There was a glitch reported that seemed to be a problem with the way the I wrote my code (extra line breaks and such).
I have just put up a new version (a bug fix actually), 0.8.2 which seems to correct this issue. I did a clean install of it on my wordpress site and everything works correctly.
For information on how to upgrade, see the FAQ page for the plugin.
I downloaded from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpsermons/installation/ deleted the old plugin and installed the new one. Version is 0.8.2 butsame problem happens. Upload never finishes. While it’s uploading I went to the upload directory but didn’t see any file. I would expect to see a filename for the new file even if it is not completely loaded. The upload file is about 30mb, but I have DSL so it should only take a few minutes. I’m using Firefox, could that affect the upload?
The problem could possibly lie in the maximum file size your web server will let you upload. I did a quick check on my webserver, and my max file size is 24M. You might see if yours is similar. If so, a 30M file would be too big to upload.
To check, create a php file on your website (call it phpinfo.php or something like that). In that file write or copy/paste this code.
<? phpinfo() ?>
Then locate that file in your browser (ie. yoursite.com/phpinfo.php). The file will spit out all sorts of stuff that will look like gobbledeegook if you’re not familiar with the underworkings of php. Search for upload_max_filesize (should be a short way down the page) and see what the value is set at. If it is less than 30MB, you might have a problem.
Thanks for the help. One question, when and where will I see this info? – Just when I’m using the admin interface to WP?
You might read this page on the codex if you don’t follow. They explain it better.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Finding_Server_Info
Lester Chan’s Server Info plugin might be a handy little tool to find out your server/mySQL info
I followed your instructions and did find that the max upload size is 2M. That’s about 2 minutes of speech so it won’t work for sermons. I wonder if there is a way to change this. I’m using iPowerWeb as a hosting service and they provide WordPress and php.
Thanks again for the help.
Well, you have a couple options…
1. First, contact iPowerWeb and see if they can change the upload limit for you. It’s a php.ini setting. They may or may not be able to do that for you depending on your hosting setup.
2. 2M for 2 minutes of speech is pretty big especially if you are going to post 30-60 minute long sermons. I suggest you export your mp3 at a lower bit rate (as low as 16). That will cut down the file size a great deal. You can get a 30 minutes long clip down to about 5MB that way.
3. Try what another user suggested by uploading via FTP (see http://wordpress.org/support/topic/121313?replies=12#post-576727).
Hmm. I do have my bit rate set to 128K or higher. So you think 16K would still have good quality for voice. And if the files are about the size you suggest, that would be very nice. I’ll play with that idea. Thanks very much.
make a file called ” .htaccess “
no extention, just ” .htaccess “
upload it to any directory, useing FTP where you need big files…
insert these values useing, say, text edit…
php_value post_max_size 110M
php_value upload_max_filesize 100M
php_value memory_limit 32M
php.ini does not work like you would think…i have had better luck with the .htaccess method.
i think the php.ini file only works that way when its in the cgi bin, at least thats what i have been told. try the .htaccess way for a quick fix. worked great for me…
ps- can i check out your sermons?
