New look for website without losing content

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#1

Hi, I’ve finally come around to fixing my main website to give it a new look.
URL is www.vbpexec.co.uk

Firstly even if the site has an X Pro licence it doesn’t seem to have the full functionality I need. Is the version of X Pro I used as a courtesy not the full version or did I make a mistake?

More importantly, all I want to do is create a new landing page that is one large full screen image. I want one strip across the top with the company name. I also want it to contain the menu button and possibly an image. This section to shrink as you scroll but not disappear.

As you scroll down the image goes up behind the logo and the rest of the page content comes into view - if I decide to put any there - otherwise just the footer.

This sounds like it should be very simple, but I’ve so far found that only unsatisfactory cheats come close to achieving this.

Please help. If it would be easier I will happily switch my licences over and have my www.i-shuttle.co.uk run on the older one, assuming the URL’s would switch over?

Many thanks

Rich

#2

HI There,
Thanks for writing in!

We are really sorry that the option is not available that you are looking for. How ever we always encourage people to check the functionality article from KB before getting a PRO license.

Coming to your question: The feature you have describe seems doable in Pro Header builder, how ever i am certainly not sure how it looks, Pleas help us with a mockup, what exactly you want to do so that we can suggest you better.

Hope to hear from you.

Thanks

#3

Hi, thanks for getting back so quickly.

I wasn’t criticising the X Pro, I was just curious that the courtesy upgrade of my original X licence doesn’t seem to include the header & footer functionality of the full X Pro licence.

Is it possible to swap my licences over so that VBP gets my i-Shuttle licence & vice versa?

As far as the look I want to achieve goes, I guess the best way to describe it is by showing you a similar website, funnily enough the Madonna website:

So a full page image to land on, with header strip across the top containing menu bar tab on one side, and another feature on the other. Then scroll down to various other content.

Surely this is doable? But is it doable in X or in X Pro?

Many thanks

Rich

#4

Hi Rich,

First off please do not refer to your Theme as X PRO because that actually confuse us.

The one with the Header and Footer builder is PRO, and the one that you can buy on ThemeForest (no header/footer builder) is X.

X vs PRO

Is this the layout that you want to achieve?


That is doable on both X and PRO, what you have to do is add a background-image to the Section and turn off the inner container of the ROW, which you already did.

What left for you to do now is give the viewer’s screen height (above the fold) to your section. Please add this to your Section’s Inline CSS

min-height: calc(100vh - 136px);


If you ask where is that 136px coming from, that is the total height of the Header.

Hope this helps,
Cheers!

#5

Thankyou, that helps. I still find that to add a strap onto the image I have to add empty rows over the top of the background to force the text into position. Am I missing something there as well? I have placed a title on the Airport Transfer background image like this for example.

Re Pro vs X Pro, my original licence was upgraded to Pro in about May 2017 I think. If it doesn’t have all the functionality of Pro then fair enough, but it is still listed by you as a Pro licence so I don’t see how that is so confusing!

Anyway, is it possible to upgrade it fully to have all the current & future functionality of a full X Pro licence and if so how much would you charge me to make it happen please?

Kind regards

Rich

#6

Hi there,

Instead of the empty row, you can always add gap elements.

As for upgrading to Pro, it should be available on your forum dashboard/profile and the price should be listed there. But since you said that it’s already upgraded then it’s already Pro. If you have the version of Pro (which was X Pro) then the only way to install the Pro version is a manual installation of the theme since jumping from X Pro to Pro is not available from automatic updates. So please download the latest Pro version in your forum dashboard and manually install it on your site (given that you already removed the X Pro theme)

Thanks!

#7

Hi

My original themeforest X licence was converted on 28th May 2017 to Pro through Themeco after I purchased another X Pro licence.

I have not removed any themes.

As far as I understand it, in order to get the menu tab into the same bar as the title in my header I need elements in the header & that is only possible in Pro not in X. Is this correct?

Basically as you can see on the site www.vbpexec.co.uk the menu bar is displayed below the title. I want to get rid of that second bar entirely and have the menu as a drop down hidden behind the tab. Can you advise please?

Many thanks

Rich

#8

Quick update - I’ve shrunk the menu to get it to fit inside one bar but I still want it hidden behind an element in that same bar.

Be grateful if you can advise re the query above regarding elements in the header and a full upgrade etc

Cheers

#9

Hello There,

To resolve your navigation bar being the same as the desktop, you may use this code in the X > Launch > Theme Options > Global CSS (http://prntscr.com/evui3r)

@media (max-width: 979px){
  .x-navbar-fixed-top {
    position: fixed;
  }
}

By the way, regarding the elements in your header and the full upgrade to Pro, you will have to download Pro theme from your dashboard (https://theme.co/apex/dashboard) and install it in Appearance > Themes because upgrade the license code does not automatically upgrade X theme into Pro Theme. You will have to install Pro theme and activate it.

Hope this helps.

#10

Ok so I have downloaded X Pro, installed a zip & activated.

It crashed the site & though this error up:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare x_render_bar_module() (previously declared in /var/sites/v/vbpexec.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/themes/X-PRO-NEW-1/framework/functions/xpro/bars/helpers.php:25) in /var/sites/v/vbpexec.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/cornerstone/includes/elements/helpers.php on line 46

I then deleted the zip from my hosting control panel & reactivated Pro. Back to square one.

I’m guessing the conflict is with X and that I need to delete X and keep the new zip of Pro.

If I try this and it does not work will I be able to reverse it?

Cheers, Rich

#11

Hello Rich,

After uploading the Pro theme, do not activate it just yet. Please go to the Plugins section and deactivate Cornerstone first. Once it is activated, you can proceed and activate Pro Theme. You do not need Cornerstone plugin because it is already integrated in Pro Theme.

Hope this helps.

#12

Aha yes, it helps a lot. I forgot about that bit !!

Cheers, Rich

#13

You are most welcome!

#14

Hi folks

Just wanted to close this by saying thanks again. I’m sorry I wasn’t a bit clearer in the first place re Pro upgrade but I don’t speak the techie lingo and don’t really know what I’m doing!

I’ve managed to build websites (even coding backend stuff on one of my previous sites), transfer files, edit the whole thing many times, update all sorts of stuff, change the entire build, change hosts, rescue back-ups etc etc but if I’m honest I’m still completely winging it.

Thanks for your patience!

Cheers RP.

#15

Hi there,

Honestly me myself after 10 years of coding and being in the WordPress world and having the privilege to serve you guys as a support staff still learn a great deal of stuff every day and sometimes from you guys.

This is a mutual feeling and the cool thing is that we all add up to this brilliant community here.

Thanks.

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