[Zed]

Parabola uses WordPress’ core get_header_image() function to retrieve the configured header image. This function only provides the image file URL and does not supply any additional information entered in the library (such as caption/alt texts).

In newer themes we’ve relied on using the site’s title for the alt attribute, we’ll look into this for Parabola as well.

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[Zed]

I can confirm that the mobile menu is unusable on mobile devices with WordPress 5.6 (most likely in connection to the introduced core JavaScript changes). We will look into this and publish a theme update as soon as possible.

To answer your second question, “which of our newer themes is most like Parabola”, the answer isn’t quite simple:
– comparing the options and their control, all newer themes are different from Parabola, which (together with Tempera, Nirvana and Mantra) is part of our legacy settings-page based themes.
– comparing the appearance the the two theme groups are also rather dissimilar; the most squarey/blocky looking one (if that’s what you’re looking for) from the new set would be Kahuna.
PS: WordPress.org repository themes are not allowed to add widgets.

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[Zed]

WordPress 5.5-5.6-5.7 gradually introduce core changes to the JavaScript jQuery library which will cause issues with many themes and plugins. These issues can be somewhat delayed using the JQuery Migrated helper plugin, however the incompatibilities themselves will need to be corrected in the themes and plugins.

Parabola works with WordPress 5.5 and 5.6, but we will most likely still need to release a compatibility update for the 5.7 update.

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[Mr.G]

I found out that Parabola is working fine with WP5.6. A plugin (Lightbox – EverlightBox Gallery) caused this problem. When it is deactivated it works fine.

[Zed]

The theme’s layout and widths are configurable on the theme’s settings page, under Appearance > Parabola Settings. Note that you the theme requires the companion Serious Settings plugin to activate the settings page.

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[perseux]

Hi There,
I’m experiencing the following with Nirvana or Parabola.
Under Chrome: the social media icons and anything placed (such as Twitter feed) on the “text widget” is invisible.

Thanks

[whoisuncle]

Found the fix.
under:
wp-content/themes/parabola/js/frontend.js

Load FitVids before Masonry

before:

	/* Second Masonry, in case elements expand size due to dynamic content */
	if (parabola_settings.masonry==1) {
		jQuery('body.magazine-layout .content-masonry').masonry({
			itemSelector: 'article',
			columnWidth: 'article',
			percentPosition: true,
		});
	}
	/* FitVids & mobile menu */
	if (parabola_settings.mobile==1) parabola_mobilemenu_init();
	if (parabola_settings.fitvids==1) jQuery(".entry-content").fitVids();

After:

	/* FitVids & mobile menu */
	if (parabola_settings.mobile==1) parabola_mobilemenu_init();
	if (parabola_settings.fitvids==1) jQuery(".entry-content").fitVids();
	/* Second Masonry, in case elements expand size due to dynamic content */
	if (parabola_settings.masonry==1) {
		jQuery('body.magazine-layout .content-masonry').masonry({
			itemSelector: 'article',
			columnWidth: 'article',
			percentPosition: true,
		});
	}

[Zed]

The next/previous post links are core WordPress functionality.
If you want to customize them, you’ll find the function calls in Parabola’s single.php template.

If you want to hide them, that can also be done with CSS:
.single #nav-below { display: none; }

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[lucasbrown]

I was using Parabola Theme on WP 5.3 version on one of my website and it works perfectly without any single issue.

[Oncilla]

I think “new block editor’s structural elements” and “blocks” are basically the same thing. we are just using different words to describe it. They ARE in the parabola theme now when I use it. I assume they are there from a WP update.

I cannot see a way to add a picture but added a link to WP website. What I see is a box with editing icons on the top of the box/block. Unfortunately, I cannot type in the box/block. I can add graphics but cannot resize them or place them anywhere except where they were inserted. They cuse me so much work I am thinking of going back to HTML.

Gary

Website: savannahkittensandcats.com

[Zed]

Parabola was created before Tempera and Nirvana were, and we have never backported this functionality to it.

