Title: [Plugin: CataBlog] TypeError: $ is not a function &#8212; error when Regenerating Images
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: CataBlog] TypeError: $ is not a function — error when Regenerating Images

 *  [marcelo507](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcelo507/)
 * (@marcelo507)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-catablog-typeerror-is-not-a-function-error-when-regenerating-images/)
 * First of all, thanks for this great plugin!
 * I am getting the error message “TypeError: $ is not a function” after trying 
   to Regenerate All Images. Images are not showing up after rendering process ends
   and I get this error msg.
 * Also, I am trying to import a large CSV file (1000 records) and it seems to be
   only importing the first category, which is about 15 records.
 * Do I have to create one CSV for each category?
 * And lastly, is the order field per category or overall?
 * Thank you so much in advance.
 * Marcelo
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/catablog/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/catablog/)

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 *  Plugin Author [macguru2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macguru2000/)
 * (@macguru2000)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-catablog-typeerror-is-not-a-function-error-when-regenerating-images/#post-1979296)
 * Hi Marcelo507,
 * I’m glad you are enjoying CataBlog, here are the answers to your questions.
 * 1. TypeError: $ is not a function
 * I believe this may be due to a javascript conflict, I have not heard of or experienced
   this problem myself. It would seem that the jQuery library is not loading or 
   it’s dollar sign shortcut is not registered. Can you please try disabling all
   other plugins except CataBlog and try regenerating images again. Also your theme
   maybe the problem and I would suggest switching to TwentyTen and seeing if it
   works. Also are you using a supported browser? In the plugin FAQ I state that
   the admin is only tested in Firefox3, Safari, Chrome or IE8. If you are using
   another browser I would suggest you try switching to one of the “main” “modern”
   browsers I listed above.
 * Also keep in mind that regenerate images is for recreating thumbnail and LightBox
   sized images from the image files found in the catablog originals folder. This
   means that your originals folder should contain all the image files that correspond
   to the image and subimages columns in the CSV file.
 * 2. CSV not importing entire file
 * When you import what does the console say? Does it list each of the 1000 records
   as they are created? Does it list each category as it is created? Are you clearing
   the catalog before importing? If it indeed is stopping at a certain item I would
   triple check the CSV syntax on that line, their is probably an error. Also their
   is no limit on how many categories are created from a CSV import.
 * 3. Do I have to create one CSV for each category?
 * No, this is unnecessary. Please refer to the [import documentation](http://catablog.illproductions.com/documentation/importing-and-exporting-catalogs/)
   for an example CSV formatted file. Please make sure you are using the vertical
   bar “|” for separating categories and not commas “,”.
 * 4. Is the order field per category or overall.
 * The order field is currently for the entire catalog. This most likely will be
   removed and or changed in a future version of CataBlog, especially since so many
   people want catalogs with thousands of items in them. Custom reordering a thousand
   items easily isn’t very feasible with any interface.
 *  Thread Starter [marcelo507](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcelo507/)
 * (@marcelo507)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-catablog-typeerror-is-not-a-function-error-when-regenerating-images/#post-1979404)
 * Hi macguru2000,
 * Thanks a lot for the fast reply!
 * About #1: I am going to do some more testing and let you know.
 * #2 and #3: It worked perfectly after I fixed the CSV file to have quotes in some
   field like in your example file. Do you know if there is a way to generate these
   quotes from Excel?
 * #4: Cool, thanks.
 * I will let you know what I find out with #1.
 * Thanks once again!
 * Marcelo
 *  Plugin Author [macguru2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macguru2000/)
 * (@macguru2000)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-catablog-typeerror-is-not-a-function-error-when-regenerating-images/#post-1979435)
 * I am not a hundred percent sure but I believe if you either open a csv file that
   is exported from CataBlog or create a new csv file (not xls or xlsx) then Excel
   should handle all character escaping like quoting cells that contain commas automatically.
 *  Thread Starter [marcelo507](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcelo507/)
 * (@marcelo507)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-catablog-typeerror-is-not-a-function-error-when-regenerating-images/#post-1979493)
 * Hi macguru2000,
 * I ended up working around the escaping character issue by adding a single ” after
   all fields/columns that needed double quotes. If you do that excel will the double
   quote that field when it generates the CSV.
 * Then I opened the CSV with Notepad and replaced all “”” with “.
 * Not ideal but worked. Thanks a lot for your awesome support!
 * I have one more question but I will open a new topic since it’s not related to
   this one.
 * Marcelo
 *  Plugin Author [macguru2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macguru2000/)
 * (@macguru2000)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-catablog-typeerror-is-not-a-function-error-when-regenerating-images/#post-1979568)
 * **FYI:** the `TypeError: $ is not a function` error has been solved in CataBlog
   1.2.5, it was due to code refactoring and variable scope change.

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