Ether Content Builder

May 05, 2013 by: Ron Dorsey

Website / Forum (developer's forum) / Purchase /SEO Yoast fails with Ether Content

Version 1.7.4 on framework version 1.7.0

Although an improvement, Ether Content Builder continues:

1. URLs are non active example: http://talkingmanuals.com
2. Ether Content Builder may or may not want to update passed version 1.7.4
3. Conflicts with the WordPress administration back end and plugin
   • The plugin, WP-Invoice v 2.10 is impacted. Ether Content hides totals, prevents editing the invoice title
   • "Select All" button for plugins no longer works

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Ether Content Builder

April 30, 2013 by: Ron Dorsey

Website / Forum (developer's forum) / Purchase

Unfortunately I am not recommending the use of Ether Content Builder for several reasons:

• There exist little if any support at the forum
• There are conflicts with key plugins, one being the TynMCE editor (resolved with version 1.7.5)
• If you rename your "wp-content" folder, Ether Content Builder may act up

 

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Ether Content Builder 1.5.1 / 1.5.2 / 1.7.x (ECB)

April 17, 2013 by: Ron Dorsey

Website / Forum (developer's forum) / Purchase

April 17, 2013

Ether Content Builder unfortunately disables auto hyperlinks for URLs. This has been a known issue with Talking Manuals product review staff for several versions of ECB.

example:

• http://talkingmanuals.com seen within the Visible editor
• http://talkingmanuals.com seen within Ether Content Builder

This plugin has been devalued because of the lack of technical assistance and timely responses on the ECB support forum.

• Conflicts: ECB still conflicts with the TinyMce text editor in that it may not allow TinyMce to save
• Disables URL hyperlinks
• Lacks technical support and timely responses to help request at the ECB support forum. You would not think this of a premium plugin.

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Ether Content Builder 1.5.1 / 1.5.2 / 1.7.x (ECB) Warning

Website / Forum (developer's forum) / Purchase

April 05, 2013 by: Ron Dorsey

ECB hardcodes to the “wp-content” folder which is unfortunately bad policy. When you want to help safeguard your WordPress install, it is recommended you change the name of the “wp-content” folder. Ether Content Builder breaks if this folder is changed. This plugin will work but may conflict with other plugins or may not install if the custom wp-content folder is renamed prior to installing.

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Ether Content Builder 1.5.1 / 1.5.2 / 1.6.x (ECB)

Website / Forum (developer's forum) / Purchase

December 13, 2012

Happy to report the new WordPress update, 3.5 has seem to fix the key conflicts of Ether Content Builder

December 10, 2012

Update: Unfortunately Ether Content Builder conflicts with many key WordPress plugins on the several model sites for testing plugins. From our test, we suggest you not use Ether Content Builder until these matters are fixed.

However if your site has been using Ether Content Builder, then there are some workarounds until things get fixed.

Problem: Page content is not being saved, including page titles.

Workaround: Deactivate ECB, reload the page in question, re-enter the content, then save that page, then re-activate ECB.

See conflict list (search on: "ether") The developer has not responded to the conflict list now over 3 months old.

 

August 23, 2012

Version 1.6.4 has just been released to find the media /mage object within TnyMCE is now available.

 

August 21, 2012

Ether Content Builder, v 1.6.3 has just been updated and there are some new features and bug fixes.

Add Features:

• More Ether Content Builder components
  • Post Feed
  • Page Feed
• A new clone tool for cloning content blocks
• Displays "Ether" as a menu item at admin's page top. This allows you easy access to the Builder link which gives you options of which components you want to see and other configurations.

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August 04, 2012

This WordPress plugin provides page layout options especially for the non-coder. There are plenty of options to select from with a list of both Ether Content Builder library of components and WordPress widgets and plugins , all in a drag-and-drop interface.

 

Button Examples:

Google AdsenseVideosContent Builder

 

 

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Tabs which expands:

 

Pros:

• Easy to use utilizing a drag and drop system
• Drag widgets onto a page
• Drag a number of pre-made column assortments onto a page
• Fast and responsive
• Extremely low learning curve with this drag and drop system
• Well supported and aggressive build cycles
• Will integrate with the up and coming Ether Theme
• Price point is very friendly ($30.00)

Cons:

• Does not generate multiple columns in which text may flow from one column to the other
• Some shortcodes from various plugins will not work. This may be a factor of the particular plugin and not Content Builder
• WP Customer Review plugin displays always at page top and
• Paid Membership Pro's shortcodes breaks
• The image insert function using the media library or local folders as a resource, is not integrated into the Rich Text Editor
• There are no pre-made CSS wrapper elements to add more styling to a column or page
• The shortcode button within the TinyMCE editor is hidden  - fixed with 1.6
• Conflicts with Simple Form - fixed with 1.6
  
• Conflicts with Event Calendar - fixed with 1.6
  

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Version 1.6.x Change Log:

• added style switcher (light/dark styles available for now) (BETA)
• added rich text editor for widgets wherever applicable
• added posts feed + pages feed widgets + option to make specific pages featured / set featured image (for display in pages feed)
• revised template manager with a more compact look
• added alternative styles for accordion and tabs widgets
• added constrain ratio for gallery widget constrain option (so now you can have relative rectangles rather than squares only)
• fixed “invalid argument supplied for foreach” warning”
• fixed 404 errors in ether-builder.css (reset-16px.png and save-16px.png)
• added ether_builder_widget and ether_builder_{WIDGET_SLUG}_widget filters
• fixed alignment of linked images (image widget)
• fixed gallery display issues (images overflowing vertically)
• fixed pricing tables styles
• refreshed ether builder admin pages layout and look
• significantly revised documentation – updated with common faqs and custom Ether Builder filters description
• added support for utf-8 serialized data and a new method of fixing it

 

Version 1.5.2 Change Log:

SEO Yoast Fails with Ether Content

May 14, 2013

Question: Is it not good policy to apply the_content filter on post content before extracting data? Yoast SEO (WordPress SEO) does not apply the_content filter on post content before extracting data such as meta tags. This causes problems with other plugins that follow this practice. Why is Yoast the exception? Is this an oversight?

Yoast SEO seems to have it all: great docs, interface, great help guides, easy to understand on "how to," however it misses out on a key function.

Not applying the_content filter on post content before extracting data such as meta tags is a major failure in a key process. Many individuals are not even aware of this failure of Yoast and therefore its impact.

 

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