Mantra FAQs

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1. Mantra is awesome. But how do I disable/turn off the menu tabs entirely? (My navigation is done via page listing in sidebar.) THANKS!

   1. Create an empty custom menu and assign it to the primary navigation area.

2. Please let me know if there is a way to assign a featured image to the presentation page.

   Whenever someone mentions my site in a Facebook post, the header image is picked up with the link. It is a wide and narrow image that I would like to replace with a nice, square (201×201 px size) one. Thank you.

3. I also had the same question as harold.. the site looks terrible on mobile, i was wondering if it’s possible to take the mobile format out of the entire site (i created a separate mobile app for this site) or somehow make it look..better?

   1. Responsiveness (mobile support) can be disabled in the theme settings, under Layout.

4. Is there a way to make the white background on the presentation page (where the post images are) go away or at least be a different color?

5. The theme is excellent. I have used it for several sites but I have one question regarding the responsiveness on mobile phones. The text in a message or on a page is viewing too large although the setting and view on a computer looks great. I do not like this and I notice that in some occasions the text is small (and nice) and sometimes it is large (not nice). Anyone an idea?

   1. Could you post some links with pages/posts exhibiting this issue?

6. Re:gandbfencelasvegas.com – Tried entering Google Analytics code into Custom JS area, but Google would not verify. I installed the “Google Analytics” plugin, which only allows the ID number, which works, but I’d rather have the actual code working.

   1. I too have not been able to get Google to see that the code tracking urchin is installed, even though it shows up in the custom JS area. And it is not collecting any data.

7. How can we add text over the header image? So if we upload a custom logo and a custom header image and would like to put custom text.. is that possible?

8. Zed, need to change the Page Column fronted, has as leaving there to add up to 4 columns, but having the option to add more lines?
   could you help me, or appoint someone to do it myself.
   I changed the files (and theme-settings.php frontpage.php) but do not have the patience of trying to solve it.

   Zed, preciso alterar Page Column da fronted, tem como deixar-lá para adicionar até 4 colunas, mas, ter a opção de adicionar mais linhas?
   você poderia me ajudar, ou me indicar alguem que faça isso.
   eu alterei os arquivos (settings.php e o theme-frontpage.php) mas nao tenho paciencia de ficar tentando resolver isso.

9. What HTML code do I use to center text on the presentation page under the columns – extra text – Ive tried several and none work to center the text

10. How can I increase the Presentation Page Column items from the standard 4 to say 9?

    cheers

    RaySparra Mc

    1. You cannot do this without heavily editing the theme.

11. I would like to add 3 or 4 images on Presentation Page – where to find exact measurements – I can see Hight but not Width?

12. Thanks for the great theme. How can I change the footer to a fixed one which sticks to the bottom of the screen ?

    1. #footer { position: fixed; bottom: 0; }
#main { margin-bottom: 150px; }

13. Hello,

    I come again with a different problem this time. I selected the layout with 3 column, one sidebar on each side. I see that in the settings page you mentioned each sidebar will have half of the width selected in the settings. Is there a possibility to change this behavior and make each sidebar of a specified width?

    Best regards,
    Muad_Dib

    1. Not currently. The widths are too built-in to easily customize them.

14. Thnx for the great WP Theme.
    Reading about code changes disappear with updates, what is de best way to add Head changes for Meta tags?
    For example the adding of Facebooks OG tags.

15. I love this theme! There are 5 social media icons, is there a way to add a 6th? I saw your response in adding your own image, but I just want an additional option. Is this beyond easy and I just cant figure it out?

    1. It is beyond easy.

16. “Read more” not working?!

    Hi, I can´t get the read more-function to work with the mantra-theme. I entered my phrase “Weiterlesen” in the mantra settings, but the link is´nt visible on the excerpts?! Any idea how to solve this?

    Thanks a lot and best regards
    Nupsi

    1. Are the excerpts activated? What section of the site are you getting this on? Are you using the last theme version?

17. Hi,

    I’m running a 3 column layout and when I add widgets to the right-hand column a number “1” appears at the top of the right hand column. I can’t seem to figure out where this is coming from. Can you help?

    Cheers

    1. This issue is fixed in the 2.2.2 update.

18. How/where do I change the text in my “Leave a Reply”? I want to change the language to danish?

    1. That’s part of translations and I believe it’s a string from WordPress. Is your WordPress in danish?

19. Is there a way to change the direction the submenus slide out from? I have a lot of submenus that slide out to the right but now they’re going off the page. Is there a way to make some slide to the left when they come close to the right edge?

    1. There’s currently no way to do this. Try to re-order the menu items and place menus with little to now drop-downs on the right side.

20. How do I disable the image border for some images? I want the border around normal images, but for example for buttons I don’t want a border.

    1. Make sure they don’t use WP’s built-in alignment (not alignleft|aligncenter|alignright class). Use custom class and custom CSS to align them.

21. How do I hide sub-categories? I just want them to show when I click on the head-category.

    1. Subcategories displayed where?

22. Loving this theme but having problems with a simple h2 font change. I can remove the text shading from #content .entry-title so figure I’m in the right place but when I add font-family:arial; the font doesn’t update. Any clues?

