Tarindel

I just released a patch that (hopefully) fixes this issue with the Tiga theme under WordPress 2.3.

https://www.learncpp.com/wordpress/wordpress-tiga-22-23-upgrade/

I tried it on my test install of 2.3 and it seems to work fine. If it doesn’t work for you, post a message on my blog and let me know.

The two things I really wanted to add to my Tiga themed site were a hyperlinked header graphic and a “recent news” box to my static front page. If either of those would be of interest to you, you can find details in the Tiga category of my blog at https://www.learncpp.com/?cat=8.

Yup, Otto’s fix worked for me as well, and it’s a cleaner solution. Why couldn’t you have come up with this yesterday, Otto? ??

As a side note, Otto’s fix made some funky dots just to the left of the right sidebar when using the default widget set. They looked like unordered list dots. But since I’m not going to be using the default widget set (and I suspect that’s true for all of us), it’s pretty irrelevant.

Otto is correct in saying that the sidebars and widgets were poorly coded in this theme. The fix I made available does not correct the poor coding. What the fix does is update the function that the theme’s author wrote to detect whether the user has overridden the default widgets to a version that works with WordPress v2.2.

Is it the best solution possible? No, the best solution possible would be to recode the theme correctly.

Is it the best solution available? Yes, until the author (or someone else) recodes the theme properly.

Does the fix work? Yes, and it won’t leave you any worse off than you were under v2.1.3.

I have developed a fix to this problem! The solution is available to anybody who wants it at:

https://learncpp.com/?p=20

MichaelH, two questions for you:
1) Is it possible to change your password on this site?
2) Would it be appropriate to link to this fix from https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Themes/Theme_Compatibility/2.2?

I was mucking around with Tiga’s sidebars.php tonight, and tried this:

<?php
function has_dynamic_sidebar($name) {
if (!function_exists(‘dynamic_sidebar’))
return false;
if (!dynamic_sidebar($name))
return false;
return true;
}
?>

<!– ##################################### Begin – Left Sidebar ##################### –>

<?php if (has_dynamic_sidebar(‘Tiga Left Sidebar’)) { ?>
<ul class=”left-sidebar”>
<?php dynamic_sidebar(“Tiga Left Sidebar”); ?>

<?php } else { ?>
<?php } ?> <!– End checking of ‘dynamic_sidebar’ –>

<!– ##################################### End – Left Sidebar ####################### –>

<!– ##################################### Begin – Right Sidebar #################### –>

<?php if (has_dynamic_sidebar(‘Tiga Right Sidebar’)) { ?>
<ul class=”right-sidebar”>
<?php dynamic_sidebar(“Tiga Right Sidebar”); ?>

<?php } else { ?>
<?php } ?> <!– End checking of ‘dynamic_sidebar’ –>

<!– ##################################### End – Right Sidebar ###################### –>

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Basically, I changed has_dynamic_sidebar() to match what I saw in other themes, and deleted the default widgets that are populated if the user doesn’t populate the sidebar widgets.

The good news is that this gets us close — if you populate the widgets under presentation->widgets, the sidebars now show up with the correct widgets!

The bad news is that the left sidebar is being double-populated — once with the correct sidebar look and feel, and once with the selected widgets for both sidebars but without any formatting. Try it and you’ll see. I’m not sure why that is occuring. I’m hoping someone else will have some ideas.

I deleted the widgets directory and it didn’t make a difference. This (and only this) theme ignores my widgets settings (using the new widget functionality) under 2.2.

Apparently another theme that uses the Tigarator also has similar problems… so it’s probably related to that.

I am having the same issue and would like to see a resolution.