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# Maxcom

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PPOM - Product Addons & Custom Fields for WooCommerce] PPOM reported closed and no longer available for download](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ppom-reported-closed-and-no-longer-available-for-download/)
 *  [Maxcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxcom/)
 * (@maxcom)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ppom-reported-closed-and-no-longer-available-for-download/#post-11818907)
 * Where do you see that? I cannot find any mention on the Pro site of it being 
   closed as of Aug 8. Furthermore I put a Pro version in my cart, and navigated
   to the paypal checkout with no issues.
 * As they just released an update on July 26 I would be surprised. Actually they
   have a blog post on the Pro site indicating they just published a new gateway
   for a bank for woocommerce.
 * Can you provide a url, or a screenshot of where you found this?
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Can’t edit main theme php files after upgrading to 4.9](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-main-theme-php-files-after-upgrading-to-4-9/)
 *  [Maxcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxcom/)
 * (@maxcom)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-main-theme-php-files-after-upgrading-to-4-9/page/2/#post-9694079)
 * HI
 * I wish to report we are also seeing this this error across multiples sites on
   multiple hosting platforms. If anyone tries to edit an php file of a theme we
   get the exact same result as others reported:
 * `Unable to communicate back with site to check for fatal errors, so the PHP change
   was reverted. You will need to upload your PHP file change by some other means,
   such as by using SFTP.`
 * If we perform the edit of the file.php deleting lines 491-598 in file.php as 
   indicated by Backups above, the issue is resolved.
 * Your sandbox function is in error. Please fix.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WooCommerce] Trojan warning in Woo Ver 3.0.9 download from codex](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trojan-warning-in-woo-ver-3-0-9-download-from-codex/)
 *  Thread Starter [Maxcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxcom/)
 * (@maxcom)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trojan-warning-in-woo-ver-3-0-9-download-from-codex/#post-9273620)
 * Thank you for replying.
 * I will submit to them for analysis. I agree it could be a false positive but 
   given that trojans are a huge issue as we are witnessing via the current situation
   via Petya ransomware, and it is spreading with fake word and excel documents (
   the trojan file name has “xls” in it) I felt it worthwhile to bring to your attention
   immediately.
 * I will mark as resolved on the basis of your assurance this is a false positive,
   and should the analysis come back positive advise in a new thread.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [How to set static page as parent of Custom Post Type page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-set-static-page-as-parent-of-custom-post-type-page/)
 *  [Maxcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxcom/)
 * (@maxcom)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-set-static-page-as-parent-of-custom-post-type-page/#post-4142947)
 * The Striking Premium WordPress Theme has both custom urls and custom breadcrumbs
   as part of its core settings for its custom portfolio post type. So I believe
   you can accomplish what you need with that theme.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Author: WP Symposium] [Plugin: WP Symposium A Social Network For WordPress] OMG how does paid software make it in here???](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-symposium-a-social-network-for-wordpress-omg-how-does-paid-software-make-it-in-here/)
 *  [Maxcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxcom/)
 * (@maxcom)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-symposium-a-social-network-for-wordpress-omg-how-does-paid-software-make-it-in-here/#post-3064998)
 * I ended up here as i wanted to check for updates to the plugin. I think this “
   robthecomputerguy” must be a spammer of some sort or have some sort of hidden
   agenda. He certainly seems to be way off base in his critique, and my own critique
   is he likes the sound of his own voice. But either way he seems to have no idea
   whatsoever as to what he is talking about.
 * I use symposium on a couple of sites. Its forum software with some social networking
   features, and darn good at what it does. Like many thousands of plugins, there
   is an professional upgrade available. Whats the issue with this? I have none 
   whatsoever.
 * Now the developer Simon, is extremely good at what he does in my opinion, and
   in the more recent versions, I see he has built in some additional features that
   get downloaded in the package, and become active (this may have changed as in
   my experience the developer constantly updates the plugin as new ideas and features
   roll out) if one decided to pay for them, whereas one used to download these 
   separately. But they are ancillary features, not core features. And kudos to 
   a developer who actually knows how to code this type of functionality properly,
   and does not make us go back and forth to retrieve the extra features.
 * We have an expression for this – “Expert Developer”!
 * I think this is much ado about less then nothing. Were I a mod, this whole thread
   would already be dust. Now if we could only take to task all the amateurs who
   roll out a plugin and then after one update of wp, the kiss of death has occurred.
   They make up 90% of the repository, and just make everyone’s life difficult. 
   If only they were all as good as this symposium guy, my life would be a lot easier.
