KCSG Kartra Pages vs Nested Pages

KCSG Kartra Pages (KKP) is a Kartra-specific alternative to Kartra’s original recommendation of using the generic Blank Slate plugin for embedding Kartra Page Builder pages within your WordPress website. Here is why you should use KKP instead of Blank Slate for embedding Kartra pages in WordPress: Due to a quirk in the way Kartra works, Kartra pages embedded with Blank Slate are known to get stuck in a loop and fail to display for many users on some devices (especially iPhone and iPad users). Blank Slate isn’t to blame for the issue, but it’s generic, whereas KKP is Kartra-specific, accounts for the quirk, and does not have this issue. KKP provides enhanced SEO and OpenGraph support (so that links on social media display properly, for example). KKP displays the Kartra content with fewer network requests and with less overhead meant for displaying WordPress pages that is not used when displaying Kartra pages. KKP offers the option to easily download Kartra pages and store them in the WordPress database to be served directly from WordPress. KKP can also work with Kartra tracking links (including split-testing links and conditional-redirection links), making their capabilities conveniently available from your WordPress domain. In the Kartra template modes (see the Operation and related sections), KKP uses your WordPress site icon configuration so that you don’t need to assign your Kartra pages to a custom domain in order to get your custom site icons. For the latest news and information, please join the KCSG Tools For Kartra Facebook group. Operation Create a new page or edit an existing page where you want your Kartra page to appear (the template and controls are only available for pages, not for posts). Select the “KCSG Kartra Page” template from the Template drop-down in the Page Attributes section and save or update the page. Do NOT use the KCSG Kartra Pages “Apply” button for this step. Locate the “KCSG Kartra Pages” controls section below the page content and click the open arrow to open it if necessary. Choose the desired template mode (“WordPress” Mode, “Kartra Live” Mode, or “Kartra Download” Mode). See the sections with the corresponding names for details on each mode. In order to use the Kartra modes, you must supply a source URL. You can paste any portion of Kartra’s page loader Embed code for the corresponding Kartra page as long as it includes the full source URL. KKP will extract the URL and discard the rest. This value will be remembered, so you don’t need to supply it again unless you want to change it. Click the “Apply” button in the KCSG Kartra Pages control section. The SEO and OpenGraph information (in Kartra Live Mode) or the entire page (in Kartra Download mode) will be retrieved from the latest published version of your Kartra page and stored in WordPress. When successful, you will see a “Request complete” message. “WordPress” Mode In WordPress mode (the default), KKP just displays the native WordPress content on a minimal page. This mode is equivalent to the Blank Slate plugin by Aaron Reimann et al. This mode is only intended to be a “reasonable fallback” when the template has insufficient information to deliver anything else. While not recommended, it is possible to display a Kartra page in this mode by copying-and-pasting Kartra’s “Embed code” into a WordPress custom HTML block. Once set up, a WordPress visitor’s browser would display the Kartra page by following this four-step process: The browser loads the Kartra embed code from the WordPress custom HTML block The browser loads a page-loader script from Kartra based on the embed code The browser loads the Kartra page from Kartra based on the page-loader script The browser loads any additional assets referenced by the Kartra page “Kartra Live” Mode Kartra Live mode produces a “live Kartra page in an iframe” result similar to WordPress mode, but with a couple of differences: You paste the Kartra Embed code (or URL portion from it, or a Kartra tracking link URL) into the Embed code/URL input of the KCSG Kartra Pages controls area in the page editor instead of into a custom HTML block. When you select the Kartra Live option and click Apply, KKP saves a copy of SEO settings and Open Graph data from Kartra in WordPress. The custom page loader includes the SEO and Open Graph data previously fetched from Kartra and serves the second-stage page loader script directly from WordPress. The custom page loader uses your WordPress site icons instead of the Kartra site icons (so you won’t need to associate your Kartra pages with a custom domain in order to get the site icon branding that’s already on your WordPress domain). Once set up, A WordPress visitor’s browser will display a Kartra page in Kartra Live mode by following this three-step process: The browser loads a custom page-loader script from WordPress The browser loads the Kartra page from Kartra based on the page-loader script The browser loads any additional assets referenced by the Kartra page In this mode, you do not need to do anything in WordPress when you publish page changes in Kartra unless you update SEO and/or Open Graph settings (in which case you’ll need to click “Apply” to update the settings stored in WordPress). Note 1: Because this mode is tuned for displaying Kartra-built pages, it elminates most of the overhead for supporting WordPress pages. A consequence of this is that any WordPress configuration for applying things like pixels, tracking, analytics, etc. will likely not work in Kartra Live mode. Use the corresponding Kartra page settings instead. Note 2: When using this mode with Kartra split-test or conditional tracking link URLs, the embedded iframe page content may potentially vary from visit to visit. As only the single most recent snapshot of SEO and OG data is kept, it will not. Please keep this in mind when configuring your Kartra page settings in such situations. “Kartra Download” Mode In Kartra Download mode, a snapshot of the most recently published Kartra page (but with your WordPress site icons instead of Kartra site icons) is stored in, and served directly from, the WordPress database. To configure: Paste the Kartra Embed code (or URL portion from it) into the Embed code/URL input of the KCSG Kartra Pages controls area in the page editor. When you select the Kartra Download option and click Apply, KKP downloads and stores the most recently published version of the Kartra Page in the WordPress