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Hi, I purchased a variant theme recently, and suddenly got an update. Which got me thinking.
Would you be willing to add a feature to the builder that allows the customized pages to be exported as templates (perhaps with a couple of the most popular templating frameworks?
This would allow me to use the updates quickly and easily.
thanks!
Hi there,
I think you might have meant this message for the WordPress version of Pivot – this is the HTML version 
Craig
Nope, I mean the HTML version. I’m wanting to use the export as a template for use with a static site generator and perhaps for some dynamic generation as well. The place holders that are currently there are great, but it’d be more useful for this sort of application if the placeholders were named and parseable so that we can use updates more easily.
Without the template placeholders, it’s more and more likely that my porting and chopping up will diverge more and more over time compared to updates meaning that paying for longer term support isn’t really viable.
If I was able to more easily turn the HTML into templates from the outset, I’d be likely to pay for longer term support as I’d want to be able to get bugfixes and improvements made, not to mention keeping up with mobile technology and things like viewports and other meta tags that are required over time.
I’m intrigued – could you be a little more specific about how you would like the sections to be identifiable? I’m keen to understand this a little better
Thanks, Craig
So for example with the blog article page, it’d be nice to have place holders for ‘article.title’, ‘article.date’, ‘article.tags’ and so on. It’s also really useful for things like form elements and just repeatable sections so they can be turned into partials.
btw, if you have any tooling to be able to generate an html export from the command line, that’d be totally awesome. One prospect for that is to use zombie.js to use the builder as-is.
Did this make sense at all?
Hi there,
Yes it does – it’s got us thinking a little about specifying a placeholder tag to appear instead of the raw content in the output. Though this would introduce a couple of complexities.. more to think over!
Thanks, Craig
Well, you could have the clientside of variant builder use the placeholder tags to render your current examples into.
It would also help you test out your designs with varied sizes and widths of text to ensure that they behave well when used with languages that have long words that aren’t word wrap friendly (example: german). Should also allow for some fun for visual regression testing.
Regarding “Projects contained” element, when I specify
How to fix this bug?
Hi there,
How exactly are you specifying the default class for the filters? In the Javascript?
<ul class="filters">
<li data-filter=".branding" class="active>Branding</li>
<li data-filter=" .development="">Development</li>
<li data-filter=".print">Print Design</li>
</ul>
I want ”.branding” to be default.
In the initial page load, the branding filter is not happening.
It’s ok, I found out how to do it, inside the scripts.js file, I added filter: ’.branding’ For more generic, maybe we can use ’.default’ and change the data-filter=”.default” to the html page code.
$('.projects-container').isotope({
itemSelector: '.project',
layoutMode: 'fitRows',
filter: '.branding'
});
HI there,
I see what you mean – thanks for sharing your solution, this is a good point!
Is it possible to do a carousel function on the “clients” row?
Hi there,
No – not with that block
How about other blocks, possible?
No, not in this template
When in variant builder and when I “save page as” , where in the file structure is it saved to?
Hi there,
This will save it to the browser memory, you can export the page as either .html or .variant for a traditional download of the file
I see. Thanks for the prompt reply. 
No worries
Hello, Did your theme support RTL style,
Hello,
RTL support is not included by default.
Do you mean it’s avilavle for additional cost ?
Do you mean it’s avilavle for additional cost ?
No, this is something you would need to implement on your own behalf.
Hello! I’m using the template and configured the mail/mail.php following documentation, but it just doesn’t work, not even a error message, it’s just like the button send doesn’t do anything, I’m testing from the server of course, even try Linking the mail forms using native PHP mail()... Any idea what could it be?
Hello, This could be a problem with scripts.js. Also you need to make sure the form element has the form-email class on it. Please open a ticket at mediumrare.ticksy.com and we’ll take a look for you. Just gove us a link to your site online and we can help diagnose the problem.
James
What is the difference between pillar, pivot, foundry?? They all seem to do similar things.
