Easyblog 5.0.19 broke my buttons
By Leslie Buck on Friday, 07 August 2015
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I have added buttons to the bottom of several of my posts in previous blog posts. When upgrading to EB 5.0.19 the buttons that were still working with 5.0.18 are no longer appearing properly.

You can see a recent post made using JCE editor after installing 5.0.18. The hyperlink button at the bottom of the post was working fine until upgrading to .19.
http://www.tacticalarts.com/articles/entry/get-stronger-faster-getting-stronger-is-simple-1

After installing 5.0.19, I created the following post. The button is also not displaying properly. This is when I discovered the issue.
http://www.tacticalarts.com/articles/entry/the-essentials-of-handgun-retention-for-open-carry

The issue appears to be the same for both posts. Here is the code I am using:

<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>If you want some help learning weapons retention and disarming and other essentials of self defense, consider joining our Tactical Arts Academy Self Defense Program.</strong> Not only can we can help you in class with the training mentioned above, but we can also help you stay safe with other training. Click the button below to learn more.<br /></span></div>
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<div> </div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="programs/self-defense" class="readon">Learn More about our Self Defense Program</a></span></p>
<div> </div>

What do I need to do to get them working again? This is an important part of my marketing.

thank you,
Leslie
The button is actually there but since you have added the "readon" class on the button, your Ohanah stylesheets are overriding the styling. See my screen shot here, http://screencast.com/t/9qtmtvt1ikw

A simple fix would be to add the css selectors below:



.readon {

color: #555 !important;

}
Mark
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Friday, 07 August 2015 02:20
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Thank you for the help. I see the white buttons. I did just update Ohanah. That was the culprit.

I added the code you suggested to the template css file, but there is no change. Did I put it in the wrong place?
Leslie Buck
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Friday, 07 August 2015 02:38
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Not sure where you placed it but you can try a more specific selector to avoid their styling overruling your rule with the !important tag



body a.readon {

color: #555 !important;

}
Mark
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Friday, 07 August 2015 02:58
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We are a little over my head. I added the new code above here:
public_html/templates/rt_leviathan/css/rt_leviathan-custom.css

Do I need to change anything in the posts themselves?

thank you,
Leslie
Leslie Buck
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Friday, 07 August 2015 03:08
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No, this has nothing to do with EasyBlog. If your site / template has caching / optimization, you might want to clear / recompile it.
Mark
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Friday, 07 August 2015 03:14
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Oh I see. I think I cleared it in the server configuration menu. I never know when something will change immediately or after a cache refresh.

I will see if I changes. If not, I will contact Ohanah support to help me. This appears to be a simple issue, but I am not quite sure if I made the proper changes you suggested.
thank you
Leslie Buck
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Friday, 07 August 2015 03:26
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If you are using Rockettheme, I think you need to recompile the less styles but I could be wrong here.
Mark
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Friday, 07 August 2015 03:29
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I am using Rocketheme. Not sure how to do that, but I will research it. Thank you
Leslie Buck
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Friday, 07 August 2015 03:34
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No problem If you need my help, provide us with the back end and FTP access
Mark
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Friday, 07 August 2015 03:36
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Ok, thank you. I was able to clear the cache in the advanced tab of the template manager. Unfortunately, it did not change anything. I will wait for Ohanah to reply. Thank you for the help.
Leslie Buck
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Friday, 07 August 2015 03:44
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You are most welcome
Mark
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Friday, 07 August 2015 03:49
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Hi Mark,
I still cannot get the buttons to work. Will you please help? The support from Ohanah said the issue could not be from them.

Last night, I actually noticed that the buttons displayed properly for a few minutes. I checked right before bed and they looked right. When I woke up, they had issues again.

So, let me consolidate the issues I am having right now:

1. buttons in posts not displaying correctly in posts (see bottom of this post)

2. tags sometimes being buggy in the composer (from another thread)

3. new: buttons in the composer interface sometimes do not display. Instead there are the markers like: COM_EASYBLOG_COMPOSER... or something similar. Most of the buttons will disappear with these displaying. It has happened several times in the past 2 days. The latest time was after I updated a template. See here Here is another of the composer settings menu.

4. When entering the composer from the front end by clicking on the pencil icon and selecting edit post, I sometimes get the facebook share icon displaying over the composer interface. It hovers stuck on the screen. See a screenshot here

Thank you for the help.
Leslie
Leslie Buck
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Friday, 07 August 2015 21:31
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Well this issue is clearly either from Ohanah or your Joomla template. Since all your css files are compiled into one, I can't find the source of the css file that is adding that block of css codes.

Anyway, there is a problem with your custom css file, http://screencast.com/t/ZgaJ3CGvR0j . After adding the missing tag, it works fine now.

As for the rest of your questions, I will reply them on your other threads accordingly.
Mark
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Saturday, 08 August 2015 03:59
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Hi Mark,
Thanks again for the help. It still does not look right to me. I can see the dark text now, but the button is still white. I want the button to be green with white text like all my other buttons on the site. See here

It's strange that it worked until my recent update to both Easyblog and Ohanah.

Sorry about consolidating the threads, I thought it would be easier since you likely would see the backend of my site for more than one of them.
thank you,
Leslie
Leslie Buck
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Saturday, 08 August 2015 04:10
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Where can I see the original buttons?
Mark
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Saturday, 08 August 2015 04:12
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oops, I see the changes you made changed the text color of all the buttons on my site. They went from white to dark grey.
Leslie Buck
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Saturday, 08 August 2015 04:12
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The original buttons looked like this

You can see how they have change on my home page
Leslie Buck
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Saturday, 08 August 2015 04:17
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Hey Leslie,

I am really sorry for the delay of this reply as it is a weekend for us here. The ftp access doesn't seem to work for me any longer. Can you please advise?
Mark
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Saturday, 08 August 2015 15:04
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Sorry, please ignore my previous post. My VPN was messed up. I have fixed this for you and the buttons should work fine now
Mark
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Saturday, 08 August 2015 15:19
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Awesome! Thank you very much. It looks great.
Leslie Buck
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Saturday, 08 August 2015 21:59
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You are most welcome
Mark
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Sunday, 09 August 2015 03:41
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