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[Zed]

Parabola does not implement any kind of blocks, so I’m not sure what you are referring to (you provided no URL and no examples).

“Blocks” in the WordPress universe has become to normally refer to the new block editor’s structural elements.

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[frankonblog]

Hello again. I just want to let you know, that I found a solution myself. And as this issue seems to be popular, I thought I should post it and give a hint to the developers below.

To avoid images from being resized I tried the “Cryout Column”-Widgets. I found that html is allowed within these widgets. So I used html to define fixed sttributes for height and width of the image. The code looks like that:

<div style="text-align:center"><img src="the-url-of-your-image" alt="description of your image" height="218" width="218" /></div>

The width is defined by the Parabola Settings depending on how many columns are used. In may case 218px, which led to the same value for the height in the case of square images.

And the hint to the developers, which of course I appreciate a lot for bringing the great theme to the people (thanks): The field for the content is titled by “text”, so one may think that html code is not alowed. If possible you may change this to “text or html”.

Kind regards, Frank

Website: traex.de

• This reply was modified 6 years ago by frankonblog.

[andy76]

Thanks for the reply.
I moved the author.php file to my child theme, and removed the below code.
Unfortunately, the author bio box is still displayed after each post. To be sure I flushed the cache and tried another browser, but still the same result. 🙁
What can be the issue? Thanks

// If a user has filled out their description, show a bio on their entries.
if ( get_the_author_meta( ‘description’ ) ) : ?>
<div id=”author-info”>
<div id=”author-avatar”>
<?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( ‘user_email’ ), apply_filters( ‘parabola_author_bio_avatar_size’, 60 ) ); ?>
</div><!– #author-avatar –>
<div id=”author-description”>
<?php the_archive_description( ‘<div class=”taxonomy-description”>’, ‘</div>’ ); ?>
</div><!– #author-description –>
</div><!– #entry-author-info –>
<?php endif; ?>

[Zed]

Sorry, the indicated file does not apply to Parabola. In Parabola the author information is handled directly by the file responsible for the author archive: author.php (in the root of the theme), which you can copy over and customize in your child theme.

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[oliversc]

Hey Zed, thanks for getting back to me. I don’t really have a history with translations on WordPress.org, seeing how I run one site and have been using Parabola pretty much exclusively on there.

Still, I’d be happy to help. I’m @oliver-schneider on WordPress.org, if you want to give it a shot.

Happy 2020!

[Zed]

This tutorial applies to our “customize”-based themes, not the legacy setting-based themes (including Parabola).
The use a different way of managing social links and the bundled socials are image based (not font-based) so the two methods are not interchangeable.

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[Mamun]

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[JBenoit]

Hello, thanks for your answer. I deleted and handed the theme “Parabola” entirely, and redid a child theme. Everything is in order.

Thanks again.

[bidmead]

Ok, since that last post my attention has been drawn to the very useful margin-bottom variable. This appears to do the trick:

/* Parabola Custom CSS */ 
#content blockquote p {
margin-bottom: 22px;
}
#content blockquote p:last-child {
margin-bottom: 0;
}

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[bidmead]

I’m using the Parabola theme for our Tested Technology Web publication and ran into a problem with BlockQuotes when doing occasional editing with the Android version of WordPress.

Parabola BlockQuotes don’t allow blank lines between paragraphs. A single blank line created in the Visual Editor (we have turned off Gutenberg) created with a single carriage return appears as such in the Visual Editor, but previews and publishes just as a linefeed.

I discovered that it’s possible to kluge a blank line paragraph separator by using single carriage returns and then going back into the BlockQuote and inserting a second carriage return IN FRONT OF each previous carriage return.

I needed to do this because a regular double carriage return exits the BlockQuote.

This technique creates the desired multi-paragraph BlockQuote and the paragraph delimiter thus produced:
</p>&nbsp;<p>
…shows up in the Visual editor as a double blank line but appears in preview and on publication as a single blank line.

This construct survives further WordPress edits, either Visual or Text. However, when the same post or page is edited in the Android version of WordPress it gets “cleaned” to a single blank line, appearing subsequently as a mere linefeed inside the BlockQuote.

