Phew, i have no idea what the problem could be. But that way may help you with finding a solution:
Duplicate the code from the working development version to the WordPress version. Step by step add the old WordPress code that was not working to the working code and see when you get the error.
Or try it the other way around: Take your not working WordPress version and replace the code step by step with the working development version and see when/how the error occurs.
That may help you finding the place of the error and then maybe also the why of the error.
Sorry for not being able to help much.
Good luck.
I simply created a new template with the same header.php and page.php content. Then I modified the new ones (e.g. publications-header.php and publications-page.php) to use MIT’s Exhibit as u can see in the examples on their page. For the last step I activated the publications template on the site I want to use it (Here for publications).
I hope I could help.
Good luck with your stuff.
