[Sakin]

@Keith: The recommended featured image size depends on the theme and the placeholder. If you are using Adventurous theme, then you can see in theme instructions page http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/adventurous/. That we recommend following sizes:
Feature Slider
Width: 1600px
Height: 600px

Featured Image in Homepage and Archive Page
Width: 800px
Height: 324px

Small Thumbnail
Width: 400px
Height: 267px

The post images that you are going to use for Slider is recommended to be 1600px width. But for other area it can just be 800px and so on.

[Sakin]

@luismarioochoa: Sorry this theme is not designed that way. So, it might be complicated. Also this theme is responsive design while the reference site is fixed design. So, you might want to disable responsive design from your theme options panel.

You might have to hire customizer to work on it. I will give you the reference css that you can work with. So, just play with the following css:

#slider-wrap a {
    padding: 0;
}
#slider-wrap .featured-text {
    height: 88%;
    padding: 3%;
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    top: 0;
    width: 35%;
}

[Denys]

Hi,

I am using Catch Base Pro for a non-profit site. I have noticed some odd behaviour in Google Chrome, but not in Explorer or Firefox. When the email social Link is used, it opens a blank page as well as a new email message in the email client. Similarly, I notice that in Chrome the Featured Slider does not always reload properly and covers over the content and sidebars (I have Featured Image turned off) when the site reloads after a modification in the Customization options.This includes having the arrows and dots representing the image position moving to the top of the image.

Any ideas?
Thanks

[Sakin]

@joe979xx: Please check in theme instructions page for that http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-kathmandu/

1. Sliding image is from Demo slider. Catch Kathmandu free version you have option to change that demo slider to “Featured Post Slider” or “Featured Category Slider”. For more refer to theme instruction page and for post slider we also have screencast at http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-post-slider/

2. The Popular places, that is Demo Featured Content. You can change that by adding your own featured content or disable it. For that you need to go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Homepage Settings => Homepage Featured Content Options” and add your own content.

3. For menu, you can build your custom menu. Refer to theme instructions page and screencast at http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-creating-wordpress-custom-menus/

[Dan Davies]

Hi Sakin

I’ve seen this answer on the forum somewhere before but I can’t for the life of me find it.

I’m using the Catch Everest free theme and I would like the featured image to be the size of the rest of the images I feature in my post. I remember you put up a workaround that meant that you could just change the PHP so that the featured image on the top of a post became the featured slider image.

I know, I should have made a child 🙂 but any chance you could share the workaround again?

[Sakin]

@luismarioochoa: It depends on where you want to add in. For transparent background, you need to use rgba color like below example.

#slider .featured-text {
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

[Sakin]

@MasterManiacs: Which version of Catch Box Theme are you using it. As our latest version has image size for featured slider is
add_image_size( 'featured-slider', 644, 320, true );

[MasterManiacs]

Im sorry @Sakin fixed the problem on my own changing

function catchbox_child_theme_setup() {
    add_image_size( 'featured-slider', 628, 353, false );
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'catchbox_child_theme_setup', 11 );

to

function catchbox_child_theme_setup() {
    add_image_size( 'featured-slider', 628, 353, true );
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'catchbox_child_theme_setup', 11 );

that change of false to true did the trick ^^

Thank you anyways

[MasterManiacs]

Hi @Sakin

I want to make my images on the featured post slider occupy the all size, i tried adding some function to my child´s theme function file and when i put a 16:9 aspect ratio image works nice, but when i put another aspect ratio image it makes smaller and leaves an empty zone, how can i make those images fill the empty zone, even i they are scaled and look stretched. You can have a look at mi site slider to look what i mean. My site URL

Lots of thanks and best wishes

[Sakin]

@bigoslesli:
1. You are using old version of Catch Kathmandu Pro theme, that is why you are having issue. Please update to latest version and it will work fine. For update you can use Catch Updater pluign http://catchthemes.com/wp-plugins/catch-updater/

2. For single image, I don’t recommend you to user Slider. It will unnecessary load the script. So, just go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Header Featured Image Options”, then just paste your image URL http://www.wenatcheebilling.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/large-banner.jpg in “Featured Header Image URL” and in “Enable Featured Header Image”, select the option “Homepage” and save changes.

[Sakin]

@rdrossel:
1. that dot background effect in your slider can be removed from “Appearance => Theme Options => Features Post Slider => Slider Effect Options”. Just check “Disable Slider Background Effect” and save.

