add that will change that input text to another color?
Thanks again for a great theme.
Hello,
We have replied to your ticket. Let’s continue the conversation there 
Cheers, Meks Team
Are you still updating your themes? We were thinking about purchasing a theme from you and noticed none of your themes have been updated in more than a year.
Hello,
We do update our themes when needed. All of our themes are secure and packed with features. Our developers are currently working on a new round of updates for all of our themes, including Megaphone. They will address the compatibility with WordPress 6.3 and several smaller bugs reported by our customers.
Cheers, Meks Team
When adding custom content, if we add an image that is linked, the image gets an underline added. Can’t seem to find a setting where we can removed the underline for links. Is there an easy setting, or will we need to accomplish this through CSS? Thanks.
Hi,
Can you please contact us via https://mekshq.com/contact/#support? This is fixed and waiting to be released in our next update. We can send you the fix immediately.
Cheers, Meks Team
since 2 days soundcloud links won’t be recognized by meks player, i.e. no embed any idea what’s happening?
iframe code to embed is working, but this won’t be played by Meks Audio Player; I can’t find if there is any problem on Soundcloud
console says: Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()
/wp-json/oembed/1.0/proxy?url=https://URL
Hi
We have checked this on our demo and our testing websites – everything works without any problems. Can you send us your URL so we can check on your example? Can you also check the code from Soundcloud that you added to your website?
Cheers, Meks Team
this is an example: https://litradio.net/was-vor-und-hinter-e-steht/
and I just put in the soundcloud URL in wordpress block editor as usual: https://soundcloud.com/litradio/was-vor-und-hinter-e-steht
embed with iframe code works to display a player, but of course this one isn’t recognized by meks audio player
console (backend edit) in Chrome says: api-fetch.min.js?ver=bc0029ca2c943aec5311:2 GET https://litradio.net/wp-json/oembed/1.0/proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Flitradio%2Fwas-vor-und-hinter-e-steht&_locale=user 404
Hi,
Can you contact us via https://mekshq.com/contact/#support so we can provide additional assistance and check everything? This could also be a third-party plugin issue.
Cheers, Meks Team
unfortunately I would have to renew my support for that… (but I’ve contacted you there anyway…)
Hi,
You can send us email if you have theme license and we will help you – no worries.
Cheers, Meks Team
i did, thanks!
Hello, How can we change the order of episodes to older first. I tried it but it’s not working. Can you please help us out in this? Thank you
Hi,
We’ve got your ticket in our support system and somebody from our team will get back to you soon.
Thanks for your patience!
Hello! I purchased your theme but haven’t used it in a while. I really love some of the stuff that has been added since I got it! I want to switch back but I have a few questions:
1) Can the “Shows” (the category list with episodes listed below it) be added to any page with shortcodes or something?
2) Are the “hosts” and “guests” actually wordpress authors? We are a narrative podcast so I’d want the cast members who are in each episode listed on the episode page despite the fact that I post them all, even if I’m not in them. Is there a way to select who is shown as the “host”?
3)Is there a page where all the hosts can be displayed? I’m not finding a page like that on the demo. We are a narrative podcast so I’d want the cast members who are in each episode listed on the episode page and then have a full cast page where everyone is shown.
4) Are the “host” boxes customizable? I don’t think I’d want the full bio on each page but having the bio on the cast page would be great.
5) When you click on an individual host and see their archive page, is it possible to have show lists there instead of just archives of all the individual episodes?
6) Can videos and youtube playlists be embedded in pages easily? We release our shows as videos and audio podcasts.
Thanks!
Hello,
1. When you create a page, you can assign the “Shows” template to it and get the list of shows displayed on the frontend. See example: https://demo.mekshq.com/megaphone/?page_id=1611
2. Host are WordPress authors, and the guests are added by using a plugin called Co-Authors Plus and they appear as “Guest authors” in the WordPress dashboard, but you have the option to add and remove authors per post.
3. You can assign the “Authors” template to a page. See an example on our demo website: https://demo.mekshq.com/megaphone/?page_id=775
4. I’m afraid the author boxes are not customizable. You have the option to turn them on or off and display them above or bellow the content.
5. Only the posts can be listed on author archives. Listing shows would require theme customization.
6. Yes. Here’s an example of both a podcast episode and a YouTube video in the same post: https://demo.mekshq.com/megaphone/?p=167
If you need further assistance, please open a support ticket here: https://mekshq.com/contact/#support Thanks!
