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1. Dhanza
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I am receiving double emails (as the author) whenever I post a new entry. I do NOT have myself listed as a subscriber.

2. skippy
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Which email subscription plugin are you using?

3. Dhanza
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Um ... as far as I'm aware I am just using the WordPress function.

4. skippy
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   WordPress does not alert anyone when a new post is made. WordPress only alerts authors and adminsitrators when new comments are made.

   Several plugins exist to alert a list of subscribers when a new post is published.

5. Dhanza
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I think the email notification is a fairly new (as in the past month) function. I have a subscriber list IN WordPress and there is a Manage Subscribers link in WordPress also. Obviously, I'm not a super-tech person so I may not be giving the best description(s) in the world!

6. skippy
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Menu items can be added by plugins. Looking at your site, I see a link in your sidebar labelled "Email Notifications". That link points to:
   http://danjeruskurves.com/subscribe.php

   That is clearly my subscribe2 plugin:
   http://www.skippy.net/blog/2005/07/29/subscribe2-215/

   Incidentally, blocking the right mouse button with your javascript is painfully annoying. I very much like to right-click on links and select "Copy Link Location", rather than click the link and then copy-and-paste the resultant address from my navigation bar.

7. Dhanza
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I don't know how to write javascript and I wasn't the person who set up my site. However, the disabling of the right-click is to prevent people from stealing my copyrighted artwork (photography).

   Having said which ... do you have the solution to my receiving double notifications when I update? :)

8. skippy
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Yes. Edit /wp-content/plugins/subscribe2.php.

   Toward the top of the file you will see this:
   // ****************************************
// CHANGE THIS TO 1 IF YOU ARE ON DREAMHOST
// ****************************************
$dreamhost = 1;

   Change that 1 to a zero. Unless, of course, you are on DreamHost, in which case you will be required to receive duplicate notifications as a work-around for a DreamHost issue.

9. Dhanza
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Continuing in the vein of me being absolutely clueless ... can I access that file in WordPress?

10. skippy
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    Unfortunately you cannot. You'll need to use a regular text editor (not a word processing program), edit the file, and then place the modified version on your server.

11. Dhanza
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    Thanks. I passed all this info onto the guy who actually knows what the heck he is doing with the programming type stuff. I'll just go back to being cute and witty. ;)

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