TablePress and Responsive Theme

Not really sure if this is related to Responsive and leaving the topic to the plugin author. If it turns out that there’s something with the Theme, please let me know.

Thanks,
Emil

Hi,

thanks for your post.

Judging from your description, this is likely a conflict between the JavaScript codes of the theme and the DataTables library that TablePress uses.
To confirm this, I’d need to take a direct look at the page. Unfortunately, as you say, you can’t provide a link, so I guess, you’ll have to try to debug this yourself: Please check if there are any JavaScript errors in the browser console, with the help of https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors

Regards,
Tobias

Hi Tobias and Emil,
and thanks for your answers. By going through the steps suggested by Tobias there seem to be a few errors originating from the Responsive theme as in this screenshot: https://servdes.org/javascripterrors.jpg

Regards,
Fabian

Hi Fabian,

thanks for investigating this.

The reason for this issue is tricky, and it’s not really the fault of the Responsive theme, although the theme will need a change in the future.
The source of this problem is the jQuery JavaScript library. That library got an update (to version 1.9) recently, and in that library, a few things (like browser detection) where removed (or better: Moved to another JS library).
WordPress and probably all themes are however developed using jQuery 1.8.3, which is also shipped with WordPress.
On your site however, there’s very likely a plugin installed that loads jQuery from the Google CDN network, and always requests the latest version of jQuery. And that’s what breaks the JS.

You should therefore try to find the plugin (I can not really imagine that the theme does this) that is responsible for loading jQuery from the Google CDN. You should then change that to only load version 1.8.3, or remove it entirely (which I’d actually recommend).

The theme developer of the Responsive theme should start testing the theme with jQuery 1.9. (Although WordPress 3.6 will come with jQuery 1.9 AND that extra compatibility library that I mentioned).

Regards,
Tobias

Tobias,
thanks a lot for your engaged comments! And sounds like the issue will hopefully be resolved with the next set of updates. If I’m really lucky they will arrive before the new site is launched, otherwise we’ll get the search and sort as bonus features in a not to distant future ??

Hi,

sure, no problem, you are very welcome!

This is however not really about TablePress or its features! This is a problem with something else on your site, and you should get it fixed.

I really recomment that you try to find which plugin is responsible for loading jQuery from the Google CDN. Otherwise, this will only be fixed if the theme author really makes the theme compatible with jQuery 1.9. (Note that he doesn’t really have to, as the theme will work fine for all people who are not loading jQuery from the Google CDN.)
This is your only choice, as there’s nothing that I can do about this in TablePress.

Regards,
Tobias

Yup, I’ve realised that too. Will try to continue digging deeper into the issue although I have to admit that I am really at the edge of my knowledge here. Resorting to ctrl+x, ctrl-s, f5 –> see what happens –> ctrl+z to return to original state. Wouldn’t have got as far as that without your help!

Hi,

the best way is to deactivate all plugins (except TablePress) one by one and check when the line similar to

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

in the HTML source of a page changes to something like

<script type='text/javascript' src='https://www.servdes.org/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.8.3'></script>

Once that changes, you have found the plugin that is responsible for loading jQuery from the Google CDN.

Regards,
Tobias

And there I found a solution to my problem as well. In case anyone has followed the thread and is interested, I posted it over at the Responsive forum: https://themeid.com/help/discussion/5139/tablepress-and-responsive-child-javascript-issues#Item_3

Hi,

nope, that’s also not a real solution. It’s just a work around that leads to the TablePress JS being executed before the theme’s JS. Due to that, the error just happens later, but it happens.
You should really try to find the plugin that is loading jQuery from the Google CDN.

Regards,
Tobias

Plug-in found and “error” reported on their Support-forum. Doesn’t look like the author is active there though ??

Thanks again Tobias!

Hi,

I don’t think that it is “Mail Subscribe List” that is doing this. There’s no reference to jQuery in its source code.
It must be another plugin.

Regards,
Tobias

You’re right. I had deactivated another one because it wasn’t in use before starting my testing. After rechecking based on your comment it turns out it was that one; https://minitwitter.webdevdesigner.com/

Hi,

yeah! That’s the plugin that was causing this! Great that you found it!

In fact, from what I can see, the author was already aware of the problem and added a change to the plugin. Upgrading to the latest version 1.4.1 should fix all of your issues. ??

Best wishes,
Tobias