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can anyone assist on this?

No matter what I do the WP admin still says the enhanced page cache cannot be activated unless code is put in the .htaccess fie.

I have put the code in the .htaccess file, and it continues to display the alert. Hostgator support worked on this for over a hour to now avail.

the whole .htaccess file is pasted below:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /~geed/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /~geed/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

# BEGIN W3TC Page Cache core
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /~geed/
RewriteRule ^(.*\/)?w3tc_rewrite_test$ $1?w3tc_rewrite_test=1 [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (2\.0\ mmp|240×320|alcatel|amoi|asus|au\-mic|audiovox|avantgo|benq|bird|blackberry|blazer|cdm|cellphone|danger|ddipocket|docomo|dopod|elaine/3\.0|ericsson|eudoraweb|fly|haier|hiptop|hp\.ipaq|htc|huawei|i\-mobile|iemobile|j\-phone|kddi|konka|kwc|kyocera/wx310k|lenovo|lg|lg/u990|lge\ vx|midp|midp\-2\.0|mmef20|mmp|mobilephone|mot\-v|motorola|netfront|newgen|newt|nintendo\ ds|nintendo\ wii|nitro|nokia|novarra|o2|openweb|opera\ mobi|opera\.mobi|palm|panasonic|pantech|pdxgw|pg|philips|phone|playstation\ portable|portalmmm|\bppc\b|proxinet|psp|qtek|sagem|samsung|sanyo|sch|sec|sendo|sgh|sharp|sharp\-tq\-gx10|small|smartphone|softbank|sonyericsson|sph|symbian|symbian\ os|symbianos|toshiba|treo|ts21i\-10|up\.browser|up\.link|uts|vertu|vodafone|wap|willcome|windows\ ce|windows\.ce|winwap|xda|zte) [NC]
RewriteRule .* – [E=W3TC_UA:_low]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (acer\ s100|android|archos5|blackberry9500|blackberry9530|blackberry9550|blackberry\ 9800|cupcake|docomo\ ht\-03a|dream|htc\ hero|htc\ magic|htc_dream|htc_magic|incognito|ipad|iphone|ipod|kindle|lg\-gw620|liquid\ build|maemo|mot\-mb200|mot\-mb300|nexus\ one|opera\ mini|samsung\-s8000|series60.*webkit|series60/5\.0|sonyericssone10|sonyericssonu20|sonyericssonx10|t\-mobile\ mytouch\ 3g|t\-mobile\ opal|tattoo|webmate|webos) [NC]
RewriteRule .* – [E=W3TC_UA:_high]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} w3tc_referrer=.*(google\.com|yahoo\.com|bing\.com|ask\.com|msn\.com) [NC]
RewriteRule .* – [E=W3TC_REF:_search_engines]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on
RewriteRule .* – [E=W3TC_SSL:_ssl]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} =443
RewriteRule .* – [E=W3TC_SSL:_ssl]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip
RewriteRule .* – [E=W3TC_ENC:.gzip]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !=POST
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} =””
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \/$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (sitemap\.xml(\.gz)?) [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\/wp-admin\/|\/xmlrpc.php|\/wp-(app|cron|login|register|mail)\.php|wp-.*\.php|index\.php) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (wp-comments-popup\.php|wp-links-opml\.php|wp-locations\.php) [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !(comment_author|wp-postpass|wordpress_\[a-f0-9\]\+|wordpress_logged_in) [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !(W3\ Total\ Cache/0\.9\.2\.3) [NC]
RewriteCond “%{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/home/geed/public_html/wp-content/w3tc/pgcache/%{REQUEST_URI}/_index%{ENV:W3TC_UA}%{ENV:W3TC_REF}%{ENV:W3TC_SSL}.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}” -f
RewriteRule .* “/home/geed/public_html/wp-content/w3tc/pgcache/%{REQUEST_URI}/_index%{ENV:W3TC_UA}%{ENV:W3TC_REF}%{ENV:W3TC_SSL}.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}” [L]
</IfModule>
# END W3TC Page Cache core

stvwlf – now that sounds like a viable solution. I’ll check out the plugin you referenced. I have dropped the idea of creating our own plugin to my dev partner. Right now, there’s timing to deal with.

I agree with you on the expiration of posts. I do believe I’ve seen a plugin that can handle something like that. Will let you know if I come across it again.

stvwlf –

Have been considering custom fields. While the options you mention are legit, neither is user-friendly for the client who’ll manage the site. They need to be able to simply paste/type a url and “attach” links to a page/post. Typing HTML is not an advancement for their site’s manage features.

I really can’t believe there isn’t already a widget to add links to specific pages/posts. Seems like it would be a common need. Like a link “gallery” for a page/post.

Clearly one can add links right in content. But the objective here is for them to appear in the sidebar.

Seems we could set up 5-10 custom fields, each being a link input. Paste/type url, done. The catch is you have a limited number.

@mattyrob – thanks for the input. It does seem that the current state of spam prevention is scuttling the idea of HTML mail unless it’s delivered by the big players such as Constant Contact etc.

Especially if our own server may be tagging it on the way out.

I really like the features of your system. The spam and the excerpt only to the public subscribers are big hurdles from a client perspective. Spam is hard to overcome and they don’t want to open the site up to registration.

Does anyone have a resource that covers this issue?

hehe…after popping it in above the loop and added the <?php endif; ?> it needed to let the page load, I realized it needed to be conditional. I’ve been trying to work it in just as you show above, in place of the hard coded banner that I had in the conditional.

But it creates a syntax issue that I haven’t gotten past. I did find that there is a plugin called Widget Logic which add conditional fields to all widgets. Pretty nifty. But I was still trying to see if it would work without that extra plugin.

Beauty! Thanks esmi. I was in the ballpar, but way outside the foul pole…just kept breaking the page with my trial and error approach. I need to get up to snuff on syntax and general PHP know-how.

I see you set a counter, which is what I was trying to do. Can you explain a bit about they syntax of what you put in the WP_Query(‘category_name’. $cat_name . ‘&showposts=3’)?

Is the .$variable. just a normal syntax to inject a variable you preset before the query into a string?