database. (Whenever you publish changes on Kartra, just click Apply again in the WordPress page editor to update the version saved in WordPress.) Once set up, a WordPress visitor’s browser will display a Kartra page in Kartra Download mode by following this two-step process: The browser loads the downloaded-and-saved Kartra page directly from WordPress The browser loads any additional assets referenced by the Kartra page Troubleshooting Why do I get “Page Not Found”? This usually indicates that you have not changed the page template to KCSG Kartra Page and then saved/updated the page. Why do I get “No contents found”? This usually indicates that the “CURL” PHP functions are disabled on your system. Check your php.ini configuration file or control panel, or contact your ISP to make sure they’re enabled, as appropriate. Privacy Policy This plugin collects and uses the Kartra page URLs you enter, along with associated alternative URLs and published Kartra page content, for the sole purpose of displaying the specified Kartra pages to your WordPress website visitors. No other information is collected, used, or disclosed. Disclaimer KCSG Kartra Pages is a free plugin by Brian Katzung of Kappa Computer Solutions, LLC and BusRes.com Business Resources. It is not affiliated with, endorsed, or supported by Kartra or Genesis Digital. Videos Here’s a demonstration of installation and operation:

Why use Nested Pages? Provides a simple & intuitive drag and drop interface for managing your page structure and post ordering Enhanced quick edit functionality Adds an editable, sortable tree view of your site’s page structure Automatically generates a native WordPress menu that matches your page structure A way to quickly add multiple pages & posts (ideal for development) Works with any post type Works on touch-enabled devices For more information visit nestedpages.com. For development inquiries or to submit security notices, please visit the Github repository. Important: Nested Pages requires WordPress version 3.8 or higher, and PHP version 5.4 or higher. Languages: Danish (Thomas Blomberg) Dutch (Arno Vije) English Finnish (Roni Laukkarinen) French (Nico Mollet) German/Swiss German (Bartosz Podlewski) Italian (Francesco Canovi) Portuguese (Luis Martins) Russian (Алексей Катаев) Spanish (Raúl Martínez) Swedish (Marcus Forsberg) Turkish (Yuksel Beyti) More Information Generated Menu The default menu generated automatically is named “Nested Pages”. You may rename the menu under Appearance > Menus, or under the Nested Pages settings. Toggling the Page Tree To toggle the child pages in and out of view, click the arrow to the left of a parent page. To quickly expand and collapse all pages, click the button in the upper right corner of the Nested Pages Screen. Theme Use To order by nested pages ordering in your theme, use the menu_order order option in your queries. Hiding Pages from the Tree View To hide a page from the tree view, open the quick edit form, select the option to “Hide in Nested Pages” and click Update to save the change. To toggle the page back into view, click the “Show Hidden Pages” link at the top of the screen. The hidden pages are now visible, and can be re-edited to be shown. Sorting Pages To sort pages, hover over the page row. A menu icon (three lines) will appear. Click (or tap) this icon and drag to reorder within the menu. To drag a page underneath another, drag the page to the right and underneath the target parent. Visual indication is provided with an indentation. The drag and drop functionality works similarly to WordPress menus. Menu Sync After installing Nested Pages, a new menu will be available with the name Nested Pages. By default, menu syncing is enabled. To disable the sync, uncheck “Sync Menu” at the top of the Nested Pages screen. Recheck the box to enable it again and to run the sync. Saving Performance: If your site has a very large number of pages, disabling page sync may help speed up the save time when using Nested Pages. Editing the generated menu: Any manual changes made to the menu outside of the Nested Pages interface will be overwritten after the synchronization runs. Hiding Pages in the Menu: To hide a page from the Nested Pages menu, click “Quick Edit” on it’s row, select “Hide in Nav Menu”, and click “update”. If menu sync is disabled, enable it now to sync the setting. Hidden pages are marked “(Hidden)”. If a page with child pages is hidden from the menu, all of it’s child pages will also be hidden. WPML Compatibility As of version 2.0.1, some features of Nested Pages are compatible with WPML. There are some important exceptions to take note of before upgrading to version 2 if WPML is installed, or if installing WPML on an existing Nested Pages enabled site. WPML and menu support: Certain features within Nested Pages are disabled if WPML is installed and enabled. This is due to the complexity of menu synchronization across languages. While automatic menu sync remains available for the site’s primary language, additional languages must be synchronized using WPML’s menu synchronization methods. If menu sync is enabled within Nested Pages, a “Sync WPML Menus” link is available on non-primary language screens for convenience. Custom Links: Custom links within Nested Pages are disabled on installs with WPML. Custom links may be added through the traditional Appearance > Menus interface. This ensures that WPML menus synchronize successfully across languages. Filters the_title($title, $post_id, $view) – Standard title filter. Applied to the title displayed in the nested interface. A third paramater, $view, is passed to check if the current title is being displayed in the nested view. nestedpages_thumbnail($image, $post) – Customize the thumbnail for each page/post. Note: Thumbnails must be enabled for the post type. nestedpages_thumbnail_fallback($image, $post) – Customize the thumbnail fallback for each page/post (if the post does not have a featured image). Note: Thumbnails must be enabled for the post type. nestedpages_edit_link($link, $post) – Customize the “edit” link for each page/post in the nested interface. nestedpages_edit_link_text($text, $post) – Customize the “edit” link text for each page/post in the nested interface. nestedpages_view_link($link, $post) – Customize the “view” button link for each page/post in the nested interface. nestedpages_view_link_text($text, $post) – Customize the “view” button text for each page/post in the nested interface.