gkbenji

I down-dated to 3.1.31, but that’s a workaround, not a fix. I’d like to see the latest version actually work, instead of having to remember not to update this plugin (I went through this after the 2.4 fiasco; it was so bad they eventually did a fork).

BTW, the 3.1.32 zip package is 15MB… the 2.1.31 zip is only 2MB. That seems odd, for as few fixes as were included in 32. Seems like the 3.1.32 package is corrupted somehow.

So, apparently it seems to be working as designed now.

Unfortunately, that design is so different from the original plugin that it’s no longer useful to us. The widget IMO no longer works well in a small sidebar like we were using it.

Thanks for all your work, though.

I did have disable styles checked, not disable scripts.

When I unchecked “disable styles”, I did get back the “clickable” pop-up functionality (on both desktop and mobile–Chrome on Android). But the body of the grid cell is still just dots on days with events, no text.

Nope, haven’t seen any error messages about that in any log files.

Is it possible you might get more clues if I put my theme backup? In that situation, some months show events, but a few don’t. That difference might offer a hint as to what’s going on.

I was working on the site, but I was able today to switch to the latest Twenty Fifteen theme and turn off all plugins but Simple Calendar:
https://testsite.rivendell-school.org. I can leave it that way for a few days.

Interestingly, with my own theme (a child theme of Genesis), I do see event text for some months. But with Twenty Fifteen, none of the months have event text, just dots, nothing clickable. I do have “Calendars > Settings > Advanced > Always Enqueue.. Yes” checked.

And I think I need to clarify my statement from above… I would like the hover/click to show events to work on ALL platforms, not just mobile. I want a small, numbers-only display calendar on the desktop too. Requiring event text to display in the calendar makes it worthless for a sidebar widget IMO.

Any updates?

Regardless of whether the bug on my site is fixed, however, if the mouseover/popup for events in the widget is no longer a feature, the new version of the plugin is no longer of use to me. There isn’t space on my site for the widget to list all the events (I use another calendar plugin for a full-page calendar with that info). IMO the popup feature worked just fine on mobile devices (android, Apple) and I’m disappointed you’d just remove it and not at least allow it as an option.

Yes, 3.0.6 and using the provided widget with a grid calendar. Default Twenty Fifteen theme with NO other plugins enabled. There is also a list calendar (using the shortcode)if you look at the “News > Upcoming Events” page.

Here is the system report. It says I’m using Firefox but I’ve tried Chrome and get the same results, so it’s not a browser issue.

### WordPress Installation ###

Site Name: Rivendell School
Home URL: https://testsite.rivendell-school.org
Site URL: https://testsite.rivendell-school.org
Version: 4.3.1
Locale: en_US
Timezone: America/Denver
Multisite: Yes
Permalinks: /blog/%postname%/
WP Memory Limit: 64 MB
WP Debug Mode: No
Script Debug: No

### Active Theme ###

Theme: Twenty Fifteen – 1.2
Child Theme: No
Parent Theme: –

### Server Environment ###

Web Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5
PHP Version: 5.3.29
MySQL Version: 5.6.27
Server Timezone: UTC
Display Errors: Yes
Safe Mode: No
Memory Limit: 256M
Upload Max Filesize: 100M
Post Max Size: 100M
Max Execution Time: 300
Max Input Vars: 1000
fsockopen: Yes
cURL: Yes
SOAP: Yes
SUHOSIN: No
WP Remote POST: Yes
WP Remote GET: Yes

### Client Information ###

IP Address:
Browser: Firefox 42.0 (Windows)

Yes, “always enqueue” is enabled.

Yes, Genesis theme has wp_head(). I tried Twenty Fifteen (along with all other plugins disabled, and 3.0.6 version of Simple Calendar). The only change is that now NO months show any text for events. I simply get a dot for each event in the grid, and still nothing is clickable. I have left the site like this if you care to look, Test site

In any case, how do you show events to click on without adding text that will screw up the widget size? The widget is in a sidebar just a few hundred pixels wide. Plenty of room for dates (which previously you could mouse over to see events) but none for event text.

Update: I deactivated every single plugin except Simple Calendar, and no change in behavior.

FWIW, the test site is running a child theme of Genesis 2.2.2.

Sorry, haven’t been looking at this for a while. Just updated to 3.0.5, no change. Same odd behavior, only some months have text, nothing is clickable.

I will try to find time today to see if there are other plugin interactions as well.

Yes, “Always Enqueue” is enabled. When it wasn’t, I couldn’t even see the calendar at all.

Ok, more odd behavior. THIS month (Nov) only shows a dot, and no events. But if I click to go to the next month (Dec), I suddenly see the events listed in the widget… as full text, which expands the widget and blows up the layout.

Then if I go to January, back to just dots… then February, events show in text. Some months I see the item title, other months I just see dots. In no case is anything clickable. I tried calendar settings for both “click” and “hover” (which, BTW, is misleading as it implies you can still get hover in the widget on desktops which does not seem to be the case).

What is going on here?

Thanks for the reply. Are events supposed to be listed in the widget? All I get is a dot; nothing is clickable.

https://testsite.rivendell-school.org

I am still not sure if I am going to update, with functionality concerns (as well as all the time I’m going to have to spend re-styling). This is the second major rewrite of this plugin; remember stability is important for webmasters too, not just the latest greatest features.

Probably should have tried that first, shouldn’t I? Duh. That seems to fix things, so it’s something about how TinyMCE is inserting markup. I’ll just disable it to make Event Builder changes.

However, I still have one question that the “if-multi-day” shortcode seems to create multiple instances of events for every day it is active. E.g. if an event starts on Day 1 and runs through Day 5, instead of one event listed on Day 1 only, there are 5 events, one on Day 1, one on Day 2, one on Day 3, etc.

Is that how it’s supposed to work?