i want to buy a theme but…
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Hi i want to buy this theme https://boldnewsdemo.wordpress.com/
But when i go to get preview it does not appear like it does on the demo,what is the problem here,there is another theme similar which is this https://jimboireland.wordpress.com/wp-admin/customize.php?theme=premium%2Fon-demand but this theme appears fine..(I dont want this theme)what am i doing wrong or am i doing anything wrong ?? thanks in advance
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Hello,
You are not doing anything wrong :)
The preview shows the theme in a very bare version of it, while for the demo some tweaking was done to showcase options such as the Featured, menus, widgets etc…
In short, it will be up to you to modify the theme as you wish to make it look like the demo or something else of your liking.
To get a feel for some changes, you can use the Customizer.
I hope this makes it clearer for you. It sure can be confusing, so feel free to ask if you have any other interrogations.
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Hi, I’ve tried that but there is no sign of the scrolling carousel on the live demo but it’s present in the preview. Ideally this is theme is perfect for my needs as is in preview.
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Re-read the theme description and go to the related posts in the Themes forum to figure out how to work it. Sometimes it needs featured posts, sometimes a special tag; every theme is different.
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there is no sign of the scrolling carousel on the live demo but it’s present in the preview.
By “scrolling carousel” (also called Posts Slider), do you mean the sliding posts under the Featured Posts section (as seen in the live demo)?
It’s normal that it is not in the preview, because, the preview just shows you the very basic version of theme, and where the “scrolling carousel” is not enabled, but the option exists, you just have to configure it yourself.
If you really like this theme, maybe the best at this point would be to go ahead and buy it, this way you can see what configuration options are available, and try to tweak yourself to make it to look like the demo (if that’s what you wish).
As a premium theme user, you would then also be able to ask questions about your specific theme in this dedicated forum http://premium-themes.forums.wordpress.com, where experts in the domain (if not the theme author himself!) will answer you.
And if anything fails, and you’re not satisfied, you can always request a full refund (within 30 days). More info: http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/premium-themes/
I hope this helps!
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Yrs that’s what I mean, however the other theme that I did list had this in the live preview hence I was wondering why it’s not showing, the live preview is completely different to what’s on show. I’ll have a look now, also to note I don’t want to annoy people by buying themes and looking for a refund afterwards. But as mentioned the theme I do want is ideal as is in demo.
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Sigh, I meant to write “try to tweak it yourself to make it to look like the demo”
I know you like that theme demo, but probably not to the point of looking like it ;) -
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Oh, I just realized you were talking about two different themes, Bold News and On Demand. I see what you mean now.
It doesn’t look to me like there’s any template as to what is shown in the Preview and Demo, and so it’s bound to be different for each themes.
Also, I don’t think you’ll be annoying anyone if you need a refund, the process of requesting can be done online, and the 30 days period is there for people to give it a try. :)
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For what it’s worth, if the Post Slider was the option you were looking for in a theme, you can also check out those free themes which have that option: https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/post-slider/?sort=free
Good luck!
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Yeah its a post slider im after ive tried all those and they dont appear,just been looking at (TAGGED) post,i presume i have to tag the posts to generate content ….
Head is fried this is not my thing at all,,thanks for the assistance.
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No problem.
The forum will always be here in case you feel like jumping back and need help. -
i have got sorted with some help finally,now one thing,,, my post titles are showing in Higher case which to me is like shouting ,how can i fix this ??
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Good to hear you’ve got it sorted out!
As for the titles, this will require some tweaking in the CSS file, and since you’re now a premium theme user, you can ask questions on the Premium Theme forum. There’s actually even a sub-forum dedicated to the Bold News theme.
I hope this helps!
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Hi again,
By the way, I saw that you posted on the Premium forum but haven’t got any answer yet… another alternative would be trying in the CSS Customization sub-forum here (hopefully, you’ll get a faster answer there): https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization. -
Thanks again,i found out how to do it by pasting a code,this is all new stuff for me so im learning good things here.
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