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WordPress Full Screen Widget Area
I would like to have a full screen widget in place of the featured posts slideshow.
trying to get this working: http://sliderpro.net/examples/responsive-slider/
All you have to do is copy the fifth footer ad widget to the top, above the main content and sidebars.
How can I do this?
How Can I Remove A Header Banner?
Hi David, I have a 728 X90 Header banner blocking my main Header banner, and I’ve spent day trying to remove it from my Stallion theme. This is what it look like makemoneyindirectmail.com It’s the banner Zero Resistance that I can not locate to remove. Any suggestions? Thank you.
Clickbank Banner Ad Widget
If it’s added via a Stallion feature it would be via one of the Widget Areas.
“Appearance” >> “Widgets” check in the Widget areas labeled “Something Header Area”.
Not sure what you are doing, check all widget areas and look for Text Widgets with the Clickbank banner code.
My guess would be you’ve added a Text Widget with a Clickbank affiliate banner ad.
If it’s not within a widget area, it’s not Stallion.
David
Clickbank Banner Ad Widget
Mobile-Friendly Test : Awesome! This page is mobile-friendly.
Google has released a new tool, the Mobile-Friendly Test tool.
That’s a link to my test results for this site: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstallion-theme.co.uk%2F
I have no issues and receive the Awesome! This page is mobile-friendly output.
Always knew I built awesome websites :-)
Pretty much a yes or no mobile friendly test, if friendly you see a green:
This page is mobile-friendly
If not mobile friendly you see a red:
Not mobile-friendly
With a list of issues like:
Reasons this page is not mobile-friendly
Text too small to read
Links too close together
Mobile viewport not set
Content wider than screen
Since my site runs under Stallion Responsive I have no issues to fix.
David
Mobile-Friendly Test : Awesome! This page is mobile-friendly.
Free Themes
Hello There
I download your theme and I’m using. How can I use the free version. Is there a limit?
Stallion Responsive WordPress SEO Theme Free
There isn’t a free version of Stallion Responsive, there’s a Demo version which is free to download and use from https://stallion-theme.co.uk/stallion-responsive-theme/ Demo mode is fully functional (it’s the same zip file those who pay use) other than all Stallion theme main options reset roughly every 500 pageviews.
500 pageviews is enough time to test Stallion Responsive, but not enough to use it for free, all your options will reset randomly.
If you wish to use Stallion Responsive long term you’ll have to buy a license or accept it’s going to reset randomly (roughly every 500 pageviews). If you don’t have a problem with running in demo mode, feel free to use as long as you like, but it’s far from ideal, the demo mode resets to many SEO options turned off, so you are going to have to setup Stallion over and over again (could be several times a day: it’s random, could be 1 pageview or 2,000 pageviews, will average ~500 over time).
David
Stallion Responsive WordPress SEO Theme Free
What if...
My whole blog crashed a couple of weeks ago because I was switching from one theme to another when Wi-fi failed.
When I got technical help we decided not no activate again the Yoast SEO plugin because it was causing my blog to go down again.
What would happend if no SEO plugin is active when changing to your theme? Should I try with All in One?
What if...
Stallion Responsive SEO vs SEO Plugins
If you are using my latest theme, Stallion Responsive 8.* it doesn’t need any SEO Plugins, the important SEO features and many, many more SEO features are included so if you ran Stallion Responsive and Yoast or All in One you’d be replicating features for no gain.
Stallion Responsive is years ahead of the SEO plugins in SEO features, in comparison the SEO plugins are a joke compared to Stallion.
Basically install Stallion Responsive and dump Yoast and all In One SEO.
David
Stallion Responsive SEO vs SEO Plugins
That´s just what I wanted to hear
Hey David… thank you so much for attending my commnents.
As I already said your answer is just what I wanted to hear.
But there is still one important issue on the table: How do my blog look like.
Can you give me some customers domains to see them?
Thanks again
Stallion Responsive Theme Designs
Stallion Responsive is used on this website.
Stallion Responsive includes features which means every post can have a different layout/colour/font scheme etc… so I’ve used that feature to show some of the millions of possible layout/colour/font scheme combinations.
Check these URLs for some examples:
# https://stallion-theme.co.uk/
# https://stallion-theme.co.uk/stallion-responsive-theme/
# https://stallion-theme.co.uk/wordpress-header-images/
# https://stallion-theme.co.uk/mailing-list/
# https://seo-gold.com/seo-tutorial/
# https://stallion-theme.co.uk/technical-support/
This one has screenshots of layouts
# https://stallion-theme.co.uk/wordpress-theme-layouts/
Also few other sites
# http://skinny-me.co.uk/
# http://www-news.co.uk/
# http://www.elvincountry.com/
On top of this pretty much all fonts and colours can be modified within Stallion responsive (there’s a feature), for example if you wanted the main background to be a gradient between shocking pink and neon green it’s possible without understanding how to change theme colours using CSS.
The combinations of layouts and colour schemes etc… runs into the millions, best way to see them is download and install Stallion Responsive (zip files at https://stallion-theme.co.uk/stallion-responsive-theme/) and try it for yourself. If you like what you see buy a Stallion Responsive ID, if not switch themes back.
