Bug #2829: Problem with VeriteCo Timeline plugin - CUNY Academic Commons - CUNY Graduate Center - Project Tracking System

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Bug #2829

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Problem with VeriteCo Timeline plugin

Added by Emily Sherwood over 10 years ago. Updated over 10 years ago.

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Resolved

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Normal

Assignee:

Boone Gorges

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Target version:

1.5.5.1

Start date:

2013-10-14

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Description

I activated the VeriteCo Timeline plugin on the site below, but once the code is inserted into the post, the timeline just stays stuck in loading mode. I tried it on a test site on a similar multi-user Word Press install and it didn't work there, either.

http://justpublics365.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/10/13/stop-frisk-timeline/ ‎

[Post is currently saved as a Draft.]

The only thing that works on my test site is using the unfiltered html through the text edit. I left that code in the Visual box on the draft of the post, but I'm not sure what else to try.

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Updated by Matt Gold over 10 years ago

Status changed from New to Assigned
Assignee set to Boone Gorges

Hi Boone --

If you have time, can you please try to take a look at this tomorrow or Tuesday? We're trying to hit a Wednesday publication deadline. Thanks in advance for your help.

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Updated by Boone Gorges over 10 years ago

Status changed from Assigned to Reporter Feedback
Target version set to 1.5.5.1

The VeriteCo plugin appears to be broken. The JavaScript method it uses doesn't seem to work with later versions of jQuery. The plugin hasn't been updated since late 2012, so perhaps it's been abandoned.

In any case, the JS method of loading the timeline is odd to me, when an iframe alternative is available. As a stopgap for your publication, I've created a new shortcode [cac-shortcode] which uses the iframe technique, and seems to work properly. https://github.com/castiron/cac/commit/ed258346c0f4593e08d65cd3b088d401625912bc See http://justpublics365.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin/post.php?post=3280&action=edit&message=10 for the shortcode edit I made.

I don't have any guarantees that this shortcode will work for all instances of VeriteCo timelines; that'd require more research into their API. I'll leave the larger problem with the plugin for a future release.

Please let me know whether this is working as you'd expect.

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