I noticed that if you don’t upload an image for the VC Testimonial Element, it still spits out a default image included with the theme, however it is not shown on the page at all.

It would be better if there was an option to “disable” the default image if you choose not to include an image for the element. For me, since I have 3 testimonials in my element, there are 3 unnecessary HTTP requests happening. Can you change this behavior in your next update please?

Thanks.

Which type of testimonial are you referring to? The big or small style?
To hide that image you can use this css:

.testimonial_style_small .quote_author img {
    display: none;
}

That image is only 5k so i wouldn’t really worry about performance when it comes to it…

It is the “Big-Centered” style of the Testimonial Element. The image is hidden already, however, creating the option to disable it completely is preferable. In my experience, creating unnecessary HTTP requests doesn’t follow best practices, even though each image may be 5k, I’d rather not have them there at all.

Please consider adding the option to a future release, thanks.

How I can hide the image from testimonial? I don’t need it.
Please give me the solution in detail as I am newbie in web.

Thanks

Best Regards,
Fauzi

You can do that with simple CSS:

.testimonial_style_small .quote_author img {
    display: none;
}

You can add that to your Theme OPtions – > Custom CSS to remove those globally or to a specific page’s Page Settings (the cog icon in the upper right) for it to take effect just on the current page!

The other issue I had found with that is that W3C was throwing a Warning due to that default img not having an alt tag. You can go into the shortcode file and remove it yourself, but keep in mind you’d have to update this every time the theme updates as it will get overwritten. From the parent theme’s root directory:

fortuna -> includes -> shortcodes -> vc -> boc_testimonials.php

Line 131 – 133

Just remove the else statement and it won’t spit the image out if you are not using it.

else {
   $img = '<img class="empty_user_testimonial_image" src="'.get_template_directory_uri().'/images/user.png" />';
 }