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  • Thread Starter aradams

    (@aradams)

    We’ve indeed removed most links to this page and made other design changes in Jetpack 4.8, in order to make things less overwhelming and easier to understand for new Jetpack users.

    Um, you know many of us have had Jetpack installed for a long time? What if a user turned a module off in a previous version of the plugin, and now it’s impossible to find to turn on again?

    I have no earthly idea why the designers decided to hide the modules setting. The blog post does nothing to explain this move, other than to say that it’s to align the Jetpack and WP.com UI better (largely immaterial to self-hosted blogs) and to emulate other annoying mobile designs obsessed with hiding stuff.

    From the blog post:

    If you’re having a hard time finding a setting, you can just search for it.

    Um, NO, you CAN’T, many modules are hidden from search!.

    This is self-hosted WordPress. We get control with self-hosted as opposed to WP.com. Taking a mature plugin like Jetpack and suddenly, without any warning, removing the key control UI AND making it impossible to find common modules is.. just.. breathtakingly contemptuous of the user.

    And yes, I will comment in the GitHub thread.

    Thread Starter aradams

    (@aradams)

    Thanks for the quick reply.

    Unfortunately, your instructions do not help me at all.

    One: I cannot find a way to get to the Modules page you show the link for. I can manually enter the URL but how would I ever know where that Module page is? It’s not under the either the Dashboard or Settings menu.

    Two: If I search for “Omnisearch” or “Search” nothing comes up. I look at every single tab, nothing there. So where the heck is the setting?

    The removal of the old Modules page–with everything in one place–was a terrible decision, IMHO. It’s extremely difficult to find anything. Waaay too much upselling noise! Ugh.

    Well, the them has been updated but it is not up to date, as it fails the Theme Check tests. It’s an outdated theme and yes, your client would be better off with a modern, responsive theme.

    Thread Starter aradams

    (@aradams)

    Well, I ended up clicking “no thanks” because the “I already did” option didn’t exist.

    Ahh, I get it!

    Yes, there are some “gotchas” when moving from wordpress.com to self-hosted, as there are some features that are on WordPress “dot com” that aren’t available for self-hosted “dot org” sites. Jetpack is a way to bring “dot com” features to self-hosted blogs, but as you discovered it’s not entirely obvious how to go about getting things working.

    This lack of good instructions has tripped up many! There really needs to be better support documentation for Jetpack.

    The Portfolio feature is kinda cool but there is the learning curve… Sounds like you have gotten part of the way there, but I understand your frustration if you are ready to bail on it for now! Best of luck ??

    No Custom Content Types module in Writing Settings though

    Did you activate the Custom Content Type module in Jetpack first, as described in the link I posted earlier?

    Like a lot of themes it changes itself depending on where you use it.

    How, specifically, is the theme “changing itself”?

    Have you looked at the theme’s homepage (link on the Theme main page)? There are instructions for setting up portfolio posts & page.

    If you post specific problems you are having with the theme, someone can probably help you. “Irritating and time-wasting” is not a problem, it’s a complaint.

    @stephendevere what theme are you using? Not all themes support custom content types.

    @stephendevere,

    Site Logo: Jetpack Site Logo

    Portfolio: Pretty poor documentation for this on Jetpack’s site. Blask includes portfolio templates, but you’ll need to activate the Custom Content Types module as described here.

    If you’re not using Blask, you’ll want to find another theme that includes portfolio templates (look for templates portfolio-page.php and single-jetpack-portfolio.php.) I know the following Automattic themes have portfolio templates:

    • Argent
    • Blask
    • Espied
    • Harmonic
    • Illustratr
    • Sketch
    • Superhero

    I keep an eye out for new themes over at WordPress.com, because the free ones usually get released here a little while later.

    Thread Starter aradams

    (@aradams)

    Hi Kathryn,

    A follow-up with some more errors I’m noticing in this theme.

    • In the Clearings section of style.css, there are references to .site-header, but that class does not exist in the header templates. Looking at Twenty Fifteen I see that the #masthead carries this class, but no in Harmonic.
    • In the Clearings section of style.css, there are references to .site-content, but that class does not exist in the templates. Looking at Twenty Thirteen I see the #content div carries this class, but in Twenty Fifteen and beyond this class has been changed to .site-main. (Twenty Fifteen’s stylesheet has this error too, and is referenced in footer.php.)
    • There are a couple of <div class=”clear”></div> tags… I thought we were done with this technique… why aren’t elements being cleared the right way?

    There are also several errors in the template descriptions–not a bit deal unless someone is trying to make a child theme, but rather sloppy nonetheless.

    You can use most of the features of Jetpack (including custom content types) without connecting to WordPress.com. You’ll need to add one line to your wp-config.php file, and then you can run Jetpack in Development Mode which means it won’t “phone home.”

    See: Jetpack Development mode

    I was kind of resistant to install Jetpack until I discovered this option, but now I run it on most sites so I can use the Contact Form, Gallery Carousel, Portfolio, and other features.

    And yes, www.remarpro.com should make it more clear that some themes’ features may depend on Jetpack!

    Thread Starter aradams

    (@aradams)

    Thank you Jeremy, that worked perfectly!

    Thread Starter aradams

    (@aradams)

    Hmm, now that I have used this it seems that it is grabbing all the terms, not just the one that is attached to this project. Any ideas how to fix this?

    Thread Starter aradams

    (@aradams)

    I think I figured it out. I added this to my theme’s body_classes function:

    function mytheme_body_classes( $classes ) {
    
    	// Add the Jetpack Portfolio Tag
      	if ( is_single() ) {
    		global $post;
    		$taxonomy = 'jetpack-portfolio-tag';
    		$tax_terms = get_terms( $taxonomy );
    			foreach ( $tax_terms as $tax_term ) {
    	  		$classes[] = 'jetpack-portfolio-tag-' . $tax_term->slug;
    	  		}
    		}
    
    	return $classes;
    }
    add_filter( 'body_class', 'mytheme_body_classes' );

    Hope this helps someone else!

    Thread Starter aradams

    (@aradams)

    Thanks! The primary mod I am working on right now is changing the front page template to display featured pages, rather than the current options of news, page, widget, and portfolio. I have successfully integrated the Featured Pages code from Edin into the Customizer and, so far so good ??

    It’s primarily the difficulty of overriding the customizer template that has set me to fork Harmonic. I am probably missing something, but forking seems the best way to go at this point.

    Thread Starter aradams

    (@aradams)

    Thanks for the Child Theme info. I’ve decided not to do that with this project, as there is too much I want to change. I am Frankensteining several themes into one scary new beast ??

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