Skip to content
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Users
  • Search
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse

Lay Theme Forum

D

Domenic Driessen

@Domenic Driessen
About
Posts
19
Topics
8
Shares
0
Groups
0
Followers
0
Following
0

Posts

Recent Best Controversial

  • Optimization, SPeed, tracking and triggering the right pageload event
    D Domenic Driessen
    May 7, 2024, 9:22 AM

    THX!!! <3 This helped so much omg.

    In the meantime and with your help I could fix everything and speed up my website although it's still not very ideal speed wise. I've looked into your guide and using a cache as well as CDN would require me to disable ajax/enable compatibility mode which on the other side would cause the website to basically reset every time I click something which on the split screen layout would look not very nice.

    So I guess I've hit a soft cap of optimization where the only possible next step would be to either give up somoothness for speed with cache / disabled ajax or spend significantly more money on a host dedicated for speed?

    This is my website now:
    www.domenicdriessen.com

    General Discussion

  • Optimization, SPeed, tracking and triggering the right pageload event
    D Domenic Driessen
    Apr 22, 2024, 10:17 AM

    Huhu,

    I'm on the finishing line of my new website, I just have to fix some issues to solve:

    Triggering the right pageload event
    My Navigation on the bottom is custom made, basically just boxes with links in it and I tried making the whole box clickable for convenience. The problem now is I feel like inserting a link through jquery or even through linking a website on a piece of text is triggering a different "loadpage" event than clicking on my project thumbnails or on clicking on a menu made with the laytheme menu tool. It's triggering a reload of the whole page which runs into issues (first: speed and it doesn't look nice, second: "about" is not opened as an overlay anmyore but as a split screen page on the right side.

    Is there any way to trigger the "laytheme version" of loading a new page with code?

    Tracking the active project
    If yes this would be very convenient as I think then it would also be possible to give the currently clicked portrait or menu point an "active" status and let it stay in color or inverted during the time the user stays on this menu point.

    Speed and reliability
    Clicking on a project thumbnail changes the url in the browser immediately. Actually triggering the load of the page can take up to 5 seconds or not happen at all/just with another click on the project thumbnail. How to fix these issues? This actually makes being on the website not very enjoyable and unreliable. All photos have been resized by upload for long side 2500px and they are around 800kb in size. Carousels take a really long time to load as well but I guess this is more about size optimization with photos but I still think it's taking too long. I read in your guide about how to make the websites faster with choosing a hoster focused on speed. I'm at strato, didn't have any issues yet but ofc I cannot tell if it is something to do with the hoster and don't have anyone to do some testing with on a fster system tbh. But I feel like this souldn't be happening like that.

    THX <3

    General Discussion

  • Custom Text as Burger icon // custom position
    D Domenic Driessen
    Jan 9, 2024, 9:59 AM

    Thaaaanks! That helped a lot :)

    Feedback

  • Custom Text as Burger icon // custom position
    D Domenic Driessen
    Jan 8, 2024, 10:23 AM

    ...aaaaand what I noticed as a small bug: When you have a carousel on an overlay page, the arrow keys don't work for navigation.

    Feedback

  • Custom Text as Burger icon // custom position
    D Domenic Driessen
    Jan 7, 2024, 1:04 PM

    @arminunruh said in Custom Text as Burger icon // custom position:

    Would also love to have the overview overlay be open as the landing page.

    mh i dont really understand this
    an overlay cannot be open by default, it always needs to be opened by clicking on a link to the overlay

    Hm, I mean it like this:
    https://domenicdriessen.com/portraits/
    If you now click on "Back to Overview", the overlay with a carousel is opened which functions as an intro. If I link the overview page as a landing page it does not function as an overlay but as a page. How do I get an overlay to act as a landing page? Maybe there's a workaround? Hope it's clearer what I mean now...

    so when you link to the overlay page, you have to make sure you click on the page
    in the list of pages and projects when linking a text:
    Screenshot 2024-01-06 at 20.01.11.png

    instead of just entering the url into the url input

    Aaah okay I see, just copypasted the links to overlay pages which would not work.

    Another thing I haven't been able to figure out and what seems to be a bug is that there is suddenly a big margin around the layouted page.

    Hmm i see!
    can you send your website address, /wp-admin/ username and password and a link to this topic to info@laytheme.com?

    Sure, will do! Thank you!

    Feedback

  • Custom Text as Burger icon // custom position
    D Domenic Driessen
    Jan 5, 2024, 11:09 AM

    Another thing I haven't been able to figure out and what seems to be a bug is that there is suddenly a big margin around the layouted page.
    Bildschirmfoto 2024-01-05 um 12.06.42.png Bildschirmfoto 2024-01-05 um 12.07.05.png

    Feedback

  • Custom Text as Burger icon // custom position
    D Domenic Driessen
    Dec 30, 2023, 1:01 PM

    @arminunruh
    Thank you for your answer! As for right now a link to the page or putting it in a menu does not open it as an overlay for me:

    https://domenicdriessen.com/overview/
    https://domenicdriessen.com/about/

    If you click on the burger menus it does.