Hi there,
They offer different looks and slightly different focuses Ultimately it will come down to which look you’d prefer as a starting point for your project
Thanks, Craig
OK but as a potential buyer I just find it confusing. You are better concentration on one product.
My instagram feeds stopped working, what happened?
Hey there,
The new Foundry update describes what you’ll need to change to get your own Instagram API key (Instagram changed the way they let users access feeds on their own site)
hi, can I change the source code of the generated pages?
Yes – you can edit them as any normal HTML file
Hello, I tried to change the embed code for the map, and for some reason, even with the correct code, the map doesn’t seem to change (stuck on clyde st), do you know how to fix this? Thanks, great layouts otherwise
Nevermind, it’s been fixed
No worries
Hi, could you please check that instagram feed does not work? I have checked that on my website http://gks-l2dn.org and also on your preview page > one page example. Thank you.
Hello, yes you are correct. This is due to a change in the Instagram system, which no longer allows third parties to use images in the same way as before. There is a (lengthy, advanced) solution on the way for existing users to implement, however, we will be removing the Instagram feed feature from Pivot soon, as there is no acceptable, easy way for users to implement a feed.
Hi! How to make image slider stop sliding constantly as default?
Hi, This requires a change to scripts.js Please open a ticket at mediumrare.ticksy.com and we can help you out there.
James
Hello, What are the main differences between Pivot and Foundry? Thank you.
There are a few features in Foundry that Pivot doesn’t include like full shop styling, more demos etc. But mainly it will come down to which look suits your purposes more
so, you just upload all files to server, and go to pivot/variant/builder.html ?
Hi there,
You don’t need to upload the builder, you can just run the builder.html file directly from your computer
Craig
Can I use this page builder to create a landing page that require the user to login to access a Magento e commerce site
Hi there,
You would need to handle all the Magento side of things manually and on your own behalf – this is just pure HTML so the customisation is unlimited, but you’ll need to know what you’re doing with Magento.
Cheers, Craig
Hi, Do i need to purchase Variant before i’ll be able to use this?
Nope – Variant comes included with the download
Hi, how to assign a favicon in Variant?!!
Hi there,
There is no way to choose the favicon in Variant, you just need to place a favicon.ico in the root directory of your site
Here’s a .ico maker you might find useful: http://icoconvert.com/
Cheers, Craig
Hi Craig, thanks for your reply. I tried the same but it didn’t work!!!
Can someone reply?!!!
Hi there,
Apologies for the delayed reply.
Did you place the favicon link in the head? <link rel=’shortcut icon’ href=’favicon.ico’ type=’image/x-icon’/ >
Hi, is there a way to edit pages other than the Home Page using the Variant builder?!!!
Yes, you can open the .html files in any editor and work with them as you would any other HTML template. We recommend Sublime Text or Notepad++ for great code editing
Craig
I meant editing them using the Variant builder!!!!
Can someone reply?!!!
Hi there, We replied to this on ticksy
Hi, I have followed your documentation but got INTERNAL SERVER ERROR when I try to send mail from contact page. Any idea? Thank you.
Hi, please open a ticket at mediumrare.ticksy.com and we’ll assist you there.
Thanks, James
Hello, admin. I just bought your pivot theme. I’m using the page builder plugin to create a simple landing page with top nav + centered hero only at my site here http:// www . musicfm . org . The problem is the background is not showing in full height when displaying in tablet or mobile device like the contact-4.html which will always display full screen 100% height and width in all windows / ios / android browser. I want the centered hero background image always display in full screen background which is 100% height and width in all windows / ios / android browser. Can help me to solve this problem ? Thank you.
ok nevermind i solve it by my own oready ! TY for nice template !
Great just open a ticket at mediumrare.ticksy.com if you need anything else.
Thanks, James
Already open two days ago, but no one reply…..
Hi there,
This ticket has been replied to
It works nice for the custom code ! Thank you !
No probem
No worries
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