Plugin Doesn’t Display Blog Posts

  • afar704828

    (@afar704828)


    7 years, 3 months ago

    I’m trying to troubleshoot an issue at https://thecollegecrusade.org using the WPTouch plugin. The previous web designer set up various pages throughout the site where content is being generated from blog entries.

    For instance:

    https://thecollegecrusade.org/tccri/meet-our-advisors
    http://thecollegecrusade.org/tccri/crublog

    None of these cases with post lists are showing up on mobile.

    Am I to believe these aren’t showing up because I can’t designate one blog in the WPTouch settings? Various pages are using blog content in different ways—often with a custom template to change how the page is presented. In other words, a person is created as a blog post and sent to the advisors page in a certain format, while traditional news posts are sent to the main blog in another format.

    So, the issue is perhaps I can’t designate one blog page in the WPTouch settings since there are multiple instances of pages using post lists? Is there a workaround?

    Thanks in advance for any feedback!

    -Matt

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  • airdrummer

    (@airdrummer)

    7 years, 3 months ago

    that’s because wpt totally bypasses any custom templates in your theme:-\

    i work around the problem by symlinking my theme’s templates to the wpt theme:

    cd wp-content/plugins/wptouch/themes/bauhaus/default/
ln -s ../../../../../themes/mytheme/customTemplate.php .

    these symlinks may or may not survive updates, depending on how they are done…

    BraveNewCode Inc.

    (@bravenewcode)

    7 years, 3 months ago

    Hi Matt,

    Like airdrummer said, WPtouch loads its own theme with its own templates. So any pages or posts using a custom template in the desktop theme will not be ‘seen’ by WPtouch.

    You can use a workaround to add symlinks to your custom page templates in the desktop theme like airdrummer has shown. Or, in WPtouch Pro you can use its child theme feature which supports custom page templates. When adding a custom page template to a WPtouch Pro child theme, you’ll be able to easily select it in the page editor via a dropdown, similar to WordPress’s native page template selection.

    Regards,

    Emilio Rivera
    WPtouch Support

    Thread Starter afar704828

    (@afar704828)

    7 years, 3 months ago

    Thanks airdrummer and Emilio!

    I think I’m going to go for the Pro version of the plugin assuming the client is on board with the expense. 🙂 Emilio, I would also need the $15 make child extension to easily generate the child themes, correct?

    Thanks again for your help,

    -Matt

    BraveNewCode Inc.

    (@bravenewcode)

    7 years, 3 months ago

    Matt,

    You don’t need the make child theme extension to create child themes, but it does make the process a lot easier. You’ll be able to create child themes directly via the WPtouch Pro admin panel, and even copy and edit templates.

    You’re welcome.

    Regards,

    Emilio Rivera
    WPtouch Support

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