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Hey Antonio,

I’ve answered to your email before I read this post, but I will duplicate the answer to the gallery question here as well so that other visitors could see it:

the pop-up overlay images are the result of a project with an “image” format (you can set the project format in the “Format” meta box while editing the project). Simply create a new project item, give it an “image” format, and insert an image into the content area by using the “Add Media” native WordPress button, then save the project. Once you have more than one “image” format” project, you will be able to switch between the images in the pop-up mode just like in the theme demo. Please excuse me if this was not explained well enough in the theme manual – I’ll need to add this information there.

..I’ve also replied to the email about the portfolio box alignment a bit earlier ;)

You’re right about the Google Map shortcode – please download this fix, unzip it, and upload into the following folder via ftp:
/wp-content/plugins/shortcodes/css/
and reload the page.

Regarding the last issue – I could not re-create the bug – could you please send a screenshot of your current settings in the “Page Elements” tab of the Theme Options panel that force the menu not to align left?

Thank you so much for all the comments, they are extremely useful in making the theme better!

Sincerely,
Andrew / Satori Studio

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Hey Rohidas,

please note that individual background colours were introduced since theme version 1.2 – thus if you are using an earlier version, please update first; the background colour can be set in the “Background Color” meta box in the post editor mode (the box is situated to the right of the main text edit area).

Sincerely,
Andrew / Satori Studio

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Hey JM,

regarding the last issue you mention: this is not an error but was done deliberately, since the Theme Options panel contains some sensitive settings which can significantly affect the entire website – I did not intend such settings to be available to users who are only editors and not the owners/administrators of the website. However, I’ve prepared a custom file for you which you can use to show the Theme Options panel to editors as well: please download this archive from my vault, unzip it, and upload the contained file into the following folder: /wp-content/themes/Ikebana/includes/option-tree/classes/.

Please let me know if the custom file is working!

Sincerely,
Andrew / Satori Studio

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Hey JM,

I always like to read some French, but for two reasons – firstly, since mine is enough to understand the technical matter but definitely not sufficient to explain it, and secondly – because I want the information on this forum to be accessible to all future visitors who would benefit from the knowledgebase, I will answer in English:

Regarding the two portfolio pages: sorry, I forgot that there were multiple instances of referring to a specific portfolio page template (the conditional call “is_page_template(‘page_portfolio.php’)”) in several important theme files that determine the look of the theme – we would have to expand them all to include the two new portfolio templates. You can do it yourself if you are familiar with PHP; I can also do it, but this will take some time, and since it is a custom change that is not initially envisaged by the theme’s architecture, it will be below my priority to answer other support requests. I hope for your understanding!

Regarding your second question about portfolio images: the easiest way to create a gallery project is to upload images into the project by using the native WordPress “Add media” button; simply choose multiple images in the pop-up window, upload them, and insert into the post – the gallery is built automatically from the images attached to that specific post. If by “managing the images” you mean controlling their order, you can do so by setting the image names so that they are uploaded in the needed order – unfortunately, WordPress code offers little flexibility in this aspect, hopefully they will introduce more user-friendly features in the next version update. In case I’ve missed the point, please let me know!

Concerning the language, I am fine with you writing in French if it is easier for you (English is also fine of course!); I will still answer in English for the reasons I’ve mentioned in the beginning of this post ;)

Sincerely,
Andrew / Satori Studio

[satori]

Glad to hear that the issue has been resolved! The “Save All Changes” button is indeed a bit slow to show the “saved” overlay message, so it would be a safe option to give it 2-3 seconds every time after saving the changes you’ve made.

Should you have other questions, do not hesitate to contact me!

Best,
Andrew / Satori Studio

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Hey Kairosdesign,

a completely separate font for blockquotes is not envisaged in Ikebana, you will thus need to insert a new Google Font into the website if you want a distinct styling for that element: please go to the Google Fonts page, choose the font you like, press the “quick use” button (the central of the three square grey buttons with icons in the right corner of the font, next to the blue “Add to collection” button). There you will see detailed instructions on how to insert the font; note that in step 4 you will need to specify the element you are styling, i.e.
blockquote { font-family: ‘Open Sans’, sans-serif; }

Should you have problems with adding a new Google Font, let me know and I will provide assistance!

Sincerely,
Andrew / Satori Studio

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Let me know if any of the above solutions does not work as intended!

