hello.  I read on a previous ticket ( https://themenectar.ticksy.com//ticket/1001435/ CLOSED) that we can turn on full VC. However it was indicating that we'd loose the optimization. 

However there are some major things missing from the salient VC.

// blog filter
 I can't seem to figure out how to turn on the filter for the blog grid.  

// grid builder 

less important but it would be nice to be able to style the blog grid. 

// return button

on the portfolio there is a way to get back to the portfolio page from 

is there such a button or system for regular blog ?

thank you for your reply Tahir.

Would it be a bad idea if some of the VC blog functionality was left back in a future version of Salient theme?

When I build for a creative company I find they often have need for organized blogs and for example job listings. All of this could be solved with a little bit more freedom of the VC functionality

The rest of Salient is so good. I want to keep using it for future websites too. I'm sure I can't be the only one that has these same needs.

Or does this all conflict with your attempt to keep Salient lean and optimized.

which is of course also important 

Hi Tahir!

I'm actually trying to do the opposite. Switch from regular visual composer to Salient visual composer. But nothing is transferring over. it's appearing as code on the site. Is there a way to transition?

thanks!
Rian