[Plugin: CataBlog] TypeError: $ is not a function — error when Regenerating Images

Hi Marcelo507,

I’m glad you are enjoying CataBlog, here are the answers to your questions.

1. TypeError: $ is not a function

I believe this may be due to a javascript conflict, I have not heard of or experienced this problem myself. It would seem that the jQuery library is not loading or it’s dollar sign shortcut is not registered. Can you please try disabling all other plugins except CataBlog and try regenerating images again. Also your theme maybe the problem and I would suggest switching to TwentyTen and seeing if it works. Also are you using a supported browser? In the plugin FAQ I state that the admin is only tested in Firefox3, Safari, Chrome or IE8. If you are using another browser I would suggest you try switching to one of the “main” “modern” browsers I listed above.

Also keep in mind that regenerate images is for recreating thumbnail and LightBox sized images from the image files found in the catablog originals folder. This means that your originals folder should contain all the image files that correspond to the image and subimages columns in the CSV file.

2. CSV not importing entire file

When you import what does the console say? Does it list each of the 1000 records as they are created? Does it list each category as it is created? Are you clearing the catalog before importing? If it indeed is stopping at a certain item I would triple check the CSV syntax on that line, their is probably an error. Also their is no limit on how many categories are created from a CSV import.

3. Do I have to create one CSV for each category?

No, this is unnecessary. Please refer to the import documentation for an example CSV formatted file. Please make sure you are using the vertical bar “|” for separating categories and not commas “,”.

4. Is the order field per category or overall.

The order field is currently for the entire catalog. This most likely will be removed and or changed in a future version of CataBlog, especially since so many people want catalogs with thousands of items in them. Custom reordering a thousand items easily isn’t very feasible with any interface.

Hi macguru2000,

Thanks a lot for the fast reply!

About #1: I am going to do some more testing and let you know.

#2 and #3: It worked perfectly after I fixed the CSV file to have quotes in some field like in your example file. Do you know if there is a way to generate these quotes from Excel?

#4: Cool, thanks.

I will let you know what I find out with #1.

Thanks once again!

Marcelo

I am not a hundred percent sure but I believe if you either open a csv file that is exported from CataBlog or create a new csv file (not xls or xlsx) then Excel should handle all character escaping like quoting cells that contain commas automatically.

Hi macguru2000,

I ended up working around the escaping character issue by adding a single ” after all fields/columns that needed double quotes. If you do that excel will the double quote that field when it generates the CSV.

Then I opened the CSV with Notepad and replaced all “”” with “.

Not ideal but worked. Thanks a lot for your awesome support!

I have one more question but I will open a new topic since it’s not related to this one.

Marcelo

FYI: the TypeError: $ is not a function error has been solved in CataBlog 1.2.5, it was due to code refactoring and variable scope change.