    Is it because of the split screen layout maybe?

    Would also love to have the overview overlay be open as the landing page.

    Feedback

  • Custom Text as Burger icon // custom position
    D Domenic Driessen
    Dec 28, 2023, 12:57 PM

    Hello,

    was just wondering if it is maybe possible to include an option for the Burger Menu item to be a text (playing around with overlays and LOVING this feature). As it is possible for the "x close" icon to be a text it would be convenient to have this option for the burger icon as well.

    As for positioning I find "space around" a weird setting. I might want to position it 150 px from the right side of my screen or in the middle and not with an equally distributed space around. And it would be nice to also have bottom left and right options

    Thank you <3

    // edit: In the tutorial it looked like you could link an element like a text field to activate the overlay on click. Is it possible?

    Feedback

  • project thumbnail Tag filters with split screen layout not working properly
    D Domenic Driessen
    Aug 21, 2023, 12:42 PM

    @arminunruh

    Had the options enabled/disabled as you described and it still resets the filter when clicking a thumbnail on the thumbnail grid. Tried every other combination just to make sure it's not my fault. Still does not work for me. :(

    And thank you so much for including the option for the not-reordering of the tags. Works like a charm!

    Bug Reports

  • project thumbnail Tag filters with split screen layout not working properly
    D Domenic Driessen
    Aug 10, 2023, 4:03 PM

    Hello and thank you for your fast answer. Will reply more frequently now – back to office...

    i understand. however, this is too much work for this use case, im not sure many people would use this

    I see, understandable!
    Any chance, the re-ordering of the tags can be disabled in future?

    @arminunruh said in project thumbnail Tag filters with split screen layout not working properly:

    i cant access that website, i think its only accessible locally on your computer

    however, i just saw the video on vimeo

    mmh
    can you also go to lay options
    scroll all the way down and make sure this is disabled:
    Screenshot 2023-08-03 at 15.25.42.png

    i will release an update later today. install that update and then it should work properly

    Have the option disabled already.

    Thank you so much for taking care of this, but it sadly didn't do the job for me.

    Have the site accessible online now:
    domenicdriessen.flywheelsites.com
    username: flywheel
    pw: sensible-marina

    Easiest way to see that it still resets the status is to select category "corporate" (only one entry), then select the project and see the left side resetting.

    Bug Reports

  • project thumbnail Tag filters with split screen layout not working properly
    D Domenic Driessen
    Aug 3, 2023, 6:06 AM

    @arminunruh

    Already activated the option "Never change scrolling position when navigating" –> followed your linked tutorial step by step

    I'm running the site locally through local atm but I'll try keeping it running for a day or two so you might be able to check. :)

    smoggy-mine.localsite.io
    User: harbor
    PW: scarce

    why would you want a different layout for the tag or category filter?

    For easier styling, for easier positioning. For example I would like to have three Filters on top of my website, them being aligned horizontally, underneath there should be a horizontal line, visually separating them from the thumbnails, all going from one edge of the screen to the other. Now I wanna position the thumbnail grid let's say on the left side of the screen, only covering half the space, this isn't possible right now because the filters are always glued to the grid and always having the width of the grid.

    In my layout I sent you I left one column to the left and right empty. This fits nicely for the grid but I would wanna have the filters on top spanning the whole grid.
    Also I would love to have an option to have their position fixed and not rearranging all the time.

    Bug Reports

  • project thumbnail Tag filters with split screen layout not working properly
    D Domenic Driessen
    Jul 26, 2023, 3:05 PM

    Hello there,

    I was trying to make a photography portfolio page in split screen layout.

    On the left side there's a thumbnail grid with filter options (portrait, reportage, corporate...). On the right side there's the corresponding project.

    Now there's a fundamental technical problem with that:
    Whenever I have a category selected it filters fine. Whenever I click on a thumbnail on the left the full page reloads and all filters as well as scroll position on the left are reset. This makes all usability void.

    I tried building a workaround through javascript and even sat down with a full time web developer and we came to the conclusion that without knowing the name of the function that sets filters and stores them and firing that on reload we can't make it work. As laytheme's code is not open source I guess it's not possible to find a versatile workaround for that which really is a bummer.

    I think updating the thumbnail grid filter functions so they work with split screen layouts would be a big plus for laytheme!

    And another thought considering filter options:

    It would be really really cool having the option of using a simple text box as a tag/category filter to have more versatility with filters and the thumbnail grid! Like connecting the text box with a certain tag/filter and having a toggle option to use certain styling on toggle state on/off. For example an active tag is text color blue and an inactive is red. It can be done with css now but the positioning of the tag filters outside the pre-defined positions is a big big hustle and sometimes even downright impossible.

