[Resolved] GP 3.2 update breaks my animation..

[Andrew]

Hey folks…

I have a site with a header animation – created in Adobe Animate. (I’m not a huge fan but the client insisted and I’m stuck with it.)

https://oasisbuild.com.au/

Over the weekend we noticed the animation completely disappeared. No console errors… it just became invisible (??) after about 5 hours of debugging I’ve narrowed it to a recent GP update – specifically the jump from 3.1.3 to 3.2.0. All other plugins disabled (locally) but problem persists.

I’ve now back-dated the theme to 3.1.3 but would love to edit my code to future-proof it. Any ideas what might be causing this?

[Fernando]

Hi Andrew,

Do you have a staging site? If not, will you be able to start one and update GP there to the latest version so we can check the issue out first hand?

[Andrew]

Hi Fernando. Yes I have a staging site but it’s local. I can duplicate it tomorrow if you want a look.
Unfortunately I don’t have the domain so can’t just spin up a staging subdomain.

I can break the animation and fix it by going between 3.1.3 and 3.2.0

[Fernando]

I see. We’ll need to see the issue first hand so we can observe what’s occurring. Let us know if you’ll be able to start a staging site, or you can temporarily implement it on the live site.

[Andrew]

No problem. Set up a staging site with a new login. Thanks for your help.

[Fernando]

Thank you Andrew!

Can you update to GP 3.2 in the staging site?

[Andrew]

Sure done.

[Fernando]

Thank you! Can you try disabling on non-GP plugins on the Staging site to test?

[Andrew]

Sure. Done.

Just GP and GB active now.

The animation is a small bit of JS in an element.

[Fernando]

Can you try moving the Animation scripts to wp_footer instead of wp_head?

[Andrew]

Sure. Still no dice.

[Andrew]

…now removed completely

[Fernando]

To clarify, can you hook all of these to wp_footer instead to test?

Adobe Animate animation

Adobe Animate Library

Animation JS

[Andrew]

OK Done. Animation JS is now set to draft to simplify.

[Fernando]

Can you provide access to the live site as well so we have a basis for comparison?

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