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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Multiple Themes] Device SupportAs always, thanks for the suggestion!
Unfortunately, I have had to make the decision to stop adding new features. As recent issues (now resolved) with Version 5 and 6 demonstrated, the plugin has already become too complex (too many features/settings) for me to do the kind of rewrite required to support other Plugins and Themes that do not “play by the rules” in terms of when (too early) they request the Theme information. It had been “in the works” for over a year and literally took me months to completely overhaul how Themes are Selected, so the plugin would work with virtually all Themes and other Plugins. At a time when I didn’t have the time to spare. The number of combinations of Settings made it impossible to exhaustively test within the time available.
I must therefore restrict myself to answering support questions, fix bugs as they are found, and support each new version of WordPress as it comes out.
Of course, when features are requested that already exist in another plugin, I will do my best to support using the two plugins together.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Multiple Themes] Use for different languagesBecause of time differences, I am just seeing this now.
I will have to do some testing on my Test System with polylang to see how things work. I have dealt with polylang once before, but it was a different issue.
I will respond here soon.
Forum: Hacks
In reply to: Change CPT Archive Page With PluginActions and Filters are intended for this purpose.
For example, for your second point, take a look in the Codex for the Filters ‘the_title’ and ‘wp_title’.
Forum: Hacks
In reply to: Proper way to add_filter with shortcodeSome thoughts on the subject:
- It probably makes sense to offer the attribute for the shortcode,
- But it also makes sense to offer a Settings Page in the Admin panels with the option, as most plugin users prefer Settings, in my experience
- You could also just ALWAYS add the Filter as it shouldn’t hurt anyone who doesn’t need it
- Finally, at the risk of sounding self-serving, you could suggest my plugin as an alternative to adding the functionality to your plugin. I say this because some of my plugins have got too complex because I added functionality to my plugin that was already available in another plugin.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Showing .htm files on google search page( SEO)You can use robots.txt to request that Search Engines ignore some files:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots_exclusion_standardForum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Random Database name?None that I am aware of. There are lots of great ways to secure a database, but that is not one I’ve ever seen recommended.
On the negative side, a randomly-named database is much more likely to be deleted by an overzealous Database Administrator, on the assumption that it accidentally got created.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Installation problemWordPress is not a Windows or Mac or any other kind of workstation application. It must be installed and run on a web server.
You can install a web server on your workstation, but you will need a web site if you want the world to see it. Which generally means buying web hosting.
As it says on the Download page:
If you have no idea what to do with this download, we recommend signing up with one of our web hosting partners that offers a one-click install of WordPress or getting a free account on WordPress.com.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Multiple Themes] 2 full themesMy discussion of Query is referring to the URL Query. For example, this URL has two queries in it:
http://example.com/blog/?music=rock&year=1960Your explanation of Full Themes is not what I expected, so there is a different solution than what I mentioned in my previous post: Sticky and Override.
On the Advanced Settings tab of the plugin’s Settings page, you will want to read the Sticky and Override section.
Here is the easiest (for you, not necessarily for your users) way to do what you want to. I would have a Page on your public web site called something like Setting Your Theme. Presuming the URL for that Page is
http://example.com/setting_your_themethen you would have two links displayed on that page:- Dating –
http://example.com/setting_your_theme?theme=dating - Social Networking
http://example.com/setting_your_theme?theme=networking
On my plugin’s Settings tab, you would go to the “For A Query Keyword=Value on any Page, Post or other non-Admin page” section, and define the two Queries: Query Keyword is
theme, and Query Value isdatingfor one andnetworkingfor the other.Those two entries will now appear in the Sticky and Override section of the Advanced Settings tab, and you can select both Override and Sticky for each of them.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Multiple Themes] 2 full themesNot quite sure what you mean by “FULL themes”.
But you can give the user the choice of themes by setting up a Query for that purpose. Here are two examples:
?theme=2014for Twenty Fourteen and?theme=2015for Twenty Fifteen (two standard WordPress themes)?2014for Twenty Fourteen and?2015for Twenty Fifteen (two standard WordPress themes), using the fact that a Query Keyword can be specified without an = when there is no Query Value specified
Please let me know if you need any more information.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [My Private Site] Saving Settings does not work for custom login siteThanks so much for the update!
Good idea on the Login Page. Since most Admins would want me to make the “same site” check, my plan would be to add an Advanced Setting that removes the restriction but defaults to “same site check”, rather than not checking for everyone.
My Sites are not high traffic, so I never use Caching. What little Caching I had looked at for plugin problem reports never seemed to cache WordPress Admin panels, so that would have really caught me by surprise, too.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [My Private Site] Allow user to searchOne small correction that will likely not make any different in 99.9% of circumstances:
http://example.com/?s=as a URL Prefix setting is actually the better answer.Otherwise, without that final equals sign (“=”), it will also reveal any home page URL with a query keyword that begins with the letter “S”.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Importing WordPress from 'dead' serverSo much depends on how the original backup was created that there is no simple answer to your question. Other than to say:
Look around those folders and compressed files (.zip or .gz) for a file with the Extension .sql. It is much easier if you give phpmyadmin a .sql file than something that is compressed.
You may also want to look at the first few lines of the .sql file and see if “it looks like” a WordPress database. Table Names normally begin with “wp_”
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: search form only works the second time never the first.In Twenty Fourteen (theme), the Search box does not appear until you click the Search icon (magnifying glass). Only then can you type in your Search phrase.
The Child Theme you have has placed a Signup field beside the Search icon, which will confuse your users almost as much as it confused you and me!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Product Page Won't Load More than One Page of ProductNormally, I would suggest going to the WooCommerce Support forum:
https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerceBut, the first (currently most recent) item in the Mantra Support forum is about a 10 “item” limitation:
https://wordpress.org/support/theme/mantraIn both cases, that is where to go to find the experts in WooCommerce and Mantra.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Importing WordPress from 'dead' serverYou don’t mention reloading your WordPress MySQL database.
In general, here is the place to start, for info on Restoring the WordPress database:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup