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  • January 20, 2017 at 7:20 am #107543
    Glenn
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    So that I can better understand how to layout my page(s). Once again, my site is located at: http://104.219.52.102/~novaseal/

    When you view this page, re Feature Content (4 pictures in center), I want to link each photo to a page. So, therefore these feature content components were made using posts. I think you call them blogs. I selected “Show Full Content,” and the descriptions beneath each photo is the full content on each of the respective Posts. I thought that to link photo to page, I could add the link to the media description for each photo, however that is disabled, so no can do. How else can I link each photo to a Page?

    Next, my objective was to make home page look like it is now, so for section below Feature Content, I loaded this information onto the Home page. Not wanting the word “home” to appear above the photo, I deleted Page title. Looks great, however next to the Favicon there now appears nothing. So that was not such a good idea afterall. I looked into moving the “Why Choose Us” graphic into a 2-colume Widget, but there isn’t one available. So, that isn’t the solution.

    So now, I’m thinking perhaps your design philosophy and how I interpreted it are completely different. Can you please enlighten me into how I should better layout the information currently shown on the Home page? Thank you in advance.

    Glenn

    PS: I also created a Header Menu. In Customize | Menus | Menu Locations | Set Header Menu as primary menu. Then I went to Customize | Header Menu | and arranged menu such that consists of About Us with 3 submenus; Products with 3 submenus; and Contact Us with no submenus. Saved, published and refreshed, and that is not what I see. What I see is 5 items without submenus. Any suggestions of what I did wrong.

    January 20, 2017 at 10:35 am #107558
    Mahesh
    Participant

    @novaglenn:
    Featured Content
    Well you can manage Featured Content go to Dashboard=> Appearance=> Customize=> Featured Content option. But as you’ve mentioned, some feature you require is not possible. Using post and page as featured content, it will link to respected posts and pages not other custom links. So for this purpose, I recommend you to use Featured Image Content, so you can use custom images and link to custom post, pages or some external links too.

    For homepage, if you don’t want the title to be displayed, this can be removed or hide with Custom CSS.

    And about menu, go to Dashbaord=> Appearance=> Menu and select Header Menu and make sure all items already put in the menu. And also make sure that you make the submenu items too (notice the little indent) or else, it’ll act as menu item no sub menu item.

    Hope you understand. Let me know if any problem.

    Regards,
    Mahesh

    January 21, 2017 at 5:00 am #107660
    Glenn
    Participant

    Updates:

    1. Regarding homepage, I added some CSS to not show “home” above “Why Choose Us” section on the home page. That fixed problem.

    2. Menu issue. Still not resolved. However looks good on iPad, just not on desktops. Kind of weird considering theme is responsive.

    3. Switched to using Featured Image Content, and that seems to have fixed problem. Now images link. Only problem is that images are not even with each other. They are not all on the same line. How can this be fixed?

    4. Another question. I would like to add more text on this first page, including, possibly a section on testimonials and a footer menu section. Which widgets are used for this?

    Thanks for your help. I’m beginning to get this!

    Glenn

    January 21, 2017 at 5:13 am #107661
    Glenn
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    Incidentally, this screenshot https://www.screencast.com/t/qozKjdR1o shows what our menu looks like. You can see that indentations are correct, albeit, when you visit the site, submenus don’t show.

    January 22, 2017 at 7:33 am #107714
    Mahesh
    Participant

    @novaglenn:
    2. For menu, we’ll need to check on your server. We’ll contact you through email shortly.
    3. Checked you site, the images in Featured Content seems fine, same size all images.
    4. Please use Text widgets for text and testimonials and Menu for footer menu.

    Regards,
    Mahesh

    January 24, 2017 at 4:49 am #107822
    Glenn
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    More stuff …

    What you see, is not what you get ….
    This screenshot is of the home page viewed from customize window: https://www.screencast.com/t/geddaLnKisgi
    This screenshot is of the home page viewed on line: https://www.screencast.com/t/tZkqRkIeGmU3
    Notice a couple of things:
    1. Menu in custom page doesn’t work but looks like: https://www.screencast.com/t/GstEtsgi; whereas the home page menu is different.
    2. Photos in custom page include a different photo for Process Automation. The correct one shows in the custom page layout.

    Re: “For menu, we’ll need to check on your server. We’ll contact you through email shortly.” Never received your contact.

    When viewing home page on a Mac, most everything looks good, and most links work. When viewing on a PC with Firefox and Explorer, most everything doesn’t look good, and links don’t work. I’m assuming your theme was checked on multiple platforms. On a Mac the titles for feature content do not show, whereas on a PC, the titles for feature content do show.

    Glenn

    January 24, 2017 at 2:07 pm #107879
    Mahesh
    Participant

    @novaglenn: Sorry for that, you’ll have an email by now.

