Hello there, i recently switched from d7 to backdrop and think i´ll stay. As a below-average skilled user i´m struggling a bit with the lack of documentation/tutorials/explanation but got along so far. But now i really need a little help with that "block refresh"-thingy, which i really can´t get to work. I set up some testing site to try out stuff, so everything´s very basic with the current version of backdrop + block refresh installed. > I set up a view showing newly posted content, set the block to update every 20s and manually. Only 1 item, no pager. > Expectation: When posting new content that given content will updated into the "new content"-block within a short time. > What happens: The block shows the block title, the current newest content but no "refresh"-button, after ~20s the block updates as required, now displaying the refresh button but no content, hitting the refresh button has no effect >What i did: Followed installation instructions as given here: https://backdropcms.org/project/block_refresh, was confused by the statement " Note: the current working version of this module depends on this core fix: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/2713" So...is this fix in core now? And -if not- how would i apply this fix, since this is way beyond a "one-click-and-go"-solution or a "rtfm"-case. Maybe someone can help out. Thx
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The core fix statement is not needed anymore, I think (that fix was committed in B 1.8 from the looks of things). I haven't used Block Refresh but did a quick install and see very similar results to what you describe. I'll post a question on the live chat linking here and see if someone who uses it might chime in.
Hello @Thorsten,
I've never used that module before, but wanted to chime in quickly, to say that the core fix has been merged since Backdrop 1.8.0 a few years back - so no need to patch core.
Thanks for reporting this 👍 ...as a member of the Backdrop Bug Squad, I have updated the README file for that project, to remove the comment about the fix/patch being required.
FWIW, I have tried the following:
So, it seems that there must have been a change at some point that has broken the module I guess.
Jen is the module maintainer; so I will try to reach out to her about this.
PS: I've created an issue for this in the module's issue queue: https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/block_refresh/issues/3