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• September 21, 2015 at 8:50 pm #215198
  mcheck

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  Hi,

  This is an odd one. Our NEWS page keeps displaying as an Archive page of blog postings. I know this because the layout is different (3 column with sidebar) instead of the actual page (5 column masonry). And the Page title changes to show “NEWS Archive”.

  The actual page is there, a simple Page Builder page with a search and Blog element, the Blog displaying in 5 masonry columns with NO sidebar.

  I have checked
  Settings > Reading > Post Page and nothing is selected.
  Theme Options > Archive/Category Options and the 3 column is the way we have set it.

  Can you help me figure out why the page does not display as configured?

  Thanks. Mike

  September 21, 2015 at 9:21 pm #215202
  mcheck

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  Arg! It is now working like it is supposed to. And I have no idea why it corrected itself.

  Can you assess why the ‘Archive’ page might have shown? I didn’t know a PAGE had an archive veiew, or perhaps that is the back-end just adding that to the title.

  But somehow the page type/display is definitely getting switched. It has happened twice now in the last week and I cannot figure out why. The first time I thought it was a caching issue and started clearing things. It wouldn’t correct, then a while later: voila!

  Please help. Thanks, Mike

  September 21, 2015 at 9:40 pm #215206
  mcheck

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  I may have tracked something related:
  We have WPML installed and if I go to Settings > Reading for Spanish (the only language we have installed) and simply hit ‘Save Changes’ (though none have been made), The NEWS page under ‘English’ displays correctly, as our 5 column masonry blog.

  If go to Settings > Reading for English and simply hit ‘Save Changes’ the page goes to the “Archive” version of the page for English.

  So it would seem that it is WPML-related, but this could entirely be a coincidence.

  And if you’re trying this on our site, please use the staging version.

  -mike

  September 22, 2015 at 2:43 pm #215408
  mcheck

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  This is still occurring, now specifically on the spanish language version of the NEWS page. No switching of the Settings > Reading Blog page on or off is doing anything.

  Can you help me determine how the mystery ‘Archive’ page is being displayed?

  Mike

  September 23, 2015 at 12:53 pm #215740
  David Martin – Support

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  Hi,

  What is your staging URL? This URL is not working currently: http://www.bamstudios.com/news

  – David.

  September 23, 2015 at 1:37 pm #215753
  mcheck

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  September 24, 2015 at 11:25 am #216069
  David Martin – Support

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  Hi,

  This is because Noticias is a post category? So you need to set this layout in Theme Options => Archive/Category Options Sidebar Config & Masonry Archive Columns.

  Your database has gone offline also.

  – David.

  September 24, 2015 at 4:27 pm #216227
  mcheck

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  I added swapfile to the servers. mysql is having memory issues.

  PageName/Category is the same. Of course! Thank you for pointing out what should have been obvious to me.

  I’m not sure where you mean to set option in Theme Options => Archive/Category Options Sidebar Config & Masonry Archive Columns.

  These are set already.

  Does setting them in WPML Spanish differ from WPML English? I don’t think so. But maybe? Because English NEWS page works. And Spanish NEWS (NOTICIAS) page does not.

  I would guess I need to change the PAGE or Category name. But why would English pull the page, and Spanish pull the Category Archive?

  September 24, 2015 at 4:43 pm #216237
  David Martin – Support

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  Hi,

  I am not 100% sure why, can you please log a support ticket with WPML?

  These options Theme Options => Archive/Category Options control the posts layout for the category/tag post pages.

  Cheers,
  David.

  September 24, 2015 at 4:44 pm #216238
  mcheck

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  You got it. Thanks for the heads up.

  Mike

  September 24, 2015 at 4:48 pm #216241
  David Martin – Support

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  No problem, really curious to know their response – please let me know!

  -David.

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