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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] WP Visual Editor not working since installing GDEI’ve never seen this issue and have had only these two reports of it. What happens if you disable editor integration on the Advanced tab of GDE Settings? Does that resolve the issue?
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In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] Plugin not supporting special characters of MS wordHello Preity,
You might try converting your Word document first to PDF. Unfortunately the rendering you’re seeing through the plugin is the best Google can deliver for that particular document in its current format. A PDF version may work better. If a normal save-as-PDF option doesn’t help, you may have to save the PDF a particular way to convert the special characters into images.
Kevin
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In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in….I’ve not seen that error before, but best I can tell it’s particular to PHP 5.3? It’s a weird one that looks like it doesn’t occur in other versions (including 5.4).
I can suggest an edit to the lib-setup.php file but I’m not sure if it will resolve the issue or not, since I can’t reproduce this. If you’re comfortable doing so, try replacing this block of code very near the top:
function gde_defaults( $type ) { global $env; // gather/set environment info if ( ! $env ) { $env['pdata'] = gde_get_plugin_data(); $env['baseurl'] = gde_base_url(); $env['default_lang'] = gde_get_locale(); $env['apikey'] = gde_get_api_key( $env['pdata']['Version'] ); }with this block of code in the same location:
function gde_defaults( $type ) { global $env; // gather/set environment info if ( ! $env ) { $pdata = gde_get_plugin_data(); $baseurl = gde_base_url(); $default_lang = gde_get_locale(); $apikey = gde_get_api_key( $env['pdata']['Version'] ); $env = array ( 'pdata' => $pdata, 'baseurl' => $baseurl, 'default_lang' => $default_lang, 'apikey' => $apikey ); }Let me know if you need help doing this or what the results are, if you would. Thanks.
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In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] Download Link with shortcodeHello,
I’m not associated with or familiar with the social locker plugin you’re referencing, but my guess is that you should turn off the download link in my plugin and add the download shortcode manually after the gview shortcode.
Kevin
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In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] Poor resolution of pdf fileAnother PDF viewer may serve this need, but you’re right – with Google’s viewer (and therefore GDE plugin) it’s not designed to handle documents of this nonstandard dimension. Sorry about that!
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In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] Add Link instead of docYou can’t do this with the plugin currently, but you can create viewer links yourself that open in new windows. Visit this URL to build a viewer link:
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] GDE bandwidth limit reachedThis seems to be more of a glitch with Google than anything… people get this error occasionally then don’t get it when they try again even a few moments later.
If all else fails, try logging out or logging out/back in to your Google account.
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In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] Poor resolution of pdf fileThe conversion is handled by Google Viewer, however your document is very bizarre since it is one single page with an extremely long height. You would probably have to break it into actual pages for Google’s viewer to display it properly. I’m guessing that the highly unusual layout is confusing their whole auto-resizing routine.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] Plugin not working suddenlyYou don’t have to log out, but you do have to be fully logged out or fully logged in. As you noted it’s a situation that can’t be improved by me at present. If you “can’t accept that,” you will have to find another solution.
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In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] Text column width vs window frameHi Bryan,
Thanks for getting in touch and welcome to WP. This is a great community.
I’m not completely sure I understand your issue, so correct me if I’m wrong, but it sounds like you’re talking about the white space (like page margins) in your document when displayed in the GDE viewer area.
This can only be controlled marginally (no pun intended). It helps if your source document has as little margin as possible (down to and including zero), as the conversion via Google will add more whitespace around the document.
I might be able to make other more specific recommendations if I see an example of a document that you’re working with. Feel free to post the URL here or using the Support tab in GDE Settings if you’d like that feedback.
Thanks,
Kevin
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In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] Error: File Type is Not Permitted for Security ReasonsGreat, I’m glad that resolved it. Thanks for your kind comments! I’m glad the plugin is useful to you.
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In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] Error: File Type is Not Permitted for Security ReasonsHi Skate-O,
That error isn’t coming from GDE. However XML is not a supported file type of Google Viewer and therefore not of GDE either, assuming you’re talking about an Excel XML file. You’ll first need to save your document in native Excel format (XLS, XLSX).
Hope this helps,
Kevin
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] Enhanced viewer problemHi Muhamed,
I may be able to help you with the first issue as that isn’t the way the plugin typically works – you may have an issue with your shortcode or specific document. Please use the support tab in GDE Settings to send me the details of the problem and I’ll do my best to help.
The size restriction though is a fact of internet life and a consequence of how Google’s viewer works – I may be able to help you improve this somewhat but not reliably and not by much. It is not within my control.
Thanks,
KevinForum: Plugins
In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] Great but a few issuesHi Will,
I have seen the issue on occasion where after profile changes are saved, the screen does not refresh properly (though I haven’t seen this issue in the current version, it’s possible it still exists in some cases I haven’t seen). I wonder if you make a change to your profile settings and save them, if you then leave the settings area and return to it, if those settings really are being maintained but appear to be lost (and then may truly be lost if you save it again in that state).
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page=shortcode does not show only a single page, but begins viewing at the selected page. All of the pages remain visible, and if the page is far enough down in the document, the display will not reflect this until the page has actually loaded. I hope to allow displaying only selected pages in a future version. The link you provided does load the viewer starting at page 2 for me.Thanks for your feedback,
Kevin
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Google Doc Embedder] Anyone seeing blanks?Please make sure you are fully logged in or fully logged out of any Google account in the browsers you’re trying. I don’t know where your documents are, but the ones on my site are loading correctly right now in Firefox, IE, and Chrome.