First of I love the Esplanade Template. I don’t want to use the built image slider. Due to design issues and other considerations, we want to use http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/responsive-slider/.
We tested this plugin and disabling all plugins and verifying our “Set Featured Image” was working with the Twenty Eleven theme, it turns out that the Insert Image )for Set Featured Image, does not work when using the Espanade Theme.
I read somewhere this may be because in the admin area there are two .js files being uploaded and causing a conflict.
I have tried a fresh wordpress install with just your template and the plugin above and still get the same problem.
The Insert Image DOES work under Posts and Pages. Just not when I am in the settings for the Responsive Slider above.
Thanks for your help.
-DK
The problem is both the plugin and my theme are using the same script, but under different names. In the theme it’s called ‘flexslider’, in functions.php and in the plugin ‘responsive-slider_flex-slider’ in responsive-slider.php.
You can replace either of these names with the other and the conflict will disappear.