lilaeamedia

Hi Ovidiu,

New version 1.3.0 with the direct-from-admin ajax preview is available.

Enjoy!

-jf

You can try creating a custom template and adding comments_template();
to it.

For more information:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/comments_template

https://www.lilaeamedia.com/plugins/intelliwidget/#templates

Hi Crzyhrse–

Your sidebar style has a 70% left margin that is throwing off the clears and floats. Remove the ‘clear:both’ rule from the intelliwidget-menu-item class selector, or modify your theme templates so they don’t interfere with correct rendering.

You are running a plugin that is minifying your CSS. CTC currently retrieves the preview with an ajax get so it is pulling it in after being minified.

I had almost the same issue today with another user, the difference is that his was being cached on a remote CDN, so the changes weren’t appearing.

Version 1.2.4 will address both of these issues by pulling the source directly from the server and filtering it through the same parser that runs the engine itself.

Unfortunately this means you will have to disable your caching engine (W3 Total Cache?) while you are using the CTC preview until the new version is released. The rest of the plugin features should work fine otherwise.

Let me know if I can help further. The new version should be available later this week.

-jf

That is exactly what is causing the issue. CTC loads the stylesheet previews via ajax so you have to wait for the CDN to update to see your changes. I am going to modify the script to do a round trip through the server instead of a remote get but it will have to wait until the next release (scheduled later this week).

Ovidiu —

I believe this is being caused by permissions, possibly because you are copying the plugin files from a local instance. Please make sure your child theme css file is writeable by the webserver while customizing. You can change it back after you are done.

Something is preventing CTC from writing to the new stylesheet file, possibly a permission setting. You said earlier that you have this installed locally as well. Could you please verify the behavior on your local instance.

It is very important to us that we resolve open issues, so please contact me at [email protected] for escalated support.

Are you using the theme preview or activated the child theme?

https://www.lilaeamedia.com/plugins/child-theme-configurator/#preview_activate

Paal,

Thanks for the feedback.

We are close to releasing v1.5 which addresses many of these comments. That said, this plugin was built as an internal tool from the beginning, helping speed up the configuration and development of client websites. As we ran into a need that wasn’t filled, we added it to the plugin.

The end result is a single interface to achieve the results of many separate plugins without the overhead and constant flipping around the admin during the workflow. The downside is that being feature rich also means a steep learning curve for the uninitiated.

I will definitely review your comments and see how they might improve useability for the 1.5 release.

Cheers,

-jf

This is being caused by php short tags (<? instead of <?php) which occur 4 times in class-ctc-ui.php. Not all php installs support this and they should not have been used.

Updated package will be available shortly.

Thanks,

-jf

Ovidiu —

Thank you for alerting us to this. Can you provide information about the browser you are using (vendor, version, platform, etc.)

Also, is your web server apache or IIS?

Thanks,

-jf

Try the other templates. You can also create custom templates and styles.

https://www.lilaeamedia.com/plugins/intelliwidget/#templates

https://www.lilaeamedia.com/plugins/intelliwidget/#stylesheet

Hello,

There are a number of reasons the image may not appear. Please send a link to your website.

Check:
1. Your posts have a ‘featured image’ to display
2. You are using a template that uses images. Verbatim and Slides render the post content as-is and do not include the featured image.

1. Create a 600 x 450 image.
2. Name it screenshot.png (or .jpg etc)
3. Upload it to the new child theme directory, e.g.,
/path/to/wordpress/wp-content/themes/[child-theme]/screenshot.png

Hi,

Currently CTC reads only style.css from the parent and child themes in their template directories.

WordPress reads style.css early in the execution to establish theme parameters and Plugin styles load later, essentially “overriding” any theme styles.

An extended version of CTC is in the works that will point the parser to any source/target location combination, but for now you’ll have to customize plugin styles separately.