khunmax
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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Stock Quote] Fix for api breakageHello Alek
Any updates on the new version of your plugin?
Thanks in advance for your kind assistance.
Regards
Max
Stiofan and Paolo
I have reviewed the latest version of your plugin and addon and posted three separate reports in response on your forum:
1. Improvements for the Quotes addon
2. Paypal functionality
3. Integration with Contact Form 7 (CF7).I look forward to your response.
Please let me know what further information you require.
Kind Regards
Max
Stiofan
I have:
1. set up a new test site with fresh install of WP running GP theme
2. installed Easy WP SMTP and checked to confirm outgoing emails are sending
3. installed the latest beta version of your plugin and add on supplied by Kiran
4. created a new quote and attempted to send it using the save on send option.The same result as before. The bug remains. The quote does not send and a purple did not send message appears in the bottom of the quote page.
I have sent you a private message to your other forum. Please check for further details.
Kind Regards
Max
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Stock Quote] Fix for api breakageThanks Alek for your prompt reply.
It would be fantastic if you could have a beta version ready by next week.
I am happy to help test the beta version if you want to provide me with a download link.
My tickers are mostly for stocks listed on the Stock Market of Thailand (BKK prefix). Does the alphavantageAPI provide that data?
Thanks very much for your kind assistance.
Max
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Stock Quote] Fix for api breakageHello Alek and eigood.
Stockquotes is a core feature of my website. A bit of a disaster that Google has shut down there API (though I do note Alek that you did warn it would be deprecated in the future in your plugin description).
I have several ticker pages set up on my site with feeds such as currencies, world market and the stocks that comprise specific indexes. Interesting some of these feeds are now broken (no internet detected…waiting) while others are still functioning as before. If the API has been shut down, why do some of my ticker feeds still work?
Eigood. I only have a very basic knowledge of php (cut and paste snippets). Is there any chance you can post your php that you used to get stock quotes back up and running using the Yahoo API. I can then edit my local stock quote php. And get my website back up. Any assistance you can offer is greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Max
Tonight I spent another couple of hours tying to get your plugin an addon to work bug free. Still no success.
RESOLVING BUGS
I did the following
1. Deactivated all other plugins with the exception of Easy WP SMTP.
2. Redownloaded your beta zips.
3. Renamed your zips to remove the Master postfix
4. Installed the plugin and selected clear all data on uninstall option
5. Uninstalled your plugin
6. Reinstalled your plugin and activated it
7. Installed and activated your quotes addon
8. Went to your general settings and ensured that sequential numbering option (starting at 1) was selected and saved for both quotes and invoices.I then created a new user and a new quote and when I went to save it with the send on save option selected your plugin (automatically) logged me out as the admin and logged me back in as the test user I had just created to send the quote. This is a significant new bug.
I then logged back out and back in as the admin to find that the quote had not been sent (same bug remains as before). I did however receive the BCC email to admin advising of the new quote. The email address I used for the test customer also received the thanks for joining message generated by WP core. So the fault lies in your add on not my server settings or Easy WP SMTP.
I attempted to resend the quote but it failed. The purple failed to send text bubble appears at the bottom of the quote.
I then converted the test quote to an invoice. The invoice was created with the prefix number 536 despite the settings being set to sequential starting at 1. One of two problems here, firstly your beta version does NOT clear all previous data on uninstall, or, if it does, your sequential number setting does not work.
The quote converted to from an invoice failed to send by email. However the bcc email to admin did send.
ANOTHER DESIGN SUGGESTION
I have always found the most effective way to name invoices (or quotes for that matter) was using a unique postfix for each individual customer. This helps one to quickly identify the intended recipient. So for example you would have sequential numbers as follows: WPINV001CLIENTA, WPINV002CLIENTB, WPINV003CLIENTA, WPINV004CLIENTC and so on.. However the current design of your plugin does not allow you to edit the title field at the top of each invoice, nor does it allow you to set a unique postfix for individual clients.Kiran, I have not logged in to your site (to receive your test quote) as I am sure things seem to be working ok at your end. The problem is that your plugin and addon are not working at my end. And, after a good deal of time and effort at my end nothing has been resolved and the initial bugs that I have identified (and some new ones) are still present in your subsequent beta version.
Please let me know what further information your require to move forward.
Kind Regards
Max
No problem Stiofan, I already resolved that issue when installing the new beta versions.
I have another bug to report. Upon a fresh install and creating a new invoice, the numbering starts at 459 (WPINV-00459). I have ticked the option for sequential numbering and to start at 1 in the general settings.
Please let me know what further information you require.
Kind Regards
Max
After further testing I can also confirm that even though the addon will not send the quote to the customer. If I then convert it to an invoice I can then successfully email the invoice out. So the bug definitely resides in the functionality of the add on.
I also have two other suggestions to improve the usability of your plugin:
1. The pay now link that currently appears in the Invoice email is rather hidden and likely to be missed by a new customer. It would be much more effective if it was styled as a button, or alternatively located in more prominent position at the top of the email.
2. When checking out to pay via email you are taken to a page with the options to pay with paypal or create an account. Why are you not taken to the paypal page that simply requests your credit card details like occurs with other plugins that use paypal to process transactions.Kind regards
Max
- This reply was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by khunmax.
Kiran thanks for the links to download the new beta versions of your plugin and addon.
I have tested both on my site. First I installed the new plugin and checked the delete all data option and then uninstalled it. I then reinstalled it and the new version of the addon.