2. About small image in your Featured Post Slider. You need to upload the large image as your Featured Image in your post. We recommend minimum Width: 976px and Height: 313px. Once you upload the large image then it will be fixed. For Post Slider, you can check out http://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-post-slider/

Also check out theme instructions page at http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/simple-catch/

[Leslie Bigos]

Hello,

I have 2 questions:

1. Sidebar funny on mobile device: My website is http://www.wenatcheebilling.com. I have a sidebar which is nothing but a list of text “Custom HTML”. I have the list and then the </br> tag after each list item. When I display the site on a mobile device, the sidebar is shifted to the left and one cannot see the entire side bar. I have a screen shot here:

   http://wenatcheebilling.com/screenshot.png

2. Homepage slider:I wish to only have a single image on my homepage slider. I tried doing this with the Featured Image but the image did not span the full pixel width. The image looks great when I put it in the slider but how do I remove the arrows to scroll to the next slider when I only have 1?</li

   Thank you so very much for your assistance.

[Sakin]

@Jan Deelstra: There is issue in your Custom CSS. I see you have missing closing bracket }. Search for this css:
img.wp-post-image {

Then replace it with the following:

img.wp-post-image {
    border: medium none;
    max-width: 100%;
    padding: 0;
}

About your home top alignment. I see that you have remove the slider but there is some contain on it. How did you remove that slider. Did you customize any code. To remove the slider, you can just go to “Appearance => Theme Options => Featured Post Slider => Slider Options” then check option “Disable” in “Enable Sidebar” and save changes.

Note: I see that you have W3 Total Cache plugin, so after you make all these changes. Go to W3 Total Cache setting and Empty all Cache.

[Michael]

I tried to explain that my 4 images and text dissapeared yesterday from the Featured Images Slider Options in theTheme Options area. Does it make sense?

[Sakin]

@lucabriganti85: Sorry I see that you are using Simple Catch Free version, which only have option to use Featured Post Slider. This post slider is created to highlight your post in the slider. So, it will automatically link to the post.

If you don’t need then you might want to upgrade to Pro version where you have option to use “Featured Image Slider” and upload image and remove the link as per your need.

[lucabriganti85]

Hi guys.
I was wondering how I can make the pictures I’ve used for featuring sliders not openable by click.
I made my featured slider’s pictures creating posts and making the pic a Featured one for the same post.. So then I putted the progressive number to link it in this menu Appearence–>theme options–>Featured Slider–> featured post slider options
Now, everything works pretty good but if i click on one of the pictures shown in the slider the post I’ve made will open.. Can Avoid it and keep the pic just for the slider?
Hope it was clear… 🙂

[Young]

Hi @Sakin, prior to the Featured image slider issues, I can’t get the Featured Post Content to work as well. Only the description words came out, not the post.

Been cracking my head troubleshooting ever since i purchased this theme several hours ago. It shouldn’t be that difficult to use isn’t it?

Awaiting for your advise.

Thank you very much.

Young

[Young]

Hi @Sakin, I’m facing the same problem with @veetam as well.

I just bought the catchbase PRO. Uploaded 3 images into the Featured image slider, but only 1 image appear.

Ive also do a screen video recording to give u a better understanding of the issue. http://youtu.be/xZGuKMA9qVk

Please advise. Thanks.

Young

[CrystalClear]

Hi ~ Thanks for your help. I don’t want to create a Child Theme at this time. If needed I would add back the fix after an update, or, add a Child Theme later once I had managed to correctly alter the code on the theme’s functions.php. However it is still not working when I try to do that. Following your suggestion I edited main functions.php as follows:
________________________
//Featued Posts for Normal Width
add_image_size( ‘featured-slider’, 9999, 200, true ); // Used for featured posts if a large-feature doesn’t exist

//Featured Posts for Full Width
add_image_size( ‘featured-slider-larger’, 9999, 200, true ); // Used for featured posts if a large-feature doesn’t exist
________________________

and it is still doing the same problem as previous attempts where it is contracting the WIDTH also. If I leave the height value at 400, the whole thing is still too big for what I’m aiming for.
I didn’t use the plug-in but it was altering the old thumbnails anyway – and – I did always try adding a new post and the new posts did the same thing of the width shrinking also even though it had the highest value. My understanding is that with the changed code a NEW post will conform to the updated code. But the Width is still shrinking when the Height is given a value less than 300. I want the Width to stay the same but with a smaller height. So it is not working.

Please advise. I want to test this out on the current theme’s functions.php and don’t want to do a Child Theme at this time. I will copy over the code when there are updates or create a Child Theme then. If we can get this to work.

I’m emailing you separately a link so you can see what I mean since I don’t want to post that info on here.

Thank you for your help.

[Delfim]

Hello Sakin,

WPML already fix some string translations, but not all of them.
I still have no translation for the strings:
[catchkathmandu_options][featured_image_slider_content]1
[catchkathmandu_options][homepage_featured_content]1

Please can you contact WPML about this problem.
This issue is now almost 2 months old and we are still waiting for an answer.

Thank you
Regards
Delfim