WordPress Admin Bar is not working with my custom theme?

  • Resolved CoasterMedia

    (@coastermedia)


    14 years ago

    Background:
    I’m developing my own theme for one website that is operating on WordPress Network (WordPress Mu) and I had no problem with the past upgrades. After upgrading to WordPress 3.1 and using the Network Admin. I wasn’t able to access to the Network Admin with my custom theme. However, when I switch the theme back to Twenty Ten, it works fine? What should I do?

    Error

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function add_contextual_help() in XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/wp-admin/network/settings.php on line 22

    Code

    $title = __( 'Settings' );
$parent_file = 'settings.php';

// Line 22 start here
add_contextual_help($current_screen,
	'<p>' . __('This screen sets and changes options for the network as a whole. The first site is the main site in the network and network options are pulled from that original site’s options.') . '</p>' .
	'<p>' . __('Operational settings has fields for the network’s name and admin email.') . '</p>' .
	'<p>' . __('Dashboard Site is an option to give a site to users who do not have a site on the system. Their default role is Subscriber, but that default can be changed. The Admin Notice Feed can provide a notice on all dashboards of the latest post via RSS or Atom, or provide no such notice if left blank.') . '</p>' .
	'<p>' . __('Registration settings can disable/enable public signups. If you let others sign up for a site, install spam plugins. Spaces, not commas, should separate names banned as sites for this network.') . '</p>' .
	'<p>' . __('New site settings are defaults applied when a new site is created in the network. These include welcome email for when a new site or user account is registered, and what?s put in the first post, page, comment, comment author, and comment URL.') . '</p>' .
	'<p>' . __('Upload settings control the size of the uploaded files and the amount of available upload space for each site. You can change the default value for specific sites when you edit a particular site. Allowed file types are also listed (space separated only).') . '</p>' .
	'<p>' . __('Checkboxes for media upload buttons set which are shown in the visual editor. If unchecked, a generic upload button is still visible; other media types can still be uploaded if on the allowed file types list.') . '</p>' .
	'<p>' . __('Menu setting enables/disables the plugin menus from appearing for non super admins, so that only super admins, not site admins, have access to activate plugins.') . '</p>' .
	'<p>' . __('Super admins can no longer be added on the Options screen. You must now go to the list of existing users on Super Admin > Users and click on Username or the Edit action link below that name. This goes to an Edit User page where you can check a box to grant super admin privileges.') . '</p>' .
	'<p><strong>' . __('For more information:') . '</strong></p>' .
	'<p>' . __('<a href="https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Network_Admin_Settings_Screen" target="_blank">Documentation on Network Settings</a>') . '</p>' .
	'<p>' . __('<a href="https://www.ads-software.com/support/" target="_blank">Support Forums</a>') . '</p>'
);

    I do have “setting.php” in my theme folder as part of the theme options.

    Any help would be great! Thank you in advance.

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  • efc

    (@eceleste)

    Just to be clear: if I …

    1. backed up my db before the update.
    2. then was hosed by a major update.
    3. then rolled back the db to my backup and restored the old version.

    … I should be OK, right?

    Your concern is about rolling back the version without removing the db changes made by the update. That does seem like it could be a problem.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    eceleste – Yes, that’s fine ?? And yes, that IS what concerns me.

    ferasof

    (@ferasof)

    the problem has been solved when i used the default theme .
    it means that the problem is into the theme.

    thanks for all for your help

    what theme was it?

    ferasof

    (@ferasof)

    Template that contains the problem, Designed by myself.
    I think that there is something wrong in the file functions.php

    Had the same issue with my admin bar not showing when viewing the site. I developed a custom theme, but forgot to include the wp_footer() function. Once I put that in there, it displays perfectly.

    To elaborate a bit as to why it happened, the wp_head() function sets the admin bar to display: none in your CSS at the top. Mine was a blank white space where the admin bar should’ve been (yours will be whatever background color you’ve set for your site). The wp_footer() call actually builds the bar and includes the proper JS file that will show it via CSS. So, lesson learned the hard way, always make sure to include wp_footer() ??

    Thank you for the solution!

    cialtronale

    (@cialtronale)

    For me the problem is in function.php file of gemer theme:
    include("settings.php");

    This call the wp settings.php general file instead of the theme’s settings.php file.
    I rename settings.php in theme to theme_settings.php and change the line above in :

    include("theme_settings.php");

    Thank you ferasof for the function.php hint

    Thread Starter CoasterMedia

    (@coastermedia)

    @ferasof Thanks. I got it resolved. Just now need to work on making Admin Bar visible with my custom theme. I just see a gap where the admin bar was suppose to appear. I just disable it from the dashboard until I figure it out.

    Don’t forget to had the “wp_footer();” anchor in your footer.php. this is needed to include files for display the admin bar.

    Thread Starter CoasterMedia

    (@coastermedia)

    I just tried that and no luck. Mmmm.

    Thread Starter CoasterMedia

    (@coastermedia)

    I got it! Yay! My clients will be thrilled now. Time to update all of the clients website that use WordPress and contact all of them to explain the good news. ??

    My Thanks to both eceleste and Andrea_r

    I had created my first custom theme (based on WP 2010) and had tried stripping code out bit by bit with no effect. Of course that’s because it wasn’t that my code had something WP didn’t like, it was missing wp_footer()

    Thanks for ferasof,

    I found this problem too. I use theme “Schemertype Mag” then after i change theme to default (twenty ten) everything ok.

    Just confirm, setting.php in line 22 come from Theme.

    Regards,
    metoo55

    Hi
    I made the albizia theme the default theme and am getting the samee error message. I want to change it back to the default theme but i cant get access to the network admin because of the error message.

    How can i get into the network admin to change the default theme?
    Thnaks

    Hi
    Sorry just fixed it by going to main site and changing theme causing problem to another theme and now i can get access to network admin.
    thanks

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