Understood. I really do appreciate your feedback here.

No worries ... good luck ... I opted to use another template for my site. The Curator theme was a waste of money ... great idea but terrible implementation ... it has two major weaknesses that are too obvious and would directly affect site functionality.

Hi there,

Regarding delayed loading, that would definitely be possible IF there wasn't a timeline feature that determines the years/decades/etc available based on the items that are currently present. Again, this all comes down to how the timeline/scrollbar feature currently works, which is the main aspect of this particular theme. Take out that timeline and you're right, there would be a number of different ways to approach post layout.

Best,

Christopher

Removing that awkward space at the end is not a "preference" ... anyone visiting the site notices it as an extra useless space ... and if there is no way to currently fix that, then that's a problem that you shouldn't justify with excuses that the code is complicated.

As far as I'm concerned, as a client, if I knew about the extra useless space at the end of the timeline, and if I knew that you had no solution for the loading time of the site in your design, then I wouldn't have bought the template.

The loading delay should be fixed ... you can make the timeline load as it is scrolled. I've seen this feature in other themes ... I'm just not a web-programmer so I can't fix that myself.

I'm sure you're a great web designer, but unfortunately I can't recommend this or any of your themes because my experience has been negative. I love your concept of the theme, and that is very unique, but a site that takes minutes to load is not useful.

Hi there,

I agree that there might be a method out there that can achieve the same affect without this space at the end of the timeline, but please don't think means the current approach/result is a bug. I try real hard to fix issues (actual bugs), improve designs and site performance, and add features and functionality, but I don't feel your preferences warrant demands.

Best,

Christopher

Your answer explains it ... but doesn't resolve it ... :-) This is an excuse not a solution ... and I need a solution.

I understand that there are complexities to programming WP Themes, but this extra "unwanted" space is a bug, it makes the site look awkward, and I hope you're working on fixing that with a future update.

If your theme was for free, then ok, limitations would be acceptable ... but this is a product that you're selling, so it needs to load fast (at least relatively fast), it should be fully responsive and there should be unwanted empty space.

I suggest you hire someone to help you improve this theme (and maybe others) so that current clients trust your products and become repeat customers.

Hi there,

The scrolling script I wrote is very complicated. If it were a standard scroll bar, there would be no such space on the end. With the way HTML scrolling works, that space is actually needed for all the features of the timeline to function properly (i.e. click to scroll, position matching the markers, position matching the location tags, etc.).

Hope that helps explain why that space is there.

Best,

Christopher

Hi again Christopher,

At the end of the timeline, when you scroll all the way to the right, there is space ... empty space ... how do I get rid of that? I want my last post to be the end point ... not have extra space after.

Thanks

Hi there,

Looking at your source code, the images are all properly uploaded and assigned to the post. The only thing left for you to do is installed the ZoomBox plugin. You will need to install this for the pop-up gallery to work.

Reference: http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/zoom-box-plugin-by-the-molitor

Best,

Christopher

I followed your instructions exactly ... and when I go to the post, open media, and select "uploaded to post" only specific images assigned to the post show, which tells me the photos are associated to the post. But even after update is pressed ... the post still only shows the description text.

The theme is not automatically assigning pictures uploaded to post into a pop-up gallery. Am I missing a file in the theme? Or is it that the new Wordpress version doesn't support this feature? My site is 1963-2016.com ... the post where several pictures are uploaded to post but no gallery appears is the first post.

Hi there,

This is how the demo site posts were created...

1. Add new post (from WP dashboard).

2. Enter title.

3. Enter description text in content area.

4. Click the "add media" button.

5. Upload all images associated with post.

6. After finished uploading, STOP. Do not create gallery or insert into post.

7. Modify publish date to control the post position in the timline.

8. Publish.

Regarding step #6 above, the theme will look for images attached/uploaded to the post and automatically assign them to the in-post gallery and pop-up gallery. If that isn't happening, can you provide a link to your site? I'll check it out.

Best,

Christopher

I followed the help file that's with the theme, as well as the YouTube video you made ... it's not working. I upload additional images but they show in the post but not on the site. What you have in the demo site is exactly what I need, but it's not working.

I uploaded images, selected them, and then I have an option to create gallery or insert in post ... neither works ... when I update the post and go refresh the page, I only see the text ... no images.

Hi there,

Regarding #2, clicking the image actually opens up a gallery of ALL the images attached to the post. If you're just seeing a single image, might I suggest uploading additional images? That's really how that feature is meant to function (check out the demo site for examples).

Unfortunately making the images clickable to reveal the text content of the post is not a quick CSS thing as it requires a bit of research, writing (mainly JavaScript functions) and testing to effectively implement.

For requests like this, I'll have to ask that you submit a request for custom services as it goes beyond the standard support that I provide here: http://themolitor.com/custom

Hope you understand.

Best,

Christopher

Thanks for the prompt response Christopher ... I will look into caching and CDN, in regards to the first question.

As for the second question, I had tried unchecking the "Link Images to Post Page" checkbox ... what it does is open that same image in its original size ... that's not what I need. I'd like the same effect as when I click the title under the image ... I want the short text to appear. Basically, whatever action happens when clicking the title under the image, I want it to happen when clicking the image itself. There should be a quick CSS fix for that ... :-)

Hi there,

I really appreciate the nice remarks!

1. Unfortunately a good amount of custom development is required to change the behavior of the timeline feature. My best suggestion is to review some of these options...

1. Use a caching plugin like WP Super Cache
2. Utilize a Content Delivery Network (CDN). MaxCDN is really popular.

2. On the Customize page, navigate to "Timeline" settings and be sure to UNCHECK the "Link Images to Post Page" checkbox option.

Hope that helps!

Best,

Christopher

First of all, great job on The Curator theme ... it's exactly what I needed for my project. I just installed it this weekend and started working with it ... very easy to use.

I have 2 questions:

(1) Once you start adding posts the main page that has the timeline becomes extremely slow ... I checked with my hosting tech support and they said it's because the page is loading all the content at once. So is there a way to make the timeline load on demand? Example ... if you're in 2015, that content is loaded ... the content for 2016 doesn't load until you get to that year.

(2) I don't want the post to load when an image on the timeline is clicked ... instead, I just want the same effect as when I click the title, i.e. for the short text to appear. Is there a simple CSS to use to achieve that?

Thank you.