Hi wayneW ,
1) Are we talking about the plugin "GetMeCooking Recipe Template", download form:
http://wordpress.org/plugins/getmecooking-recipe-template/
I tested above plugin in my localhost, it is using different version of codemirror from Views,
I suggest you disable the codemirror from above plugin when you edit/create a view content template,
for example, add below codes into your theme/functions.php:
add_action('admin_enqueue_scripts', 'remove_codemirrors_func', 11); function remove_codemirrors_func(){ if(get_post_type() == 'view-template'){ wp_dequeue_script('codemirror'); wp_dequeue_script('codemirrorcss'); wp_dequeue_style( 'codemirror'); wp_dequeue_style( 'codemirrordefault'); } }
2) for the problem "If I remove the content template shortcode from the page's content area, and instead select the content template in the select box in the right sidebar, nothing displays."
I can not duplicate same problem in my localhost, even with the plugin "GetMeCooking Recipe Template" activated, could you try duplicate same problem with our discover-wp, and post the problem URL here:
http://wp-types.com/faq/how-and-why-to-create-a-test-site-in-discover-wp/