Widget loading graphic

[David]

The events calendar started to throw up some issues so I upgraded from 2.0.10 to 2.0.11 but the issues prevail.

The widget on the homepage constantly shows the loading symbol
Cannot browse through months on widget
Cannot use dropdowns on event main page to view months
Whole site has slowed drastically when the calendar is activated

Nothing on the website has changed, no plugins updated or added, I am not sure whether the problem was there before the wordpress version upgrade to 3.5.1

[Barry]

Hi David,

There is a Javascript error present on your site which has the potential to stop other Javascript code from running:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'match' of null

This relates to mlti_str_replace.js which looks like it belongs to the Mimetypes Link Icons plugin – so if you could try disabling that in the first instance to see if that resolves the problem that would be great.

[David]

Just disabled all plugins and the problem was still there. have now reactivated all but the Mimetypes plugin

[Barry]

Thanks David. I can’t help but report these piecemeal, I’m afraid, but here’s another JS error:

Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'live'

This time relating to jQuery Nivo Slider v2.7.1 which is enqueued by your active theme – different error, different component (this time it’s your theme rather than a plugin) but it’s the same basic problem: if a Javascript error is generated by one component, whether theme or plugin, it will affect the execution of other bits of Javascript code.

Can you confirm if there are problems when you are using no other plugins and only a default, unmodified theme such as Twenty Twelve?

[David]

I ran on Twenty Ten and the same
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I am calling the widget via php within the template using
the_widget(‘TribeEventsCalendarWidget’);

[Barry]

Ah hah!

OK, that’s the missing link here. The short answer is, you cannot do that. What we’d recommend is using the widget in an actual widgetized sidebar (and creating a new one if you need to position the widget outside of any existing sidebars – though in your case it would seem a widgetized sidebar would fit in there quite nicely).

We are aware that direct calls via the_widget() to the mini calendar will cause problems and I believe the dev team are working on a solution, for the time being though you’ll have to do things differently.

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