If images aren't being cropped when you have ssl enabled it's because of security checks the theme makes. Everything should work 100% with SSL as long as things are setup correctly. Make Sure Image Cropping is enabled This may be…
Note: In Total 5.0+ you can now also create fully custom templates for your categories! The Total theme comes with advanced options to make adjustments to individual standard post categories via the admin so you can easily change the layout,…
The Total theme includes a built-in shortcode for creating a login/logout link which you can add anywhere on your site (including certain options in the Theme Customizer such as the Topbar content field). Here is the very basic way of…
By default when you select the boxed layout for the Total theme you notice it has a margin around the boxed container. This margin can be changed or removed easily via the Customizer. Simply go to Appearance > Customize > Layout…
By default the Total theme adds a searchform to the sidebar and toggle mobile menu styles so your mobile visitors can easily search your site. However, if you don't want it or don't like it you can disable it via…
Total includes 2 built in formats for easily adding dropcaps to your site without the need of shortcodes. To use them simply highlight the letter you want to become a dropcap then click on the "Formats" link in the editor…
By default the Total theme does a pretty good generating excerpts for the Visual Composer modules, however, depending on how you are creating your pages these automatically generated excerpts may not be 100% ideal. In our live demos we create or…
We have noticed that the WordPress Customizer can get a bit laggy in the Google Chrome browser. If you are finding the Customizer "laggy" (slow) when opening and closing tabs and panels we suggest you try using the latest version…
Important: Since version 3.0.0 this is NO longer required. You can display/hide the search icon in the menu as explained in the docs here: http://totalwptheme.com/docs/header-search/ By default the menu search icon is disabled on header style 2 because it's added directly in…
When translating any WordPress theme you need to make sure to include all keywords that may be used in the theme in your translation editor (such as Poedit). There are many keywords that may be used in themes and it's best…