[Sakin]

@kat22: Sorry, Catch Everest Free theme only have option to use Featured Post Slider, which is created to highlight your post and will link only to your post.

So, the best option at this stage will be to upgrade to Pro version where you have option to use Featured Image Slider, in which you have option to upload your image and link to any URL you like.

But if you don’t like to upgrade then you can redirect post to that site.

Note: there are lot of other additional features that you will get in Pro version. You can check out the list from http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-everest-pro/

[Sakin]

@brookmatthiesen:

1 & 2) Yes, you are not supposed to edit/add files inside catch-responsive theme directory. As it will be reverted back to original when you update or upgrade the theme. If you want to change any core functions, then you need to build child theme and edit it in your child theme functions.

Change Featured Slider in Catch Responsive Free theme
— Catch Responsive theme only have option to change that Featured Demo Slider to Featured Slider type”. So, go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider Options” and under “Featured Slider Type”, you need to select “Featured Page Slider”. Then select the pages which you want to show as slider. When you select page, make sure your page have Featured Image.

For more check out theme instructions page at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-responsive/

3) For menu, you can build custom menu from “Appearance => Menus”, and then add in page, post, category, links as per your need. Then you need to assign your custom menu to particular theme location from “Appearance => Menus => Manage Location”. For more check out http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-creating-wordpress-custom-menus/

4) You can create submission from using plugin such as Contact Form 7 or JetPack plugin “Contact Form” module.

5) If you upgrade to pro version, then you will have option to add or remove widget in Header Right Sidebar from “Appearance => Widgets”. To know more about pro version, read theme instructions page at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-responsive-pro/

For free, you can add in following css in “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Custom CSS Options” box:
#header-right-search.widget_search { display: none; }

6) This option is only there in Pro version.

[Sakin]

@salen555: I guess you are talking about Featured Post Slider. To link to page, you need to use Featured Page Slider, which is there only in Adventurous Pro theme. also to change the slider image, the best option is to use Featured Image Slider, which allows you to upload image on your own choice. It will load image whatever you have uploaded. See this for image slider settings, http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-image-slider/

So, best option is to upgrade to Pro version. You can see the list of additional featured that you will get in pro version at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/adventurous-pro/

For mobile device settings, can you post in your site URL and let me know what you want to change to. Maybe share screenshot of what you want.

[Sakin]

@Olivia: Can you go to your slider settings at “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider Options” and check “No of Slides”. Maybe you have set there as 16.

[Olivia]

Also another question- is there an option to change the SIZE of the featured image slider text or perhaps to change HOW TRANSPARENT it is? Website is http://www.craftmaxfl.com and I am using Catch Responsive Pro Theme.

[Sakin]

@Camila: If you are using Full Frame Pro theme, then go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider Options => Featured Slider Type” and then select “Featured Image Slider” and then just upload image and link as per your need. Don’t type in title and content. So, it will only show image.

But if you still want to use other slider type and hide it then you can add the following css in “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Custom CSS Options” box to hide it:
#feature-slider .entry-container { display: none; }

[Sergey]

I reinstalled all – template, wpml and wordpress – all works now except of one thing – featured slider resets each time I am playing with featured content.

nother thing – how would I translate featured content? I made all other things to be translated automatically, bt this one even manually – no chance?

[Sakin]

@Phinric: Which theme are you using it? Please post in your site URL so that I can check in better. I assume that you are using Catch Everest Free theme as you have posted in here. Catch Everest theme uses Featured Post Slider, for that you can check this screencast at http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-post-slider/

For more, you can check out theme instructions page at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-everest/

But if you want featured image slider, then you can upgrade to Pro version. Also you will get additional features which is listed in http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-everest-pro/.

[Sakin]

@Kingfisher: Sorry to header that. I hope you are recovering fast.

Ok now I see that you are not taking about the header image but about the Featured slider. I see that you have removed the footer which is causing issue. The slider script will run in the footer and you have removed it. That is the reason it’s not sliding. So, please put it back and it will slide it.

[Sakin]

@mosign: Did you try the code that I send you on http://catchthemes.com/support-forum/topic/menu-at-bottom-of-slider-featured-image/. When I add this code in our server child theme. Menu is showing below the slider.

// Unhook default Catch Responsive functions
function unhook_catchresponsive_functions() {
    remove_action( 'catchresponsive_after_header', 'catchresponsive_primary_menu', 20 );
}
add_action( 'init', 'unhook_catchresponsive_functions' );

//Adding menu after slider
add_action( 'catchresponsive_before_content', 'catchresponsive_primary_menu', 20 );

If this is not working in your site then, can you send me the code that you have in your child theme functions.php file. Also try increasing the value of add_action from 20 to like 40 and so on. So, you replace the code:

//Adding menu after slider
add_action( 'catchresponsive_before_content', 'catchresponsive_primary_menu', 20 );

with 40 like this:

//Adding menu after slider
add_action( 'catchresponsive_before_content', 'catchresponsive_primary_menu', 40 );

[Sakin]

@carlo caccialanza: We haven’t make this theme compatible with qTranslate-X plugin. So, you might want to build child theme. For child theme and sample child theme, refer to http://catchthemes.com/blog/create-child-theme-wordpress/ and then add the following code in child theme functions.php file.

if ( ! function_exists( 'catchresponsive_invalidcache' ) ) :
/**
 * Template for Clearing WPML Invalid Cache
 */
function catchresponsive_invalidcache() {
	delete_transient( 'catchresponsive_featured_content' );
	delete_transient( 'catchresponsive_featured_slider' );
	delete_transient( 'catchresponsive_footer_content' );	
	delete_transient( 'all_the_cool_cats' );
} // catchresponsive_invalidcache
endif;

add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'catchresponsive_invalidcache' );

[Sakin]

@Juan: We are doing fine and we are slowing recovering.