After testing I can confirm the following:
1. The bugs in the quotes addon are not fixed and are still exactly the same as before. That is, a newly created quote is incorrectly named with an invoice prefix (that cannot be edited) and the invoice does not send either using the save on send option or the resend option. The purple did not send bubble appears in the notes section of the invoice after attempting to send.
2. The invoicing plugin would appear to remove all of its data (if this option is checked) with the exception of the user information. This issue requires more thought and further development of your plugin as well. At present if someone is sent a quote or invoice they are automatically added as a WP user with the role of subscriber. Thus they have the ability to log in to the back end of a WP site. This is not acceptable in many situations. For example, on the site I am currently developing both products and services are offered. The products (courses) are accessed by login it to the WP backend. It maybe the case that I quote someone to provide a service (and even complete the job and invoice them) but I do not want them to be able to log into the back end of my site.Anyway please let me know what further information you require to move forward and resolve the bugs that are still present in your addon.
Kind Regards
Max
Paolo
Thanks very much for your lengthy reply.
1. When I deleted your plugin and the add on I used the WP check boxes and then the apply all delete function. As any wp user would when deleting multiple plugins. So you should also check when the bug occurs in that situation, not just when you delete the plugin prior to deleting the addon.
2. Yes I am well aware that some plugins leave residual/orphan data after uninstall. That is why I use the “Plugins Garbage Collector” plugin to identify these orphaned tables in my DB and delete them. It works to clear the orphaned data left by all of the plugins you have mentioned above. However, for some reason (non standard naming protocol?)it did not find the orphaned data left by your plugin and addon upon their uninstall. Well coded plugins (such as EDD) have a check box in their general settings to DELETE ALL data upon uninstall to avoid the this issue. You should consider including that function in your next release so the option of whether or not to leave orphaned data in the DB is left up to the individual user.
3. Among the orphaned data left by your plugin are the pages that it creates for its functionality. I note that most of these have the WPI prefix which helps one to identify them for manually deletion. However, the Checkout page does not have any prefix. If a user is running another $transaction plugin, he or she may have two pages named checkout (and if a newbie WP user) may not know to go into a page to check for the WPI shortcode to confirm which page to delete.
4. Some more details regarding the “Invoice prefix in quote title bug”. As the screenshots I provided to you demonstrate, when I created a new QUOTE it has a INVOICE prefix in its title field and I was unable to edit it because on hover over the field my pointer changes into a red circle with a bar through it warning graphic. Secondly, the metabox in the right sidebar also displays the incorrect INVOICE prefix (and also cannot be edited).
5. Some more details regarding the “Quote does not send by email bug”. I disagree with you that this is a server issue. I think that it is a bug in your addon for the following reasons: a) There were no problems when I first tested emailing an INVOICE from your plugin. Everything worked as it should. b) Your addon failed when I attempted to send out a Quote (using either the send on save function or the resend button). However, as the administrator, I did receive the (Quote sent to customer) BCC email. If the issue here was a server setting at my end I would not have received the emails I mentioned in a) and b) above. Logic would indicate that it is a bug in your addon (or perhaps a conflict between you plugin and its addon).
6. I am happy to continue to assists you to resolve your plugin and addon bugs. Please let me know what further information your require.
7. I am also happy to test your new beta plugin and addon versions for you. Please provide the link where your zip can be downloaded.
Kind Regards
Max
- This reply was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by khunmax.
Your plugin and its add on are very unstable.
I just tried to deactivate both and uninstall them and they BROKE MY SITE.
I had to ftp in and uninstall manually.
I tried a fresh install with just Generatepress theme and your invoicing plugin, and the quotes add on.
It is clear that your plugin (and the add on) do not remove all of their data upon uninstall.
When I reinstalled your plugin the customer data I entered to test on the previous install reappeared.
Where is this data stored??? It is not in the database tables because I checked and cleaned those with another plugin before trying the fresh install.
After the fresh install the same bugs remained:
1. Your plugin (and the add on) do not remove all of their data upon uninstall (but the location of that data is obscure…it isn’t found in any relevant db tables
3. The quotes addon generates an incorrect invoice prefix in the title field of the quote editing page and blocks you from editing it
4. The quotes addon does not email the quotes to the customer, either using the send on save option or the resend quote button.Generatepress is a well know and very well coded Theme. If your plugin (and its addon) do not work on a vanilla install of GP with no other plugins running it is clear that they still need a good deal of work.
Please let me know what additional information you require to help you resolve the bugs.
And most importantly, please let me know where I can find the residual data left by your plugin (and its addon) when I uninstall so that I can go in and delete it manually.
Kind Regards
Max
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Quotes Addon for GetPaid] Quotes add on not sending emailFresh install did not work either.
But it did identify another 3rd bug. The add on does not remove all of its data upon deletion.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Quotes Addon for GetPaid] Quotes add on not sending emailPaolo
Thanks for your prompt response.
I look forward to a solution.
I have just deactivated all other plugins and the bugs remain. So it is not a conflict issue.
Kind regards
Max
Hey Sybre
Thanks for your prompt and meaningful reply.
I offer “kind words” regarding your plugin because in my view it is the very best SEO solution in the WP repository.
You also provide impeccable support with swift and detailed answers.
I have trialed the BUG on different browsers and your are right regarding it arising from Firefox (Gecko). It is not present when using other browser options.
The “Screen Options” solution you offered provides a (cosmetic) fix.
Regarding address the firefox issues, what about coding the SEO Framework with a firefox browser option and if ticked it displays the TG,DG,I,F,A,R tiles vertically in two rows of three (or three rows of two) instead of horizontally?
I am not a brilliant young coder like yourself so perhaps my suggestion is just plain stupid.
Thanks again for your valuable assistance.
Kind Regards
Max