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moeblis, how is that page you linked to constructed? Is it a default page that was provided with the ClipCart theme or is it running a template that you built? From the looks of it, you'd need to customize the Genesis Grid Loop - depending on how you answer the first part, I could possibly steer you in the right direction (maybe).
First though, did you try asking in the Themedy forum? http://themedy.com/forum/discussions
essaysnarkParticipantI'll repeat what I suggested before:
You might try moving the counter to the top for the posts that don’t show it, just as a test, and see if that changes anything. If you do that, be sure to pin it again in the new position.
If the bug is that it's not counting, then it thinks the page has NOT been pinned. You would need to change the display to counter at top, so that the counter shows, then pin it when it's in that configuration, to see if it registers the new pin. There's even a chance that, once that's done, it would start displaying correctly in the "beside" position that you prefer.
essaysnarkParticipantHi Nicole - This doesn't appear to be Genesis-related.
Maybe those changed URLs are coming from your W3 Total Cache plugin and/or your CDN? I have never used either, so this is just a guess.
essaysnarkParticipantHelena, are you saying that after you restored the site, the same exact thing happened again?
As to the problem of anyone visiting the site being taken straight to the backend theme editor thing... I would bet that that happened solely due to the same problem of home.php being mangled. Since critical code was missing from that file, you can't predict the behavior of any part of the site. It sounds to me like there's just one issue here: What's eating your home.php file for breakfast??
This article is dated but it gives some insights into what that security plugin is doing: http://bit51.com/what-is-changed-by-better-wp-security/
If you still have this problem even after disabling the plugin, then maybe you'll need to go through those files, too (or possibly restore a pre-plugin backup if you have one?).
Definitely odd behavior! Let us know what you discover as the culprit.
May 13, 2013 at 11:04 am in reply to: WP corrupted after installing and using Genesis Responsive Header plugin #40683essaysnarkParticipantAny chance you're running on a new host? (One you hadn't used before.) That lock-out behavior sounded like htaccess IP restrictions to me. Maybe your host has a hidden plugin or other "feature" that is running behind the scenes that is doing preventive measures in wake of all the WordPress attacks recently. Could it be that this behavior just coincided with you installing this particular plugin? The other thought I had was if the plugin code had been compromised. I assume you installed it straight from WP, but even still, stranger things have been known to happen. Also, are you certain you got the latest version? Nick reported a fairly major bug after the plugin's initial release (http://designsbynickthegeek.com/plugins/genesis-responsive-header-updated ); if you were on an old build then that could be the issues. (It appears that maybe the update isn't in the WP repository, so be sure to check that page - that is, if you're still planning on trying to use it.)
I've never used this particular plugin before but I've used other stuff that Nick has developed and it's been quality, trustworthy code. The behavior you've reported is indeed weird. I'd be curious to know what your resolution is - please report back and give us an update on what you find.
essaysnarkParticipantNomad, I agree with Brad, this sounds like custom code. I did a lot of research on membership sites (we're currently using Premise and Paid Memberships Pro together, I also looked into Pippin's plugin and some others) and I've never once heard of any that will redirect based on the PASSWORD that's entered. I doubt you'll find something pre-built for that requirement. Maybe you can do it with Gravity Forms (or our preferred forms plugin, Formidable Pro).
Would be interested to hear what direction you go with, if you want to report back later.
essaysnarkParticipantYeah, it seems like the code from Pinterest has a bug or two. The fact that it shows the counter at all when in the other position points strongly to that. Did it also count pins in that top position? I think that on those specific pages, for some reason it's not counting the pins at all (bug), and then it's not displaying the counter when there's 0 pins tracked (bug? or intended behavior? dunno).
Maybe if you got it to capture some pins when in the other counter position, it would start displaying them correctly in the side position that you prefer. You could also keep playing around with the way your pages are set up to see if you stumble on the combination that the code wants with the current pin code, or try contacting Pinterest again. This type of thing often needs that sort of trial-and-error experimentation to see exactly where the issue is - there's a lot of pieces coming together. At least now, you have a good candidate for what's causing the main problem.
essaysnarkParticipantMy suggestion was to re-do the pinterest code using the wizard on the pinterest site and move the counter to the top of the Pin It image, to see if you get different results on that one page. Right now you've got it on the side.
essaysnarkParticipantUh... look above at what? There's no URLs in this thread.
essaysnarkParticipantMaybe there's a setting in your host's config panel that lets you put the site live? It seems like the domain is parked. You might want to contact your host for help, this isn't a Genesis thing.
essaysnarkParticipantI had thought that it was a difference in layouts or image attributes but apparently I was wrong - the pattern I was seeing doesn't hold across different posts (I've now looked at dozens of your posts to try and figure it out).
The pinterest javascript file shows evidence to me that they've had this problem before and tried to fix it; there's debug messages like "Zero pin count not rendered to the side".
You might try moving the counter to the top for the posts that don't show it, just as a test, and see if that changes anything. If you do that, be sure to pin it again in the new position. I obviously don't know if the issue is it's not counting pins at all, or if it's not displaying the actual count (I think it might be the former).