 * Time to get the latest update!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager - Autotagger Automatically Add Terms] Simple Tags breaks theme with WPML](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-tags-breaks-theme-with-wpml/)
 *  [Maxcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxcom/)
 * (@maxcom)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-tags-breaks-theme-with-wpml/#post-2844127)
 * Hi
 * I am experiencing the exact same issue as BackuPs above. I use simple tags as
   it allows us to define tags, and assign those tags to virtually any type of wordpress
   post. Our sites are also all multilanguage.
 * But since the wp 3.4 update, we get the same crashing when we call the tagname,
   if also using wpml.
 * This really makes simple tags completely unusable. But it is a fine powerful 
   plugin and we would really prefer to keep using it.
 * so if you could fix this error, it would be appreciated.
 * Thank you.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Yoast SEO - Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI] [Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast] Turn off the page check feature](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-turn-off-the-page-check-feature/)
 *  [Maxcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxcom/)
 * (@maxcom)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-turn-off-the-page-check-feature/#post-2822773)
 * Hi
 * We are a premium theme developer and this feature is generating needless threads
   and messages on our support forum and via private messages, as individuals think
   your new methods which produce the warnings are theme core code errors, not content
   errors.
 * As BackuPs above has requested, please provide a method, preferably a setting,
   that allows the page check to be turned off.
 * It seems that what you have done is created the page check feature, and if the
   site designer does not follow your rules, then they get errors on the page check.
   Due to the language you use, such as “No heading tags appear in the copy” for
   reporting your page check opinion that the page is not fully optimized, users
   are getting confused. We know that Copy = Content, but others might not. So you
   perhaps also need to examine your use of nomenclature, as the strictest use may
   not be the popular use.
 * In any case, while we have always strongly recommended your plugin to our premium
   theme user base (in excess of 11000 users for our theme) changes such as this
   would start to make it more difficult to recommend, as you have not provided 
   users the option of opting out of the feature.
 * It is important to remember that while you (and we) may have opinions on what
   constitutes proper SEO for a page, post, site, etc, others may not share that
   opinion, or may have alternative or concurrent methods for SEO.
 * So please make this feature switchable.
 * Thank You
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Dynamic Widgets] [Plugin: Dynamic Widgets] Thanks for this plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-dynamic-widgets-thanks-for-this-plugin/)
 *  [Maxcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxcom/)
 * (@maxcom)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-dynamic-widgets-thanks-for-this-plugin/#post-1818583)
 * Super Plugin. It works just fine with the Striking Theme by Kaptinlin (themeforest.
   com). This is a really amazing plugin and you are to be congratulated on its 
   development.
 * I agree with the above poster that the way you have separated the plugin management
   away from widgets page is great. Also the page you have created to manage the
   settings for each widget is really easy to use, even for newbies like us.
 * Big thanks!
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [3.0.2 install Error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/302-install-error/)
 *  [Maxcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxcom/)
 * (@maxcom)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/302-install-error/#post-1801643)
 * [@dragonsjaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dragonsjaw/)
 * What we did is very straightforward. Starting with the fact we were currently
   at version 3.0.1 we proceeded to download to our desktop Version 3.0.2 and unzipped
   it.
 * Then we took from it only the files that have changed, which you can find at 
   the following link:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2](http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2)
 * at the bottom of the page, where you have the list of revised files, which are
   as follows:
 * wp-includes/ms-files.php
    wp-includes/version.php wp-includes/comment.php wp-
   includes/functions.php wp-includes/load.php wp-includes/canonical.php wp-includes/
   capabilities.php readme.html wp-admin/includes/plugin.php wp-admin/includes/file.
   php wp-admin/includes/update-core.php wp-admin/plugins.php
 * To make life simple for ourself, we placed the above files we needed into a separate
   folder.
 * Then we ftp’d to our site, and then uploaded these files only, overwriting the
   old files with the new revised files.
 * We did the exact same thing for the update to version 3.0.3 (ie, we downloaded,
   unzipped and then separated out the changed files) – the changelog can be found
   at:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.3](http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.3)
 * and the list of revised files is quite small:
 * wp-includes/version.php
    xmlrpc.php readme.html wp-admin/includes/update-core.
   php
 * After you have ftp’d all these files, you still have one more thing to do. In
   your root public directory (“public_html” if cpanel) there is a php file called“
   fantversion.php”. Open this file using your ftp program editing function. You
   will see a line as follows:
 * $version = ‘3.0.1’ ;
 * or
 * $version = ‘3.0.2’ ;
 * and make one very small change – change the last number of the version to 3, 
   so that the line now reads as
 * $version = ‘3.0.3’ ;
 * Save and you are done. You can log into your admin interface and you will see
   from your dashboard you are upgraded to the latest version of wordpress.
 * The whole process takes about 7-8 minutes (that is what it took us from start
   to finish).
