[Resolved] Lost my whole layout

[JJ]

Oh my goodness not again…I really want to use this theme, but this is now the 3rd time I need to reinstall my site from scratch, hoping someone would be able to help me. I’m busy with optimization and have lost my layout. My menu is now all of a sudden below each other and my product pictures are huge? I had the price next to my product pictures but its big now with price info below it.

http://www.vsibikes.com

Please can someone save me here?

Much appreciated

JJ

[Tom]

I would need some more information to help.

What steps did you take right before this happened?

Installed a caching plugin perhaps?

Restarting from scratch is never necessary with WordPress unless your database is deleted (not easy to do).

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[JJ]

Mother of goodness that was a quick response, thanks Tom

Man, I installed quite a few things Gzip, Pic compressors, some other optimization tools etc. Funny thing is now if I load the Mantle theme everything is fine, as soon as I go back to GP then its all weird.

[Tom]

Switching between themes can cause weirdness, like the need to re-set your menu theme location and widgets.

Widgets and menus are stored in the theme’s table in the database, so when you switch themes you need to re-set these sometimes.

Let me know if that helps or not 🙂

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[JJ]

I never really worked in GP theme, just loaded it, then Mantle and then built my sit on that….then all of a sudden the weirdness haha

[Tom]

So this weirdness happened after switching themes, or installing plugins?

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[JJ]

I only switched themes now to check if the Mantle theme does the same…Mantle layout seems fine. I renamed the GP folder now on root and reinstalled the theme, but still the menu items are below each other and picture sizes are big.

[Tom]

Can I see?

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[JJ]

Much appreciated Tom, holy crap I wish my internet service provider gave me this good service.

[Tom]

I’m willing to bet it’s one of your caching/gzip plugins.

Can you try clearing your W3 Total Cache and deactivating the plugin?

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[JJ]

You da man Tom. I honestly have no words…thank you. Fixed up, Gzip Ninja the culprit.

I really appreciate your time. I’ll buy you a coffee…also, next time your in South Africa, I’ll buy you a real coffee 😉

Thanks again.

[Tom]

Awesome, glad I could help!

Thanks! Would love to see South Africa one day 🙂

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