Dev4Press

TinyMCE Configuration and Limitations

Milan Petrovic — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 10:23:23 +0000

Using TinyMCE editor in bbPress topics and replies form can be enabled with the Content Editor feature in GD bbPress Toolbox Pro. Beside settings in the feature panel, there are few more important things to know and configure to have ...

Resolving Quote Issues

Milan Petrovic — Wed, 29 May 2024 07:15:42 +0000

While the Quote might sound as a straightforward feature to have, there are potential issues and challenges in Quotes implementation that may need to be resolved. Why when quoted, emojis (or smileys) are displayed broken? This happens because WordPress, by ...

Attachments Upload Errors

Milan Petrovic — Wed, 29 May 2024 07:15:42 +0000

All files users attach to topics or replies are stored in the media library. But, before that, they are all checked to determine if they are allowed (size, format). During upload, various problems can occur to break the upload or ...

SweepPress Performance Control

Milan Petrovic — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:01:01 +0000

Depending on the database size, some of the estimation and cleanup query can take a long time to finish, and some panel can be unresponsive because of that. All the sweepers that can run into this kind of problem have ...

Is it safe to remove all CRON jobs?

Milan Petrovic — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:20:16 +0000

In general, yes. WordPress and most plugins will register the CRON jobs they need if they detect that job is not registered. There are, however, some plugins that register jobs on plugin activation, and they will not try to detect ...

Resolving Attachments Upload Issues

Milan Petrovic — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 18:54:40 +0000

PHP.ini Settings There are important settings on the server size in the PHP.ini controlling the upload process. Make sure to configure them correctly, or ask your hosting support to do it for you (if you don’t have access to the ...

MySQL 8 Database Upgrade Notices

Milan Petrovic — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 17:50:07 +0000

If you are running WordPress on a server using MySQL 8, you might have noticed an interesting issue when updating some of the Dev4Press plugins for WordPress. You will go to the Update screen and see something like this: Database ...

How can I see errors logged for attachments upload?

Milan Petrovic — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:41:56 +0000

Plugin stores all the errors as metadata, and you can see all the errors in the Errors Log panel on the admin side under bbPress Toolbox menu or in the admin side topics and replies editors. To learn more about ...

Some BuddyPress features break when I use BuddyPress Nuovo templates?

Milan Petrovic — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:41:56 +0000

The problem is caused by the Italic BBCode due to the conflict with the Underscore templates system BuddyPress uses. There are two ways to solve this: You can disable Italic BBCode (bbPress Toolbox -> BBCodes, find the Italic and disable ...

Where are font related options in TinyMCE editor?

Milan Petrovic — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:41:56 +0000

TinyMCE editor has two rows in the toolbar, but only first line is visible. Font related options are on the second line, and you need to enable it. To do that click on the button called ‘Toolbar Toggle’ as on ...

How to fix Thumbs Rating method up and down invalid values?

Milan Petrovic — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 10:47:09 +0000

In few instances reported so far, the Thumbs Rating values have become invalid, showing million or billion high ratings. So far, we were unable to find the cause of the problem, but it was caused by something in the early ...

Get JavaScript errors from browser console

Milan Petrovic — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 08:07:32 +0000

JavaScript errors are a common sign of conflicts with other plugins or themes, and all modern browsers include developer tools that have the console where all the errors occurring in the browser are logged, including JavaScript errors. Depending on the ...

Some features not working with BuddyPress group forums?

Milan Petrovic — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 10:24:49 +0000

This happens if the plugin’s JavaScript is not loaded. Make sure that both CSS and JavaScript options are enabled and ‘Always Include’ option is also enabled.

Click on Quote button doesn’t add quoted content?

Milan Petrovic — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 10:24:25 +0000

This happens if the plugin’s JavaScript is not loaded. Make sure that both CSS and JavaScript options are enabled. If that doesn’t help, make sure to enable ‘Always Include’ option too.

Why updating GD Rating System Pro breaks the website?

Milan Petrovic — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 21:05:04 +0000

This can happen if you are using GD Rating System Pro additional addons (like Multi Ratings or User Reviews addon). If that happens, make sure to disable GD Rating System Pro and all addons for it, and upgrade main plugin ...

Why plugin’s JavaScript files are not loaded?