    I would be super happy if tag filters with split layout would be updated in future because that's what is holding me back creating my new website right now. :(

    Litte example screencap here:

    https://vimeo.com/848753887?share=copy

    Bug Reports

  • Organizing Tag filters
    D Domenic Driessen
    Mar 8, 2023, 3:50 PM

    Re: Organizing tags in the Tag Filter

    Hey there, I've been playing around with a new Layout for my website. The Tag Filter should play a central role in navigating my portfolio page. There are certain categories you can access through the tag filter.

    I had the same issue as in the post linked before. The Tags would reorganize themselves when clicking a filter option. The active one is pushed to the top and the other ones are appended at the bottom again.
    I would like them to stay in place and – if possible – have them organized through checkboxes. You can see an example in the pictues appended. (the second one just for visualization of the checkboxes... these are actually just text blocks that do nothing)

    Bildschirmfoto 2023-03-08 um 15.39.19.png

    Bildschirmfoto 2023-03-08 um 15.39.41.png

    When loading the page all boxes should be checked... To achieve this I wrote this code:

    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
      var tagBubbles = document.querySelectorAll('.tag-bubble.lay-filter-visible');
      for (var i = 0; i < tagBubbles.length; i++) {
        tagBubbles[i].classList.add('lay-tag-active');
      }
    });
    

    But whenever I click on a project thumbnail, the page is reloaded and the code is reset...

    I managed to append checkboxes though javascript but they would disappear when I click a project tumbnail or a filter.
    wrote this code to troubleshoot and it would fire only once when first clicking a filter. It seems like everthing is reset somehow whenever an action fires??

        jQuery(document).on("click", ".tag-bubble", function(event) {
        	console.log("yay!");
        });
    

    Enabled Ajax compatibility mode but it doesn't make a difference.

    Maybe I'm having the wrong ideas on how to implement scripts in laytheme here, but maybe you have some ideas. :)

    General Discussion

  • Gridder not showing
    D Domenic Driessen
    Feb 1, 2019, 12:42 PM

    Thank you that worked!

    Bug Reports

  • Gridder not showing
    D Domenic Driessen
    Jan 27, 2019, 12:25 PM

    Hello LayTheme team,

    I haven't logged into my Wordpress admin for quite a while and now wanted to update some stuff on my website.
    Inconveniently gridder does not seem to load/show at all. I attached you a screenshot. I'm working with firefox but installed chrome to test if it's a browser issue. Doesn't seem to be the case as it is not showing there as well. Disabled adblocker and tracking blockers testwise but it does not seem to be the issue.

    Thank you in advance!

    Best, Domenic.

    PS: my website: www.domenicdriessen.com

    0_1548591841261_Screenshot (13).png

    Bug Reports

  • Vertical Menu and left frame size of Gridder.
    D Domenic Driessen
    Feb 11, 2018, 10:32 AM

    @mariusjopen
    Thank you that helped. :)
    Found the vertical menu before but wasn't sure about what to put in custom css.

    General Discussion

  • Vertical Menu and left frame size of Gridder.
    D Domenic Driessen
    Feb 1, 2018, 6:41 PM

    Hey there!

    Quick question: What's the easiest way to make a vertical menu like this?
    https://www.raphaelarosella.com/

    When I choose vertical menu the menu isn't in a column that blocks the gridder from overlaying it.
    I thought I could just make the left frame of gridder a fixed pixel size. Options for that will only allow me to set left and right frame to the same amount and in percent.

    I'm not too fit with HTML and CSS, understand the basics tho. What's the right tag? And will I run into problems? :)

    Maybe somebody can help? Thank you :)

    General Discussion

I also code custom websites or custom Lay features.
💿 Email me here: 💿
info@laytheme.com

Before you post:
  1. When using a WordPress Cache plugin, disable it or clear your cache.
  2. Update Lay Theme and all Lay Theme Addons
  3. Disable all Plugins
  4. Go to Lay Options → Custom CSS & HTML, click "Turn Off All Custom Code", click "Save Changes"

This often solves issues you might run into

When you post:
  1. Post a link to where the problem is
  2. Does the problem happen on Chrome, Firefox, Safari or iPhone or Android?
  3. If the problem is difficult to explain, post screenshots / link to a video to explain it
Online Users
arminunruhA
arminunruh
5 minutes ago
W
wua.frank
7 minutes ago
I
iinnas
14 minutes ago
Forgot your key, lost your files, need a previous Lay Theme or Addon version? Go to www.laykeymanager.com
laytheme.com
  • Login

  • Don't have an account? Register

  • Login or register to search.
  • First post
    Last post
0
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Users
  • Search