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Community Forums › Forums › Archived Forums › General Discussion › Widget areas aren't showing in new Genesis

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Tagged: dynamik, widgets missing

  • This topic has 13 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 2 months ago by Jason Weber.
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  • October 26, 2013 at 3:06 am #69021
    Jason Weber
    Member

    I just purchased Genesis earlier today, as well as the Cobalt Dynamik for Genesis.

    I was using Catalyst/Dynamik, so I have a good idea of how the child theme Dynamik works.

    So I configure all of my Genesis settings ... not too difficult.

    But when I go to Appearances >> Widgets, there are no sidebars where I can drag my widgets to. Is this something I'm doing incorrectly with Genesis, or would I have to go to the Cobalt Dynamik people for this?

    Here is a screen capture of what I'm seeing in my widget area.

    Thanks!


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    October 26, 2013 at 3:33 am #69026
    RobG
    Member

    Hi Jason, It sounds like maybe a plugin of something you have installed in your dashboard is stopping your widgets area from showing up. Try disabling your plugins or at least the last ones you installed before this started happening.


    To speed up the process please post the link to the website in question.

    We recommend using Firebug to view source codes http://getfirebug.com/

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    October 26, 2013 at 3:34 am #69027
    Jason Weber
    Member

    Okay, will do so right now Rob ... thanks.


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    October 26, 2013 at 3:35 am #69028
    RobG
    Member

    Jason do you have Cobalt Dynamik installed?


    To speed up the process please post the link to the website in question.

    We recommend using Firebug to view source codes http://getfirebug.com/

    RobGoss WordPress Developer
    We build WordPress websites for your business or personal goals
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    October 26, 2013 at 3:38 am #69029
    Jason Weber
    Member

    Yes, I have Cobalt Dynamik installed ... oddly, a couple of my widgets (menu, pinterest marklet, etc.) are showing, but most of them aren't -- and none are visible within the admin area, so I cannot re-add the widgets to the widget areas.

    So I'm deactivating them right now, then will reactivate one by one. I might add that I did upgrade to WordPress 3.7 and things were working fine ... and that's when I purchased and installed Genesis and Cobalt Dynamik.

    The domain in question is http://www.occupyhln.org ...


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    October 26, 2013 at 3:41 am #69031
    Jason Weber
    Member

    Yep -- I just deactivated my plugins, and now the widget areas are showing ... so surely there was a plugin conflict. Now comes the painfully slow process of reactivating one by one ... hehe


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    October 26, 2013 at 3:43 am #69033
    RobG
    Member

    Oh I see Jason, if you have time on your hands I wanted to ask you a question about Cobalt Dynamik, you can email me here
    [email protected]. Thanks so much talk to you soon. Rob


    To speed up the process please post the link to the website in question.

    We recommend using Firebug to view source codes http://getfirebug.com/

    RobGoss WordPress Developer
    We build WordPress websites for your business or personal goals
    http://www.robgoss.com / Follow me Twitter / https://twitter.com/robgoss

    October 26, 2013 at 3:48 am #69034
    Jason Weber
    Member

    Perfect ... now it finally looks like the WP Admin interface I'm used to. I had a couple stale plugins that I had no use for, so I'm sure one of them was the culprit.

    Thanks for taking the time to respond, Bruce, because as unintelligent as I am, I'd have never thought that a plugin conflict was causing that!


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    October 26, 2013 at 3:50 am #69035
    Susan
    Moderator

    Now comes the painfully slow process of reactivating one by one … hehe

    I actually activate them in groups - if nothing breaks it when I activate a group, then I can move on; if it breaks, then I've isolated it to 3 or 4 of them. It's a much faster process than one by one 🙂

    (FYI - I only have 3 plugins on my own site, but when I'm working on other's sites, I can sometimes be working with 20+ plugins)

    October 26, 2013 at 4:07 am #69038
    Jason Weber
    Member

    Rob, I apologize for mistakenly calling you Bruce; it happens when you're a WordPress geek with no life who's been up for 36 straight hours figuring these things out ... hehe ... but Rob, your e-mail was bounced back ... [email protected] didn't work. Was that a typo?

    Susan, for sake of veracity, that's actually what I did .... I have 49 plugins, and I installed them in groups of 10 at a time 🙂

    By the way, being new to Genesis and the forums, why am I unable to add a profile picture?


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    October 26, 2013 at 4:11 am #69042
    RobG
    Member

    Hey Jason it all good my friend, I have a question for you if you could email me at [email protected] I would be greatful.
    Not sure why it bounced that's my mail email address...


    To speed up the process please post the link to the website in question.

    We recommend using Firebug to view source codes http://getfirebug.com/

    RobGoss WordPress Developer
    We build WordPress websites for your business or personal goals
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    October 26, 2013 at 4:45 am #69048
    Jason Weber
    Member

    I tried to email [email protected] from two separate email addresses, twice each, Rob, and they keep getting bounced back (returned / unknown sender) thing:

    Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:

    [email protected]

    Technical details of permanent failure:
    Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the server for the recipient domain gmail.com by gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. [2607:f8b0:4003:c02::1b].

    The error that the other server returned was:
    550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try
    550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or
    550-5.1.1 unnecessary spaces. Learn more at
    550 5.1.1 http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=6596 ju5si570341oeb.46 - gsmtp


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    October 26, 2013 at 4:53 am #69051
    RobG
    Member

    That's strange Jason do you have an email address I can contact you? not sure why this happening. Thansks so much


    To speed up the process please post the link to the website in question.

    We recommend using Firebug to view source codes http://getfirebug.com/

    RobGoss WordPress Developer
    We build WordPress websites for your business or personal goals
    http://www.robgoss.com / Follow me Twitter / https://twitter.com/robgoss

    October 26, 2013 at 5:10 am #69054
    Jason Weber
    Member

    yes ... jasonpaulweber @ gmail dot com is fine ...


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