Shortcode attributes not working

  • Hi, I’m trying to implement testimonials into a site for a client, but I’m coming up with a couple problems. Any assistance you can offer is greatly appreciated!

    First, some additional attributes to the shortcode are not working properly for me. I can change the number of posts that appear on a page, but the num_words, more_tag, and link_testimonials do not appear to be changing anything. Here is my shortcode:
    [ic_do_testimonials display='list' num_words='40' link_testimonials='yes' more_tag='Read More']
    I have not installed any plugins or made any major changes since installing this plugin.

    Secondly, when I click to go to the next page of testimonials, I get a 404 error. It tries to add “/2” to the end of the url, but there’s nothing there.

    Thanks for taking a look!

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/ivycat-ajax-testimonials/

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  • Thread Starter beccalm

    (@beccalm)

    Update: worked around the first problem by customizing the testimonials-loop-template.php file; still looking for help on the second issue.

    Hi Beccalm,

    Thank you for posting, and I’m sorry you’re experiencing these issues.

    I did a little testing, and confirmed there seems to be a conflict: when listing the testimonials, the link_testimonials feature doesn’t work. So, that’s a new bug to us, and I’ve reported it.

    I wasn’t able to reproduce a case where the num_words and more_tag features were broken, though, so I’d be interested to learn more about your configuration so I can uncover any new bugs.

    The second issue you reported sounds like you’ve hit the permalinks problem mentioned in the installation notes. While that references the testimonial link, the next and prev links also have this issue.

    Basically, if you’re using the default permalinks, then some links created by this plugin won’t work. The only way I can think of to fix this right now would be to use one of the Pretty Permalink options.

    This is a known bug, and is definitely on the short list of things to fix.

    Thread Starter beccalm

    (@beccalm)

    Hi Patrick,

    Thanks for the reply! I’ve just set up my page to show all testimonials on one page until that bug gets resolved.

    As far as my configuration, here are the details:
    Wordpress v3.9.2
    IvyCat testimonials v1.4.2
    Wordpress theme: Dandelion v3.0.0
    Other active plugins:
    Disable Comments v1.1
    Google Maps Ready! v1.1.3
    Ninja Forms v2.7.6
    Pexeto’s Latest Posts Loader v1.0
    Photo Gallery v1.1.29

    I was able to get around the second issue by customizing the template, but just for your reference for bug-checking I already had pretty permalinks turned on.

    Thanks!

    Thank you for the information, beccalm. I’ll do some more checking.
    Is there a publicly accessible link to your testimonials page?

    Thread Starter beccalm

    (@beccalm)

    Here’s the link to the test site: https://pbwebtest.com/gmb/testimonials/

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