Plugin Author
SubMe
(@subscribeme)
@mrkevinhohman, thanks for the compliment and reporting this problem!
Normally, when a user clicks on the confirmation link it should process the user’s request and then the plugin should redirect the user to a confirmation message. Just to do some basic checking, maybe you could try the example below?
First some assumptions:
Page on which the [SubMe] shortcode resides: subscribe
Your website’s URL: http://yousite.com/
Please change the following link accordingly.
Confirmation message: http://yoursite.com/subscribe/?status=subscribed
This link should take you to your side and show the message: ‘Thank you for confirming your subscription’
Please let me know if this works for you. If this works, but the confirmation link in the email always show an ‘oops …’ message, then please also let me know which version of WordPress you are using, which plugins you are using and any other relevant information you might have.
Cheers.
Thank you for the quick response. The plugin continues to work as designed.
I have been unable to find a “confirmation message” field to insert the link you provided. There is a “confirmation email” field under the templates tab. I assume that’s it but don’t want to mess anything up because, it is working so well. Which text should I replace with http://mysite.com/subscribe/?status=subscribed
And is the “confirmation email” field in templates the correct place to do that?
Thanks for your time and patience.
PS- I am using the latest version of WordPress 4.2.2
Plugin Author
SubMe
(@subscribeme)
Hi mrkevinhohman,
Now I see that I wasn’t completely clear in my reply. The link http://mysite.com/subscribe/?status=subscribed should be tried from a browser. You can just copy/paste the link (change the link as needed) and it should show the confirmation message a user normally would see after confirming the subscription. This is just for testing purposes, debugging sort of speak.
If you have any doubts, then maybe you could share the url of the website you are using the plugin on and maybe I could have a look?
Thank you. I still get the oops message when I try the link from a browser. My website is here
If you wouldn’t mind taking a look.
Cheers
Plugin Author
SubMe
(@subscribeme)
Hi mrkevinhohman,
I have had a look at your website and I can confirm the problem. The problem itself however, doesn’t seem related to the SubMe plugin (or I might be missing something).
I believe the problem may be related to something which is called “Rewrite Rules”. For example, Rewrite Rules are used to change not so pretty links such as http://yoursite.com/?p=21 to something more prettier http://yoursite/my-first-post/
When I go to the following link it doesn’t work (but it should):
http://dwellonwheels.com/?p=57&status=subscribed
But when I go to the following one, it does work:
http://dwellonwheels.com/?page_id=57&status=subscribed
Just by looking at your website it is hard to determine the root cause of the problem. There may be a number of options causing this problem:
1. What settings do you have in your WordPress Admin backend under Settings -> Permalinks ?
2. What other plugins are you using? Sometimes plugins don’t work so well together.
3. It could be that because underneath of your website you are using wpengine.com and it may cause a problem. As a last resort, you may try contacting them and see if there may be a reason for this problem that they are aware of?
I’m looking further into this issue, so it might be that a future update may resolve the issue for you automagically. But if it is not to much trouble for you, I would still like to know the answers to the questions above.
By the way, you guys have great plans! Enjoy your trip!