Cheers, Meks team
Hiya! I have a question about configuring the footer. When I go to Customize > Theme Options > Footer, there are multiple options for choosing the number and sizing of the columns you would like in a footer.
With the instructions that “Each column represents one Footer Sidebar in Appearance -> Widgets settings” I assumed I would find matching options in the widget settings, but as the options in the customizer contain numbers “5”, “6”, “8”, and “12” but under Appearance -> Widgets I see only options for Footer Columns numbered 1 to 4, this does not appear to be the case.
I searched this message board, the documentation, and the YouTube tutorials for instructions on how to resolve this and I can’t find anything. Is this a bug or am I missing something obvious?
I thought I would post here before submitting a ticket in case anyone else has the same question and it’s easily answered. Thanks for the great theme!
LOL nevermind, I worked it out, the numbers refer to the rough percentage of space each column takes up. I’m utterly maths challenged and it causes me no end of mistakes that are obvious to everyone else. Thanks!
Hello,
We’re glad you’ve worked it out 
Cheers, Meks Team
I recently purchased this theme and I tried submitting this support request via the support website, but the form failed on multiple attempts so I’m posting my question here.
I followed the instructions to setup a separate category for blog posts where I have one category called “Up Against Reality” for podcast episodes and another called “Blog” for blog posts. When I go to Appearance -> Customize -> Theme Options -> Podcast -> General -> Select categories to separate podcast from regular blog and try to choose “Blog”, it’s not available. The only category listed in “Up Against Reality”.
I’m using Wordpress 6.2.2. I’m also using the v10.2.1 of the Blubrry PowerPress plugin.
Thank you for your help!
Hello,
This is a wild guess but could you check if the Blog category has at least one post published? If not, try to add at least one post and see if it appears in the list.
Cheers, Meks Team
Thank you very much for the prompt reply. That fixed it. I think I had only tried saving a test post as a draft. Much appreciated.
Hello,
Glad we could help 
Cheers, Meks Team
Hello Meks,
Thank you for such a great podcast theme! I wanted to ask if I could get a bit of help with a small issue? I’m building out my site.. ChatPodcast.com and I have two questions:
1. Is there a way to change the default color from a dark Grey for the “Latest Episode” section to “Black”? If so, can you let me know how to do that?
2. On mobile, tablet and desktop.. I have an issue with instagram widget at the bottom showing as “vertical” and not carousel. Is there a way to enable the instagram widget to show as “Carousel”? Here’s a screenshot to show what I see.. also, the instagram button is a bit cut off at the top. You can see that in the screenshot below.
http://www.prn.sc/i/AzREQNI’m going to send you my login credentials via your CC profile.
Thank you for your assistance!
Winners!
Hello,
Thank you for your kind words, we really appreciate it 
1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Front Page and you’ll see that each section has Background/Style option at the bottom. This is where you can set one of two “Alt background” colors. You can also change these colors if you go to Theme Options > Content Styling
2. May I please ask that you open a support ticket here: https://mekshq.com/contact/#support so we can provide additional assistance and some custom CSS code if necessary. Thanks!
Cheers, Meks Team
Oh, I’ve just noticed that we’ve received an email with your credentials
I suggest we continue the conversation there.
Cheers, Meks Team
Hi Meks!
Yes, I just sent you a message via your support link. 
Thank you, Winners!
A client purchased and asked me to use a player for all his podcasts on spotify. The player is not detecting spotify files, if I copy the link and paste it as audio, it shows a spotify player inside the meks audio player. How do I embed the spotify audio file into meks audio player?
Hello,
Make sure to use the Spotify block when adding the episode in the editor. The theme is built so it recognises the Spotify block and places it in the Meks player. You can see an example on our demo website: https://demo.mekshq.com/megaphone/?p=169&player-height=152
If you need further assistance please open a support ticket here: https://mekshq.com/contact/#support
Thanks! Meks Team
Presale Question: Very interested, but I see no updates to this theme in a while. What is the planned support schedule?
Hello,
Thank you for your interest in the theme! I understand your concern about the lack of recent updates. However, I am pleased to inform you that we have an update for the theme ready and it will be released very soon. Our themes are already working with the latest version of WordPress (6.2).
Cheers, Meks Team
Great!
One other question: Is it possible to add a download icon and feature to the media player?
Hi,
We have an option inside Theme Options (Podcast / Player) where you can activate download episode button.
