Alexander S. Kunz
Forum Replies Created
-
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Redirection] Option “View Data” gone on v5.7+?I can confirm that the “View Data” option is back. Thank you very much, John!
Hello Burhan,
Thanks a lot for the fix! I can confirm that, even when updating 30+ posts in a single batch, no more error messages appears.
Cheers & thanks again,
Alex.
Fantastic, thank you Burhan!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Smart Auto Upload Images - Import External Images] Duplicate handlingHello Burhan,
It is very good to know that the plugin already does this, thank you!
What I noticed was that occasionally, images were successfully downloaded but not “attached” to the post, ending up as orphans in the Media Library. The image URL in the post was not updated in that case. I deleted the orphans and tried again, then it worked. Maybe that could be related to the duplicates?
I cannot pinpoint it to a single HTML markup. It was in a Typepad export file with ~3900 posts that have ~5800 images linked. I was working in batches of 5-20 posts to not overload the Typepad servers (they’ve been very flaky). If you’d like, I could make the entire export file available to you, but I’d rather not link it publicly here of course. I will send you a message through the contact form on your website.
Thanks much,
Alex.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Lightbox with PhotoSwipe] Lightbox for unlinked images?Arno, thanks for taking the time to explain in detail and answer my clueless question, I very much appreciate it. 🙂
I think I can stitch together a regular expression for a search & replace that will find standalone <img> tags and encapsulate them into the <a></a> pairs. And if not, it is absolutely AWESOME to know that you’d be willing to help with that.
Thanks again & have a great weekend!
Alex.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Movable Type and TypePad Importer] How to import large blogsI think they might be blocking either server hosters and/or the “WordPress” user agent. There’s a plugin on Github that lets you change WordPress’s own user agent. I’ve set mine to the one of my desktop browser, and have had success (slowly) downloading ~5800 images from a Typepad blog.
Quite the ordeal, these migrations from Typepad to the platform that they are recommending to move to… lol
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Movable Type and TypePad Importer] How to import large blogsYeah, I’ve gone through that. I have adjusted the export file (stripping the <a href> tags around the images) before running the import, and there’s a somewhat quirky plugin “Smart Auto Upload Images” that can help with that—if Typepad isn’t flaky…
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Movable Type and TypePad Importer] How to import large blogsHi, I’ve been using “Local” as an in-between step, running on my own machine, and had no issue importing a 6 MB Typepad export file (3900 posts), and a 24.4 MB Typepad export file (5200 posts) in one go.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Smart Auto Upload Images - Import External Images] File naming & TitlesHello Burhan,
Wow, that was quick! And it works as expected!
(now I only need to figure out why Typepad is blocking the requests from the live site…)
Thank you,
Alex.Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Smart Auto Upload Images - Import External Images] File naming & TitlesWow, fantastic. Thank you so much, Burhan! I look forward to the update. This is going to be a HUGE help for the Typepad migration that I’m helping a friend with.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Smart Auto Upload Images - Import External Images] Downloads from Typepad?Hello Burhan,
Thank you so much for your quick response. Your suspicion that there are errors was exactly right, the log reveals that Typepad blocks the requests (HTTP status 403). It works with a local WP installation, but not from the two different hosting companies from where I could try this.
So I guess I’ll have to add an in-between step to migrate to a local WP first.
The good news is that your plugin works great!
Thanks again,
Alex.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [TypePad to Wordpress assets importer] Quick question about updatesHello @mfbrodie I ran into the same problem and found this plugin https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/smart-auto-upload-images/ which works… IF Typepad is not blocking your hosting company from accessing and downloading your assets. Also, it will not download the full resolution files that Typepad links, only the reduced resolution file that is directly shown in your Typepad posts. Better than nothing, I guess…
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [FrontBlocks for Gutenberg/GeneratePress] Grid Options for CarouselIt works now! Thank you so much!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Lightbox with PhotoSwipe] Database Errors in Query MonitorHello Arno,
Just a follow-up — the actual problem was not your plugin, at all, but a misconfiguration of my cron jobs which caused excess resource usage. This in turn led to throttled database operations which caused these faults.
This was caused by a different plugin that did not properly clean up after itself (or rather, cleaned up too much after itself).
Thanks again for your help,
Alex.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [FrontBlocks for Gutenberg/GeneratePress] Grid Options for CarouselI hate to say it, but after updating to 1.0.1 I’m still not seeing it. Does this require GenerateBlocks Premium perhaps?
I do see the FrontBlocks option for the gallery block (but that worked in v1.0 as well).