Posted 1 year ago #
Hi,
Thanks You so much for this plugin.
Im having some trouble making it work though...
I uploaded 2 versions of my plugin: 1.0 and 1.0.1, i installed under other domain the version 1.0, and runned the update check.
It didn't show any available updates. I tried a few times. Still nothing.
Can you suggest what could go wrong?
Best Regards,
Posted 1 year ago #
Hi Daniel,
The update script in Version 1.0 is likely still looking on the old domain. If you want it to check the new domain, you'll need to change the line near the end of your main plugin file:
$__UpdateChecker = new PluginUpdateChecker('http://the_new_domain.com/extend/plugins/my-plugin-slug/update', __FILE__,'my-plugin-slug');
This line gets inserted by Self Hosted Plugins to facilitate the update. It gets inserted when you upload the ZIP, so if you uploaded Version 1.0 to DomainA and Version 1.0.1 to DomainB, then 1.0 checks for updates on DomainA and 1.0.1 checks on DomainB.
Make sense?
Posted 1 year ago #
Yes, but that's not the case here. Maybe I didn't explain it properly.
I host my plugin (ver. 1.0) on a http://www.domain.com, i uploaded the file there, and then downloaded the modified plugin zip.
I uploaded and activated the modified plugin on a new WP on the http://www.domain.com/demo
Then I uploaded the update(ver. 1.0.1) on the http://www.domain.com
Then i runned the plugin check on the http://www.domain.com/demo. The result is that WP doesn't see that there is new update available.
I checked the $__UpdateChecker link on the installed plugin (www.domain.com/demo) and it shows properly the www.domain.com/extend/plugins/wlp/update
Thanks,
Posted 1 year ago #
Hi Daniel,
Try adding ?forceCheck=foo to the URL on the plugins page (i.e. http://www.domain.com/demo/wp-admin/plugins.php?forceCheck=foo)
If $_REQUEST['forceCheck'] is set (to anything), then the plugin checker will check for updates. Otherwise it only checks every 12 hours.
Does that work?
Posted 1 year ago #
Holy crap!
That actually works!
I was using the Core Control plugin to check for updates before.
The ?forceCheck=foo hack did the job.
Thank You so much!
Posted 1 year ago #
Great. Glad it worked.
Posted 1 year ago #
I had this error message
"Invalid Object Passed: PEAR_Error"
when I tried to execute the plugins
What's wrong?
DM
Posted 1 year ago #
Hi Diane,
At what point do you get that error?
Thanks
Trevor
Posted 1 year ago #
Just installed your Self Hosted Plugins and everytime I try to upload a zipped plugin, I get the message: Error: You must have a valid WordPress readme.txt file within the plugin zip.
I am using Windows 7 and the latest version of WinZip. My redame.txt file passes the validator with flying colors and I have tried different compression settings, etc. to get this to work, and still no love. Any ideas??
Posted 1 year ago #
Hi Rob,
Yes, it turns out that Self Hosted Plugins has difficulty with ZIP files created with WinZip. It looks for the readme.txt file based off of the first entry in the zip, which in *nix based systems is the directory name. On WinZip (or right-click send to Archive) zips on Windows, that's not the case, so Self Hosted Plugins can't find the readme.txt. I'll work on fixing this issue in a future release, but in the meantime, I've heard that winrar works properly for zipping the files on Windows. I think command line zip would work too.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Trevor
Posted 1 year ago #
Thanks for the info. I have tried WinRar with the same results. I have tried a myriad of other zip programs, again, with the same results.
Posted 1 year ago #
Hi Rob,
Would you mind sending me your ZIP to support@topquark.com. I'll take a look and see what I can see.
Cheers
Trevor
Posted 1 year ago #
Hi Rob,
Thanks for sending the file. It looks like you just zipped the files. Can you try using winrar to zip the directory instead?
Thanks
Trevor
Posted 1 year ago #
You da man! That worked like a charm! Thanks for clearing this issue up for me!
Posted 1 year ago #
Glad I could help.
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