• Resolved nfabrands

    (@nfabrands)


    The plugin stopped displaying on our site.

    All plugins and themes have been updated.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Moderator Support Moderator

    (@moderator)

    @akramkhanrasheed If you ask for access to any forum user’s site again you will be banned and your plugin may be closed. I have removed your ask for access to the user’s site.

    You need to reply here that you understand and will not repeat this again.

    While I know you have the best of intentions, it’s forum policy that you not ask users for admin or server access. Users on the forums aren’t your customers, they’re your open source collaborators, and requesting that kind of access can put you and them at high risk.

    If they are paying customers (such as people who bought a premium service/product from you) then by all means, direct them to your official customer support system. But in all other cases, you need to help them here on the forums.

    Thankfully are other ways to get information you need:

    • Ask the user to install the Health Check plugin and get the data that way.
    • Ask for a link to the http://pastebin.com/ or https://gist.github.com log of the user’s web server error log.
    • Ask the user to create and post a link to their phpinfo(); output.
    • Walk the user through enabling WP_DEBUG and how to log that output to a file and how to share that file.
    • Walk the user through basic troubleshooting steps such and disabling all other plugins, clear their cache and cookies and try again (the Health Check plugin can do this without impacting any site visitors).
    • Ask the user for the step-by-step directions on how they can reproduce the problem.

    You get the idea.

    We know volunteer support is not easy, and this guideline can feel needlessly restrictive. It’s actually there to protect you as much as end users. Should their site be hacked or have any issues after you accessed it, you could be held legally liable for damages. In addition, it’s difficult for end users to know the difference between helpful developers and people with malicious intentions. Because of that, we rely on plugin developers and long-standing volunteers (like you) to help us and uphold this particular guideline.

    When you help users here and in public, you also help the next person with the same problem. They’ll be able to read the debugging and solution and educate themselves. That’s how we get the next generation of developers.

    Thread Starter nfabrands

    (@nfabrands)

    I own a restaurant and am putting on a charity event for food service workers. The plugin I use the site on stopped functioning.

    I simply asked for help.

    I’m unclear as to why asking for help is a violation in any kind.

    I paid for lifetime use of the plugin and expect support when I need it.

    However, you are free to refund the $149 and I will move on.

    .

    Moderator Support Moderator

    (@moderator)

    I’m unclear as to why asking for help is a violation in any kind.

    Another person made a request that could get them banned. It was not you and the request was removed.

    I paid for lifetime use of the plugin and expect support when I need it.

    Then you are in the wrong place. If the plugin developer supports customers here they will get into real trouble. That is not permitted here.

    For pro or customer support, please contact the developer on their site. This includes pre-sales information.

    As the developer is aware, customers may not be supported on this site.

    https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/guidelines/#do-not-post-about-commercial-products

    Thread Starter nfabrands

    (@nfabrands)

    The support link from this page https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/wps-team/ leads to this page.

    Rather than being overly aggressive and threatening everyone with loss of use, how about redirecting some of that energy into helping.

    Automatic (WordPress) was built on the idea of community involvement, not misguided unsubstantiated threats.

    Thread Starter nfabrands

    (@nfabrands)

    Don’t forget to reply with an apology.

    Moderator Support Moderator

    (@moderator)

    Automatic (WordPress) was built on the idea of community involvement, not misguided unsubstantiated threats.

    I’ll explain as you clearly do not understand.

    1. The volunteer moderators here have nothing to do with Automattic. This is a common mistake.
    2. You did nothing wrong but you still managed to take offence. That’s not uncommon too, despite this being explained to you with “Another person made a request that could get them banned. It was not you and the request was removed.
    3. Regarding an apology, that’s not happening either. Though we will close this topic to new replies. We’re not interested in getting more into it with you either.
    4. If you have any issues with moderation then feel free to email forum-moderation[at]ww.wp.xz.cn.
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