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# ericcorbett2

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Modula Image Gallery - Photo Grid & Video Gallery] Hover effects not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-effects-not-working-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [5 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-effects-not-working-2/#post-18851005)
 * I’m in the UK, so I can’t see that image.
 * Have you tested Chrome on Windows 11, which is what I’m using?
 * I don’t know whether or not this is related, but I keep getting this notification:
 * “Please update WP Modula to the latest version to use Modula PRO”, even though
   I’m using what I believe to be the latest version, 2.14.20
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Modula Image Gallery - Photo Grid & Video Gallery] Hover effects not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-effects-not-working-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [5 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-effects-not-working-2/#post-18848702)
 * I’m using the Simple Lightbox plugin. Deactivating that has no effect whatsoever.
   
   This appears to be a problem specifically with the Google Chrome browser, as 
   the hover effects work with Firefox and Microsoft Edge.
    -  This reply was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/).
      Reason: spelling
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Modula Image Gallery - Photo Grid & Video Gallery] Hover effects not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-effects-not-working-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [5 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-effects-not-working-2/#post-18847021)
 * Some work and some don’t, specifically 7 Reflex.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Zotpress] Search broken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-broken-9/)
 *  Thread Starter [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [1 year, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-broken-9/#post-18537028)
 * See [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-on-gutenberg-but-not-dashboard/#post-18537025](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-on-gutenberg-but-not-dashboard/#post-18537025)
   for a patch that fixes the issue.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Zotpress] Error on Gutenberg but not Dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-on-gutenberg-but-not-dashboard/)
 *  [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [1 year, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-on-gutenberg-but-not-dashboard/#post-18537025)
 * That patch works for me.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Zotpress] Search broken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-broken-9/)
 *  Thread Starter [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [1 year, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-broken-9/#post-18532645)
 * Yes, I’ve cleared the cache, but the search still isn’t working.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Zotpress] Search broken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-broken-9/)
 *  Thread Starter [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [1 year, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-broken-9/#post-18532327)
 * Yes, sorry, 7.4 of course. I’m referring to this search, in the Gutenberg editor
   sidebar, which now never finds anything.
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/engole.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Image3.webp?ssl=
   1)
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Zotpress] Title styling](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/title-styling/)
 *  Thread Starter [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [1 year, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/title-styling/#post-18103196)
 * Sorry, this should refer to the author field, not the title.
   So an author with
   the name “St Peter’s, Norwich”, for instance, is rendered as “St Peter’s & Norwich”.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Zotpress] Update to 7.3.11 broke my pages](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-to-7-3-11-broke-my-pages/)
 *  [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-to-7-3-11-broke-my-pages/#post-18018541)
 *     ```wp-block-code
       The problem is that the variable $wpdb needs to be declared globally before line 331 in zotpress/lib/shortcode/shortcodes.functions.php:    global $wpdb;    $zp_account_temp = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT * FROM ".$wpdb->prefix."zotpress LIMIT 1", OBJECT);Just add the global declaration as above and everything works fine.
       ```
   
    -  This reply was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/).
    -  This reply was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/).
      Reason: adding necessary detail
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Zotpress] Backtrace from warning](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backtrace-from-warning/)
 *  [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backtrace-from-warning/#post-16942533)
 * I had a problem in that area of code as well, not quite the same as yours, but
   it may be related. I worked around it by adding a check to determine whether 
   $request_items was countable. Might be worth a try?
 *     ```wp-block-code
                   foreach ( $items as $item ) {
                       if ( is_countable($request_items)) {
                           if ( count($request_items) < 50 ) {
                               $request_items[] = $item;
                           }
                       }
                       else {
                           $requests[] = $request_items;
                           unset( $request_items );
                       }
                   }
       ```
   
 * I think your hosting company isn’t correct in saying that you can only have 50
   references – you still have 51 anyway – and I’ve certainly got pages with way
   more than 50 references that work fine, such as [https://engole.info/a-christmas-carol](https://engole.info/a-christmas-carol)
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Zotpress] Another PHP 8.1 issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-php-8-1-issue/)
 *  Thread Starter [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-php-8-1-issue/#post-16876325)
 * I have to hold my hand up and say that after looking into this issue more deeply,
   it was caused by my error in the parameter that I passed to Zotpress.
   I do think
   though that it would be a good idea to check whether a parameter/variable is 
   countable or not before trying to count it.
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/).
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/).
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Zotpress] How do I Sort By the citation’s appearance in the text?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-sort-by-the-citations-appearance-in-the-text/)
 *  [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-sort-by-the-citations-appearance-in-the-text/#post-16831508)
 * Whatever works is a win. 🙂
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Zotpress] How do I Sort By the citation’s appearance in the text?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-sort-by-the-citations-appearance-in-the-text/)
 *  [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-sort-by-the-citations-appearance-in-the-text/#post-16831501)
 * I wanted to do something very similar, if I understand you correctly, and so 
   I wrote a plugin that produces output like [this](https://engole.info/ride-a-cock-horse-to-banbury-cross/),
   based on the Wikikipedia {{sfnp}} template.
 * If that’s the kind of thing you’re thinking of, you’re quite welcome to the source
   code to do with as you will.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Zotpress] Search bar shows no reults](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-bar-shows-no-reults/)
 *  [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-bar-shows-no-reults/#post-16157863)
 * Well, it did, but now it no longer works under Firefox either.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Zotpress] Search bar shows no reults](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-bar-shows-no-reults/)
 *  [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/)
 * (@ericcorbett2)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-bar-shows-no-reults/#post-16133463)
 * I’ve subsequently discovered that this problem seems to be related to the Chrome
   web browser, as when using Firefox and Safari everything works fine.
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by [ericcorbett2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericcorbett2/).

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