"The Grid" won't use custom skin if two post types are selected

[alex5252]

I’ve created a custom skin for my grid and it worked just fine.

once I added a second post type the grid either just kept defaulting to Kampala (what it does most of the time) or it overrides my skin for one of the post types with Kampala but leaves the other alone.

I’ve tried commented out everything within the content holder thinking it was a PHP error but that didn’t fix it.

I’m running Wordpress 5.03, Pro 2.4.6, and The Grid 2.7.1 so im running the most up to date versions of eveything.

And I deactivated all the plugins and it still occurred so its not a plugin conflict.

[ruenel]

Hello @alex5252,

Thanks for writing in!

Please be aware that the skins do not work to specific settings. There are skins specific to post types and other content sources which what you are having and there are also skins that only works for particular grid type like Grid, Masonry or Justified. You will need to choose a grid or even create your own grid that will support both of the post type that you are using.

At the moment, your custom skin as a limitation of allowing up to one grid only.

Hope this helps.

[alex5252]

Unfortunately this wasn’t helpful at all.

“Please be aware that the skins do not work to specific settings. There are skins specific to post types and other content sources which what you are having and there are also skins that only works for particular grid type like Grid, Masonry or Justified.”

This isn’t a problem of switching Grid Types. This problem occurs when I add a second post type under the sources tab.

“You will need to choose a grid”

Since every single Grid is created by the user I haven’t any idea what you’re trying to say. This isn’t a question of selection but creation.

“or even create your own grid that will support both of the post type that you are using”.

Ostensibly the grid already facilitates multiple post types, otherwise being able to select multiple post types under the sources tab would be a rather misleading feature.

“At the moment, your custom skin as a limitation of allowing up to one grid only.”

This sentence makes no sense as written. Presumably the “as” was supposed to be written as “has”. If so then I’d like to know how this was ascertained. If not then I’d like clarification as to what this sentence was trying to convey.

Furthermore are you suggesting that this skin can only be used on one Grid? Firstly I’m only trying to use this on a 1 Grid but I’d like to use 2 post types. Secondarily why can every other grid skin be used on multiple grids but my custom skin has an arbitrary limit?

[ruenel]

Hey @alex5252,

We apologized for the grammatical error. Yes I meant that at the moment, your custom skin has a limitation of allowing you to have only one post type. I would recommend that you compare your skin (since I do not have any idea of the settings you have) with the skin that allows two post type. There must be a setting that limits it.

Hope this helps.

[alex5252]

So apparently in the grid builder you can select different skins for each post type. I’ve been using the grid plugin for about two years now and I’ve made dozens of Grids and have never really known what that dropdown was for. Many times I thought it was supposed to switch grids as a post type and a grid name can be the same. The text does explain what it does but visually it really doesn’t capture the functionality its trying to express.

I’d suggest something like the following to select the post type you want to assign a skin to and then to show what you’ve selected.

<dl>
  <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row;"><input type="radio"><dt>Post Type: THE POST TYPE</dt><dd>Skin Name: SELECTED SKIN NAME</dd></div>
</dl>

[paul.r]

Hi,

Please note that The Grid plugin is a third party plugin.

We’ll forward your suggestion as a feature request to the plugin developer.

Thanks