http://wordpress.org/support/ WordPress › Support Topic: [Plugin WP-dTree] 3.5 - weird subcategory indenting bug en Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:46:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/support/topic/270905#post-1077505 Tue, 19 May 2009 02:49:48 +0000 rev max 1077505@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Hello All</p> <p>I set up a copy site (above) and sent Ulf login info so he could examine. Turned out WPp dtree worked fine from his end - he even sent me screenshot.</p> <p>The problem (he thought) was <em>Firefox itself</em> - my browser.</p> <p>Initially dismissed that advice but got bored this afternoon and pursued via google. Took mozilla hint and restarted FF in safe mode. </p> <p>Lo and behold, <em>not only is WP d-tree now displaying just fine but firefox is lickety-split faster now too.</em></p> <p>Moral(s): 1) Sometimes its just your browser 2)Any donations made to this developer (Ulf) are much deserved!</p> <p>Thanks Ulf! Resolved. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/270905#post-1076585 Sun, 17 May 2009 22:31:21 +0000 rev max 1076585@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Hmmm, its not inserting the <strong>18x18 empty.gif</strong> before the first subcategory - this (and only this) is whats messing up the plugin's menu display as far as I can tell </p> <p>It would be interesting to test this plugin on a different server and see if the problem could be reproduced </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/270905#post-1076581 Sun, 17 May 2009 22:20:43 +0000 rev max 1076581@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>SOLVED! I think...</p> <p>I set up a 100% fresh Wp install, exported and imported my other site as an XML file, and installed WP-tree as the sole plugin:</p> <p><a href="http://www.1manwebteam.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.1manwebteam.com/</a></p> <p>Error appears as you can see - independent of other plugins, theme or CSS variables, category IDs etc</p> <p>SO at this point I am thinking it must be something about Dreamhost...? Ok so not really solved but I have eliminated most other variables here I think, so either it is this version of wordpress (2.71) or else it is the server environment itself (LAMP) that is causing this plugin to misfire </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/270905#post-1076496 Sun, 17 May 2009 19:21:36 +0000 rev max 1076496@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Hello</p> <p>Further update : SOmething about the process / procedure I described above seems to have fixed this at least partially</p> <p>Once I deleted test parent and subcategories, menu began to display again correctly</p> <p>Now instead 1st of subcategory being treated as parent of its siblings it seems that 1st &lt;i&gt;post&lt;/i&gt; inside of last &lt;i&gt;subcategory&lt;/i&gt; is being displayed as though it were "parent" of siblings posts</p> <p>So when you look at the unopened category or subcategories everything looks fine it is only when last subcategory is expanded that error is now seen</p> <p>so it seems as though error is not specific to any given category or indeed type of item (can also apply to a post) simply, &lt;i&gt;it must display incorrectly either for first subcategory or first post in last subcategory&lt;/i&gt;, for example adding new subcategories with test posts at end of menu list will introduce problem for more recently added items but "cure" for all those above it.</p> <p>Odd! </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/270905#post-1076481 Sun, 17 May 2009 18:52:00 +0000 rev max 1076481@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Hi Ulf</p> <p>Many thanks for your kind reply</p> <p>Per your suggestions I have:</p> <p>1)turned off all plugins except for DP Tree<br /> 2)Switched to default theme<br /> 3)Created a new set of parent category/multiple subcategories for a new WP test menu</p> <p>The odd thing is that WP-tree is continuing to display the new menu in the same way - it looks right in the backend preview but on the front end the first category displays as though it were a parent category to its "siblings" once the true parent category is unfolded</p> <p>I am using Dreamhost so perhaps it is something about this host? not sure. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/270905#post-1076193 Sun, 17 May 2009 08:13:25 +0000 ulfben 1076193@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Hay hay!</p> <p>Since you've tried re-installing the plugin and re-creating the category structure, I suspect this is a style (CSS) issue. </p> <p>Try running the blog with the default theme and see if it works better. If so - <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-dtree-30/faq/">read the second point here</a>, for a quick method of locating the problem.</p> <p>And thanks for the book! It is very much appreciated. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/270905#post-1075355 Fri, 15 May 2009 23:53:58 +0000 rev max 1075355@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Getting warmer</p> <p>Turns out the plugin is </p> <p>- applying div id=dc1 to 1st item in menu<br /> - second item is inheriting that<br /> - and then third item is styled via div id=dc3</p> <p>So div id=dc2 is completely out of the mix - thus whatever the second item is in the WP d-tree widget will always display with the same indentation etc as the first item. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/270905#post-1075147 Fri, 15 May 2009 17:43:42 +0000 rev max 1075147@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Using YSlow's inspect mode, from what I can figure out, WP-dtree generates classes like so:</p> <p>div id=dc0, div id=dc1, div id=dc2, etc</p> <p>It seems like whats happening is that divid=dc1 is consistently being displayed as a parent category in the WP dtree sidebar menu, whether or not it actually is</p> <p>So if I actually do have a parent category as the second item in the Wp-Tree sidebar menu, then everything displays like its supposed to</p> <p>Its only when I use WP dtree to try to display navigation for a specific section consisting of a parent category with multiple subcategories underneath it, that the plug-in messes up and displays the first subcategory as a parent category</p> <p>Even though the menu does preview correctly in "settings"</p> <p>hmmm! </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/270905#post-1075140 Fri, 15 May 2009 17:28:29 +0000 rev max 1075140@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Hmmm,interesting</p> <p>Uninstalled and went back to version 3.0, that did not fix problem</p> <p>As a temporary "fix" (or at least, so it does not look amateur) I added an empty subcategory called "Introduction"" under the main category in the menu. That does not indent properly but the subcategories below it do, which is a slight improvement:</p> <pre> Table of Contents open all | close all [-} Parent Category (37) Sub Category 1 (0) [+} Sub Category 2 (7) [+} Sub Category 3 (7) etc. </pre> <p><a href="http://www.gnosticshock.com/category/illustrated-gnostic-myths/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gnosticshock.com/category/illustrated-gnostic-myths/</a></p> <p>Still curious to know if anyone else has run into this. WP dtree is a fantastic plugin I've been using for over a year at least, how or why it suddenly started displaying the first subcategory under a parent as though it were another parent category on the same level i'm not sure but since this is such a great plugin I'd love to resolve so I can keep using. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/270905#post-1074815 Fri, 15 May 2009 07:35:27 +0000 rev max 1074815@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Should add tht WP-Tree has been working perfectly through multiple versions for me. </p> <p>This is a new (to me) error which is not the result of a template or CSS change. </p> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/270905#post-1074777 Fri, 15 May 2009 06:26:57 +0000 rev max 1074777@http://wordpress.org/support/ <p>Fantastic plugin, noticed strange error w. no apparent cause - uninstalled &amp; reinstalled but didn't fix.</p> <p>WP-dTree preview in admin displays correctly:</p> <pre>[+} Parent Category [+} Sub Category 1 [+} Sub Category 2 [+} Sub Category 3</pre> <p>But on site displays like so:</p> <pre>[+} Parent Category [+} Sub Category 1 [+} Sub Category 2 [+} Sub Category 3</pre> <p>Changed ordering of categories from ID to Name and back, excluded various categories as test - results were consistent. First subcategory not indenting and so appears to be "parent" of its own "siblings"</p> <p>Any insights appreciated.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gnosticshock.com/category/illustrated-gnostic-myths/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gnosticshock.com/category/illustrated-gnostic-myths/</a> </p>