PS. I’m a newbie as you can probably tell

Thanks for writing in and sorry your having issues with the front end editor. First off, please update your theme to the latest 3.2.1 you currently have 3.2.0. Then could you test something for us, could you try adding a new blank page and see if VC frontend editor will load? If it does then the issue might be that the current content isn’t readable by the front end editor and this is why it is stuck on loading. In the backend editor you will usually get a warning saying that there’s an issue with content, with the front end editor it’s a bit different.

Please let us know how that goes. Also if that doesn’t solve it, Would you mind providing us with login credentials so we can take a closer look? To do this, you can make a post with the following info:

– Link to your site
– WordPress Admin username / password
– FTP credentials

Don’t forget to select Set as private reply. This ensures your information is only visible to our staff.

Thanks!

Also, is there somewhere I can see some tutorials on editing the homepage? I can’t seem to find any and I am having problems editing background images etc etc

Thanks a lot,
Jamie

Standard shortcodes and visual composer’s shortcodes are just the same. With exception that VC uses [vc_row] and [vc_column] instead of [content_band] and [column]. The only wait to updated your current format is to manually edit them by changing content band and columns shortcode. Although, if you have stray content that doesn’t match to the visual composer’s structure format. Then it will not work.

Example,

This is okay with standard format, but not for vc.

[content_band]
I'm content, and I can be anywhere.
[column] ohh [column]
[/cotent_band]

While this is how it should be on VC

[vc_row]
[vc_column]
[text_output]I'm content, but I'm only restricted here.[/text_output]
[recent_posts]
[/vc_column]
[vc_row]

Must follow the proper structure, opening, closing, and right shortcode in order to comply on VC standard.

You don’t have home page content, so I can’t respond on what format you’re using. You can actually import demo content with VC format. And you’ll find how they are done and added.

We have available walkthrough for each shortcode from our Knowledge Base section.

Thanks!

The front-end editor is exactly the same as using the backend, except it doesn’t clearly define where things are. That’s going to give you issues, I promise. Use the backend.

– Charlie