Brendan Nagle

Gotcha. If I find out the fix, I will post it here!

Aha, well modal popup windows are the quick bandaid fix I hope for here, since most of the videos’ metadata is still unpopulated and poorly displayed anyway, but check either of the newest videos to see the issue:

Dental commercial, via Vimeo:
https://bnagle.com/video/i-fall-in-love/

(and/or) Piano girl, via YouTube:
https://bnagle.com/video/i-fall-in-love/

When updating a previous video post, the link field can be replaced in WP, yet will not reflect as such in the post once updated and viewed, it retains the original URL’s video. Writing this all out makes me think there is a field/behavior misalignment that I made when changing the CPT aesthetic, perhaps when adding or requiring some specific fields, but I still don’t understand why new posts don’t display any links at all.

Alternatively, I have these videos’ data organized on an Excel sheet, some of which I would love to populate into separate subpages… essentially a playlist, but framed within the skin of my site. YouTube preferred, Vimeo or elsewhere as occasionally needed. Is it possible to automate their batch creation into posts for my V2 site? I would love to build all content out in Excel (or Sheets) first, including thumbnails or any BTS pics, then just upload and pull the trigger into WordPress, with little to no individual post cleanup beyond spellchecks.

I could also use an automation method for a text-heavy portfolio, into a different CPT, all content data saved from a previous blog site. Potentially even a third CPT for photography… the biggest turnoff I have with all of this is manually doing each post. Or if not a batch process, some way to script it (I’m on a Mac).

Ultimately the videos are displayed on a poor custom post template, made by me, so I am also seeking a theme or library that may have some to choose from and replace the current CPT, responsive with video hero and a few description fields. I tried a few too many things at once when making the V1 site, all while still learning, so my dashboard is a nightmare.

This will be a total overhaul, though I am not sure if it is better to salvage the 50+ videos and their ACF data (primarily just titles and links) in WP format, or if the batch creation is doable from a file then I will just make the (hopefully) easy modal popup windows fix for now, then leave it alone until V2 build is done and batch them all in.

Thank you for any further feedback here, it’s nice to hear from the plugin dev directly!

Wonderful! Much appreciated. And my mom’s maiden name is Cavalier, ha ??

2. It seemed like we adjusted some global templates (hero block images w/ a button) in desktop mode that affected the tablet and mobile as well, but when we did mobile edit, there was no unilateral change (which was preferred). Maybe this was just done on the page itself, from the template, and I am recalling wrong. Or something fishy is afoot…

4. The VeniceSpeed.com URL demonstrates this issue when you resize the window down to tablet, then bigtime messy in mobile view… specifically the text box behind the brand names on that main homepage (you can disregard all other pages).

8. Ok cool, I will tinker some more, must have missed the option for specific anchoring…

Thanks again!

My thoughts exactly. You seem to be a well-seasoned user, so that perspective holds a lot of weight. I’m intending to use my site as primarily a media portfolio, which seems to be pretty open to creative design in any capacity (ie: a totally unique page builder creation or heavily theme-based). There’s also the good chance of some eComm store in the future, not at any large scale, but for professional branding & awareness. Perhaps my question was more with regards to such broader, outside-the-box functionalities such as stopping, secure FTP server exchanges, or private message boards (ideally Slack hosting, if you’re familiar with the software). I will continue building out on Elementor Pro with the OceanWP free until strongly advised otherwise.

Les, you have been a great resource on this board, which makes me wonder if you are aware (or perhaps even a member) of any other Elementor message boards or even professional consultation services? I’ve tried reddit but haven’t had as much repeatedly helpful advice as I have on the www.remarpro.com Forums. Thank you again, as always!

Did you adjust it full width on the mobile page layout setting within Elementor / page building? I’m kinda new to this but just learned that each subpage may need to be customized to desktop, tablet, and mobile sizings. If this sounds new to you, check this out:

Oh wow, this is IT!!! I’d clicked those little icons before but never tinkered around… I thought they were strictly viewing modes for your page in a frame of those dimensions. Sheesh! This is amazing, I feel like I just learned the Force. Seems like standard practice is to essentially build 2-3 versions of each page with these options. In your experience, have you found a greater need for layout differentiation between Desktop <-> Tablet, or Tablet <-> Mobile? The ‘Our App’ VS ‘Our Software’ button hides are a perfect example of functional differentiation (ie: apps on cells and tablets, software on computer), though I would expect most computer and tablet layouts to be visually comparable and only slight adjustments are needed, so I might build out for computer first, adjust, and then expect to do major fixes for mobile. Any thoughts on building the various layouts per page? We are a video-heavy company, FYI. Open to any general tips or suggestions.

I will thoroughly digest the Elementor YouTube channel before shooting off at the hip on a question like this again… THANK YOU!!!

Actually, mobile-testing it looks to match almost perfectly, definitely better than on desktop. I was only checking / resizing it on a desktop browser. However, the font also seems to drop a size… which works great, though I don’t know how to replicate this either on my build. I’m still searching / wondering if there’s a way to designate how narrow a browser must be (1200px or less, that kinda thing) to automate the columns to switch vertical instead of their normal horizontal.

I believe I’m using the standard widget… Text Editor? Also – this is the free version of Elementor, as we’re kind of doing a try-before-buy here, though I don’t recall seeing any responsive-specific feature extensions with Pro, just additional features.

I hope this makes sense! Thank you Les for your help on this.

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This seems to do the trick! Sort of. I’m using the overall section, columns, and individual text editors’ margins & padding to do my best to replicate the exact format of the current live site, but it’s really difficult. The current site has it done to absolute optical perfection, as if there was some line of code or discretely hidden cue that denoted the responsive timing / exact screen size by pixels (specifically, theirs stacks much sooner / wider than mine, which displays longer lines of copy, not a bunch of short lines, until the browser gets super thin… meanwhile my site retains 2 columns until quite thin, despite tinkering with the middle column and other attributes).

I have yet to try and template pages. I remember there were a LOT advertised that came freely with the plugins or theme, probably both, but can’t seem to find either. Do you think any page templates with have this optimized responsiveness pre-designed? The manual sizing with padding / margins would seem to be nice for images and media, but for the copy and paragraphs, I feel like this has been perfected and is available somewhere already so I don’t need to reinvent the wheel, backwards.

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