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Need to modify a Wordpress Homepage template to include ignored contents of editor field

I am attempting to tweak an existing Wordpress theme called Pytheas (for a quickie video tour of its features, visit this page). It is a WP theme oriented toward displaying portfolios. The homepage features a slideshow. My aim is to replace the slideshow with an embedded Prezi presentation.

The home page elements are (moving from top to bottom): header, menu, slideshow, tagline, highlights, posts. However, the Homepage is an odd little thing. It omits any content you may have typed into the editing window (instead, using only the images that have been uploaded to another dashboard section).

I have confirmed that the Prezi-Embedder plugin works on standard style default, blog, and pages. My presumption is there’s some CSS element at work.

My gut (and a little sniffing around) says that this bit of CSS (from template-home.php) may play a role. Specifically clearfix:

<div id="home-wrap" class="clearfix">
<?php
//get template path
$template_path = get_template_directory();

//show tagline if setting isn't empty
if(of_get_option('home_tagline')) { ?>
<div id="home-tagline" class="clearfix">
    <?php
    //tagline content
    echo of_get_option('home_tagline'); ?>
</div>

This is where I turn to you, StackOverflow community members. What might I do to provide additional data and/or context?

Many thanks, in advance, for your attention.

Matt Warren

Solution

  • First step was to verify that the slideshow content was indeed being output to the final HTML. After verifying this, I moved on to the one JavaScript error being displayed:

    Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: a[href$=.mp3]

    A quick Google on the full error seemed to confirm suspicion that this error was killing the rest of your site's JavaScript, and thus causing your slideshow to not work.

    So the idea now (without being able to see all your installed plugins) was, you had some plugin that was installed to playback MP3 files. So that's where I pointed you for a possible fix. The link above provided a potential fix for an installed plugin causing this issue, but simply installing a new audio player was another valid, and less technical, solution.

    I was only able to help you by actually seeing the site, that would have likely been pertinent information to provide to get additional feedback from the community.

    Glad you got it resolved!