Yes, it will not take custom post type. For that you need to build child theme, refer to child theme at http://catchthemes.com/blog/create-child-theme-wordpress/

1. Then copy catchbox_sliders() function to your child theme functions.php file and then edit the following code:

$get_featured_posts = new WP_Query( array(
	'posts_per_page' => $postperpage,
	'post__in'		 => $options[ 'featured_slider' ],
	'orderby' 		 => 'post__in',
	'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1 // ignore sticky posts
));

In the above code you need to add in post_type. So, it will be as below:

$get_featured_posts = new WP_Query( array(
	'posts_per_page'		=> $postperpage,
	'post_type'				=> 'post,events',
	'post__in'				=> $options[ 'featured_slider' ],
	'orderby'				=> 'post__in',
	'ignore_sticky_posts'	=> 1 // ignore sticky posts
));

Note: you need to change that events with your post type.

[Sakin]

@mosign: It would have been easy for me to explain if you had your site live. So, I could check in your slider and featured image. Also, you shouldn’t edit any core theme files such as header.php, index.php, functions.php, style.css and so on which are inside catch-responsive theme directory. As all these edits will be reverted back to original when you update or upgrade your theme.

If you want to edit any core theme files then you need to build child theme and edit it. For child theme, check out http://catchthemes.com/blog/create-child-theme-wordpress/. You can download sample child theme from there and then add the following code in your child theme functions.php file.

// Unhook default Catch Responsive functions
function unhook_catchresponsive_functions() {
    remove_action( 'catchresponsive_after_header', 'catchresponsive_primary_menu', 20 );
}
add_action( 'init', 'unhook_catchresponsive_functions' );

//Adding menu after slider
add_action( 'catchresponsive_before_content', 'catchresponsive_primary_menu', 20 );

[Sakin]

@alphaxyz: Abut the slider text. You slider image are too small that is why the text is not able to fill up. Please upload larger size images and it will fix this issue.

If you choose Slider Type as “Featured Image Slider”, then you can add title as much as you need it.

[Sakin]

@alphaxyz: We are all doing fine. But this frequent earthquake aftershocks are killing lot of people. We are also not feeling that well. Yesterday, I suddenly got fever. But we are trying to be strong and be safe. Thanks.

If you choose Slider type as “Featured Page Slider/Featured Post Slider/Featured Category Slider” then it will take “catchbase-slider” size of width 1200px and height 514px. So, if you upload less then this size then it will load your original image but in you upload image size greater then this then it will crop exactly in this size. But if you choose “Featured Image Slider” as the Slider type, then, theme doesn’t crop it. It will load the original image that you have uploaded.

[Sakin]

@aj: It’s strange. Can you check your settings at “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider Options => Featured Slider Settings”. After this, try disabling plugin one by one as it might be plugin conflict issue with our slider. I will also email you and you can reply me there is it doesn’t work after all this.

[Sakin]

@Thomas: That loading time depend on your server and cache. So, we don’t have control on that with theme. If you are using latest version, then we have added “Image Loader” setting at “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider Options => Featured Slider Settings”.

For more about Image loader you can read this http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle2/demo/loader.php

[Sakin]

@aj: If you have latest version of Catch Base Pro theme then you can go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider Options”. Then in “Featured Slider Type”, you can choose the type. For example, you can choose “Featured Image Slider”. Then upload image one by one in “Featured Slide #1, Featured Slide #2, Featured Slide #3 and so on”. Also check in “Featured Slider Settings” for Enable slider on, effect and all. For more, check out theme instructions page at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-responsive-pro/#featured-slider

If this doesn’t work then, please send me your site URL and then I can check in.

[Sakin]

@Hugh: You can refer to theme instructions page at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-evolution/. If you want to disable the slider then go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Featured Post Slider => Slider Options” and in “Enable Sidebar” option, you need to check in “Disable” and save change.

But if you like to add in your own. Then you can refer to post slider at http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-post-slider/

[Sakin]

@KenRoy: Did you check in our theme instructions page for Catch Responsive Pro theme at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-responsive-pro/

Catch Responsive theme comes with demo content for 3 sections. 1) Featured Slider 2) Promotion Headline and 3) Featured Content.

1. Featured Slider:
– You can replace this demo slider by choosing Slider type from option “Featured Image Slider, Featured Page Slider, Featured Post Slider, Featured Category Slider”.
– For this, just go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider Options => Select Slider Type” and select it.
– Then fill in necessary. For example, if you chose Featured Image Slider, you can upload your one image, add in title, content and link as per your need.
– For more about Featured Slider, please refer to http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-responsive-pro/#featured-slider

2. Promotion Headline
– You can change that from “Appearance => Customize => Theme Options => Promotion Headline Options”
– For more about Promotion Headline, please refer to http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-responsive-pro/#promotion-headline

3. Featured Content:
– You can replace this demo featured content by choosing Featured content type from option “Featured Post Content, Featured Page Content, Featured Category Content and Featured Image Content”.
– For this, just go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Content Options => Featured Content Type” and select it.
– Then fill in necessary. For example, if you chose Featured Image Content, you can upload your one image, add in title, content and link as per your need.
– For more about Featured Content, please refer to http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-responsive-pro/#featured-content