".ep-config.json" does not contain valid JSON.

Resolved freakzone89
(@freakzone89)

12 years, 7 months ago

Hey guys,

your plugin provides exactly the feature i was looking for, but how do i set it up?

What i’ve done is, to create a .ep-config.json file to the folder of my child-theme. I inserted the lines of code from your ep-config-example.json and now the message on my dashboard is:

EP Admin Messages: Config file “.ep-config.json” does not contain valid JSON.

Do i have to add something like <?php at the beginning and ?> at the end? Hope you can help me.

Cheers

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Plugin Author Pär Thernström
(@eskapism)

12 years, 7 months ago

hm, if the contents in your json is exactly the same as the example file then it should work. could we try a more minimal examle. what if you paste the contents of this file:

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/6605760

Thread Starter freakzone89
(@freakzone89)

12 years, 7 months ago

as i added this code, it works!
Thread Starter freakzone89
(@freakzone89)

12 years, 7 months ago
i tried another piece of code and added
```
{
  "messages": [
    {
      "message": "Test.",
      "user_role": "admin",
      "location": "dashboard"
    },
  ]
}
```
and now it’s also:

EP Admin Messages: Config file “.ep-config.json” does not contain valid JSON.
Thread Starter freakzone89
(@freakzone89)

12 years, 7 months ago
got it!

it seems to be the arrangement. i inserted it this way:
```
{
"messages": [
{
"message": "This message is visible on all screens, for all users.",
"location": "post_type:event, post_type:post"
}
]
}
```
and all works fine
Thread Starter freakzone89
(@freakzone89)

12 years, 7 months ago

Another issue is, that the plugin can’t deal with “ä,ö,ü” letters. So i replaced them in the texts and it works.

Plugin Author Pär Thernström
(@eskapism)

12 years, 7 months ago

hm, have you saved the json-file in utf-8? i’m pretty sure it works with åäö etc (i’m swedish myself and we have lots and lots of those funky characters!)

Thread Starter freakzone89
(@freakzone89)

12 years, 7 months ago

i don’t know if it’s in utf-8, but i only edited it in notepad and i’d say there isn’t a change in the file-format.

Plugin Author Pär Thernström
(@eskapism)

12 years, 7 months ago

Ok. Thanks for the info, I’ll double-check it on my end.

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