David
Stallion Responsive Theme Designs
Whew! Is there a Dummies Guide To Quickstart Stallion Responsive Child Theme ?
Hi Dave, bought version 8.2 Stallion Responsive some time ago. I have a new WP website and am using the Stallion Responsive Child Theme (activated), as you suggested. How can I add a new plugin to the Child Theme? There is no “Add New Plugin” button, only a “find plugin” dialogue box in the (activated)Child Theme.
Also, how do I go about updating the Stallion Responsive Theme 8.2 (not activated)to the new 8.3 version.
PS – is there some sort of easy, quick start guide? I am certainly no WordPress expert! Saving grace is I can tell Stallion Responsive is an awesome theme and you know WordPress & SEO like no-one else!
Best, WM
Whew! Is there a Dummies Guide To Quickstart Stallion Responsive Child Theme ?
How to Use a WordPress Child Theme and Custom Code
You have a few misunderstandings :-)
There’s nothing special about activating a child theme relative to a parent theme. Click activate as you would for a parent theme (which you already did) and that’s it really. When you activate a child theme WordPress activates the main (parent) theme as well, so in your case when you activated the Stallion Responsive Child Theme, WordPress also activated the parent Stallion Responsive Theme (you are running a parent theme with an extension or child theme).
The benefit of a child theme over a parent theme is if you want to modify code, child themes can be modified (you can make PHP code changes etc…) and when the main parent theme is updated the code changes WON’T be deleted: if you modify a parent themes code and use the WordPress built in update feature your modifications are lost.
You can read about what a child theme is at https://stallion-theme.co.uk/stallion-responsive-child-theme/ To update a child theme you have to use an FTP program, so although I have made updates to the main Stallion parent theme (currently version 8.3.1) I’ve avoided making updates to the child theme (currently version 8.2) because a child theme can not be updated automatically as I’ll describe below.
Before that though.
WordPress has two ways to add new features to a website.
First is via a theme (and child theme) which tends to be visual stuff.
Second are plugins which can be anything from an entire eccommerce addition to a site to something as simple as a Hello Dolly Quote plugin (just shows silly quotes under your Dashboard).
When you have a child theme active this allows for modifying theme features or adding new custom features (via code snippets: you need some basic PHP skills to do this) without loosing those custom features when you update the parent theme.
I guess you haven’t made any custom changes to the Stallion child theme, but if you have they shouldn’t be lost when you update the main Stallion parent theme.
To update the main Stallion Parent theme to the latest version should be a few clicks of the mouse.
Login to your Dashboard, on the left menu hover over the “Dashboard” link and click “Updates”.
This will show all plugins and themes that have updates, you should see an update for Stallion Responsive 8.3.1 (you’ll see this update if the main parent theme or the child theme is active). Simply tick the box next to the update and click the update button. You can do the same for any themes/plugins that aren’t up to date**
** Quick note: for security reasons it’s a very good idea to delete any themes and plugins you don’t use. Like all software WordPress has security vulnerabilities, by uninstalling themes/plugins you don’t use if an unused theme/plugin had a vulnerability the code isn’t on your server to be exploited: yes non-activate themes/plugins can be used to exploit some vulnerabilities.
To add a plugin….
If you’ve found a plugin on the WordPress plugin repository site at https://wordpress.org/plugins/ the easiest way to install it is under your Dashboard: left menu, hover over “Plugins” and click “Add New” and use the search feature to find the plugin and install/activate it. If the plugin gets an update in the future you’ll see it under the updates page.
If you’ve found a plugin not in the repository above, but you can download a zip file (might be a paid for plugin). Under your Dashboard: left menu, hover over “Plugins” and click “Add New” and click the “Upload Plugin” link and upload the zip file from your computer. Be careful with this, always scan the zip file for viruses etc… and do a Google search or two to make sure no one has reported anything wrong with the plugin code***
*** Even the plugins from the WordPress repository can have unwanted code, so always check what you are adding to your site. It’s one of the reasons why almost all plugins I use have been added to the Stallion Responsive theme/child theme, I’ve manually checked the code for possible problems.
Last and the hardest route to add features.
If you are trying to install a code snippet this is where the child theme comes into it’s own. There’s loads of sites with snippets of PHP code that can add features to a site, many of the Stallion Responsive features started out as code snippets found online.
There’s a file in the child theme folder
/wp-content/themes/stallion-responsive-child/functions-child.php
You can add code snippets to the file functions-child.php (that’s why it’s there for our custom code).
So if you find a code snippet and the site says something like add this code to your functions.php file, add it to the functions-child.php file instead.
Again be careful with adding code this way, be reasonably sure the code is safe. Also be aware if you make a code error it can take your site down. Minor PHP code errors can white screen an entire site.
To avoid a disaster upload your modified /wp-content/themes/stallion-responsive-child/functions-child.php file using an FTP program (like Filezilla: it’s free), don’t use the built in WordPress theme editor. If you break your site via the theme editor you might loose access to the Dashboard pages and will have to login via FTP to fix it.
Basically have a backup copy on the unmodified functions-child.php file on your PC, if your code modification white screens your site or something, upload the unmodified file and it will fix the code error.
David
How to Use a WordPress Child Theme and Custom Code