Can’t Remove or Edit Pre-Guttenberg books
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When I added the plugin to my site, it was prior to when WP moved to Guttenberg and changed everything to blocks. Now when editing the old pages, I can’t see anything but text in the classic editor. This means that I can’t see or change the color of the buttons, remove old information etc. This is especially frustrating since the buttons are invisible on the page unless someone hovers their mouse cursor over them.
If I delete an old book and redo the page from scratch, the old version of the plugin shows up at the top of the page, before the blocks. There doesn’t seem to be any way to remove it. Deactivating and deleting the plugin before reinstalling it doesn’t seem to make a difference. I’m at a loss at what steps I would need to take to fix this at this point, including what files I would need to scrub in the database.The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]
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Yes, sorry about that. This ended up being a victim of really bad timing. Last night my website crashed and ultimately had to be restored from a backup from a couple days ago, which invalidated the link. I’ve fixed it, so the link should work again.
So as I was saying: I first installed the plugin back when it was a Genesis plugin rather than Osom, long before Word Press in general switched to Guttenberg blocks. Since WP changed how pages were built and redesigning my site, I’ve been unable to edit the books in the library tab. This is a problem for a number of reasons, not the least of which because the buttons are invisible unless the mouse is hovering over them.
Here’s an example from another book in the library: https://www.doctornerdlove.com/book/dangerous-go-alone-relationship-survival-handbook/
The purchase buttons are invisible until the mouse cursor rolls over them. This is true in both the desktop AND on mobile.
The problem is, I can’t change the layout, colors or anything else about the layout. None of it appears when I go to edit the information. I’ve attached a screenshot to show how it looks when I’m in the visual editor.
As you can see, there’s nothing besides the text block. Editing the book information (the ISBN, publication date, edition, etc) doesn’t change this. If I delete the book from the library entirely and create a new entry, you get the result you see here: https://www.doctornerdlove.com/book/i-got-her-number-now-what-geeks-guide/
I’m not sure how to fix this, since even deleting the plugin entirely and then reinstalling it just brings all the old data back. Since I do pretty much all of the file and plugin management from the WordPress dashboard, I can’t seem to find a solution for purging the old data and being able to start over fresh.Hi,
The plugin still works fine with Genesis child themes, we’ve tested it.
You should see the book fields under the content like:
If you don’t you have to probably enable the custom fields on the block editor.
For that, clic on the 3 dots on top-right then “Preferences” and make sure to enable “Book Details”:
Regarding the button, it’s inheriting the color from your theme. So you could change it there.
If you can’t you could add a few lines of CSS. Don’t worry, it’s really easy.
Just go to the WordPress customizer (Appearance > Customize) and add the following under additional CSS panel:
.book-details .button-book {
background-color: black;
}and save it. Your background color should be white now. Make sure that you clean the cache if you have any plugin that manage it
I hope that helps.
Best.
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