license key not getting updated

Hi Nabil,

Can you disable ALL plugins except GP Premium and try again and see if the issues mentioned still occurs?

If it does, can you contact your host and confirm if there’s no firewall preventing outgoing communication with generatepress.com using cURL?

If there’s no firewall, can you try rebuilding you permalinks as well?: https://wpastra.com/docs/how-to-refresh-wordpress-permalinks/

Also, can you share your site’s IP address as well? So we can check if it’s blocked on our end. 

Kindly let us know how it goes. :)

before doing anything you told me, i tried that again and it got updated now. Thank you.

Can you provide me necessary tutorials for setting up the theme? i never used it, even the free version.

Hi Nabil,

I would recommend start with importing a template from site library, here's video shows how to use it:
https://youtu.be/FNhjbNQ8Sik

And here're some walkthrough videos to help you understand how the site was built:
https://www.youtube.com/c/GeneratePress/search?query=walkthrough

Thank you for sharing resources, i just added a library now i want some customizations in it, can you let me know how can i do that?

1. Showing specific category posts i want in these two sections.

Please see the image below, its the homepage currently on the web (cruzingspeed.com), in these two sections highlighted, i don't know how the posts are being listed, i want to list specific categories posts under these 2 sections, can you let me know how i'd do that?

img: https://ibb.co/QHNLH9V

2. Creating small menu/links at the top separately or align with social icons

kindly take a look at the pic below, it contains 2 images, one from my other website marked as "1", the 2nd one is using GP theme. I want to create that small menu/links separately or align with social icons in a line (as shown in the image), on my GP theme website, can you guide me how i'd do that in GP?

img https://ibb.co/vHVCzRF

1. The post lists are generated by a plugin called WP show posts. You can find it at dashboard > WP show posts.
Within the plugin, you can change the settings for each list.

2. Here's a video shows how to add custom topbar with social icons:
https://youtu.be/yAleVWQi5EA

i got the top bar using the tutorial, but i want it to expand till the end, look at the image, there is space at both sides and i want that not to be there.

Moreover, on the upper bigger posts, i want to change the color or headings/texts being shown, the white looks odd, can you guide me on that as well?

img: https://ibb.co/0jFqrMJ

1.

there is space at both sides and i want that not to be there.

You can remove this CSS from customizer > additional CSS:

@media (min-width: 769px) {
    body {
        margin: 0 30px;
    }
}

https://www.screencast.com/t/4pjiW48Xq

2. The color is set by custom CSS, you can find it at customizer > additional CSS:

.wpsp-card, .wpsp-card a, .wpsp-card .wp-show-posts-meta a, .wpsp-card .wp-show-posts-meta a:visited {
    color: #fff;
}

https://www.screencast.com/t/68swUi6W

You can change the color code #fff to any other color.

1. thank you for your guidance, actually what i want to achieve is this, see the image, looks like they have added a bit of shadow where the white heading color is prominent being on the image?
can you guide me on this how can i make my web's upper section like this where the heading shows more prominent? currently it just hides when the image color is like that.

PS: if you open post on my web (cruzingspeed.com), you'll on the featured image the shadow is added from the below side therefore the heading in white is prominent. I want that on the home page on the upper section where heading is being shown on the image.

img: https://ibb.co/4ThB4Lf

2. Moreover, see the top bar image i shared in last reply, i also added social icons on that top bar at the right side but those icons are not being shown? Also, i want to make the main menu section sticky while scrolling, not the logo section, just the main menu section

. I want that on the home page on the upper section where heading is being shown on the image.

Well, there's a gradient set for that section already. You can adjust the color to make it less transparent.

Go to customizer > additional CSS, find this CSS:

.wpsp-card .wpsp-content-wrap {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    padding: 5% 8%;
    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(30%, rgba(80, 50, 50, 0.5)), to(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)));
    background: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(80, 50, 50, 0.5) 30%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100%);
    pointer-events: none;
}

Change this line:

background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(30%, rgba(80, 50, 50, 0.5)), to(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)));
background: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(80, 50, 50, 0.5) 30%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100%);

to this:

background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(40%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)), to(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)));
background: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) 40%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100%);

2.

i also added social icons on that top bar at the right side but those icons are not being shown?

They are showing, what do you mean those icons are not being shown?

i want to make the main menu section sticky while scrolling, not the logo section, just the main menu section

Add this CSS:

nav#site-navigation {
    position: sticky;
    top: 0;
}

If you have more questions, please open a new topic as the original question has been resolved. Thanks!

that shadow stuff and menu stuff are done, thank you.

By social icons i meant the icons i added on that pink top bar, on the right side of the logo are already added, i added at the top bar where background is pink. See the image

Moreover, see the image, how can i control the number of lines or words to be shown at this place? can i? if yes, then how?

img: https://ibb.co/9WvwYkV

Please open a new topic for more questions, thanks!