    1. Try a more specific tag, like
       #content .entry-title a { }

       1. Thanks. I found the place to change the font was in the Mantra settings.

23. How do I change the footer on the post – not wanting to remove the Mantra copyright info but want to add my company name, address and contact details. Should be easy but either (a) it is not easy, or (b) I am dumb. Help!

    1. You can use the available “Custom Footer Text” field under Miscellaneous Settings for that.

24. Hi People of Mantra,
    Thanks you for the great theme…
    I am not having great experience yet, but will come hopefully and wondering if you could assist.

    I am trying to add some html with the to the header, however this didn’t work when I add the example.php and the header.php in the childfolder.
    I have seeking for the solution and found the question,
    I want to add my own HTML to the presentation page / Why is my custom HTML stripped?

    but I unfortunately I am not sure if I ahve understand it, could you please be more clear..?

    I want jusr to add some html.

    Thanks,
    EZ

    1. An “example.php” file would do nothing in a child theme. If you want to modify the header, copy the header.php file from Mantra to the child theme and then edit it (but make sure you don’t leave errors in the code or you’ll break your entire site).

       Not all fields on the presentation page support HTML; for example, the two titles above&below the slider don’t. They’re supposed to be a simple short text, not advanced HTML.

       You should be able to add most HTML into the columns texts and the two extra text areas below.

       1. HI Zed,

          Hope you are doing…I have tried to see if I could follow up your instrusction but doesn’t seem so, as I am still not anle to see anything additional info in the header.
          Please see following: http://screencast.com/t/V6KOqf1K

          What am I doing wrong here could you please assist..?

          Cheers,?
          EZ

          1. You’ll also need to use some CSS to position the new content in the header. Adding just the HTML doesn’t really make it work due to how the header area is already filled with existing stuff.

25. Hello,

    Is it possible to have a presentation page enabled, with blog grid below it and in the same time to show the site sidebar?

    Best regards,
    Muad_Dib

    1. No. The presentation page is not supposed to display sidebar(s).
       You can enable the blog list below, just not the sidebar(s) as well.

       1. Thank you for your response!

          Best regards,
          Muad_Dib

26. I am testing Mantra theme on WP3.6.1 and it looks great. On Android mobile, the column images on the presentation page appear stretched vertically, but when I resize an IE browser to make it responsive, the images appear correctly.

    1. I get this problem too. I’ve +1 your support request as well.

       If I get a CSS patch working I’ll follow-up here.

    2. Could you give us a link to a screenshot of the issue? On the Android devices I can test I don’t see something like this.
       Also, make sure the images are the correct size for the columns on desktop configuration (not bigger) – the size is given out by Mantra in the settings.

       1. Look at ntn.ncnurses.org on an android device. I have done a screenshot and loaded them to my wp installation. Here are some examples of what the 3 images look like on a NOTE 2. http://ntn.ncnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/stretch2.png, http://ntn.ncnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/stretch1.png and http://ntn.ncnurses.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/stretch3.png

          1. I don’t get the same behaviour (http://img.cryout.eu/2013-10-22%2020.12.16.png). What browser does that happen on? Does it still happen if you log out?

             1. Same happening here. Using Dolphin browser on Android stretches the columns… but looks great on mobile Chrome.

             2. We’ve eventually found some devices that exhibit this issues so it’s now confirmed. We’re working on a solution.

    3. Found a quick fix:

       Paste this in the Misc settings -> Custom CSS section in theme options:

       /* Front page columns */
       [edited]

       .column-image img {
       width:100%;
       height:100%;
       }

       [edited]
       *************
       Change the “.column-image img” width and height values to the pixel size of the graphic you’re using. in my case I changed them to 300px and 120px.

       Hope this helps!

       1. Setting a fixed size on the images will make them unresponsive (they’ll remain big when viewed on mobile devices).
          The correct fix is a bit different and will be included in the next update.

27. Could someone help me to change the deafult language of Mantra Child from FRENCH to ENGLISH.

    1. Languages are not controlled by the theme but by WordPress itself. http://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-language-5

28. The last upgrade has broken my blog page…
    I’m using the Mantra theme with a child theme, and after upgrading it, have this at the header of each post on the blog page. Warning: Missing argument 2 for mantra_more_link() in /home3/dawgsweb/public_html/wp-content/themes/mantra/includes/theme-loop.php on line 78

    I’ve switched back to the Mantra theme and have the same problem.

29. The footer widget area doesn’t work in my WP 3.6.1. I already wrote. I tried to add qtranslate widget and other but nothing appear except the title bar (Language, Meta or similar) This happen whatever the footer area selected. I update to 2.2 but is the same, no widget in the footer area. Any hints?
    Thanks
    Angelo

    1. Does this happen on all pages or just the homepage (in case you’re using the presentation page)?

30. I have used the plugin “Slick Slideshow” now some 12 times. For some reason, the latest time, didn’t work. Copied and pasted the scrip from a working website. No good. Images are all the right size because they are the ones being used in the working websites. Aim me, need help.