atomicnicholas
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This review is misinformed and downright wrong. Its rating and basis are also erroneous.
At first, I too was concerned if I had to use imgix (per author’s overzealous promotion of Imgix causing people to misunderstand it as a requirement) and its $10 minimum at the least; but it turns out, imgix is not required at all.
I’m happy using S3 with this plugin without imgix or anything else (looking at DO Spaces for another project as well, still with this plugin for sure).
Appreciate the attention you’re giving to this, Rupok, thanks.
Just to address that note about needing to be supported, because this is the common reasoning used to justify activities that may not be generally approved of (speaking for others, not you). In this particular context, totally agree that of course, you guys need to make a living and get paid, but that is indeed a separate issue altogether from the er, overzealous use of messages to urge people to buy. Getting people to buy can naturally be done in more tasteful ways.
For example, I made a lot of premium purchases or (where reasonably sensible) subscriptions to plugins and themes (Elementor, Thrive, Livemesh, and a host of others; and continue to do so), but only when they are both useful for my purposes *and* don’t spam dashboards or compel users to what is tantamount to a hard-sell (but that they always plausibly deny that they’re doing it).
There’s a big difference between a tasteful, unobtrusive reminder, and/than a strong, repetitive, annoying and multi-screen lobbying to buy (never worked for me or my friends, and in fact I distinctly recall more than once, planning to get a premium and support license only to stop and look elsewhere because of some form of hard selling).
Not lecturing you at all, or saying you’re doing this. Just sharing this as a generality for the reasoning and justification that others mistake doing. Thanks, and you have a good day as well.
Thank you for the constructive and positive reply, Rupok, instead of a defensive one. I do look forward to that. Just for your that (fix) implementation, and for what it’s wirth, I’m updating my own rating from a singular star to a neutral, three, for now. Not that it matters, but at least to acknowledge your attention.
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In reply to: [FakerPress] Post Generation Fails from Overuse of ResourcesGustavo, Thank you very much for your speedy reply, and speedy action (!). So glad to know this and will apply immediately!
I appreciate your reply, Ahmed. Didn’t expect you to be very engaging and have again updated the rating, looking forward to the implemented updates, and appreciate the action and speedy attention just the same.
Thanks, Ahmed. Too lazy, is perhaps the only excuse I can come up with, but really, from a usability point of view, this is a problem because:
a) I have many sites, including those of my clients
b) Having to dig into plugin options seeking and noodling with advanced settings tabs (more page loads) just for this already annoying element requires even more work (and see #a above, multiplies fast)… As in, it’s optional yes, but why make us work more (and just to force users to rate you 5 stars, many of whom rate you low just for the annoyance anyway)
c) Page loads. Most other plugins who have this annoying habit at least use Ajax properly to make the notification disappear instantly without requiring a page load.… and maybe even more. It may be more of a nitpick (and not necessarily inherent to the product’s operation) but multiplied across multiple sites, gets tired fast. Such aggregate grief just to pimp for stars (happy users may not rate too much, but many do; and unhappy users definitely rate you, after all).
Thank you for listening, and thanks just the same for the tip!
Thanks! ‘Appreciate the speedy response. Just for that, have indeed updated the rating accordingly. And will continue to up as appropriate.
Hi Tim,
Thank you for responding.
Yes, I have done that even before posting this (I forgot to mention it above), and already set it to “Delete Wordfence tables and data on deactivation” (saw that during a previous search online) before deactivating it. In fact, I had gone as far as deleting the plugin as well, then restarting the server, before adding the plugin back via wp.org and activating it.
However, today I see the errors coming out several hours ago but not at the moment, so will continue to monitor and let you know if it returns.
Thank you for now!
Actually, just to clarify (having accidentally stumbled into this again just now) Sandeepsisfy appears to have originally rated it 4 stars out of 5. (Read the first two posts.)
Now it’s 1 star out of 5, maybe because he was frustrated at the demeanor of plugin author/dualcube, and as such (and rightly so based on his initial response if you read it above) changed his rating down, especially as based on the exchange above.
Hi Brandon, Thanks for looking into this.
Unfortunately, I was not able to make a copy of the error message, just that it occurred when I disabled Jetpack and re-enabled it. At first I suspected it had to do with my (older) theme, but after changing themes to a default ‘twentyXteen’ one, the symptom persisted.
All I recall is looking specifically in the error message that stated AMP at issue, but specifically noting the ‘shortcode_new_to_old_params’ being declared twice, being redeclared in ‘/jetpack/modules/shortcodes.php’ …
So to fix this, I enclosed the function in the ‘if’ check:
if ( ! function_exists( 'shortcode_new_to_old_params' ) ) { ... }(noting there no such check in the code) in the file (/jetpack/modules/shortcodes.php). This resolved the problem once and for all.
I wondered if this was unique to my case, but wanted to ensure to point it out since the next update may break it again and require me to have to re-enter this snippet in the file again. I also hope this little hack isn’t merely plugging a symptomatic hole while a bigger problem lurks elsewhere.
I hope that helps?..
Thanks.
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In reply to: [Favorites] Perpetual Loading ..Unfortunately, that didn’t appear to do it. On my setup, the favorite/favorited buttons are stuck in the “Loading” state..
From Firebug and upon checking the un-minified version of simple-favorites.js, it seems to be related to binding events, and it appears it may start from here.
// Bind events, called in initialization plugin.bindEvents = function(){ $(document).on('click', plugin.buttons, function(e){ e.preventDefault(); plugin.submitFavorite($(this)); }); $(document).on('click', plugin.clear_buttons, function(e){ e.preventDefault(); plugin.clearFavorites($(this)); }); }My JS skills are minimal at best, so I would appreciate any help. Thanks.
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In reply to: [Favorites] Perpetual Loading ..Ben, Thanks very much for giving this a try at help and support. I’ll give this a try right away!
I am flabbergasted at the arrogance of the plugin author, DualCube, stating:
“I am not sure how authentic this review is, so I am bringing in the moderator as this unjustified review may misguide the community”
Really? You’re bringing in a moderator because the guy initially voted 4 out of 5 and not what you wanted, your perfect 5? What a presumptuous, pompous and conceited remark; so full of exaggerated self-importance. You report a guy for rating you a high 4? Wow. This is a first.
Say what you will and backpedal later on saying you’re open to criticism when the original reply clearly states you’re not.
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In reply to: [WooCommerce] add to cart problemThat helps a lot. That helps, and I’ll check the underlying cookie issue because although I suspect my issue has more to do with Varnish, my host won’t let me touch the VCL files due to the specific stack setup they have, and I want to rule this out just to make sure.
Thanks again!
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In reply to: [WooCommerce] add to cart problemThanks, Simon. Really appreciate your taking the time to respond.
That helps some, and I hope Mike or someone can chime in on the specifics to that particular solution so I can duplicate the fix on my installation.