WPMU DEV Community » Topic: Widgets doesn't work!

Dukeswe on "Widgets doesn't work!"

Dukeswe — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:58:43 +0000

Ye the new IE9 seems rushed out with alot of bugs unfortunately :/
Thinking of going over to firefox instead.

Thanks for your help finding out what the problem was :)

/Robert

Philip John on "Widgets doesn't work!"

Philip John — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:50:39 +0000

Hi Robert

*sigh* Internet Explorer... what a pain.

There should be some sort of "compatibility mode" in IE9 I believe which when turned on such sort that out.

That said, I would always recommend you use Chrome anyway ;)

Phil

Dukeswe on "Widgets doesn't work!"

Dukeswe — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:02:14 +0000

Once you mentioned Javascript errors I instantly decided to test another web browser than IE9 and what do you know, In google chrome it works without a problem! (Although there is still the huge gap in the widgets but I guess that is supposed to be there)

So it seems it has just been a browser issue this whole time! >_<

Do you know of any way to fix this issue in Internet explorer 9? Some plugin or setting somewhere that needs to be changed?

According to IE9 an error is (did a translation from Swedish to English):
Detailed information of the problem on the website:

Message: invalid character
Row: 70
character: 4
code: 0
URI: http://www.lchf.biz/wp-admin/widgets.php

Apparently the browser seems to get a similiar error message on pretty much any page on the dashboard so maybe it can't be fixed.

Thanks
/Robert

Philip John on "Widgets doesn't work!"

Philip John — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:24:59 +0000

Do you see any Javascript errors when you're on the Widgets page?

Look in the Tools menu for an error console....

Phil

Dukeswe on "Widgets doesn't work!"

Dukeswe — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:14:08 +0000

As i wrote in my previous post:

"I also just tried using your theme on a fresh install of Wordpress without multisite or buddypress or any plugins and still the problem with not being able to draw widgets."

The default wordpress theme twenty ten has been network activated the whole time. Deactivating it made no difference either.

I can actually draw the first top 3 widgets to the side but the rest I am unable to draw. If you look at one of my previous screenshots that would be the widgets: Anpassad meny (custom menu?) Arkiv (Archives) and edu clean | Buddypress random groups that works.

I also just rechecked on the fresh install of wordpress (no plugins) with the edublogs theme and it is the same way there with only the top 3 widgets working. Although instead of edu clean | Buddypress random groups, there is edu clean | Featured categories (Since buddypress is not installed)

So I think it is safe to say that it is not a plugin conflict that is the cause of this problem.

/Robert

Philip John on "Widgets doesn't work!"

Philip John — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:59:38 +0000

Okay, you do need to disable ALL plugins - including BuddyPress and Update Notifications. Otherwise we can't rule out a plugin conflict.

You also need to activate the default WordPress theme. We've seen lots of issues like this where it's a theme conflict.

Let me know how you get on.

Cheers,
Phil

Dukeswe on "Widgets doesn't work!"

Dukeswe — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:12:03 +0000

I tried redownloading the theme but I get the same error anyway. I'm clueless as to why it doesn't work :/

I also just tried using your theme on a fresh install of Wordpress without multisite or buddypress or any plugins and still the problem with not being able to draw widgets.

Nevermind the screenshot below since custom menus does work. It was just me who failed there.

Dukeswe on "Widgets doesn't work!"

Dukeswe — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:50:31 +0000

Have you managed to find any solution to this issue? I can't start working with the theme until this problem is resolved :/

/Robert

Dukeswe on "Widgets doesn't work!"

Dukeswe — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:25:56 +0000

I deactivated the few I had. Now I only have Buddypress activated and your WPMU DEV update notifications activated. But the issue remains the same.

Philip John on "Widgets doesn't work!"

Philip John — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:17:10 +0000

Hiya!

Can you confirm whether you still have the issue with all plugins disabled please?

Phil

Dukeswe on "Widgets doesn't work!"

Dukeswe — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:58:15 +0000

Here is a better looking screenshot :)
To my defense I must say I was abit rushed before since I wanted to post the support question before I had to leave. Because I agree that the screenshot before was horrendous.

Dukeswe on "Widgets doesn't work!"

Dukeswe — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:19:35 +0000

Ye it was bad quality because there is a limit on how big the screenshot can be so the quality took a hit. Not really sure how I managed to get it that bad though x). But the screenshot was just to show that there is a gap where widgets could have been and that you can make out on the screenshot.

I'll try and get a better screenshot next time :)

johnnymestizo on "Widgets doesn't work!"

johnnymestizo — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:40:18 +0000

Whoah - that is the worst screen shot ever!

I cant even make that out?

Dukeswe on "Widgets doesn't work!"

Dukeswe — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:35:54 +0000

I've just discovered a huge bug with the edublogs theme. You can't drag and move almost any widget when the theme is active. To make sure it was the theme that was causing the problem I activated another theme and then everything worked without any problem.

As you can see on the screenshot there is also a big hole in the widget area. It looks like if as 3 widgets are missing.

/Robert