..I chose the Satori name because of my fascination with Japanese culture, and because I rely heavily on Japanese art and web for inspiration for designs; speaking of offline, I’m Russian ethnically, originally from Tallinn, Estonia, and currently live between Vienna, Austria and Riga, Latvia; so it’s a bit complicated :)

Et, par parenthèse, j’étudiais en France pendant 4 mois, une pays tres interessant, et je comprends en peu francais aussi ;)

Best,
Andrew / Satori Studio

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Hey Mahen,

I’ve had a look at your website – the reason the background slider is not seen is because there is an image set as the default background from the Theme Options panel (“Page Elements” tab, “Website background: image” setting). It was intended in the initial design of the theme, but now I’m thinking that this is not the best configuration. I’ve uploaded a fix into my repository, please download the archive, unzip it, and upload the contained file into the theme folder via ftp (/wp-content/themes/Kabuki). When you refresh the website after that, the background slider should display correctly. Let me know if this corrects the issue!

Sincerely,
Andrew / Satori Studio

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Hey Jean-Marie,

I will go over the questions one by one:

1). I see now that I confused which part of the website you had in mind – I think what you need is the “Copyright background color” in the same tab of the Theme Options panel ;)

2). At the moment it is not possible to create two portfolio pages which would contain different project items – every portfolio page you create will unfortunately have the same items. I will consider adding this feature in the next version of the theme, but so far you can implement two separate portfolio pages using some custom coding. I’ve made two template files for you (downloadable from my repository), please unzip the archive and upload the two files into the theme folder (/wp-content/themes/Ikebana); you will then have two additional template choices for new pages; you can choose the “Front Portfolio” template for your front page, and “Second Portfolio” for your other showcase. The front portfolio will only display project items which have a tag “front” (you will need to create such tag in “Portfolio -> Tags”), while the second portfolio template will only display projects with the “second” tag. Let me know if this works!

3). Good point, I should add link project format styling options into the Theme Options panel. For now, what you can do is add some CSS into the “Style: Add Custom CSS” tab of the Theme Options panel (first line for the underlined link text, second – for the link URL below the text):
#content .format-link .post-link h2 a, #content .format-link .post-link h2 { color: #999999 !important; }
#content .format-link .post-link-url { color: #818181 !important; }
replacing “#999999” and “#818181” with your preferred hex colors.

4). To hide the right-corner logo on standard-format portfolio projects, please use this CSS (inserting similarly as above):
.format-standard .overlay-post { background-image: none !important; }

***** from here on are the questions from your latest post, I’ve continued my list numbering *****

5). Concerning the Theme Options panel item for portfolio filter – please accept my apologies if the name is confusing, I think I will change it to “Icon menu item background on mouse over” (will be updated in the next version of Ikebana) – by function it does exactly what it’s supposed to, just the name is not the best one. By the way, the portfolio box background change on mouse-over is just increased transparency (you can see it on line 1436 in “style.css”); if you want a different effect, let me know, I will try to help.

6). You’re right, there is a bug in the heading text thickness setting. Please download the fixed file, unzip, and upload into the theme folder (/wp-content/themes/Ikebana).

7). This one works fine :) The light-gree heading on the Features page in the demo is styled by the WordPress built-in WYSIWYG editor, which creates in-line CSS styles and thus always overrides the theme settings. The “Body subheading text color” setting, in turn, relates to the text color of headings in the comments and post-author sections of the posts, as well as the subheading on the search results page – as noted in the description of the option.

Thank you for pointing out the bugs and inconsistencies in the theme, I appreciate that because it helps me polish the theme for the existing and future users and make it even more convenient to use.

Sincerely,
Andrew / Satori Studio

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Hey JM,

first of all, thank you for the purchase!

The plugins that are bundled with the theme deactivate automatically once the theme is disabled (i.e. when you switch to another theme in “Appearance -> Themes”. I will consider making them more flexible, thank you for this note! You mention that you did succeed in deleting them via ftp, but if you are having problems with the plugins, please let me know.

To change the footer background color, please use the “Footer background color” option in the “Style: Footer” tab of the Theme Options panel (I’ve double-checked this option on a separate theme installation, and it seems to be working fine). Please note that in case you have an image uploaded in the “Footer background texture” field, the texture will override the colour fill setting, i.e. to have a solid color fill for the footer, you need to have the “Footer background texture” option empty. In case this does not solve the issue, please let me know.

Sincerely,
Andrew / Satori Studio

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