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[themes2go]

Sure thanks, I’ll write you now via email,
thanks!

[themes2go]

Also, In my opinion, i would be cooler to actually split such long series in parts, as for the user it becomes easier to scrape and navigate 😉
Like podcasters actually do, even though you make series of similar contents, you can still make for instance divisions by year or season.

Actually I have been on StarcraftII for a while, and seasons was always the most useful series classification.

[themes2go]

Hi, I just did and extensive test.
I imported your playlist, then imported also another one of 240+ videos, then mixed them in a single serie, then edited.

Again please download the video, as DB makes a low res preview making my voice sound even uglier

https://www.dropbox.com/s/078mc7cibe8zhx4/vlogger%20converter%20test2.mov?dl=0

Hope you like it 😉

[themes2go]

“When using this search field, I have no way to determine which of the posts I’m actually adding. ”

The solution is to use an advanced search plugin.
There are many with tons of customizations and additional fields.
Anyway, I don’t see the way this interacts with the plugin we are discussing here, translating categories is a functionality, searching contents is a completely different thing 🙂

I’m now trying to import your videos and will get back in minutes.

[themes2go]

Hello!
Honestly I can’t totally understand your replies and what are you referring to.
I try to answer to all:

1) I want to turn off featured images header all page.
This is not totally understandable for me but I think you want to get rid of the multinav slider in homepage. Edit your page, and delete the row containing the slider.

https://imgur.com/QVQLLJO

2) and I embed dailymotion, but I button player can’t play in the video
I’ve just tried embedding a dailymotion video and it works fine. Try these two ways: make sure that your video URL is fine (no parameters included) and it’s not private. Then try to paste a the URL of the video on a new post, not an existing one.

3) I do not understand what you say. Please guide me.
What are you referring to? If you are talking about remove the sidebar from the template-video.php I can’t add anything more because that’s the only procedure to follow to achieve the result you want. If you are not able to edit the code I suggest considering hire a developer from codeable.io or Envato Studio.

Have a good day,

Andrea

[themes2go]

Hello!
I think you are watching to a wrong place 😉
The procedure described above is meant to be done on the theme directory using a code editor (like Notepad++ or Brackets), not on the WordPress backend.

Here’s a snapshot of the theme structure with file and directory and the template-video.php highlighted
https://imgur.com/7Ke4MDY

This procedure has been tested and applied with success by other customers, so we know for sure that it will work 😉

Keep me posted on this.
Best,

Andrea

[themes2go]

Hi
” be able to sustain over 300 posts on it in that playlist format? ”
> Yes, technically it can hold up to aroud a thousand without performance issues, after a thousands, the page may be a bit heavier, but unless your computer is very old, you won’t notice speed issues.

“I’m guessing that a pagination might need to be built in”
> This part of the theme is in reality a separate framework, that we share across all of the themes, and doesn’t have pagination for the moment.
Is something we can eventually add if needed.

Also, as you mention reordering, actually a pagination might be counter-productive.
For instance, if you have 100 videos per page, how do you swap a video from a page to the other?

And, as additional idea, I’d say if you order the videos by date, for instance, you shouldn’t need to do much ordering after the importing (unless the original posts are in the wrong order) which means it would be easier to work in another way:

1) You import the videos
2) Install the plugin to quick-edit the date from the admin category archive
3) correct the post dates to fix the ordering BEFORE importing
4) After, you import the videos > no ordering required

With wo many videos, otherwise, ordering is difficult, and pagination makes it impossible. Whil ein this way you override the problem completely.

If you link me a channel to try importing some hundreds videos as you would do, I can send you a straight test 😉

[themes2go]

Hi, please download this video where I show you the plugin functionslity ( if you wantch it from dropbox video and audio are horrible).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/504es8pldw73nsm/vlogger%20converter%20test.mov?dl=0

Please let me kno if is missing any funcitonality, then , I’ll proceed with some design to make the look nicer and easier, and display the posts lists in a better way.

Also I still need to to a bit more testing for edge cases.

Looking forward for your feedback

thanks and have a nice day

[themes2go]

Yes, you can modify the serie anytime and add episodes that were not in the imported category.

The software is already at a good point
https://prnt.sc/o28rcl

I’m testing the main functionality, and will now create the backup and restoration process.

In this way, if you make a mistake, you have a button to undo the import.

ONE INFORMATION PLEASE:

In the options for the procedure, there is a field to choose the post order by date (oldest videos to newest, newest to oldest) so you can choose.

