[Plugin: NextGen Gallery] PHP just echoes shortcodes, doesn't execute them

  • Resolved ixwa

    (@ixwa)


    14 years, 10 months ago

    I don’t get it. I’ve tried [ album id=1 template=compact ] in the page itself and <?php echo do_shortcode('[ album id=1 template=compact ]'); ?> in the page template and it just spits out the literal shortcode again and again.

    Why is it not executing it?

    These are examples directly from the NextGen website and they don’t work. (And aren’t there some quotes missing around “album id”?)

    I can’t figure out what’s going on here.

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  • Thread Starter ixwa

    (@ixwa)

    14 years, 10 months ago

    You know something is up when you could code something faster yourself than waiting around for answers. It gets a little ridiculous.

    Thread Starter ixwa

    (@ixwa)

    14 years, 10 months ago

    TO ANY AND ALL NEXTGEN USERS:

    If you happen to copy one of t he “helpful” examples from the nextgen website, be warned that they are mis-typed (DOH!!).

    For example, [ album id=1 template=compact ] should be [album id=1 template=compact]. That’s it!!

    All I can say is it’s a bit rude for the author to ask for donations with these kinds of glaring errors and little/no help to fix them. Come on dude.

    Ejaz

    (@ejsiddiqui)

    14 years, 10 months ago

    Commercial plugins are also error prone.

    It would also be rude to ignore all of the amazing work the author has done for years and tell him that you don’t deserve any appreciation/help/support.

    The is the essence of opensource, that It is the people like you and me point out the problems for the benefit of community.

    Nevertheless the typo on website should be corrected.

    saintemily

    (@saintemily)

    14 years, 10 months ago

    you realise that the reason the shortcodes are displayed like that is so the shortcode doesnt activate within the website as the gallery plugin is active right? as using [album id=1 template=compact] would just display the album with template and therefore wouldnt be a very good shortcode example.
    Also the website states “Always remove the spaces before / after brackets”

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