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icons not showing in menu bar on blog page
14 replies · Started by Kin Kok on December 23, 2017
Having done the website on my main directory, I am now working on a subdirectory of the website. While icons on the menu in my main directory functions as expected, in the subdirectory, they strangely do not appear on the menu bar of the blog page, but they do appear on the non-blog pages. If I click on the space in which the icons were supposed to be, I would be taken to the page represented by the icon. Any idea what's going on? How do I fix this?
Hi there,
The site URL isn't working. Can you double check?
The urls are okay. You probably was trying to get to the sites while I was working on them. Sorry about that. Btw, the icons in the footer of the blog page of the website in the SUBDIRECTORY too do not appear but they do appear in the other pages of the same website. The blog page menu title in the subdirectory is 新闻。It is the second item on the menu bar.
Nope the site is still not working.
Can you double check with address?
Both addresses look good to me.
If you're seeing issues, it may be due to this issue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26125030/font-awesome-icons-not-showing-in-chrome-a-maxcdn-related-cross-origin-resource
I am a non-techie. I can read the words but I don't know how to implement the suggested solution. Could you provide a step-by-step implement of a solution? Also, my website goes through Cloudflare. Could the problem be due to that?
Btw, the problem is confined only to blog pages and the blog post page but not the other. If the issue is related to CDN, then shouldn't all pages be similarly affected?
Hi Leo, what is your location/time zone? I am located in Singapore (UTC+8). I will try not to work on the websites during your office hours.
Since I can't actually see the issue, it's just a guess.
You would need to place this code in your .htaccess file: https://stackoverflow.com/a/26521650
The .htaccess file can be edited via FTP or File Manager in your hosting account.
Hi Tom, I could grant you access to the websites. Can't remember how I gave you the password the last time I did that though. Could you remind me?
Can the code be placed anywhere in the htaccess file or is there a specific location that the code must be inserted into?
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Currently, all my blog posts uses only the WP editor. For the pages, I use Elementor. I just found out that when I used Elementor to do a blog post, the problems with the icons disappeared. It would appear that I could use this as a workaround for the time being. Still hoping you can provide a direct solution.
Can you make sure the Font Awesome option is turned off in Customize > General? It sounds like you're loading essentials only.
If not, it's likely the htaccess issue, which I can't help with as it needs to be adjusted on the actual server. You should be able to add it at the very bottom of the file.
You are right. After I unchecked the mentioned box, the icons appeared. Issue solved. Thanks very much.
