Alvaro Degives-Mas
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Short version: get in touch with your hosting provider and tell them you have a PHP script that needs to create (not just “edit”) and later at some point delete the temporary files it created; then tell them you need them to set the PHP / Apache user so that it can do what it needs to do in a directory with 755 permissions.
You don’t want the long version.
Reason being, that merely setting a directory to 755 doesn’t by itself necessarily solve your problem. In your case, it apparently doesn’t. And because it’s very unwise to set a world-accessible directory to 777, see the short version above.
Added later: if your hosting provider says anything fundamentally different from “yes Sir, right away Sir!” find a good hosting provider.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: cu3er Pulling Posts, instead of static graphicsForum: Plugins
In reply to: [Plugin: Event Calendar 3] Upcoming EventsYou wouldn’t happen to have a caching plugin active that you need to flush, would you? Widget content is among the most cached assets.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Event Calendar 3.2.beta2Ah… Glad it’s sorted out. Yes, as the setting says, else the “event post” isn’t treated like a regular post.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Create a user who can only post new post in a particular category or pageForum: Plugins
In reply to: Integrate plugins into templates? Possible?Depends on the plugin – many but not all offer explicit, simple function calls that can be placed in a template file, many in a form similar to this:
<?php if(function_exists('functionname')) { ... } ?>Go through the plugin documentation for each case…
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Event Calendar 3.2.beta2Yes, you can assign several categories to a post that is also an event.
I wasn’t too clear when I suggested looking into a separate plugin based solution, though. What I meant is this: you need to not only pick the category or categories that you want, you have to also scrub (exclude) the listing of posts in the event category (i.e. “general” in your case). That’s how you avoid the duplicates.
The subtle difference with “normal” category exclusion is that you don’t want to completely exclude that category altogether – you just don’t want posts appearing on the account of that category alone. Which is why I suggested looking into the myriad of available plugins that deal with category selection and display manipulation.
Added later: also, make sure that the events category (“general”) is not your default category (the one automatically assigned if none is provided) – as the author specifically indicates on the EC3 settings page, next to the selection menu for the events category:
Don’t make this your default post category
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Event Calendar 3.2.beta2If I understand you correctly, then it’s the way EC3 is designed to work. EC3 expects (i.e. “listens to”) one and only one category that is set for exclusive use by EC3 (meaning, no other posts / pages use it) which is how it “recognizes” a post as an event.
The “problem” is that you assign several categories – which by itself is fine, as long as EC3 can recognize “its” posts – but then you want to show event-posts also via another category (i.e. what you refer to as “original”) which is when EC3 can’t find them.
Again, if I understand your scenario correctly, your solution is to stick to the way EC3 governs events, and leave it alone, and call posts identified by category with another plugin.
EC3 really needs to “own” that specified category – else, you run into “not found” (or possibly also redirection loop) issues such as the one you describe.
I like how some people confuse the Plugin & Hacks forum with a place for unfocused, general questions about no plugin or hack in particular.
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http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
Aside from that suggested link, you may also consider investigating an advanced and innovative function that is built-in to this site, which allows you to find information related to plugins that you are looking for.
This powerful functionality is cryptically referred to as “Search” and its magic can be unleashed freely and independently all by yourself, without depending on expert help, by clicking on a button mysteriously labeled “Search Plugins” following your input of relevant keywords.
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And please don’t bump your own question again without clarifying or helping your potential helpers along. Sometimes there’s a reason people don’t respond.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Plugin: The Events Calendar] Feature request: using separate table(s)Thanks for the explanation. Well, I learn something new or two every day; I didn’t know wordpress.com’s VIP accounts don’t allow new tables. Makes sense if one thinks about sheer volume and the related complexity (maintenance anyone? shudder!) And of course, having them in mind it’s eminently logical to stash data into an existing table. Smart choice in fact, as I think that’s a USP that sets TEC apart.
Thing is, everyone and their brother mucks about in the xx-meta (post, user) tables; with several plugins* fiddling around in the same data table, it takes just a bit of bad luck to have an accident. What I mean is that you lose control exponentially over the integrity of “your” data when they’re stored and accessed in a common repository; you are more exponentially exposed to problems that originate elsewhere. With your own table you’re a little bit more safe from that.
Plus, there’s the “semantic architecture” argument I mentioned; although not entirely unrelated as species, having a different type of semantic data stored in the same data table defeats a bit the purpose of having a distinct “post metadata” table in the first place, which is intended for storing stuff related to the post (or page) itself; not or not necessarily different instances of a “post” (as is a calendar event in your design). To a certain degree, the “spaghetti architecture” resulting from the use of the same table for (very) different ends makes it easier to derail (reminds me a bit of messy clusters of extension cables and splitters with X-mas decoration lighting eventually going into the same outlet…)
However, I understand better now why you opted for using the post metadata table. Thanks again for the explanation.
*Added later: looking at the mindboggling sprawl of plugins (a good thing, in the balance) and especially the resulting combinations of all the various and sometimes truly exotic plugins out there really gives me pause, using a “common” post metadata table – it certainly makes me appreciative of the Automattic team’s initiative to offer a basic / core / canonical repository of plugins, to at least offer a minimal base of “stable” plugins for use by newbies…
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Plugin: Theme My Login] Double form on login page.You can find all released versions right here.
I can assure you though that you’re not running WP 4.6.2 – right now we’re still in the 2.x release cycle… If it shows as 4.6.2 you’d better check for malware!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Page Category PlusFrankly, I recommend considering the use of the Category Show plugin which even allows sorting the resulting list. If you also want a list of posts from a given category in your sidebar (or wherever else a widget goes), try the Category Posts Widget. Both work fine with WP 2.9.1.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Seeking a number of pluginsAside from recommending Esmi’s suggested link, you may also consider investigating an advanced and innovative function that is built-in to this site, which allows you to find information related to plugins that you are looking for.
This powerful functionality is cryptically referred to as “Search” and its magic can be unleashed freely and independently all by yourself, without depending on expert help, by clicking on a button mysteriously labeled “Search Plugins” following your input of relevant keywords.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: please help….i think my wordpress blog has been hacked or spammed???+1 on that… It should be a standard included plugin for self-hosted WP installs!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Plugin: W3 Total Cache] ЭТО НЕ ПЛАГИН, А ГОВНО!!!Please moderate your tone.
FYI – the above is translated by Google as follows:
THIS IS NOT A PLUGIN, BUT SHIT! KILLS WEBSITE!