Pages (from Dashboard) and Pages (Appearance –> Edit –> Pages)

  • tvejacques

    (@tvejacques)


    3 months ago

    Sorry to ask here, but searches on the web have not been fruitful.

    A change seems to have happened in WordPress (due to recent update?).
    In the past the Pages created in Appearance –> Edit –> Pages showed up in the list on the Dashboard –> Pages list.
    This now has disappeared.

    Another difference is that the interface of Appearance –> Edit –> Pages has changed. The first level menu is now status of pages (such as Published / Scheduled / Drafts etc).
    There is now also an annoying new panel between the menu items on the left panel and the display of a page. That just gobbles up screen estate, and cannot be switched off – or can it? (I can;t find where). The previous display was much better.

    My problem: A Page created in Dashboard –> Pages is fine when accessed from there.
    When I open that same page from the list in Appearance –> Edit –> Pages, it shows a template part error, and does not display the content of that template part there.
    How is that possible? – same file (a static page) showing different content from 2 different access points.
    That means in effect that WP interprets the same instance in two different ways. Or what’s happening here?

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  • Thread Starter tvejacques

    (@tvejacques)

    Another related issue:
    In the past a template part could be renamed by clicking the three dots. Now that seems to have disappeared.
    Now what shows when clicking the three dots are: Edit | Duplicate | delete — Rename disappeared. Where do we now rename template parts?

    I’ll answer the last question first: You can only rename template parts that were created by you. Once you created the template part, you can then rename it in the editing screen via the 3-dot menu in the sidebar.

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    Appearance –> Edit –> Pages has changed.

    There is now also an annoying new panel between the menu items on the left panel and the display of a page. That just gobbles up screen estate, and cannot be switched off – or can it? (I can;t find where).

    You can change the view of the Page list via the layout options:
    https://cldup.com/hHzBHflH8d.png

    open that same page from the list in Appearance –> Edit –> Pages, it shows a template part error,?

    What is the error message of the template part? Can you provide a screenshot of what you are seeing?
    It’s a bit difficult to troubleshoot this without more information.

    When you look at the page template via
    Appearance > Editor > Templates > Page template, can you remove the template part or assign a different template part to the header or footer? You didn’t say which template part this refers to either.

    Thread Starter tvejacques

    (@tvejacques)

    On this
    You can change the view of the Page list via the layout options:
    https://cldup.com/hHzBHflH8d.png
    This is not the change I am referring to. In the past when clicking All Pages, the showed up in the same black column/panel on the far left. Now they open a new column/panel (in white), while the left black panel does not close.

    Thread Starter tvejacques

    (@tvejacques)

    As images cannot be added here to text, explanations of screenshots cannot be given here, so I put the details in a PDF at https://www.care4tulbagh.org.za/Page-access.pdf

    Yes, the middle column is a new way to display a list of pages. When you click on a page to edit it the editor will be loaded in full screen most (unless you disabled it.)

    I tested with a clean installation of WordPress 6.6 with no other plugins, and I wasn’t able to replicated the display issue from WP-admin/pages vs. Appearance > Editor > Pages

    I assume that the error in your template part you mentioned earlier is responsible for the non display in the Site editor.

    As you don’t give any other information about your theme, or what your template part looks like. I am bit lost on how to assist you.

    If you modified a template part that came with the theme, you can reset it to the original status via

    Appearance > Patterns > Template Parts > Edit template part > three-dot-menu > Reset

    That would ‘repair’ your template part and make it possible to render the full content of the page in question in the Site editor.

    You also mentioned that you renamed the template part, that might also be a reason why the template part renders an error message. You could need to update the template, where the template part is used to the new name of your template part.

    I know it’s sounds quite complex. And I will be here to help you, but I would need more information about the template part, the theme and the modification you made on the template part.

    Thread Starter tvejacques

    (@tvejacques)

    Thanks Birgit Pauli-Haack
    You couldn’t replicate, which indicates that the WP became unstable again.
    We’ll reinstall.
    WP was the wrong decision for us. It seems that the moment one does something more complicated than basic brochureware or basic commerce, lots of stuff begin to clash. We’ve had to chuck 10+ plugins over the past months because of conflicts. It would have been quicker to just do the coding ourselves.
    But we’re now so far down the path, we’re stuck with WP.

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