Accordion Layout not creating web part zone for each new 'header' topic

Larry Lim asked on May 1, 2019 22:28

I have been trying to use the 'Accordion Layout' web part with no success.

The issue is I can add/remove headers just fine, but for each header the CMS does not add in a 'Web part zone' so you can add in another web part (like editable text, repeater, etc.).

The accordion layout only builds one (1) header with an accompanying web part zone Is this correct behavior?
Is there a way to get those 'web part zones' to be put in place for every header?

I have used the accordion web part only a few times, but I am using an accordion layout I had made from a different template as a guide and followed the same steps to build a slightly different version of it on a new template.

Is this issue common where the accordion components in the CMS stop working because I am missing some setting, attribute, or possibly an component that needs to be put in place first?

Any information would be helpful- I would hate to hack at this to get it to work.
Regards,

-Larry Lim

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Larry Lim answered on May 3, 2019 20:52

Found a fix:

Turns out the template I am using had an issue within the 'Layout' that had a broken 'html remark' and upon checking the code discovered an issue with proper open/close tagging.

My company had used a vendor that built the template and in this case customizing a not-often used template had original code that may not have been properly setup.
Important that whenver you find any loss of 'CMS' functionality to recheck code for any bad-syntax issues.

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Larry Lim answered on May 2, 2019 15:47

After some further testing- the template I am modifying shows that you cannot go to the 'design' tab then click/drag any web-parts onto it.
For most templates on my company's site you can go to the 'design' tab and add/remove web-parts as you see fit.

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