• Resolved marktaylor55

    (@marktaylor55)


    I’ve added a slide show to my footer widget area, but the slider doesn’t slide and seems to ignore all navigation settings. Not sure what this could be as have applied settings correctly. any help much appreciated

    Thanks

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  • Plugin Contributor Chris Dillon

    (@cdillon27)

    Please post a link to your site so I can look for clues.

    Thread Starter marktaylor55

    (@marktaylor55)

    testing.mtdesigns.co.uk

    Plugin Contributor Chris Dillon

    (@cdillon27)

    Thanks. It appears your theme does not call a very important function, wp_footer. The plugin relies on this hook to initialize the slideshow.

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/wp_footer
    > Always have wp_footer() just before the closing </body>
    > tag of your theme, or you will break many plugins, which
    > generally use this hook to reference JavaScript files.

    You can test this by adding this to your theme’s functions.php:

    function my_footer_check() {
    	echo '<!-- wp_footer called -->';
    }
    add_action( 'wp_footer', 'my_footer_check' );

    Then, on any page, right-click, view page source, and Ctrl+F to find “wp_footer called”.

    Thread Starter marktaylor55

    (@marktaylor55)

    Thanks, so adding that into functions will enable the slideshow to work?

    Plugin Contributor Chris Dillon

    (@cdillon27)

    And you might consider checking the theme using this great plugin:
    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/theme-check/

    Plugin Contributor Chris Dillon

    (@cdillon27)

    No, adding that code simply verifies whether wp_footer was called. If not called, then the theme author needs to address it.

    Plugin Contributor Chris Dillon

    (@cdillon27)

    Or you can add it yourself as explained in the Codex.
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/wp_footer

    Thread Starter marktaylor55

    (@marktaylor55)

    Hi, I’ve just looked at the footer.php file and it appears it is being called

    Plugin Contributor Chris Dillon

    (@cdillon27)

    Cool, thanks for checking that.

    I see one JavaScript error that may be interfering. Can you disable Google Maps temporarily?
    https://www.screencast.com/t/d8SIstip8ca

    Did you use the Strong Testimonials widget or did you put the shortcode in a text widget?

    Thread Starter marktaylor55

    (@marktaylor55)

    Not sure I can as that’s included in the theme. I used the ST widget

    Plugin Contributor Chris Dillon

    (@cdillon27)

    We really need to rule out the theme as the source of the conflict. Try a default theme like Twenty Seventeen.

    Thread Starter marktaylor55

    (@marktaylor55)

    Seems to function with that

    Plugin Contributor Chris Dillon

    (@cdillon27)

    Good, thanks. We have two options.

    1. Start a support ticket at wpmission.com so I can troubleshoot directly.

    2. I can write a simple diagnostic plugin and we can continue troubleshooting here.

    Option 1 is quicker. ??

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