I thought this parameter would be applied also to reorder the posts that are already in a serie. So existing “episodes” will be reordered following the same order you choose for the new ones.

Is it ok or you want to preserve the original post ordering, for the episodes that are already in a serie?

[themes2go]

PS. anyway, you can anytime re-run the import function for instance.
I can add a control that, when you re-import a category, you can choose to remove from a serie the post that is not within the category anymore. This would run as the function you mentioned, but we do it manually triggered, so it wont crush your server at every post save.

Can it work for you?

[themes2go]

Hi, I’m already working to the list.

all the things from the first part are fine, and are options (you can choose to add posts before or after existing ones, and the order you want).

The second (Likewise if a post is removed for some reason from a category, the Series playlist should also remove it, as it should be dynamically reading the posts from the categories.)

The 2 things are NOT linked, this is impossible.
Categories will most likely become a secondary selector that you can also eliminate after importing, if you don’t need it anymore (for example).

The plugin works ONCE, when the posts are in a serie, they are statically associated to the serie, is totally impossible to do a “live merging” when you edit the categories.

So, you import them accorging to the options you can choose time by time, the videos are enqueued from a category into the serie based on the chosen order.
I can also add a Middle confirmation screen, so you can see the list of the titles before confirming the import, and I can also add a safety function to undo the import if you want.

But I can’t do a function linked to every post change that updates the category, this is tecnically a tank of a function that may basically also require a ton of CPU to run, and is not something you want in your site.

Please let me know if is still ok asap, as I’m already on the code side 😉

This is the software architecture so far

/**
*
* PART A: SETTINGS FORM
* A.0 Create admin screen
* A.1 Dropdown categories
* A.2 Dropdown serie select
* A.3 Dropdown order
* A.4 Dropdown to append videos before or after existing ones
* A.5 Button to import
*
* PART B: EXTRACT POSTS AND MERGE
* B.1 Extract posts
* B.2 Extract the previous meta field from selected serie
* B.3 Unserialise the previous meta fieldd in array
* B.4 Merge with new fields
* B.5 Display the new merged list
* B.6 Save the new meta field in a temporary post meta linked with selected Serie
* B.7 Display confirmation button (form with post id and confirmation nonce)
*
* PART C: CONFIRM IMPORT
* C.1 Verify submitted post ID and nonce
* C.2 Extract the temporary meta field with new merged array
* C.3 Extract the old meta field with old existing videos
* C.4 Swap the 2 serialized meta fields
* C.6 Link to view and edit the serie
*
*/

[themes2go]

Hi, sorry for the long waiting, we are still in the middle of publishing a new theme and Themeforest is making me go crazy :/

About out plugin
“after you’ve imported that category into the serie” > MMM no, that’s very hard to do as the date is not stored in the serie, and would require a double query and much much more work.
You can, instead, choose it before importing, this is much more possible.
Also, what if a serie already has videos inside? Does this require to choose where to enqueue them? if before or after existing videos?

If for you is fine, I can start working on this tomorrow, so I can send you a demo by monday, together with a fixed price evaluation based on the effective working hours.

Thanks!

[themes2go]

Hello moonbin,
let me say first that you’ve linked me the homepage and not a post that are generated from 2 different templates.

Said so, you can remove the sidebar but this requires a bit of coding.

Normally this is a customization that doesn’t fit in theme support but I’ll do my best to guide you to the solution. You’ll have to put a bit of effort in following the steps below:

This theme has 3 templates for posts: default, video and tutorial.

First, on your post you have to choose the video post template instead of the tutorial one. Check this manual page for further details: http://themes2go.xyz/manuals/vlogger/article-categories/contents/

The template we are going to edit is called template-video.php

In order to remove the sidebar, you have to:

– change l8 to l12 at line 43
https://imgur.com/a/PynA866

– delete from line 115 to 119

<div class="qt-sidebar col s12 m12 l3">
 <?php 
 get_template_part( 'phpincludes/sidebar'); 
 ?>
 </div>

Hope this can help you,
Andrea

[themes2go]

Hello saadansari,
in order to hide the slider (or any other elements on your page) edit the column where it’s included (1), switch to Responsive Options (2), Select Hide on device for Mobile Device (3) and Save Changes (4).

https://imgur.com/vZ6NtuI

At the end, save your page.

