methnen
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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [M Chart] New installation doesn’t workSorry we couldn’t figure it out. I’d still be happy to take a further look if you can pass me the Avada theme (and any required plugins) for testing purposes. I’d then possibly be able to recreate the issue on my local machine.
Send me an email if that’s something you’d be interested in.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [M Chart] New installation doesn’t workHey @advanto,
Looking at things in the back end I’m pretty sure there’s something in the theme that’s conflicting with Chart.js. I’m not entirely sure off the top of my head WHY.
However, you can see some color picker code failing with a TypeError well before any of the M Chart stuff happens. Then there’s another TypeError related to the earlier color picker code and then the M Chart error with the Chart.js error happening.
The Chart.js code that would build the JS object that the M Chart code is in the page but not triggering, probably because one of those two Type Errors that happened earlier prevented it in some way.
I checked other post types and they don’t have that color picker error occurring so I’m guessing at a conflict between the Chart.js code in the page and the color picker code.
I’m unfamiliar with the Avada theme but is there a way to not load the Avada Options meta box for a specific post type? If so that’s likely an easy solution.
If not, I’d probably have to get SFTP/FTP access to take a closer look at the Avada theme and how it works/is conflicting with the Chart.js code.
Is there a staging or development server you have available where I might do that?
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [M Chart] New installation doesn’t workYep that’s why my email address was at the bottom of that first reply:
jamie AT methnen.com
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [M Chart] New installation doesn’t workJust to follow up. I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss anything somehow and tried a fresh install of M Chart straight off of the wordpress.org servers on a clean install of WP and can’t duplicate this. So I’l definitely needs to see it in action on your install to have a chance of figuring it out.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [M Chart] New installation doesn’t workHey Advanto,
Is there any chance I can take a look at this myself? The error implies that the template that loads the chart code isn’t there. But I can’t say for sure without seeing more details.
jamie AT methnen.com
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [M Chart] Error after latest updateI’ll get a fix for this again as soon as possible.
What error message is still showing @kskeleton?
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [M Chart] Error after latest updateAh, I see what’s happening. It’s another edge case I wasn’t checking for with the 1.7 release.
Yes, with version 1.7 I had to remove Highcharts as the default rendering engine for the charts. This was due to WordPress.org policies. Since you had charts that were using Highcharts yes, you need to install the additional plugin to make those work. You should have seen an alert at the top of all admin pages informing you of this. But clearly I need a better check dealing with this stuff when actually viewing a chart that needs the additional plugin.
Glad you figured it out in any case.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [M Chart] Error after latest updateHey Mitchell. This is the first I’ve heard of this as an issue. The error looks like it tried to load the template for displaying charts in the wrong place. Is there any chance I can have access to your install to look into this further?
jamie AT methnen.com
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [M Chart] Bad practiceHey JarekS, I think I might know what’s happening. If you go into the M Chart settings, make sure Chart.js is selected and then hit Save does it then work?
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [M Chart] Bad practiceThat fatal error is super concerning. That shouldn’t have happened. Are you able to send me some additional info about what that and your fix entailed? Feel free to email me at jamie AT methnen.com
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Why was M Chart (plugin) closed?Totally late to the conversation. But I never meant to imply I wasn’t aware why M Chart got delisted. If I did imply that it was unintentional.
As Samuel says it was due to Highchart’s license which is “free” for non commercial use and not for commercial use.
In any case I’ve rewritten the plugin to use Chart.js by default and it’s been re-listed. You can still use Highcharts with it and indeed that’s still the better way to use the plugin honestly but it requires installing an additional plugin that isn’t listed on WordPress.org.
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [M Chart] Bad practiceWell, as I mentioned, you should have good luck exporting those charts to CSV and then reimporting them to a new chart with Chart.js set as the charting library. Set the chart settings as you had it before and you should be good to go.
Let me know if you have any difficulties with it.
As for the charity I’ll see what I can do about that at some point. 🙂
But if you want, feel free to send some money to MercyCorps. They do good stuff:
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [M Chart] Bad practiceWell you aren’t paying for the plugin. I develop M Chart for free. I do it for fun and do not charge anything. I don’t even take donations (when they’ve been offered I’ve asked that donations be made my favorite charity instead).
You are paying for Highcharts which is developed by a company that wants to make money. 🙂 I have no control or power over them and no connection to them at all.
M Chart now works without Highcharts though using the now default Chart.js library. If your chart needs are basic you can create new charts using the Chart.js library which is completely free and use those instead.
Especially with only 2-3 charts converting your existing ones to Chart.js charts should be relatively easy using the CSV Import/Export feature provided you only need Bar/Column, Line or Pie charts.
If you were using some of the more advanced chart types then Chart.js will not be sufficient for your needs.
- This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by methnen.
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [M Chart] Bad practiceI’m very sorry for the difficulty you had with the upgrade.
I tried to be very explicit about the changes. They are mentioned in the Plugin description with a bold heading, they are mentioned in the change log, and after upgrade an admin warning should have appeared at the top of the admin pages alerting you to the fact that you needed the Highcharts Library plugin to support your old charts.
The dependencies changed because WordPress.org required me to change them. I was as unhappy about this as you are.
Please note however that the Highcharts License has been the same since the beginning and was noted in the License for the plugin since the begining. Its free for non commercial use or for a onetime fee for commercial use. (Note that the term they describe is for ongoing support not for the license itself.)
Again, I’m genuinely sorry for the problems this caused.
Forum: Plugins
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