V2 reproduce v1 site with sidebar

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  • September 2, 2019 at 1:49 pm #506075

    Sam Kneller
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    Hi there,
    Have started v2 update and am stuck with the layout. I have read FAQs… about sidebars and am still stumped. Would like to replicate exactly BonjourLaFrance.com with full-width menus at top, image, map, search bar. I column and SIDEBAR. Images and footers at the bottom.

    V1 used Modern child theme. I don’t have much technical know-how. What is the easiest way to replicate this, please?

    September 2, 2019 at 1:59 pm #506080

    Alex Rollin
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    Hello,

    Please share WP Admin credentials and we will take a look.

    September 3, 2019 at 4:26 pm #506260

    Sam Kneller
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    September 3, 2019 at 10:26 pm #506322

    Alex Rollin
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    First step is to update the theme. There is a 2.0+ version available.
    That will provide you with additional options.

    September 6, 2019 at 4:42 pm #506799

    Sam Kneller
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    Alex
    Thanks for the info
    I tried to update, unsuccessfully.
    There doesn’t seem to be a ‘delete’ for framework or modern themes. I removed framework via ftp access.
    But, am still getting this message when I try to upload framework 2

    Unpacking the package…
    Installing the theme…
    Destination folder already exists. /home/139094.cloudwaysapps.com/ttwjkvmcgs/public_html/wp-content/themes/GeoDirectory_framework/
    Theme installation failed.

    Don’t know what’s happening.
    I hope I will not lose the customizations on the homepage (images at bottom of page etc.)

    Your help is much appreciated,
    Sam

    September 9, 2019 at 8:10 am #507126

    Alex Rollin
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    There are several ways to update a theme. What I saw was an update button on the theme. Is that what you tried?

    You can also do manual updates as explained here:

    https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs-v2/addons/installing-addons/#manual

    Lastly, you can try removing the old theme by FTP. Then add the new theme.

    If you have customizations they will not be updated if they are stored inside the theme folder.

    Please share FTP if we need to look into it further.

    Thanks

    September 12, 2019 at 7:35 pm #507926

    Sam Kneller
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    Alex
    Your info, adding the plugin (easy theme and plugin upgrade) allowed me to update the themes with no problem.
    Next step is getting them to display as on BonjourLaFrance.com

    On my Home – frontpage
    There’s code in the ‘Gallery Shortcode’ box
    There are shortcodes ‘in the GD Listings’ box
    … nothing is displaying. I don’t know why.

    I added the attached file to: GDF Modern Themes … nothing is displaying on homepage
    I added lines 213-299 of the attached file to Appearance > customize > Additional CSS
    … not displaying.

    I’m using the same CSS and code on the frontpage as for BonjourLaFrance.com
    You can go to that site to see how it renders.
    Thanks for your help.

    September 12, 2019 at 9:37 pm #507943

    Alex Rollin
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    Hello,

    I added an example to the home page.

    You will want to use the shortcode builder to create additional features

    https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs-v2/geodirectory/shortcode-builder/

    When you work on the GD Page templates, you will have a choice of which of the theme page templates to use. These are in the Page Attributes section of the page.

    GDF Modern doesn’t has a widget area called GD Top. I will ask the developers if that is supposed to be below the header. Right now it is showing inside the content section and is not full width.

    September 14, 2019 at 4:53 am #508149

    Naveen Giri
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    Hi Sam Kneller,

    please take a look. the setup is now as you need.

    Thanks

    September 16, 2019 at 3:33 pm #508444

    Sam Kneller
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    Naveen,
    Thanks, looking better.
    1. The attached file shows how the image reduces in width when the screen is reduced in size. Can we fix this, please? Like on BonjourLaFrance.com top menus, image, map, search box. always 100%.

    2. Now, need to configure the two top and one bottom menus.
    3. Add the images etc at the bottom of the page: Choose Your Next Adventure, Latest News and Newsletter Sign up.

    Much appreciated.

    September 16, 2019 at 10:26 pm #508512

    Alex Rollin
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    Post count: 27815

    For 1) there is some CSS on the image that is setting it at an absolute size. Try removing it:

    

    
img[Attributes Style] {
    width: 1600px;
    height: 437px;
}

    

    2) Menu settings are in 
    

    WP – Appearance – Menus – Locations 
    

    3) You can grab that code and place it in a widget. If you need hands on help with custom design on your site you can find it here: https://geodirectoryexperts.com
    

		
	
    


    

			
		
	
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