Bulletproof: Problem with Amazon-Plugin

[iskru]

Hi,

i just noticed that when i use the "Bulletproof" theme with S-S-B config and put the Amazon-Plugin in one of the sidebars, the post(s) / body gets out of place and drawn into the right sidebar at the end of the sidebar.

How to solve this issue?

Anybody else experiencing similar issues with other sidebar-plugs?

[yellowled]

i just noticed that when i use the "Bulletproof" theme with S-S-B config and put the Amazon-Plugin in one of the sidebars, the post(s) / body gets out of place and drawn into the right sidebar at the end of the sidebar.

How to solve this issue?

URL to the blog where we can see the problem live?

YL

[iskru]

You can see it at http://www.iskru.com/.

If i place the plug in the left sidebar, then it even chews up the right sidebar completely ...

[yellowled]

i just noticed that when i use the "Bulletproof" theme with S-S-B config and put the Amazon-Plugin in one of the sidebars, the post(s) / body gets out of place and drawn into the right sidebar at the end of the sidebar.

How to solve this issue?

I have never used the Amazon sidebar plugin myself, but I'm guessing it's similar to a sidebar HTML nugget, i.e. you have to insert the code for the links into a textarea box in the plugin configuration? Because the code in your blog looks as if the div containers in the amazon box have not been closed properly, therefore closing other container divs used in BP.

Could you post the code you inserted into the amazon plugin?

YL

[iskru]

No code needs to be inserted in the plugin. Just Amazon-Product-ID (ESINs / ISINs)

So perhaps the prob is the code of the plugin ...

[d_cee]

Hi

There is indeed a </div> missing from the code in the plugin.

If you open serendipity_plugin_amazon.php in your code editor and look at line no 144

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echo "<div align='center'><a href='" . $article['url'] . "/" . $amazonid . "'>".$article['desc']."</a>";

it should be

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echo "<div align='center'><a href='" . $article['url'] . "/" . $amazonid . "'>".$article['desc']."</a></div>";

HTH

Dave

[iskru]

Dave, thanks a lot.

But how could it happen that this plugin did make it to spartakus then?

I was assuming that if i download a plugin via spartakus, it's sort of quality approved or at least code checked ...

[d_cee]

No problem

As for how the plugin had an error - these things happen I guess. I'm sure Garvin (or someone) will add the missing closing tag to the plugin so that it's OK for anyone else downloading it from spartacus in the future.

cheers

Dave

[yellowled]

I was assuming that if i download a plugin via spartakus, it's sort of quality approved or at least code checked ...

Surprise - developers are human, too

YL

[chickens]

Surprise - developers are human, too

YL

I thought all programmers were robots who worked 24/7/365... I know that Garvin does

[yellowled]

I thought all programmers were robots who worked 24/7/365... I know that Garvin does

Actually, Garvin has got the 36-hour-day down, and I hear he's working on having a 48-hour-day

YL

[chickens]

Actually, Garvin has got the 36-hour-day down, and I hear he's working on having a 48-hour-day

YL

The question I have is how much caffeine is needed to stay up that long? I've had 24 hours days in the past and it was quite a bit. <-- I looked like that guy

[garvinhicking]

Change committed.

And think about Microsoft: I bet they also have some sort of quality control, but still they have to send out patches every week or so

Regards,
Garvin