Error calling themeblvd_add_builder_element

[srumery]

I am following the guide you put together for adding a new element to the builder using the API which can be found here: http://dev.themeblvd.com/tutorial/add-remove-builder-elements/

It references the function themeblvd_add_builder_element but every time I call it, I get the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function themeblvd_add_builder_element()

I searched through the Theme Blvd Layout Builder plugin code to see if there was a typo or something but nothing obvious turns up. I even tried using the code straight off the page in the developer docs and it still fails.

themeblvd_add_builder_element( 'my_new_element', 'My New Element', 'none', $options, 'display_my_new_element' );

How can I get this to work?

Version Information:
WordPress: 3.6
Jump Start: 1.1.2
Theme Blvd Layout Builder: 1.2.0

• This topic was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by srumery. Reason: change to for one section

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[Jason Bobich]

Hi,

I just double checked everything on my end and there’s no issues over here. Where are you putting your code exactly? Is it going in your child theme’s functions.php after the framework is included at the top?

[srumery]

I was putting it in a plugin so that I could use it across a few child themes. That was the intent but that approach may be causing the problem. I’ll add the code as an include file in one of my child themes for now.

If I am able to it as a plugin, what can I wrap around my code so it gets fired off at the right time?

[Jason Bobich]

So, for this it’s important to understand the loading process WordPress goes through with it’s files and action hooks.

Order of included files:

1. Plugin files
2. Child theme’s functions.php
3. Parent theme’s functions.php

Here are all of the action hook loading points:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference

For this, you’ll need to put it in a function that is hooked to after_setup_theme.

[srumery]

UPDATE: I added the code to an include file that is called from the child theme functions.php AFTER the call to the framework and it worked! This is great, thank you! 🙂

I would prefer this functionality be set in a plugin to make it more portable for other child themes. Can I call my custom builder function from the after_setup_theme hook like your other plugins similar to this?

add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'themeblvd_favicon_init' );

[srumery]

Ha! Your post beat mine by 12 seconds. Thank you for your guidance and attention to detail. I love this framework!!

Onward!

[Jason Bobich]

Yeah, so you can definitely do that. But just make sure you’re name-spacing your own functions like —

srumery_do_whatever() {
     // ...
    themeblvd_add_builder_element( ... );
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'srumery_do_whatever' );

[srumery]

I’ve got it all wrapped in a nice little plugin now. Brilliant!

Thank you, Jason.

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