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  • Divi Visual Builder Not Loading

    Divi Visual Builder Not Loading…

    Divi Visual Builder not loading? I recently installed Divi on a new server and realized that in doing so, I strangely couldn’t access the Divi Visual Builder anymore… The Divi Visual Builder just sat there and spun forever.

    Oh boy…

    So upon further inspection… I open up the console to see what was going on. To my surprise (or maybe unsurprisingly?) there were TONS of errors in the log. All of them were, in one way or another, pointing to the fact that:

    uncaught reference error: jQuery undefined

    jQuery undefined? What gives? The WordPress Core comes bundled with tons of JavaScript libraries… jQuery being one of them. So why can’t it be found?

    One solution suggested on the web was heading over to the Divi theme options and enabling the classic editor. Apparently there were a few issues with the transition to WordPress 5.0, the new Gutenberg editor, and compatibility with Divi… I haven’t experienced any issues since the transition to 5.0, but you can check out more info on that topic here.

    However, for my situation, enabling/disabling the classic editor didn’t work for me. I was still missing jQuery either way, and the Visual Builder was still just….

    Yeah.

    So here’s the solution that worked for me

    In my particular situation… I was running traffic to my WordPress server through Cloudflare. Not everyone does this, and it’s not always the source of many problems, but for this particular case, it was the issue for me.

    Inside my Cloudflare settings, I went to the Speed tab at the top:

    Then click ‘Optimization’ below that:

    And scroll about halfway down the page, and make sure that the Rocket Loader setting is disabled.

    After that, I was able to refresh my WordPress site, click ‘Enable Divi Builder’ and voila!

    Hope that helps! If you’re interested, check out more random solutions to random problems by visiting the rest of my blog

    matt

    September 27, 2020
    Web Design, Web Development
    cloudflare, divi, theme, wordpress
  • Why The Breeze Cursor Theme is The Best

    Themes

    So basically, there are themes.

    Themes can do a lot to change the look and feel of your computing experience. If you’re a Linux user, there’s a good chance you like things customized. Just have a Google for “linux themes” and you’ll see what I mean. You can take this to whatever level you want. You can change the look and feel of literally everything, or you can do a subtle cursor change like me.

    Breeze Theme

    Lately I’ve been a fan of the Breeze cursor theme. To get that theme and a selection of other themes to choose from later, open a terminal and install the unity tweak tool and a few theme libraries:

    $ sudo apt install breeze-cursor-theme oxygen-cursor-theme oxygen-cursor-theme-extra unity-tweek-tool

    Once you install the themes and the unity tweak tool, you can open the tweak tool and head over to Appearance > Cursors. Click through the list until you find one you like. Make note of the name. Once you’ve got one, open your terminal again and type:

    $ sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme

    This will bring up a list of all the themes you’ve installed on your system. Look through the list and find the theme you liked. Type in the number of your selected theme to confirm your changes. To make sure your changes remain changed, simply run:

    $ compiz --replace

    and you can either reboot or log out and log back in to make your changes. That’s it! Enjoy your new look!

    matt

    April 16, 2019
    Lifestyle, Linux, Ubuntu
    breeze, computing, cursor, linux, pc, theme, ubuntu, windows

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