Big Brother Theme Breaks in 4.8.1

mectanner · Member · Aug 17, 2017 at 3:35 pm
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After updating WordPress to 4.8.1 I when I navigate from the main menu no content displays in both left and right rail.

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timethief · Member · Aug 19, 2017 at 9:39 pm
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All software updates are done by Staff on all wordpress.COM hosted sites. The site linked to your username has no posts published after July 28, 2011.

What is the URL of the exact site in question re: expiration starting with http://?

Are you referring to a site hosted by wordpress.COM or not?

Type the URL in here to determine who hosts the site http://www.whoishostingthis.com/

Know that WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

We do not provide support for wordpress.ORG software installs. That support is provided at http://wordpress.org/support/
timethief · Member · Aug 19, 2017 at 9:40 pm
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wordpress.org support
The wordpress.ORG support forum is at http://wordpress.org/support. The wordpress.ORG login link is here https://login.wordpress.org/ If you do not have an account yet then click Create an account https://login.wordpress.org/register/ and if you have lost an account password click Lost password? https://login.wordpress.org/lostpassword/
WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
See also https://apps.wordpress.org/support/ for app support.

re: Jetpack support
Some Jetpack solutions are here http://jetpack.me/support/
Others are in the Jetpack support forum at WordPress.org
http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack
However, if you can’t find help at either one then you can file a Jetpack support ticket here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/?jetpack=needs-service
timethief · Member · Aug 19, 2017 at 10:10 pm
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oops! Ignore these words re: expiration that I provided in error above. The rest is correct.
mectanner · Member · Aug 21, 2017 at 2:58 pm
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I actually downloaded this theme for use on WP Engine intranet site. The link said I could:
https://wordpress.com/theme/big-brother

FYI, the theme has not been updated since 2015.
jwbeta · Member · Aug 21, 2017 at 3:33 pm
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Regardless of where a site is hosted, the latest update to wordpress breaks this theme, specifically in category pages using the archive.php file… which in turn uses the function big_brother_the_breadcrumbs() .

if ( is_category() ) {
global $wp_query;
$cat = get_category( $wp_query->get_queried_object()->term_id );
$cat_parents = get_category_parents( get_category( $cat->parent ), true, ‘<span class=”sep”></span>’ );

if ( 0 < $cat->parent && ! is_wp_error( $cat_parents ) )
echo ‘<span class=”breadcrumbs-ancestor cat-parents”>’ . $cat_parents . ‘</span>’;
echo $before . single_cat_title( ”, false ) . $after;

}

This function no longer works. Removing the breadcrumbs from the archive.php file fixes the site.
timethief · Member · Aug 21, 2017 at 6:31 pm
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@mectanner

We do NOT provide support here at wordpress.COM for any site that is not hosted here ie. the site must be on our servers.

wordpress.org support
The wordpress.ORG support forum is at http://wordpress.org/support. The wordpress.ORG login link is here https://login.wordpress.org/ If you do not have an account yet then click Create an account https://login.wordpress.org/register/ and if you have lost an account password click Lost password? https://login.wordpress.org/lostpassword/
WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
See also https://apps.wordpress.org/support/ for app support.

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