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September 9, 2016 at 10:05 am #192883eastsidekeithMember
I have created a widget area in before-content in Enterprise Pro for the purpose of creating simple page links and a search widget. Although you can see the content none of the page links work and neither does the search widget. For the page links I used a enhanced text widget. The site is here: http://jnwhitedesignsver.com I have placed these widgets in other widget areas and they work fine. I am confused as to why they work in other widget areas and not in the widget area I created. Can anyone solve this mystery? Thanks
http://jnwhitedesignsver.comSeptember 9, 2016 at 10:21 am #192886sgoergerMemberLooks like they work - but there is some kind of overlapping of elements that are keeping clicks from working on the links and the search at top (unless you delete a bunch of elements out of the way, which is what I did to make them fire).
I am not saying this is the perfect answer ... it is kind of quick. But I notice that adding
.welcome-text {height: 50px;}
to css is at least a simple way to get those links/search 'uncovered' and working again. I think there is a little deeper mystery as to why these are overlapping, that maybe you want to work on. (there might be some mobile/responsive concerns with my quickfix, too).
Good luck!
September 9, 2016 at 10:39 am #192888eastsidekeithMemberThanks for your insight. I put the styling you sent into the style sheet and it worked. When I originally wrote the styles I should have put a height into the code but didn't. I think I know what is going on. I use Beaver Builder and I believe the top row in the main content is overlapping the widget and hiding it's functionality. I know your fix isn't pretty but it works for now.
September 9, 2016 at 10:41 am #192890sgoergerMemberThose "Page Builder" plugins can get a little unwieldy, I've found...but no doubt they can be useful too. Best of luck!
October 11, 2016 at 11:28 am #194524eastsidekeithMemberSince the last time we spoke my client has come to their senses and wants the utility menu (the second menu with search box, professional logos below the main nav) to be responsive and break and stack instead of being one line hanging off the page. In our last discussion you mentioned this issue as a possible problem. I have looked at the source code and could't find a way to accomplish this task. I believe I have painted myself into a corner. Is there a way out of this? Here's the site: http://www.jnwhitedesignserver.com/ Thanks for your insights.
October 11, 2016 at 12:34 pm #194531sgoergerMemberI hate to say it, but looking it over, I don't think it would be the easiest fix. Not one line of code I can generate quickly, like last time. One thought might be just to {display: none;} some part or another of this area, at some media-query breakpoint (600px or so probably), so that we're reducing total width as our screen size is getting smaller. But even if I hide the search menu, the rest floats to the right, when we'd probably want it centered or off to the left. So we'd need to get into editing those css styles at certain breakpoints, too.
You could just hide this whole area at less-than 600px if it's the only piece that is non-responsively designed ... but I'm guessing this stuff is a little too important to just do that.
Sorry I'm not more help just now. Good luck with figuring it all out!
October 14, 2016 at 1:37 pm #194749eastsidekeithMemberThanks for looking into this situation. I didn't think there was a simple solution. I noticed that you have a business WP Repair. Would you consider fixing the problem and if so how much to do the work?
October 15, 2016 at 9:25 am #194792eastsidekeithMemberOne item. If you do take on this task the professional logos in the header will be moved to the footer. Please let me know if you are interested. Thanks, Keith
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