    Regards,
    Mahesh

    January 25, 2017 at 3:10 pm #107985
    Mahesh
    Participant

    @novaglenn: Just tested your site, the menu and featured image issue was because of WP Fastest Cache. And about the dropdown menu, seems like a plugin issue. Please try disabling the plugin one by one and check if that resolves the issue. Since you’ve lots of plugins activated, I don’t want to cause any issue on your live site because of testing. Let me know if any problem.

    Regards,
    Mahesh

    January 26, 2017 at 1:33 am #108030
    Glenn
    Participant

    Mahesh,

    I removed all pluggins and menus now work. Our site is not live, it is currently in a test mode. So, please make whatever change you need to do.

    1. Feature content is still uneven and no titles are showing. Refer to screenshot image: https://www.screencast.com/t/hfi1ocm0r5E6
    May not be showing titles because of your suggestion to remove Home page header with CSS code. Without CSS code, the word HOME appeared over the Why Choose Us picture. Perhaps another solution would be to add a picture widget. Couldn’t find one.

    2. We may not be adding another home page slider. If that is the case, how do we remove the black/white arrows on both ends of the slider photo? Really should not come up if there is only one slide.

    3. Back to adding more information below our “Why Choose Us” picture … looking at available widgets I am guessing that using another text box will utilize all the space below “Why Choose Us” picture and Contact Us text box to the right of the our “Why Choose Us” picture; on the Home Page.

    Glenn

    January 26, 2017 at 11:57 am #108072
    Mahesh
    Participant

    @novaglenn:
    1. For featured content uneven images, please use featured image of same size for all. This will fix the issue. And to show title, please remove the following CSS:

    .home h1 {
    display: none;
}

    2. For hiding Slider navigation, add the following CSS:

    #feature-slider .cycle-prev, 
#feature-slider .cycle-next {
    display: none;
}

    3. Please use a text widget for this and place it in one of the footer area.
    Let me know if any issue.

    Regards,
    Mahesh

    January 26, 2017 at 11:46 pm #108109
    Glenn
    Participant

    Of the 4 footer widget options, how can I make one of them only appear on Home Page?

    January 27, 2017 at 4:34 pm #108149
    Mahesh
    Participant

    @novaglenn: Add a widget to footer and then add the following CSS:

    #supplementary {
    display: none;
}
  
.home #supplementary {
    display: block;
}

    Regards,
    Mahesh

    January 28, 2017 at 6:03 am #108184
    Glenn
    Participant

    I added the CSS code to the footer, and results didn’t change. Only change was that Testimonial footer reduced in size from full width to left section. So I’m guessing, CSS code needs to be added somewhere else. Where?

    January 29, 2017 at 12:10 pm #108252
    Mahesh
    Participant

    @novaglenn: Where actually have you put the CSS? I checked your site and didn’t find the CSS code.

    Regards,
    Mahesh

    January 31, 2017 at 1:41 am #108394
    Glenn
    Participant

    Good catch. I added it to Footer2 Widget. However it appears to have disappeared. Next I added it to Customize | Theme Option, and now it works. Thanks.

    January 31, 2017 at 9:12 am #108417
    Glenn
    Participant

    Here’s a simple question will probably a very easy answer. Some pages (preferred) don’t leave an area for comments/reply (http://104.219.52.102/~novaseal/puls2-sealing-technology-revolutionizes-heat-sealing/). On other pages like this one “Leave a Reply” appends itself to the bottom of the page (http://104.219.52.102/~novaseal/contacts/). They are both pages (not posts). How is this fixed?

    January 31, 2017 at 12:32 pm #108434
    Mahesh
    Participant

    @novaglenn: Go to Dashboard=> Pages=> Add/Edit pages, click on Screen Options on the top left beside Help button. Some options will slide down. Make sure Discussion checkbox is checked. Then scroll down below content you’ll see Discussion tab, uncheck Allow Comments option and click Update.

    Regards,
    Mahesh

    February 3, 2017 at 7:08 am #108697
    Glenn
    Participant

    Hello again. On my home page, I’m using a testimonial widget. I would like it to span full page. Now it is loaded into Footer 1 and only shows in left sidebar section as shown here: https://www.screencast.com/t/WRXz1X3X. Do I use a different Footer for full span?

    February 3, 2017 at 7:58 am #108701
    Glenn
    Participant

    Another question. Can I move Header menu to right side without losing social network links? In trying this, the social network links disappeared.

    February 3, 2017 at 12:02 pm #108715
    Mahesh
    Participant

    @novaglenn: Seems, you are using two widgets in the widget area that’s why the footer has “two” class, it should be “one”. Using only one footer widget will make the area full-width. And about the full width testimonial, you’ll need to contact the testimonial plugin support for that as it is using 540px with as default.

    To move header menu to right, add the following CSS:

    .nav-primary.search-enabled .menu {
    float: right;
}

    Regards,
    Mahesh

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