soyd

Hi so just to continue this.

I solved all my errors using nu html checker which now shows only 12 warnings.

Then I tried a few other checkers including jigsaw.w3

It came back with 8 errors and 680 warnings, so one problem is that I’m confused which checker to listen to. The only thing I want to clarify is if I’m W3C compliant and if I’m not how to fix it.

The 8 errors listed on the jigsaw checker website are:

6 .slick-list.dragging Value Error : cursor hand is not a cursor value : hand
9 .parallax-section.blank_template Value Error : min-height Too many values or values are not recognized : none
11 #section-528 Value Error : color Parse Error :
11 #section-156 Value Error : color Parse Error :
11 #section-61 Value Error : color Parse Error :
11 #section-137 Value Error : color Parse Error :
11 #section-692 Value Error : color Parse Error :
11 Parse Error };

Thanks,

• This reply was modified 7 years ago by soyd.

Thanks Titus,

Appreciate you continuing to look into this. ??

The theme (parallax by AccessPress) does provide access to a custom css section.

I have download the cf7 skins plugin but the code above didn’t work.

I tried the generic input selector and that didn’t work either. Not sure if part of the reason is that I’m not sure how I figure out what my button’s name is.

Thanks Titus,

Haven’t tried anything yet and the button is on my site still if you scroll further down to the “contact” section.

I’m a bit of a noob with CSS, do you know the exact code I would need to type into the custom css? I’ve seen similar support forums and tried various codes but I think there’s something about my custom theme that won’t let me change this particular button for some reason.

I would be happy to override the theme’s default colour and replace it with one central new one if that is possible.

Thanks for the reply Steve.

I’m trying to fix the errors because I’m worried if I do any advertising third party social media platforms will block my website for it failing to pass W3C.

My plan was to ignore the warnings that Nu Html checker throws up and fix the errors. Do you think I’m worrying needlessly?

The 4 errors I’m trying to fix are below, but I don’t know where specifically I need to go in WordPress editor or FTP to fix them. When I follow the route it seems to suggest by clicking on source, I can’t find any of this code.

Error: CSS: color: Parse Error.

At line 1, column 8947

size:auto;color:}#section-156{

Error: CSS: color: Parse Error.

At line 1, column 9055

size:auto;color:}#main-slider

Error: The frameborder attribute on the iframe element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.

From line 19, column 4154; to line 19, column 4283

ntent”><p><iframe src=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/203682287&#8243; width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=”allowfullscreen”></ifra

Error: The for attribute of the label element must refer to a non-hidden form control.

From line 19, column 9074; to line 19, column 9153

ld-id=”6″><label class=”wpforms-field-label wpforms-label-hide” for=”wpforms-136-field_6″>Confir

• This reply was modified 7 years ago by soyd.

Thanks all.

In case it benefits anyone else, the problem was the cache plugins I was using, switched JCH Optimize to the newly updated W3 Total Cache and speed improved.

Thanks Salvy,

Tried it but it didn’t work.

Also tried clearing the cache too to see if that would make a difference but it didn’t.

I seem to have a recurring problem where I can only make changes to my website by going into the ftp. The custom css for both child theme and the option within my theme seem to do very little.

It’s been suggested before this might be a problem with a caching plugin (I used to have a few installed), but I’m pretty sure I’ve deactivated them all now and deleted any rogue code I could find for them.

Is there anything I can do within ftp to make these changes?

I know it’s better to have a child theme for when the theme updates, but most of my custom css is in there anyway and I know how to copy it over using WinMerge when needed.

Would really appreciate any further thoughts.

Thanks Salvy

Thanks

Thanks will do

Forgot to include a link to my website: https://www.sleepofyourdreams.com/

Hi MrSlartibartfast,

Thanks for sticking with me on this.

So first here’s where I am up to:

Disabled all my cache optimization plugins and deleted them all.

Now, the website is responsive and there are no errors. I also entered your code into the child theme css that you mentioned in the other forum and now the text has disappeared from the portfolio image, finally!

Thanks for that.

But the problem I have now ties in with your question of do I need a cache optimization tool.

The answer is I think so, my website on gtmetrix is showing up as having speeds of around 50 – 60%. (It may have appeared higher when you tested it earlier because the W3 Total Cache plugin would still have been active).

Is there a way for me to speed this up without using W3 Total Cache? I tried this originally using other optimization plugins and none seemed to have as strong an effect, which is why I ended up downloading so many in the first place.

Or is my website slow because I have rogue elements from cache plugins I haven’t managed to properly uninstall?

Thanks

Also my graphics are no longer responsive when viewed on mobile. (I’m using an Android).

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Thanks Tizz,

I’ll stick to the original topic.

I’ve opened and deactivated all my plugins, checked firebug for errors. I saw the ‘jquery not defined’ issue you mentioned so followed the deactivating all plugins and using twenty fifteen theme and noticed the jquery not defined issue had gone. So I assumed that would solve the caching issue and I would be able to input the code and remove the title from the portfolio image.

But when I tried the various codes mentioned above, including: ‘.portfolio-list h3 {display:none;}’

in both custom CSS and my child theme CSS. The title still remained on the portfolio image. I also made sure I deactivated all the cache plugins properly through their individual settings before deactivating them.

Would this suggest that the problem isn’t a caching issue?

Thanks both for looking into this.

So I’ll take your advice about worrying about the “jquery not defined” issue first.

I’m a bit of a novice with it all as you’ve probably gathered, so have a few questions if that’s alright? (Have been trying to look up the answers myself but nothing seems to be helping).

Can I ask a few questions:

Is the “jquery not defined” issue, the same problem as “Remove query strings from static resources” error message I’m getting when checking gtmetrix?

How do I sort this? I’ve tried a few things. I downloaded a plugin called “Remove query strings from static resources”. That didn’t work.

I was advised to paste this code:

function _remove_script_version( $src ){
$parts = explode( '?ver', $src );
return $parts[0];
}
add_filter( 'script_loader_src', '_remove_script_version', 15, 1 );
add_filter( 'style_loader_src', '_remove_script_version', 15, 1 );

Into functions.php which just broke my site. (I suspect because it didn’t say where to paste it so I just stuck it at the bottom and hoped it was right).

I know you guys have me to download firebug, which I have, but I don’t really know how to use it.

What should I do next?

Thanks,

Managed to solve it.

De-activated a plug-in called ‘WP-Superache’ which was interfering with the plug-in ‘W3 Total Cache’.

I downloaded too many speed boosting plug-ins and they conflicted with each other. Not entirely sure how it caused that error but it is resolved now.

Hi MrSlartibartfast,

I’ve tried the css you mentioned and that didn’t work either.

I entered the code in ‘appearance’ – ‘theme options’ – ‘custom css’.

I’ve also made a child theme and pasted all the code into ‘appearance’ – ‘editor’ – ‘style.css’, no change there either.

Posted a query in the correct parallax thread a couple of days ago too, but haven’t heard anything back.

Thanks for having a look though.