Switching from Floats to Flexbox

Dear Sharon,
here is the link how you can activate flexbox

https://share.getcloudapp.com/NQurXqRL

Custumizer -> General -> Structure -> Change from Floats to Flexbox

I didnt saw something visually changed on the video, in short, this should improve only website speed ?

Hi

I don't havce the flex option:

I'm usint the V3 and cleared my browser cache:

Thanks

Hi Sharon,

changing to Flex makes an improvement to performance.
One change that may be noticeable is the site container width is now accurate.
For example; in 2.4 a 1200px container with 40px of padding would display a 1280px wide container. in 3.0 it will display a 1200px wide container.

There should be no other noticeable changes unless there is custom code in place. For example some users used the grid-* classes built into the Floats version to create there own grids and columns. Changing to Flex removes those classes which would break those custom grids.

Hope that helps

Hi Pascal - You may find its just a Caching issue - clear any plugin/server/browser caches. If not can you raise a new topic and share a link to your site.

Last question:

Does the improvement to performance make huge different? you recommend me to switch to Flex ?

SEO is the most important to me.

In comparison to the base 2.4 theme the improvement is noticeable.
However those improvements maybe negligible if your site is loading a lot of other styles/scripts etc. eg. if using a Page Builder.

You can always switch back to Floats if there is a noticeable problem using Flex.

Hi
It's a stagging website, and as I said I cleared my browser cache.
There is no cachin plugin...

Pascal - did you update to 3.0 ? IF so can you try deleting the theme and re-installing it.

Of course I did, and I first saif I did it :-)

can you try deleting the theme and re-installing it.
> Did, and no changes too.

It works now: I update to the latest version of GP Premium...
So we need GP Premium to make it works?
Thanks

Yes, GPP Premium needs to be up to date form that option to be displayed as both the Theme and Plugin require the Flex option to be available.

Hi, I upgraded to use Flexbox and now see no way to revert to using Floats - the option has disappeared from the Customizer. And all my pages (another developer built this site a while back) are broken! Yikes. What can I do to get the float version of the css for those .grid- styles back while I work on the fix for flexbox? Is there an old stylesheet I can copy from temporarily?

Thanks!

Hi Michelle,

Your host should have a backup copy for your site, rolling back is the best option here.

I too have the same problem Michelle describes above, I activated flex-box to see how things look and now the option for "float / flex-box" has disappeared from "Appearance > Customizer > General". It appears to be a bug that needs attention. Fortunately, this is a staging site. I have checked this on 2 different computers and 2 different browsers to be sure it was not a local problem. I do not see a fix in the Plug-in's configure screen either. I do use a child theme for most my "Additional CSS", could this be related?