abollmeyer

I agree with the assessment of webmistressofthedark.

Gutenberg is a step backwards for anyone who has used WordPress for some time. It might have benefits for new users, but to shove a piece of software down people’s throat that affects so much of their website is unconscionable.

Gutenberg should have been made available to users as an opt-in selection in Settings. There are page builder plugins that are far more full-featured than Gutenberg. So why would developers waste their time solving a problem that didn’t need to be solved in the first place?

Hopefully the backlash against WordPress is enough to force them to change course. Gutenberg takes twice as long to develop a website, almost all blocks have to be converted to HTML blocks for me, and there’s no way to add images to code. I would seriously have to question the competence of the entire WordPress team at this point.

It’s not the blocks that are the problem Orlando Alonzo. I don’t want to use the blocks. Navigating like I used to be able to is the problem. I rarely ever used the visual editor. I used the code editor mostly. It doesn’t appear there’s any way to add photos from the code editor screen like I used to be able to.

My site is heavily dependent on a lightbox plugin that requires shortcode and uses a ton of photos. That’s how I’ve been running my site for 3 years.

I don’t recall seeing any notices on my Dashboard. MetaSlider add-on upsell notification- check! Gutenberg notification- nope! If it showed up in further down, I wouldn’t ever see it. I don’t spend that much time on my Dashboard page.

I have installed the Classic editor for now. Thanks daleducatte.

Obviously I’m frustrated. I have a theme with PageBuilder built in, and I hate it too. The problem is my site deals with a boat load of photos, which requires a lightbox plugin to simplify the site. My entire site is heavily dependent on that one plugin.

If WordPress decides to stop supporting the Classic editor, then I’m screwed.

Yes. I’ve read all of your topics on your website regarding custom themes. I’m more used to C# and WPF programming than HTML and WordPress.

If you’re willing to help, I guess the first place to start is what to do after I create a custom theme so I can modify the lightbox properties, as referenced in Theme Layout? Where do I modify these properties at? This is where I start getting lost.

Right now I’m set up on my test website using the dark theme. Maybe if you can point me in the right direction regarding properties, I might be able to make some headway. It seems like moving the navigation arrows outside of the image area should be relatively simple.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by abollmeyer.

Thanks Cody. This worked great!

• This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by abollmeyer.

I understand. Thanks for the info!

Hello,

I have followed your instructions by switching to a built-in theme (Twenty Fifteen) and disabling all plugins except for SLB. The problem still persists.

One more thing I did notice is that individual posts are not affected, it’s the posts page that is showing the shortcode and not allowing the lightbox.

Can you please check out my page at the above URL?

• This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by abollmeyer.

Sorry, I was wrong. It’s not working on posts on desktop either.

It also interferes with theme and other plugins, such as Image Hover Effects. This plugin may not be usable on my site. What is your policy for refund?

Thank you. Sorry I missed that setting!

I completely deleted my WordPress and started fresh. The website would display properly in Firefox, Chrome, IE10, and mobile OS’s. I tried it with and without the Corpo Toolkit. Never could get it to display correctly in IE11 on two Win 8.1 machines.

Being a beginner, I switched to Customizr. It’s easier to work with and looks just as professional for anyone else having a problem.

Figured out one way to do it, but don’t know how it will affect me in the future. Basically, I couldn’t find an action hook that specifies a post or category page (not sure which I would need anyway). Keep in mind this is all new to me. But I found I could achieve the look I wanted by saying if NOT on the home page, then put slider below content.

//Places slider below content and above comments if not on home page.
add_action ( 'wp_head' , 'place_slider_after_content' );
function place_slider_after_content() {
    if (!( !tc__f('__is_home') ))
        return;
    remove_action( '__after_header' , array( TC_slider::$instance , 'tc_slider_display' ));
    add_action( '__after_content', array( TC_slider::$instance , 'tc_slider_display' ));

}

Thanks for the input rdellconsulting.

add_action ( 'wp_head' , 'place_slider_before_footer' );
function place_slider_before_footer() {
    if ( !tc__f('__is_home') )
        return;
    remove_action( '__after_header' , array( TC_slider::$instance , 'tc_slider_display' ));
    add_action( '__before_footer', array( TC_slider::$instance , 'tc_slider_display' ));
}

It looks like the part I need to change is (!tc_f(‘__is_home’))…I’ve tried replacing home with category, post, and page. Not sure what I am missing here.

Thanks for the reply rdellconsulting. However, I have looked at that page as well as this .

This moves the slider accordingly on the home page when I cut and paste the snippet into my functions.php file.

However, the slider on the category page remains the same. I think I need a little more info on how to do this if it is possible.

Thanks for listening.

Thank you Alex.