I love the way this demo handles lightbox video, but I cannot replicate the effect in Salient. The lightbox Video widget only gives me a button, with no way of adding an image background as shown in the demo. What is the best approach to recreating this?
Thank you Andrew. I think my version of the theme may be outdated as I do not have the option to select "Play Button with Preview Image" for my video lightbox. I will try to get it updated now. Thanks again!
I just checked and I am running version 7.0.9. Do I need to upgrade to the latest version to get this feature? I don't have direct access to the FTP to update the theme.
Hi Andrew, can you help me figure out how to change the styling of blog posts using the Masonry style? I'm trying to mirror the example on the Corporate demo: http://themenectar.com/demo/salient-corporate/news/
For the posts that use Regular Alt masonry sizing, or ones that use the Quote format, the text color is remaining dark instead of switching to white as it does in the demo. Do you know how I can fix this and force it to white? See attached image showing the problem.
Also, how can I change the hover color of the post category buttons as shown in this demo?
Sorry for the late reply. Have you tried importing the corporate demo under salient \ demo importer? That will change the salient theme options settings to get the look of the corporate site demo.
This ofcourse will mean the site will look different from the way you have it set.
Could you try this if your have not considered it please.
If that is not an option could you head over to salient \ blog \ styling and set the following options to the following values:
blog type - masonry blog fullwidth masonry style - classic enhanced blog header type - variable height & meta overlaid
Leave the rest of the option on that styling page alone - save and check it out on the front end.
And to change the hover color of the post category buttons \ labels on that layout please try the following CSS in general settings \ css script related - custom css:
I love the way this demo handles lightbox video, but I cannot replicate the effect in Salient. The lightbox Video widget only gives me a button, with no way of adding an image background as shown in the demo. What is the best approach to recreating this?
Hi Zach,
I hope you are having an awesome day and thanks for contacting us regarding your query.
Please take a look at the following screencast that will outline the steps you need to take to accomplish this.
http://recordit.co/vnYVxx0kvs
Please let me know if there are any more questions that I may answer for you :)
Cheers!
Thank you Andrew. I think my version of the theme may be outdated as I do not have the option to select "Play Button with Preview Image" for my video lightbox. I will try to get it updated now. Thanks again!
I just checked and I am running version 7.0.9. Do I need to upgrade to the latest version to get this feature? I don't have direct access to the FTP to update the theme.
Hi Zach,
Thank you for replying with this information.
Yes you will need to update to the latest version of the Salient Theme file and also the Salient Visual Composer.
You may click on the link below for an awesome article that illustrates the necessary steps to take to update the theme and Visual Composer
How To Update Salient Theme & Salient Visual Composer
Please let me know if there are any more questions that I can answer for you :)
Cheers!
Hi Andrew, can you help me figure out how to change the styling of blog posts using the Masonry style? I'm trying to mirror the example on the Corporate demo: http://themenectar.com/demo/salient-corporate/news/
For the posts that use Regular Alt masonry sizing, or ones that use the Quote format, the text color is remaining dark instead of switching to white as it does in the demo. Do you know how I can fix this and force it to white? See attached image showing the problem.
Also, how can I change the hover color of the post category buttons as shown in this demo?
Thanks!
Hi Zach,
Sorry for the late reply.
Have you tried importing the corporate demo under salient \ demo importer? That will change the salient theme options settings to get the look of the corporate site demo.
This ofcourse will mean the site will look different from the way you have it set.
Could you try this if your have not considered it please.
I'd prefer not to overwrite my existing theme settings just to make these small changes. Is there any other way I can make these changes? Thanks!
Hi Zach,
If that is not an option could you head over to salient \ blog \ styling and set the following options to the following values:
blog type - masonry blog fullwidth
masonry style - classic enhanced
blog header type - variable height & meta overlaid
Leave the rest of the option on that styling page alone - save and check it out on the front end.
And to change the hover color of the post category buttons \ labels on that layout please try the following CSS in general settings \ css script related - custom css:
.masonry.classic_enhanced .posts-container article.has-post-thumbnail .meta-category a:hover{
background-color:red !important;
}
You can change the red to whatever you like.
Hope this helps.