Plugin issue with my theme

[Sean Norton]

I’ve noticed that the .next css class (specifically the text align portion) for the calendar conflicts with the slider on my homepage and I’m not really too sure what to do about it. I have a lightbox for my images and I think this plugin has also disabled the lightbox for some unapparent reason. Bummed out because I really have no idea how to troubleshoot this– every time I try to deactivate The Events Calendar PRO to see if it’s the culprit, I get a blank window (uploaded zip via plugin install tool as opposed to WP plugin depository– does that cause this problem often?)… it’s the only plugin I think I’ve installed in the past month and my lightbox functionality worked fine before… Can I get some help? Thanks in advance.

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[Sean Norton]

Also, the PRO plugin is causing the Plugins Update notification in the Admin bar (front end of the website) to show that there is an update available.
Could this be because I’m running the beta version of The Events Calendar (thus, PRO and regular version #’s don’t match)?

[Rob]

Hey Sean. No problem; not sure about this myself, but let me see if our dev Jonah can offer up any thoughts when he hits the forum tomorrow. I can run it up the flagpole internally from there until we see some movement here, want to get this resolved for you. Stay tuned.

[Sean Norton]

¡Gracias, Señior La Gatta! I eagerly await.

[Jonah]

Hey Sean,

On the .next class conflict, you’re either going to have to modify the slider to use a different class for the prev/next links or modify the events calendar. To modify the events calendar you just need to modify two files:

/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/resources/events.css
/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/views/single.php

Make duplicate copies of both these files and place them in an ‘events’ folder in your theme.

In events.css on line 426 change ‘.previous’ to ‘.previous-event’ and on line 431 change ‘.next’ to ‘.next-event’

Then in single.php on line 107 change the ‘previous’ class to ‘previous-event’ and on line 109 change the ‘next’ class to ‘next-event’.

That should remove that conflict.

Do you have an example of a page where the lightbox script is not working?

For the blank screen issue it might be a server memory issue. Try upping the server memory to 128M.

I hope that helps,
Jonah

[Sean Norton]

Jonah, first of all… thank you for helping me fix the class clash. When I update my theme, does the “events” directory get deleted? I may be answering this question with the presumption that since it is a new folder not formerly tied to the theme it won’t get overwritten when the other files are replaced?

my website is http://www.womenrockinc.org
All images besides the slider images on the homepage are set, by default, to open in a lightbox. I can be off base by assuming that your plugin has disabled the script for the lightbox.

Finally, I’d up my server memory but I’m not able to find my php5.ini file and not comfortable with ssh to make the change

[Sean Norton]

Update: I located php5.ini and changed the memory size limit and just placed the php5.ini in my parent directory with no public read access… is that the right process?

[Jonah]

Hi Sean,

No problem. No, the ‘events’ folder should not get deleted when you update your theme but in all cases where you are updating things it’s always a good idea to make a backup before you do.

I’m seing a 500 error page when I try to visit your site now so I can’t look at the lightbox thing…

You’ll need to check with the web host for the preferred way of upping the server memory but most times updating the .htaccess should work. Just add:

php_value memory_limit 128M

[Sean Norton]

Thanks Jonah.
I think I’ve fixed the 500 error, so can you retry? I just loaded the page.

And I host through GoDaddy… not quite sure where to add the value, but I guess I need to figure out how!

[Jonah]

Hey Sean,

Not sure why Pretty Photo (the lightbox script) is not working. You’re going to have to troubleshoot that on your own. There’s no script errors or anything so I don’t know why its not working. I would check with the theme developer to see if they have any ideas.

By the way, your website loads super slow for me when other sites load fast. I would ditch GoDaddy and find something better. GoDaddy is known for being a bad web host.

[Sean Norton]

You’ve confirmed my suspicions about their hosting services. Sometimes it works without any issues at all and then there are times like these…. and inconsistencies can cause monumental differences in traffic.

Thanks again for your assistance.

[Jonah]

No problem. Canvas Dreams, Fused Network, Dreamhost, and Host Monster are all pretty good alternatives.

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