Milan Petrovic — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 09:04:44 +0000

All Dev4Press plugins and addons require jQuery. However, they will work only if the jQuery is loaded with WordPress’s proper Enqueue method. If you are replacing jQuery that comes with WordPress with some other version loaded from another location, my ...

After successful voting and refreshing the page, vote is gone

Milan Petrovic — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 20:58:09 +0000

This is always the issue with the page cache. The plugin supports the use of cache plugins, but in that case, it needs to get current ratings through AJAX to avoid showing old cached page. The plugin includes Dynamic Load addon ...

Why reviews look broken or missing after installation?

Milan Petrovic — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 19:47:25 +0000

When you install User Reviews addon for the first time, it may happen that new templates are not properly picked by GD Rating System Pro. To remedy that, simply open GD Rating System -> Tools -> Recheck and Update panel. You ...

How can I confirm that topic new/unread tracking is working?

Milan Petrovic — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 08:24:46 +0000

Before you go on, make sure you have configured the plugin properly. Check out this article for more information. To confirm that topic tracking for users is working (new topics, unread topics, and new replies), you need two user accounts: ...

Can I limit users to own files in Media Library via TinyMCE Add Media button?

Milan Petrovic — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 11:47:46 +0000

By design, if a user opens Media Library from TinyMCE Add Media button, that user will only see their own files when the library is displayed.

Increase PHP Memory Limit

Milan Petrovic — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:21:22 +0000

Anyone working with WordPress (or any other PHP based system) had a chance to see one of the most common fatal errors PHP has to offer: Allowed memory exhausted. This is easy to fix, and depending on your host and personal preference, there are several methods to do it.

My site is stuck in Maintenance mode, now what?

Milan Petrovic — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:16:44 +0000

When WordPress upgrades plugins and themes, it will enable maintenance mode to prevent website modifications during the update. But, in some cases, this maintenance mode will not get disabled after the upgrade, and your website will be inaccessible. What can you do?

Why thumbs (or stars) are not showing after plugin upgrade?

Milan Petrovic — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 08:38:34 +0000

When new plugin version is released, it usually contains changes to CSS and JavaScript. If you use some sort of cache (plugin for cache, server side cache, CDN), and depending on your system configuration, CSS and JS files can be ...

Can you nest BBCodes?

Milan Petrovic — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:57:31 +0000

Yes. You can nest BBCodes as long as they are different types. You can have UL BBCode and inside it, you can have LI BBCodes. And No. You can’t nest the same type of BBCodes. You can’t have UL inside another UL. ...

Why rating block alignment is not working?

Milan Petrovic — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 10:32:23 +0000

Alignment for complex HTML elements can be a very tricky issue, and it largely depends on the container and styling it has. The plugin has options to add alignment classes to the rating block, but, these classes don’t include actual styling ...

Rating is working, but instead of stars I see letters S

Milan Petrovic — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 17:27:55 +0000

If you don’t see stars, but instead there are letters S, this means that font with icons used by the plugin is not loaded by the browsers. The reason for this is that most likely your website is loading a ...

Why BBCodes are not working?

Milan Petrovic — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:11:11 +0000

There are few reasons for BBCodes not working: You have disabled BBCodes in the plugin. You have disabled some of the BBCodes in the plugin. You are using some 3rd party plugin that is causing problems. The plugin that is often ...

Why is Google not showing rich rating snippets for my website?

Milan Petrovic — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 17:25:16 +0000

GD Rating System is adding a fully functional and standardized rich snippet for rating or review, and you can test all your posts to confirm that the rating snippet is correct. But, there is no way to influence Google to ...

Cloud based accelerators

Milan Petrovic — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:04:13 +0000

In the recent years, cloud based systems for protection and acceleration of the website loading are becoming very popular. Best known such system is CloudFlare, but there are many other similar systems: Incapsula, CDNify… But all these systems can cause ...

Caching plugin issues

Milan Petrovic — Sun, 31 May 2015 22:14:50 +0000

WordPress cache plugins can cause all sorts of problems due to misconfiguration or conflicts. As with any other plugin, it is important you set your cache plugin correctly, and test everything to make sure everything is fine. Cache plugins can ...

Testing for conflicts

Milan Petrovic — Sun, 31 May 2015 21:42:06 +0000

Using any plugin or theme in WordPress can lead to conflicts with other plugins or themes you use on your website. It is important to note that only one theme can be active. If you use any Dev4Press plugin, and ...