Thank you for reaching out!
The instructions on how to deal with a cURL error are:
Please check the following points (if you don’t know how to do this, please ask your server team or hosting company to do it):
1. Ensure that cURL is installed and activated on your site
2. Ensure that no proxy is blocking requests to other servers (e.g. because of a firewall)
3. Ensure that your server allows PUT/POST requests
4. Ensure your software is up to date
As a workaround for Email-feature (e.g. if you don’t manage to fix your cURL issues as mentioned above), you can make the Email feature work in another way:
1. Open http://www.specificfeeds.com/rss
2. Enter your website url and click on “Go”
3. You will be directed to a page which explains you the advantages of using SpecificFeeds. At the bottom, there are instructions how to set up the subscription option on your site.
There are two mentioned solutions above. On what step did you got stuck? For the first solution you need to seek advice from your hosting team if the steps are too technical.
Thread Starter
John
(@dsl225)
Thanks for this and I’ll check with my host.
I wanted to check myself but I really don’t know how to “Ensure that your server allows PUT/POST requests” on a shared server.
But I also wanted to try myself the second option first but really don’t understand the last point 3: what I’m supposed to with this?
After I enter my website it states that everything is fine and at the end I get this:
If you already use a form – e.g. because it came with your theme – you can link it to your feed on SpecificFeeds by giving it the following action url: xxxxx
So what should I do with this?
That is a particular case. What you have to do for step 3 is, click on “subscription form” at the bottom of the page and find the code to place the subscription form on your site. See https://www.screencast.com/t/THR4wPF5TPmP
Thread Starter
John
(@dsl225)
OK, and where to place this subscription form?
In any page editor that accepts HTML code, it also works with WordPress’ basic page/post editor.
Thread Starter
John
(@dsl225)
Great, and then? have to link to this page somehow, right?
Sorry for asking too many questions but I can’t find any comprehensive guide about that.
Once the subscription form’s HTML code is added on a particular page, users visiting that page will see the place to subscribe to your website’s feed i.e. they will see https://www.screencast.com/t/4hlW73y94H.
Done. Now you can start gathering subscribers.
Which USM plugin do you currently use?
Is it https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/ultimate-social-media-plus/ or https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/ultimate-social-media-icons/ ?
We investigated further and it seems that there are cURL issues with https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/ultimate-social-media-plus. The developers are looking into it as we speak.
Thread Starter
John
(@dsl225)
OK, very nice, but still: how do I link the icon to the subscription form page?
Currently I have this in my settings:
https://cloudup.com/cJGn5d3CwxJ
What should I do with that?
Please answer my question above.
Thread Starter
John
(@dsl225)
I didn’t know there are 2 plugins..
I use this one from where I use the support thread:
https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/ultimate-social-media-icons/
what is the difference with the other one?
Ok, then it should work for you. We are currently experiencing cURL issues with https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/ultimate-social-media-plus
If placing the subscription form on your site is not needed, to link from the email/follow icon please:
1. Ensure that cURL is installed and activated on your site
2. Ensure that no proxy is blocking requests to other servers (e.g. because of a firewall)
3. Ensure that your server allows PUT/POST requests
4. Ensure your software is up to date
Thread Starter
John
(@dsl225)
I think we are turning in cycles here…
As I said before how to “Ensure that your server allows PUT/POST requests” on a shared server and where do I check if cURL is installed on this shared server?
Please check that with your hosting team.
i have the same problem
“1. Ensure that cURL is installed and activated on your site”
how i can instal cURL????
where i can find t?