After a prolonged discussion with the excellent Android WordPress help desk, we came to the conclusion that this cleaning process was generally desirable and the bug lay with the need for this BlockQuote kluge.

Alicia at the help desk came up with a counter-kluge, which is to add the following CSS to Parabola in order to restore the margin-bottom that BlockQuote removes:

#content blockquote p {
    margin-bottom: 22px;
}

This fix does the job, except that it now introduces an undesirable additional blank line at the end of the last paragraph in the BlockQuote. I’m guessing that this is why Parabola’s BlockQuote coder removed the margin-bottom in the first place, assuming that it would only ever contain one paragraph.

I’m hoping to be able to persuade Parabola’s devs that having multiple paragraphs inside a single BlockQuote is a desirable design goal and that this is a bug worth fixing.

Alternatively/meanwhile, I’d welcome suggestions from the forum for an improvement on the Alicia counter-kluge that eliminates that extra terminal blank line.

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Chris

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[Zed]

There is no built-in option to re-order the footer content, but that can be done with some custom code (disable the footer socials in the settings first):

add_action( 'cryout_footer_hook', 'parabola_footer_socials', 11 );

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[Freem32]

Hi Zed,

You say that I am not using the “Site Title”… Can I use the Site Title by changing the Parabola Settings –> Header Settings –> Site Header… enabling the “Site Title & Description”? If so, I did that.

Am I correct to assume that Search Engines will now pick-up my Site Title from my text in my Parabola Settings –> Presentation Page Settings –> Extra Text –> Top Title?

If not, I need some help pointing me to the correct method…

* Also * I just noticed another problem… The text from my Parabola Settings –> Presentation Page Settings –> Extra Text –> Top Title… is not showing on my website. An older version of my Top Title is still showing instead. and no, this is not a “clear browser/cookies” issue.

Do I need to open a new ticket for this problem?

Please advise / Thanks,

Mark

Website: activecaribbeantravel.com

[Zed]

Look under Appearance > Parabola Settings > Social Icons Settings.

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[baccagarzon1]

HI, i am using Parabola theme, and i can not find the way to change and set the social media icons from my wp dashboard, could anyone helpme with that?

[Zed]

Issues with the widgets administration screen are usually an indication of Javascript problems (perhaps due to plugins interference). Parabola does not use the customize screen so I assume you are referring to its settings page (under Appearance > Parabola Settings). This can also be affected by Javascript issues caused by malfunctioning plugins.

Since the problem appeared after a WordPress update, the most likely cause is a plugin that’s no longer compatible with the current release. I recommend temporarily disabling all active plugins to check if the issues disappear, then reactivating them one-by-one to identify which one is the culprit.

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[Zed]

The documentation is not entirely correct there. Shortcodes are currently only supported in Parabola’s footer text field – we’ll extend this in the next updates for the other themes.

Edit: All current theme versions support shortcodes in the custom footer text field.

• This reply was modified 6 years ago by Zed.

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[Zed]

Your site appears to be using Parabola 1.6.1, which is more than 3 years old.

There are quite a few changes in code and styling since then up to the current 2.3.2. You’re also using a child theme, which may or may not customize elements that changed in the meantime.

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[bolligerlaw]

Hello,
I updated Parabola to the newest version 2.3.1. a few days ago. And after the update, the columns on the presentation page are no longer displayed properly – they are aligned vertically to the left on the page, and the animation effect on hover is gone.
I can’t seem to figure out what’s causing the problem.
I had to revert to the older version, because the website looked bad with the columns layout being broken, so the issue can’t be seen live right now. But here are screenshots of the presentation page columns before and after the theme update:
Before:
https://prnt.sc/ndvi72

After:
https://prnt.sc/ndvkvr

Any idea what is causing this issue?
Thanks in advance!!

AB

Website: www.mblawgroup.com

[Zed]

The presence of space between structural elements is a feature of the theme’s design (Parabola is intended to look blocky).

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