Good morning Guenni,
thanks for your reply!
So i’ll copy postslider.php, replace lines at 876 and load it into my child-theme folder, right?
kind regards
Jak

I tried to paste your suggested replacement code into the child theme functions.php file and received this error message:

Your PHP code changes were not applied due to an error on line 385 of file wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-decoder.php. Please fix and try saving again.

Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function ctype_alnum() in wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-decoder.php:385
Stack trace:
#0 wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-decoder.php(148): WP_HTML_Decoder::read_character_reference(‘attribute’, ‘https://i0.wp.c…’, 123, NULL)
#1 wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-decoder.php(114): WP_HTML_Decoder::decode(‘attribute’, ‘https://i0.wp.c…’)
#2 wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php(2735): WP_HTML_Decoder::decode_attribute(‘https://i0.wp.c…’)
#3 wp-content/plugins/jetpack/jetpack_vendor/automattic/jetpack-image-cdn/src/class-image-cdn.php(361): WP_HTML_Tag_Processor->get_attribute(‘src’)
#4 wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): Automattic\

Hi Guenni007,

Thank you for your note. I downloaded Footer.php and added it to the child theme. However, I can’t see any changes afterwards.
The wav analysis still shows <main> as the landmark and there is no markup as a footer in the source code either.
We use a normal page as a footer and have selected Replace footer and socket in the Enfold settings.
I have tried to find a workaround to mark up the footer page, but so far without success.
However, to comply with the Accessibility Act, the footer landmark is unfortunately absolutely necessary (marking up the socket area would be rather misleading on our website).
Do you have any other ideas on this topic?

Regards
Stephan

After updating my PHP version from 7.3 to 8.2, I encountered a couple of issues with the theme due to type-related incompatibilities. These errors seem to arise from stricter type handling introduced in PHP 8.2 and primarily involve missing checks for variable types and proper initialization.

Errors Encountered
In class-template-builder.php at line 2604, within the apply_editor_wrap() method:

Fatal Error:
Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot access offset of type string on string

if( $box['id'] == $slug )

Suggested Fix:

if ( is_array( $box ) && isset( $box['id'] ) && $box['id'] == $slug )

In class-meta-box.php:

Fatal Error: Attempting to access an offset of type string on a string variable.

Warnings: Trying to access array offsets on a boolean value.
These issues occur due to uninitialized or improperly set variables. For example, the following line is problematic:

if( in_array( $_POST['post_type'], $default_box['page'] ) )

Suggested Fixes:

if ( isset( $_POST['post_type'] ) && isset( $default_box['page'] ) && is_array( $default_box['page'] ) ) {
    				if ( in_array( sanitize_text_field( $_POST['post_type'] ), $default_box['page'] ) ) {
						$must_check = true;
					}
				}

These changes involve adding type checks and sanitizing inputs, ensuring compatibility with PHP 8.2 while maintaining the theme’s functionality. They are straightforward adjustments that enhance the theme’s robustness across PHP versions.

If you’d like, I can share the exact code changes I made to resolve these issues. Could you kindly incorporate these fixes into the next update to ensure compatibility for all users?

Thank you for your continued support, and please let me know if you need any additional details.

Following on from this

I can 100% confirm this was the cause of our server issues.

Essentially ALL Enfold websites with WooCommerce installed will gradually use up the ram and see mysql memory usage rise until the server crashes.

The bots getting stuck crawling all of the ?avia_extended_shop_select=yes queries includes:
Even with the rel-nofollow:
Bing bot
Google bot
A majority of major search engines
AI crawlers – New aggressive bots that ignore all instructions

See screenshot of the before and after. Our Ram use fell from almost 90GB of ram used to 8GB used on average.
Physical Ram usage screenshot
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tw8p399gfdr9cclorc5j9/ramuse-screenshot.PNG?rlkey=d9ty4xvui4w3m2ycb9b9ez94s&st=28aameqn&dl=0
Mysql memory usage screenshot
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/iixhdd5vpe7253tbavbxf/mysql-memory-usage.PNG?rlkey=15061shf0haiu3d36cdy0be3t&st=ep9fncx5&dl=0

SOLUTION
I propose that Enfold removes the custom sort by options and reinstates the default Woocommerce ones.
The defaults use form fields and JS so there are no a href links in the default woo sort by dropdown. Bots cannot follow these links because there are no urls in the HTML.

In your child theme functions.php add the following to remove the enfold filters and reinstate the woo ones.

// remove the enfold sort by filters
function avia_woocommerce_frontend_search_params()
{
   return;
}
// reinstate the woo default sort by filters
add_action( 'woocommerce_before_shop_loop', 'woocommerce_catalog_ordering', 20 );

Add the following CSS to quick CSS and tweak depending on your sidebar position:

.sort-param-count {
display:none;
}
.product-sorting {
padding-top:0px;
}
div .product-sorting ul, div .product-sorting li {
font-size: 16px;
}
div .product-sorting ul {
width: 200px;
}
.main_color .sort-param a {
    color: #000000;
}
.sort-param-sort a, ul.sort-param-order {
border: 1px;
border-color: #969696;
border-style: solid;
}
@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {
    .responsive #top .woocommerce-ordering {
        position: relative;
        float: left;
        clear: both;
        margin: 0;
        padding-bottom: 25px;
        padding-top: 15px;
        top: 0px;
    }
}
@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {
    .responsive #top .woocommerce-ordering {
        position: relative;
        float: left;
        clear: both;
        margin: 0;
        padding-bottom: 25px;
        padding-top: 15px;
        top: 0px;
    }
}
#top.woocommerce-page .woocommerce-ordering select {
width: 100%;
font-size:16px;
}

Install the Redirection Plugin:

Add the following RegEX expression to redirect the queries so that the URL redirects BEFORE the query runs on the DB

Source URL: ^/(.*?)/\?avia_extended_shop_select=.*
Enable: Ignore Case, Regex and Ignore Slash
Target URL: /$1/
Hit Save
This will redirect any attempt to crawl the enfold filters back to the current category