Hi all,

Since updating my new wordpress site with https://www. address, my menu no longer sits nicely in the header. Also the font across the site has changed.

Any ideas on how to correct this? 

Many thanks

Rob

have you got a link to the website?

4 minutes ago, Chris Day said:

have you got a link to the website?

Sorry, yes sure.........https://www.robertpeetphotography.co.uk/

It's because of mixed content, secure and unsecure, see https://www.whynopadlock.com/results/dd42c6d7-4208-4a86-800f-370cfd8729a3

It is because you are loading the fonts over http rather then https you need to find thge @import or css include and fix that

Thanks guys.

 

Sorry complete beginner here....will the following plugin resolve this? 

https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/ssl-insecure-content-fixer/

Cheers

Uh, maybe, but could you not just look at the list and fix the problems? Loading another plugin to avoid a few minutes work is overkill.

Thanks. again.

It might be a few minutes work for some, but not for a complete beginner.....The ongoing battle is learning the terminology in addition to learning how to use it. I'd never heard of a .css file until this morning......

Now trying to locate it....

Well, located css file but I'm lost....

What changes do I make and where do I make them?

It won't be inside the offending CSS file, but the template or file that's including it. Likely header.php or style.css, you should see a link that's referring to the font using http, this needs to be updated to https.

2 hours ago, Robert Peet said:

Since updating my new wordpress site with https://www. address, my menu no longer sits nicely in the header. Also the font across the site has changed.

Homepage kooks OK to me. It's everything else that has gone awry.  But since you have disabled right-click I can't inspect the code to tell you what's gone wrong.

Disable the SSL plugin - you don't need it. You can fix everything in few seconds using a couple of lines of code. Get help rather than try to do everything yourself.

That being said, there are some real issues with the theme you have chosen.  Google doesn't like it at all.

Thanks for the input.

In what ways does google not like the theme? And assuming I need to get another theme, what should I look out for to ensure it's google friendly?

 

Cheers

 

Oh, I had a friend used to dealing with this stuff take a look for the ULR(s) and he couldn't find them.

Have I been unlucky in buying a rubbish theme? It had good reviews.....

Looking at your source code on the home page, line 63-70...

<style id='framed-screen-inline-css' type='text/css'>

                	@font-face {
	                	font-family: "Renner";
	                	src: url(http://4770) format("woff");
	                }
                
</style>

I assume you wanted to us the font "Renner"? Under the Why No Padlock results it lists the font as a problem, I guess change the above to ...

<style id="framed-screen-inline-css" type="text/css">@font-face{ font-family: "Renner";src: url(https://robertpeetphotography.co.uk/wp-content/themes/framed/fonts/renner-medium-webfont.woff) format("woff"); } </style>

As for the images in the page, an example would be in the header?

<a id="custom_logo" class="logo_wrapper hidden" href="https://www.robertpeetphotography.co.uk/"><img src="http://robertpeetphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Website-Logo-Version-3-copy-1.png" alt="" style="width:50%;height:auto;"/></a>

Notice the image source is set to the non secure, non www domain?

3 hours ago, Robert Peet said:

In what ways does google not like the theme? And assuming I need to get another theme, what should I look out for to ensure it's google friendly?

Google is looking for responsive, fast loading site with minimal render blocking scripts and styles above the fold. Most portfolio themes are the opposite as they rely on umpteen scrips and styles to work properly.

You shouldn't be looking at any themes yet. You should be focusing on the content and internal navigation, testimonials, trustmarks, calls to action and so on. Once all this in place you can decide which theme best displays the content.

Sliders should be avoided where possible. Apart from slowing down a site, they aren't effective (as most visitors will be browsing on a phone/tablet).

On 8/21/2018 at 3:46 PM, fisicx said:

Sliders should be avoided where possible. Apart from slowing down a site, they aren't effective (as most visitors will be browsing on a phone/tablet).

Agreed that often sliders aren't the best way of displaying content, however a well written slider will work fine on a tablet or phone.   Sometimes they are useful when you wish to list different categories of products each in it's own slider but it's not the first thing to jump to.  I'd like to A/B test it against a grid view with filters.

Edited August 24, 20187 yr by rbrtsmith

A bride viewing the site will probably be using a phone or tablet.

scrolling has become the norm (think of Facebook) making swiping counter intuitive.

So you are better off stacking the images and linking from each to a portfolio page.

The alternative is to grid the images on the homepage and then link to the portfolio pages.

test both and see which works.

Remember as well that you don’t matter. If the potential client likes what you do and reads lots of glowing testimonials then they will call or email you. They probably won’t even remember your name. It’s a photographer they want not you.

Edited August 24, 20187 yr by fisicx