Regarding the social icons on mobile menu, there is no option included with the theme.
You can choose to edit the code of the menu maybe hiring a developer on codeable.io or Envato Studio because it’s out of the support territory or adding a new item to the menu (for example “Social”) and then subitems with your Social profiles.

Does it make sense?

Have a good day,
Andrea

[themes2go]

Hi!
I can’t understand if you fix all your issues or what.
Please reply below and help me.

Andrea

[themes2go]

Can’t understand your reply.
By the way this topic is now private and can only be read by you and me

[themes2go]

Hi Lawrence and thanks for getting back to us.
The easiest way to make such a functionality, meeting costs and results, is to have a function that allows to bring-in all the posts within a category.

So, let’s say, an area of the admin where you choose an existing Serie, and an existing Category, and it automatically enqueues all of the posts within that category under the chosen Serie.

Once done, you have the ability to reorder the episodes, editing the serie.
The original order would simply be the original date of each post.

Could this be a valuable solution for you?

Regards

[themes2go]

Hello moonbin and thanks for reaching us.
Just check the checkbox on the previous screen and you will be able to go on with the installation process. It’s a double check procedure to prevent overwriting your contents with the demo ones. See the image below:

https://imgur.com/bhRsPQP

Best,
Andrea

[themes2go]

Hello Pa,
currently there is no native feature included with the theme that could help you achieving your goal. As described on the manual here, the header option available with the theme are:

– secondary menu
– off-canvas menu

Eventually, you could hire a developer on Envato Studio or codeable.io to reach your goal but we can’t help you with this kind of customisations because out of the support territory.

Hope this can be helpful.
Have a good day,

Andrea

[themes2go]

You’re welcome!
I’m going to close this topic, feel free to open a new one if necessary.

Have a good day!

[themes2go]

Hello yaeseollc and thanks for reaching us.
The demo contents import is a straight forward procedure and it should create a perfect copy of the demo website with one click.

I suggest you have a look to our video tutorial on installing the theme and importing demo contents and see if your procedure went the same way shown in the video.

Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3le8M5oZN7U&list=PLCGMXZPzCkmaiQ4jHABlftTJ3qVKu6L2b

As I can see on your website all the pages have a wrong page template. You can change it manually going on every page and set Page Visual Composer on the Page Template setting (on the right sidebar of your backend while editing a page).

https://imgur.com/x39ms9K

Another cause of the issue could be the default WordPress importer tool.
You should deactivate it by going to Plugins and check if WordPress importer plugin is deactivated.

https://imgur.com/5hqEHDx

If not click on deactivate and then run the demo content import procedure again and check if the issue is solved.

Hope this can help you, if not don’t hesitate to reply back here.
Have a good day,

Andrea

[themes2go]

Hello Ammar!
What you said in your topic is right: the time displayed on your standard posts is the read time and it’s automatically calculated on the total amount of words included in your post.

Currently there is no setting available with the theme that can turn it on or off.
You should edit the PHP code or maybe hiding it via a CSS snippet.

On video posts, the length of the video can’t be automatically calculated, so we’ve provided a custom field under the text editor to manually add a video duration.

https://imgur.com/a/R87zIf7

If you do not fill it with anything, the video duration will be hidden on posts and lists.

Hope this can be helpful for you.
Andrea

[themes2go]

Hello Ammar, I think that probably by now you don’t need further help on this, and I can close the topic, in this case no further action is required, otherwise please let me know.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Igor

[themes2go]

Hi Ammar, I’m sorry but this is not possible within the theme possibilities.
The theme is made to work with the header, if you remove it, all the height and distances will not work, and you will have problems with the menu positioning and content overlapping.

Options not covered by theme functionalities require custom coding, which is not part of the theme support service, as per contract

https://themeforest.net/page/item_support_policy

Now, as matter of fact, removing a header from a single post is easily achievable via CSS.

To do it, add this code in your custom css of the customizer

.postid-123 .qt-pageheader {display: none;}

Of course replace please 123 with the real ID of your post.

But then, please remember that if you have the sticky header enabled, you will for sure experience design issues on such pages.

Also, please remember that, basing on the Envato support terms, this customization is not part of the service, and we cannot help you if you experience related design glitches.

As matter of fact, customizations of the code are not supported because they can trigger a cascade of subsequent problems, kind of if you put a more powerful engine on a car, it will run faster, but all the other systems as the brakes won’t be fitting the functional change, and you will probably have to do a more complex work than the specific change itself.

