Shortcode in Template

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    (@traverser11)


    9 years, 6 months ago

    Hi thanks for the sweet plugin – I love that it does exactly and only what I want.

    However I’m having some trouble getting the shortcode working in a template…

    I’m trying to do is get this tweet to appear if URL is ?success.

    <?php if (isset($_GET['success'])) {
 echo do_shortcode('[tweetthis]'.'Woohoo! Success'.'[/tweetthis]');
}
?>

    This generates all the TT divs when ?success- but without the text in the middle!

    Tried a bunch of different syntax, instead of including ‘,’ & ”

    But so far, I fail. Any suggestions?

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/tweetthis/

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    (@traverser11)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    Oh, maybe this is actually a css issue?

    here is a test page http://www.whatsbehindjnf.org/penguin/?success=1&post_id=321

    Plugin Author John Morris

    (@jtmorris)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    Hi traverser11,

    Sorry for the response delay. I received a flurry of messages in a short period of time for this and my other plugin, and have been scrambling to catch up.

    I just tried the exact code in your first post in the default Twenty Fourteen theme, and it works as expected on my end. I also downloaded the theme I think yours is, or is based on, (called “Spun” I believe), and it also worked.

    Screenshots:
    Editor: http://1drv.ms/ZydBC3
    Result: http://1drv.ms/1wjDRx5

    Is it possible for you check if this happens using a different theme? Also try it with any CSS overrides you may have specified temporarily removed?

    If it does not happen on another theme (like Twenty Fourteen), and with no CSS overrides, then this is likely a compatibility issues with the theme you’re using, and that probably means CSS like you said.

    With this information, I can narrow down whether I need to look for a plugin functionality problem, or a plugin compatibility problem.

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    Also, on the test page you sent, I don’t see any of the TT divs on the page or in the source code at all… with ?success=1 in the URL or without. Did the test page change? If it did change, can you create another test page. If it didn’t, can you verify again that the page does what you’re describing.

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    Thanks, and I hope we get this worked out!

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    (@traverser11)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    Hi John, thanks so much and sorry for the trouble!
    After much bewilderment yesterday I finally figured out,
    The embarressing issue was – Ad Block!

    Not being confident with my coding ability I just assumed something was wrong.

    Using up to date Ad Block on Firefox with default (I’m pretty sure) add list – It was stripping everything inside the . I wonder if there’s anyway to mark up the divs so in case that happened the whole div got stripped and not left with a broken looking thing.

    Thanks for the thorough investigation so sorry for the bother when everythings actually working as it should!

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    (@traverser11)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    lol i mean inside the a tags

    Plugin Author John Morris

    (@jtmorris)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    Ah. Those pesky ad blockers. I’m very familiar with them and the problems they can cause because I have another plugin that detects them.

    I can’t think of a way to make the whole ad block automatic stripping work all the time. Ad blockers don’t announce when they’ve removed something. But I do have two suggestions that would work almost every time. I don’t want to make them part of the plugin because it’s beyond the scope of it, but you might be able to take advantage of them on your own.

    The suggestions are similar, but I think the first is better for your case.

    1.) Use JavaScript to look to see if the <div>s are empty, and if so, hide them. You can put the following JavaScript in your theme somewhere, and I believe it will hide boxes emptied by that ad blocker.

    jQuery("div.TT_wrapper").each(function() {
   var hidett = false;
   if(jQuery.trim(jQuery(this).text()) == "") {
      hidett = true;
   }
   if(jQuery.trim(jQuery("div.TT_text", this).text()) == "") {
      hidett = true;
   }

   if(hidett) {
      jQuery(this).remove();
   }
});

    I haven’t tested this personally, but from what you described, I think it will work.

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    2.) Use my ad block detection plugin I mentioned and tie it in with Tweet This. It will be easier to understand what I am about to say if you look at it first. It’s called Ad Blocking Detector.

    Copy and paste the Tweet This shortcode that is being blocked into a new Ad Blocking Detector shortcode’s “No Ad Blocker Detected” field, give the new shortcode a name, and leave all the other fields blank. Then save the shortcode. Now, in your theme where you are trying to put this Tweet This shortcode, put the Ad Blocking Detector shortcode instead. When it doesn’t find any ad blockers, the Tweet This shortcode will display. When it does find ad blockers, nothing will display.

    I don’t think this is your best choice because not all ad blockers empty your Tweet This box, yet Ad Blocking Detector will hide it every time it finds an ad blocker. The first suggestion only hides it when it’s empty.

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    Neither suggestion is completely reliable. They both depend on your site’s visitors having JavaScript turned on (which will be the vast, vast majority) and the ad blocker working a certain way. But if you’re set on using blockable content in the Tweet This box, these will work for most people.

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