I hope that this helps, Meks Team
Perfect. Thanks
Hi. Now that I own the theme and am trying to set it up, I’m having a little bit of difficulty understanding the intent behind the design, in terms of functionality for users.
I already have a third-party host with an RSS feed. When I followed advice you gave someone else to install Seriously Simple Podcast, that plugin is looking for me to set up a brand new unpublished show. So, I’m confused about whether or not I can actually use this theme for what I thought it was for. Is it possible for someone who has an existing podcast to be able to import the feed have those shows display in the players, as shown in the demo and add show notes, transcripts, chapter markers/timestamp, etc? Or was your intent to design something that looks nice if someone has the bandwidth to use local files or YouTube videos?
In any event, I think it will help future customers if there is clarity about this in your documentation and marketing. You’ve created a beautiful design. But right now, I’m frustrated that I can’t go live with my website any time soon. I don’t seem to have a way to feed my episodes to it and, right now, I’m concerned that I’m going to have to do a significant amount of custom work in order to get that functionality. That would defeat the purpose of the purchase price paid.
Hello,
We understand your frustration, but themes are not in charge of the website’s content – this is plugin territory. As far as we know, SSP should allow you to import your existing podcast episodes from an RSS – you can consult their documentation for details: https://support.castos.com/category/30-import-a-podcast.
Cheers, Meks Team
Is there a way to automate podcast uploading from RSS?
Hi,
You can use Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin and it should do the trick.
Cheers, Meks Team
Hello!
I wanted to know when you will update the theme? It’s been almost a year since the last update!
Thanks, Winners!
Hello,
We update our themes as needed. There is actually a new round of updates for all of our theme being prepared. Do you have some specific issue or request?
Cheers, Meks Team
Thank you, Meks!
No specific needs at this time! Will wait for the update!
Thank you for the reply!
Winners!
Good day. I’d like to buy your theme. But first, I’d like to find out if I can allow users to pay for membership in order to host their own sound on my site (like they do on soundcloud, spotify, etc.). Please advise.
Hi
Thanks for showing interest in our theme.
Can I ask you why would you do this? My guess is that the website will be some sort of social network so my recommendation for his would be combination of bbPress and some other plugins.
I hope that this helps – please let me know if you have any additional questions
Hello MeksTeam,
I’m having an issue on my iPhone and Android where I’m looking at my instagram widget and because my instagram name/handle is so long..it’s stretching across and overlapping the word “Instagram Feed” How can I change the words on my widget from “Instagram Feed” to something shorter to something like.. “Follow Us” so my Instagram name/handle does not overlap the wording of “Instagram Feed”?
Please have a look at this screenshot: https://prn.sc/i/UjvjG3Thank you, Winners!
Also, how can I remove the word “Menu” on Mobile devices? I just want to show the “Hamburger” icon.. not the word “Menu” also, how can I remove the words “Follow Me:” on mobile and desktop? I do want to keep the Instagram icon.. just want to get rid of the words “Follow Me:” Here are two screenshots for you to see what I’m talking about.
My site that I’m building is:
https://TheSideHustlePodcast.comhttps://prn.sc/i/dxKemy https://prn.sc/i/SraZS2
Thank you, Winners!
Hello,
To change the “Instagram feed” label, you need to go to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Translation – once there, find the label and enter a new value.
To hide the “Menu” and “Follow me” labels, you need to go to Theme Options > Header > Misc and disable the “Display labels for special elements” option.
Cheers, Meks Team
Hello. I have some questions.
- 1 – Are the audio files uploaded to web hosting or an external service and linked?
- 2 – Does it allow you to create a list of audios and automatically go from one audio to the next when the previous one ends?
- 3 – Does this template generate an RSS feed with the list of each podcast to be able to send it to: Apple podcast, Google podcast, Spotify, Soundcloud, Overcast, Amazon music, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Pocket cast, RadioPublic, Stitcher…?
Thanks.
Hello,
1. You can use both approaches. See here for example of self-hosted audio: https://demo.mekshq.com/megaphone/?p=205 and here for an example of audio hosted on an external service: https://demo.mekshq.com/megaphone/?p=169&player-height=152
2. It doesn’t have the auto-advance feature, I’m afraid.
3. Podcast RSS feeds are handled by plugins, not themes. See here for details: https://secondlinethemes.com/wordpress-podcast-rss-feed/
Cheers, Meks Team