[Plugin: Meteor Slides] Version 1.5 – Slideshows Have Stopped Cycling

Hi, yes both of those scripts were in the master on Github. The scripts in Meteor Slides are working fine, but you have a lot of JavaScript on your site and there is likely a conflict between Meteor Slides and another plugin.

If you could update the plugin again, I can take a look. Don’t forget to clear Quick Cache.

Hi Josh

Well, you obviously have a wonderful aura ??

I de-activated the “old” 1.5 and re-activated the “new” 1.5 and everything is now perversely working as it should – slideshows cycle and my maps display!

I also cleared Quick Cache (I had done this several times this morning as well but with no effect then).

I think the only difference between now and when I did all this earlier is that after I installed the “new” 1.5, I not only de-activated but also deleted the “old” 1.5 (so as not to confuse myself down the track). This time I have left the “old” 1.5 installed but de-activated. It doesn’t seem likely to me that the uninstallation affected the slideshows but thought I’d let you know.

Perhaps if I had simply de-activated and immediately re-activated Meteor Slides 1.5 (“new” version) this morning when I started having the problem it would have just come good then?

Anyway, whatever the gremlin was, your aura fixed it – many thanks ??

Hi Josh

Well, because I “needed to know” – I just deleted the “old” 1.5 again, and cleared the cache.

I now have the problem back – no cycling and no maps.

I’ll leave it as it is for the moment and hopefully you can come up with a brilliant solution as to why deleting the earlier (de-activated) version of 1.5 stops the show.

Many thanks

Ah, I see the problem, all the settings for the slideshow are missing:

var meteorslidessettings = {"meteorslideshowspeed":"0", "meteorslideshowduration":"0","meteorslideshowheight":null, "meteorslideshowwidth":null,"meteorslideshowtransition":null};

I think when you are removing the other copy, it is running uninstall function that removes the options for the slideshow. Try setting all the options on the settings page and updating it.

Hi Josh

You are right, of course! The settings were all blank – I re-did them and all is well again ?? Sorry that I didn’t think of looking at the settings page myself – all my slides and slideshows remained intact throughout my installation -> activation -> deactivation -> deletion of the various versions so I simply didn’t think about checking the global settings page.

Even if the problem wasn’t solved by your aura alone, you still have a great aura ??

Thanks again and cheers

You’re welcome! Yes it won’t ever delete the slide post content when you remove the content, just the settings.

Hi Josh

When you uninstall, it actually says it will remove the “data” which is a pretty broad term (and could also include the slides) – it might be helpful when you are next tweaking to change the uninstall references to “data” to read “settings” instead.

That’s the terminology that WordPress uses for all the plugins, I can’t change it. I think the distinction they make is between “content” and “data”, not that that is terribly clear!