Title: Activation error, shortcode syntax, a suggestion
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Activation error, shortcode syntax, a suggestion

 *  [Tom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tom-hickey/)
 * (@tom-hickey)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activation-error-shortcode-syntax-a-suggestion/)
 * Some unexpected results using Enterprise Pro child theme and Genesis 2.0.2.
 * On activation, WordPress issued a warning:
 * > The plugin generated 235 characters of unexpected output during activation.
   > If you notice “headers already sent” messages, problems with syndication feeds
   > or other issues, try deactivating or removing this plugin.
 * It’s not clear what the syntax is to force width to be 100%:
 *     ```
       div.gsps-outer {
           clear: both;
           display: block;
           overflow: hidden;
           padding: 1%;
           width: 98%;
       }
       ```
   
 * Also, a suggestion for the plugin to force full-width page layout on pages using
   the shortcode. It doesn’t work without the f-w layout setting, so you might as
   well force it instead of leaving room for ‘user error’.
 * Overall, a nice little plugin to do what people want. Thanks for publishing it.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-simple-page-sections/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-simple-page-sections/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Doug Yuen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doug-yuen/)
 * (@doug-yuen)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activation-error-shortcode-syntax-a-suggestion/#post-4995360)
 * Hi Tom, sorry for the extremely late reply. I didn’t realize that I had to manually
   subscribe to new support threads on my own plugin.
 * I tried activating it on Enterprise Pro and didn’t get an activation error. Do
   you still have that error?
 * I corrected the CSS to make it 100% width. The 98% width and 1% padding was for
   padding on responsive, but that seems to cause more problems than the 98% width.
 * Great idea to force full width layout. I also added that to the new version, 
   which I just uploaded.
 * Thanks for the feedback, and I’m sorry for taking such a long time to reply.

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 * Last reply from: [Doug Yuen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doug-yuen/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activation-error-shortcode-syntax-a-suggestion/#post-4995360)
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