If you figure it out please report back! I'll be curious to know. 🙂
essaysnarkParticipantPinterest is about pinning images. If the Pinterest javascript can't find the image then it's not going to pin it. I recommend changing that post so that it's built the same way that the ones which are working are built, to see if that solves your problem.
essaysnarkParticipantOK I'm still in guessing mode but the only way to debug it is to look at what's different between the samples.
The obvious difference in the ones I've checked out is the placement of the image.
Is your garlic image the "Featured Image" for that post?
The layouts are definitely different. Look to how the separate posts are constructed and see if you can figure out how you've arranged them in WordPress. That's likely going to be your solution.
essaysnarkParticipantOK, another guess: Do all the posts that don't show counters have digits in their URLs?
I'm looking at http://drjessechappus.com/3-natural-remedies-for-the-common-cold/ and wondering if the "3" is messing things up when it gets encoded...
essaysnarkParticipantSilly question but... Are you sure the "cold" post has been pinned? Not familiar with how that Pin-It button works but that's the first thing I wondered.
You may have more luck asking about something like this on Pinterest. Here's a link to their troubleshooting page, in case that helps: https://help.pinterest.com/entries/21101982-Add-the-Pin-It-button-to-your-website#notworking
The other thing I'm suspicious of is what I mentioned to you on the previous thread: your page loads pretty darn slow for me, and that, or a cacheing issue, can cause odd behaviors at times. The fact that you've now had two separate issues related to intermittent/unreliable behaviors makes me even more suspicious of such server things - but I'm no expert on these matters so I could be way off.
essaysnarkParticipantHey Gary - I'm not seeing a site linked to your message, however one way to get what you may be looking for would be from Genesis -> Theme Settings. In the Primary Navigation section, turn on the Extras option and choose Search Form from the dropdown menu.
If that's not what you're after, please write back with more details and include a link to what you want.
essaysnarkParticipantEchoing Brad's comments, Genesis is a good choice based on flexibility, and you'll have confidence in the code. You rarely ever hear about issues from the framework itself, and the support is good. If you go with another theme, be sure to research those two angles very carefully before you purchase.
Just be aware that there's a learning curve with Genesis - if you've never worked with WordPress before (unclear from your post) then there's a double learning curve when you add Genesis to the mix. At least rudimentary coding skills will be important - at a minimum, you need to know how to modify your functions.php file, which in itself can trip up people and result in a crashed website. You'll also want to be comfortable CSS, but that's true of any WordPress site.
Back to Genesis: Once long ago I tried implementing a Drupal site and never got it off the ground. WordPress + Genesis is infinitely easier than that. On the security side, yes the theme matters, but what will matter just as much are a) your own practices around locking down the site (no "admin" user, just as a start) and keeping code updated, and b) your host. Some hosts are notorious for their sites being hacked. There's a handful of WordPress-only hosting companies now who have your back when it comes to security. I strongly recommend looking into those, they are well worth the additional cost (typically around $20-$30/month for a small site).
Back to Genesis again: Another vote in favor is the fact that you'll be able to change your site as your business changes. You don't need advertising or ecommerce features now, but if you pivot later and your business model is different, Genesis will be able to accommodate.
I think one of the best endorsements of Genesis is the fact that SEO expert Joost runs it (http://yoast.com/) - he seems to know what's he's doing with these Interweb thingies!
Good luck with your site - there's lots of decisions involved and it can be overwhelming. Sounds like you're approaching it the right way. There's some great WordPress talent on these boards (yours truly excluded! I'm just bumbling along at the moment) so you'll surely have help if you need it.
essaysnarkParticipantHey BossLady - I think you're almost there! I'm pretty sure Dave is based in Germany and so he's well into his weekend already so I thought I'd try my hand at this.
First of all, the "ddw" prefix to the function name is simply Dave's initials - Dave Decker Web - that's to make sure that the function name is unique among your WP installation when you paste it in.
The tricky part with Dave's code is the "textdomain" thing which is something he probably does all the time since he's frequently translating WP stuff to German. This should not be your theme name, and in fact you probably don't need it at all since you're working just in English right? I'm not exactly sure what the correct value would be to put there since I don't know anything about that translation stuff. I think you could just change that one line in your function to this:
$sizes['home-slider'] = __( 'Home Slider' );
but I'm honestly not sure. If that doesn't work and you're in a hurry, you could try a variation of the same function that I found here: http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/theme-development/using-custom-image-sizes-in-your-theme-and-resizing-existing-images-to-the-new-sizes/ It does the same thing in a slightly different way. Or, I'm sure that Dave will pop in here when he can. But I wanted to try my hand at it (learning opportunity!).
essaysnarkParticipantBummer when a premium plugin author doesn't provide support. 🙁
I haven't used this plugin so can't offer much, but I will mention that your site seemed to load really slow for me. When I hear of an intermittent issue I often think of server... either caching issues, or is it possible that that the page is just timing out before the widget loads? This is probably a stretch, just thought I'd toss it out.
essaysnarkParticipantSo you probably know about the Category dropdown menu widget that you can use, right? That has an option to include the post count per category.
To your real question: Unfortunately, as you've discovered already, it looks like putting the post count in a custom menu is pretty advanced. You definitely don't need to modify WP core to do it but you do have to get your hands dirty with some code. This code from StackExchange looks like it would be a good start, if you're up for such a project: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/18495/taxonomy-menu-with-post-count-and-multiple-parents
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