 * In our opinion, WP should make available an installer routine which amends just
   the revised files.
 * Good luck everyone.
 * BTW, another thing is that if you examine the revised files, most have different
   revision dates. A cleaner way for WP to do things is to give all the amended 
   files the same date. You will see this when you are doing your file overwrites,
   it will be asking you “do you want to overwrite xxx files dated July 15 with 
   xxx file dated Nov 26”. Cleanest way would be to have all the new files having
   a same creation date. They do not. So don’t be spooked by that.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Slide In Popup] [Plugin: Slide In Popup] Settings don't work in 3.0](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slide-in-popup-settings-dont-work-in-30/)
 *  [Maxcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxcom/)
 * (@maxcom)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-slide-in-popup-settings-dont-work-in-30/#post-1787621)
 * Hmm, if for instance, you are using a browser with security settings that erases
   history and cookies every time you close it, then that is why it is popping up
   again. There are other reasons as well related to javascripting in your site.
   Contact the developer and he will help you.
 * There is no “30 day” setting rather it not showing relies on a cookie it places
   should you select the “Only show once per page on first visit” which does admittedly
   work in a very variable way due to difference in each person browser settings.
 * The Delay setting definitely does work, again it could be affected by java in
   your theme. Talk to the man and he should be able to help.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [3.0.2 install Error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/302-install-error/)
 *  [Maxcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxcom/)
 * (@maxcom)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/302-install-error/#post-1801629)
 * Kelvin
 * If you are still having difficulties, please indicate so here, and we will set
   out a way to contact each other. We have upgraded right to 3.0.3, with a foolproof
   method. A touch more involved but it works 100%, and will gladly walk you through
   it.
 * Will say this. The WordPress methodology of doing a manual upgrade is needless,
   and has potential hurdles that just don’t need to be there. And the automatic
   upgrade almost never seems to work. We watched the auto upgrade fail with 9 different
   hosts for 15 different sites. Thats a pretty poor track record.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [3.0.2 install Error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/302-install-error/)
 *  [Maxcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxcom/)
 * (@maxcom)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/302-install-error/#post-1801598)
 * Kelvin15
 * Your not the only one. I got this error as well, and I know at least a dozen 
   other friends who are having the same problem. Seems to be huge problems all 
   over the web with the automatic upload of this update. I tried everything, including
 * 1) setting CHMOD permissions at 777 in all the folders in wo-content (plugins,
   themes, upgrade, uploads),
    2) deleting the upgrade file and recreating it with
   777 permission, and 3) deactivating all my plugins.
 * Until I did that I could not even get as far as:
 * Could not copy file.: /public_html/blog/wp-admin/css/theme-editor.dev.css
    Installation
   Failed
 * Once I did all the above, I got the same error you did, and have never gotten
   any further. Very very frustrating. Prior to doing the changes I noted above,
   I would get another error, “could not access public_html, Installation failed”(
   it may have been could not “create” I don’t remember anymore).
 * So then after your error type, I thought I would download the zip, unpack it,
   and transfer it via ftp (which it appears you also tried). Well now my system
   tells me I have the latest version, but(!) that I have a failed installation 
   and can attempt to reupload using the automatic interface, which once again has
   failed.
 * I can see in the upgrade folder their is a wordpress-3.tmp file left over from
   the failed install by the internal WP admin installer attempt.
 * I even tried setting the CHMOD at 777 on everything other then the public-html
   file, and still no dice.
 * Two of my friends have already had it up to here and dumped this for Joomla, 
   and if wordpress cannot get a handle on this soon, I will be following them. 
   The rest are praying that I can solve the problem for them, or I guess I will
   be doing a lot of Joomla lessons in the near future.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [under construction page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/under-construction-page/)
 *  [Maxcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxcom/)
 * (@maxcom)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/under-construction-page/#post-1753770)
 * The Maintenance Mode plugin works great. We tried a couple of other underconstruction
   plugins, and to date we have found this one the easiest and most reliable to 
   implement.
 * If you want to do some simple modifications, that is easily accomplished by going
   into the file maintenance-mode_theme_default.php (which you can open up with 
   any web editor such as dreamweaver, or an ftp program such as Cute FTP using 
   its built in edit function when you are viewing your files in your host via your
   ftp program).
 * We put up a simple modification at our site [http://www.maxcomfinance.com ](http://www.maxcomfinance.com)
   where we changed some font colors, added some keywords, etc. It took no more 
   then a couple of minutes to add the CSS which you can see if you right click 
   on your browser and view the source code.
 * Probably you could add backgrounds but we did not feel it necessary.
 * Anyways we give Maintenance Mode by Michael Worhrer a thumbs up.

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