[Resolved] Field and view shortcodes not loading after selecting Layout cell type

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[Charles]

I am trying to:
Use Layout cells to insert short codes for post content, images, etc, but the short codes aren't loading. The window freezes as shown in the atttached screen shot.

Link to a page where the issue can be seen:
hidden link

I expected to see:
Types short-code being inserted

Instead, I got:
Layout window frozen.

[Charles]

I'm hosting WordPress on a newly installed Linux server. Am I missing some PHP modules? I'm have following modules installed at the moment:

php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-xml php-xmlrpc php-zip

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - In order to minimize the cause of the issue, could you please try to follow following steps:
1)
Could you please try to resolve your issue by deactivating all third-party plugins as well as the default theme to check for any possible conflicts with any of the plugins or themes?

2)
Could you please activate WP_DEBUG from wp-config.php file and send me possible errors for review.

3)
Do you see any error on your server's error log file?

To enable PHP debugging in WordPress, edit your wp-config.php file and add the following:

PHP Debugging in WP

ini_set('log_errors',TRUE);
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL);
ini_set('error_log', dirname(__FILE__) . '/error_log.txt');

This produces a file error_log.txt in your WordPress root directory. Make sure that the web server can create and write this file. If it cannot, use an FTP program to create the file and make it writable to Apache (normally, the www-data user).

After this is enabled, all errors that occur when using your website’s front-end and backend, are logged into that error_log.txt file.

More info:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/debugging-sites-built-with-toolset/#php-debugging

[Charles]

Hi Minesh,

I have enabled WP_DEBUG in wp_config.php. I have also created error_log.txt. chown to www-data and chmod to 664. However, I get HTTP ERROR 500 after inserting the ini_set directives in wp_config.php. I'm running it on nginx for your info.

[Minesh]

That is strange. Please remove the php_ini directives you added to file.

Could you please send me problem URL and steps to reproduce the issue as well as it possible for you to send me access details?

[Charles]

To reproduce the issues:

You can try creating View or insert any field short codes in Layout. It will just hang there. Also the main page hidden link featured articles loop slider at the bottom not working too.

[Minesh]

Ok - it seems the issue is from your server. I see the following notice when I try to add any view's shortcode from "Fields and Views" button.

Loading mixed (insecure) active content "<em><u>hidden link</u></em> on a secure page

Also, I see the 400 error:

400 Bad Request 

Could you please consult your server admin authority and share all these required information ask them to check this issue accordingly.

[Charles]

Thanks Minesh. It was something to do with HTTPS setup.