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YS Yellow Swordfish
Yellow Swordfish
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There have been one or two instances of our new admin form processing failing. Some odd glitches (a user for whom 'global dislay options' refuses to save for example) and a possibility of the query vars being sent on the GET breaking the URL size limit.

I have tried some initial experiments using the jQuery Forms plugin and so far these are very promising. My initial thoughts are that this would not take an enormous amount of effort to adopt but it does, of course, effect each and every admin panel. And that means a major testing effort as well.

There is also the worrisome problem of jQuery breakage which seem to be one of the most prevalent reasons that SPF fails for some users.

But it is probably the way to go. But we will need a consensus on the when?

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MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
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I would say now – v4.1.1…   if jQuery is going to break someone sites, it likely already is…

YS Yellow Swordfish
Yellow Swordfish
Member

Bold move. I think I see it from both angles so easy to tip me one way or the other.

First step then is to get the generic stuff in place and I will work out what needs to be done at form level. I'll do as much of this as I can over this weekend although I am out all day Saturday.

MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
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I say 4.1.1 because of half a dozen issues with people saving admin forms. the kicker is that I dont know that this will fix all of them.

RA -Radio-
-Radio-
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This fix, will actually help diagnose JQuery issues, before they appear on the front end of a user's site, and while all settings are in their default positions.

I see this as aiding in the overall debugging process and weeding out plugin conflicts…