& in javascript

Could you send me a link to your site please? And also let me know which browser you’re using.

Thanks
Tom.

Hi Tom,

https://www.jenasound.nl

Google Chrome, also tested latest Internet Explorer

Thanks,

The source says:

if (window.jQuery &# 038;& jQuery.isReady) {

The bit that says ‘&# 038;’ should just say ‘&’. WordPress is converting it for some reason.

I found a few support threads about this on google: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/unwanted-characters-038, but none of them seem to come up with a real solution.

Have you edited anything that you think might have caused it? Has it just started happening recently?

Regards,
Tom.

Hi Tom,

Thanks. I haven’t edited anything. Updated some plugins today, but removed them to test if any of them were causing the problem.

Only the first & is converted, not the second. Really strange. It just started tonight …

Yeah, it is strange! Not seen it before.

The ‘quick but not quite right’ solution seems to be to add this line to your /wp-content/themes/[your theme]/functions.php file:

remove_filter('the_content', 'wptexturize');

Hopefully that should get you up and running while I work out something better..

Regards
Tom.

Hi,

This is fixed locally now, it will be available in v1.3.

The fix was to change the code to:

if (window.jQuery) {
    if (jQuery.isReady) {
        [snip]
    }
}

Not ideal, but a workaround for the “&” bug.

Regards,
Tom.

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the fix. Got it to work again:

/**
     * Return the Javascript to kick off the slider. Code is wrapped in a timer
     * to allow for themes that load jQuery at the bottom of the page.
     *
     * @return string javascript
     */
    private function get_inline_javascript($type, $identifier) {
        $retVal  = "\n<script type='text/javascript'>";
        $retVal .= "\n    var " . $identifier . " = function($) {";
        $retVal .= "\n        $('#" . $identifier . "')." . $type . "({ ";
        $retVal .= "\n            " . $this->get_params();
        $retVal .= "\n        });";
        $retVal .= "\n    };";
        $retVal .= "\n    var timer_" . $identifier . " = function() {";
        $retVal .= "\n        if (window.jQuery) {";
        $retVal .= "\n        if (jQuery.isReady) {";
        $retVal .= "\n            " . $identifier . "(window.jQuery);";
        $retVal .= "\n        } else {";
        $retVal .= "\n            window.setTimeout(timer_" . $identifier . ", 100);";
        $retVal .= "\n               }";
        $retVal .= "\n            };";
        $retVal .= "\n        }";
        $retVal .= "\n    timer_" . $identifier . "();";
        $retVal .= "\n</script>";

        return $retVal;
    }

Hi Neefje,

Just wanted to let you know that we actually backed out this fix from 1.3 – so it won’t be included. It seems like an isolated case, but if we get more reports in we’ll put the fix back in.

If you update to 1.3, you can put your fix into /ml-slider/inc/metaslider.class.php

Regards,
Tom