Thanks for your kind collaboration and understanding
best regards
Igor

[themes2go]

You’re welcome!
If you have any other issues feel free to open another topic.

Best,
Andrea

[themes2go]

Hi Lawrence, I’m Igor, My collegue let me know that I misunderstood your request, sorry.

I just finished to create a child theme for you where series have pagination.
You can download it here

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pqo9ryozg903naz/vlogger-child-pagination.zip?dl=0

Then via FTP replace your folder vlogger-child.

The 2 modified files are the function.php and single-vlogger_serie.php.

WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW:

1) in the file single-vlogger_serie.php you will see there is quite a lot of new code.
You don’t need to do much, but there are 2 options for you in the code.

You can change the amount of posts per page, and you can choose to show or hide the header of the page in the paginated archives > 1.

The instructions are in the file.

2) If you had customizations in your child theme’s functions.php, the only new line of code is line 10

remove_action('template_redirect', 'redirect_canonical');

so you can copy it to yur customized functions.php

3) Please be aware that the interactive cards can become heavy if you use them and you have tons of videos per card. To limit this, you have to edit the functions.php of the theme, and change line 1093

'posts_per_page' => -1,

to something more limited

'posts_per_page' => 8,

Otherwise this may totally crush your page loading.

For a stable change, you can copy entirely the function
vlogger_extract_serie_episodes that goes from line 1072 to 1148 into the functions.php of your child theme, so the change won’t be lost on updates.

ABOUT IMPORTING IN THE SERIES:
Actually there is no real limitation on the amount of vides you can have in a serie, as this field can reach 5 billion characters, meaning thousands of videos in a serie.

Anyway, the biggest issue is that series videos and categories are 2 completely different structures of data.
Series are really ment for a manual usage, and there is no real way to mutate a category into a serie.

It is possible to achieve it via custom programming, but it requires a custom plugin that uses a custom procedure to parse all the videos in a category and adds them as videos to a serie.
This means you can import videos into a category, and after importing, mutate the category into a serie.

Anyway, such type of plugin requires quite some coding, and we can’t provide this as theme support.

The custom child theme that I just made for you already costed about 3 hours of work, and can’t go any further on other coding.

If you want we can program this plugin as extra service, meaning we will need to make a quotation for the work. The cost can be something between 150 and 250$.

If you are interested, I can make a more precise calculation.

Looking forward for your feedback wish you a nice day!
Regards
Igor

• This reply was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by themes2go.

[themes2go]

Hello Lawrence, I’m Igor, developer of this theme.
I’ve been checking your request and your website, and I see your category page is actually displaying the pagination.

Did you modify the global theme/wordpress setting or edited the curtom file to change it, therefore found already a solution yourself, or do you still want some help to achieve anything?

Thanks and have a nice day!

[themes2go]

Hello Estevan, thanks for your kind reply.
Sorry for answering late but we saw that you posted a solution so we didn’t prioritize this topic.

Congratulations and thanks for your kind, proactive and competent approach and solution.

About this, I can assume you are not actually using the custom player with youtube videos, as in fact removing our custom function wouldn’t fit for you.

I’d suggest, if you placed an IF condition in header, to copy your custom header.php in the child theme folder, so it won’t disappear on the next theme update.

About the javascript, I’d suggest to copy entirely the custom js in the same location under the child theme, then in the functions.php of your child theme, copy entirely the function vlogger_files_inclusion from the original functions.php to the child theme’s one.

In your copied function, change the path of the file ttg-main.js replacing

get_template_directory_uri

with

get_stylesheet_directory_uri

This will always load your customized javascript file instead of the main theme’s one, so the updates won’t override your changes.

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ABOUT A THEME IMPLEMENTATION
Actually, as the issue is a javascript conflict between a core component and a custom plugin, I’m not really sure it would be good to completely inhibit a core theme functionality in exchange for a plugin compatibility, so actually a permanent solution would involve a deeper reprogramming of the video player part.

But as your case for now is solved, we will evaluate this in case of future occurrences.

Thanks again and have a nice evening!
Igor

[themes2go]

Hello lorielb,

I’ve just answered you via private mail.
As I stated in the email, I think that the pagination issue is easier to include in the theme than the category post bulk importer for series.

I’ll go discuss with our developers and I’ll keep you posted on this.

Andrea

[themes2go]

Thanks for your feedbacks,
I will forward them to our developer to understand what’s going on.

Thanks again,
Andrea