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jquery masonry plugin - neewbie troubles (2 posts)

  1. alimacca
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Hello I am new to this world so please be gentle...

    I have a bit of background in coding and designing static websites so I know my way around a little but have moved over to the lightside and getting into WP.

    I have a problem getting Masonry plugin to work. I have followed a tutorial but I can't get it to work.

    I have this in my head.php 

    <?php wp_enqueue_script("jquery"); ?>

<?php
	/* We add some JavaScript to pages with the comment form
	 * to support sites with threaded comments (when in use).
	 */
	if ( is_singular() && get_option( 'thread_comments' ) )
		wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' );

	/* Always have wp_head() just before the closing </head>
	 * tag of your theme, or you will break many plugins, which
	 * generally use this hook to add elements to <head> such
	 * as styles, scripts, and meta tags.
	 */
	wp_head();
?>

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>http://distinctsignal.co.uk/js/jquery.masonry.min.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
  $('#linky').masonry({ singleMode: true });
})
</script>

</head>

    I have a #linky with further <div>'s inside but it just seems to be laying the divs out in a vertical fashion.

    Could it be something to do with the file structure? My 'js' file is in beside the wp-admin etc folders.

    Any help would be fantastic!!

  2. blitz999
    Member
    Posted 9 months ago #

    Hi there,

    I can't help with the plugin itself, but I can see the js file is probably on the wrong place and you your code will be also looking in the wrong place.

    It is probably a good idea to put the masonry js files in your theme folder (wp-content/themes/mytheme, and not in the wp-admin folder (because this folder can get affected in a WordPress update).

    The wp-content folder is a safer place for children to play!

    Also, your call for the script is a bit wonky:

    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>http://distinctsignal.co.uk/js/jquery.masonry.min.js"></script>

    If you put the jquery.masonry.min.js file into your theme folder (in a folder called js), then to find it, the call would be:

    <script src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/js/jquery.masonry.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

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