digitaltoast
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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Gmail SMTP] Need Old version compatible with php 5.5You shouldn’t download any old versions. PHP 5.5 and 5.6 are END of LIFE. The site clearly warns:
“A release that is no longer supported. Users of this release should upgrade as soon as possible, as they may be exposed to unpatched security vulnerabilities”.You should be using at least 7.2 for multiple reasons.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: WP 4.9.5 changing permalinks not workingSo… are you saying that changes between permalink types not “sticking” and reflecting in the admin panel, after saving in the WP Admin, are to do with the underlying fact that it’s Apache, even though it happens on both Apache and Nginx, and only on this version of WordPress.
I think I might have explained the original problem incorrectly. Let me get some screen shots together, this might explain it more clearly. What’s the best way to link to images here? Just a plain link?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: WP 4.9.5 changing permalinks not workingJust to be clear, these are already installed, and have been for several years in the case of one site, and ONLY affects the switching between the types of permalink, in version 4.9.5
I’m not entirely sure how relevant the underlying server architecture is here…
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: WP 4.9.5 changing permalinks not workingHi, thanks Steve.
Well, this is what he has, in addition to that over-ride above. Thing is, remember that I’m on a totally different server (nginx), and my WP Admin also isn’t reflecting permalink style changes, either…
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName http://www.example.com
ServerAlias example.com *.example.com
DocumentRoot “c:/homepage/example”
<Directory “c:/homepage/example”>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Gmail SMTP] Emails are saved to Gmail sent folderBasically, no. It’s a security feature so that you know that no-one has hacked your account. It’s also a good backup and debug device in case someone doesn’t get the email.
You get so much free space in Gmail, does it really matter? I’ve got years of contact form in my sent folder, and it makes hardly any difference to space.
You could create a filter if you wanted to keep things tidy?
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Gmail SMTP] Unable to send Test EmailAre you using DigitalOcean?
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Gmail SMTP] Contact Forms Not Delivering MailOK, that means it didn’t like something about what you entered. Hang on, let me try with some weird characters like speech marks…
OK – that’s your problem! Your contact form doesn’t seem to like special characters.
For example, in “tell me more”, I put
Here's a sentence with an apostrophe, "speech marks" and exclamation!and it failed. You either need to update your contact form, check the settings, or get a better one!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Gmail SMTP] Contact Forms Not Delivering MailAs far as sending confirmation email to the enquirer, that’s done by whatever contact form you are using. In my case, with ContactForm7, it’s done like this: https://contactform7.com/adding-cc-bcc-and-other-mail-headers/
- This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by digitaltoast.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Gmail SMTP] Contact Forms Not Delivering MailWhich web browser are you using? For example, in Chrome, if you press CTRL-SHIFT-I you will get to a console (or however you reach the console in the browser).
Submit the enquiry with the console open, and look for errors there.
If nothing, then repeat it with the “network” tab open, and look for things being sent and received when you click “send email”.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Gmail SMTP] Contact Forms Not Delivering MailHi there, I just tried it and immediately got a confirmation on the site, but nothing via email yet – should it send a confirmation to the enquirer (if not, perhaps it should!).
No spinner for me but I see a response from ajax containing the following:
{confirmation_opt: "text_confirmation",…} confirmation_opt : "text_confirmation" success_msg : "<div class="success">Thank you! We will be in touch within 24hrs.</div>"So from that perspective, it seemed OK.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Gmail SMTP] PHP-7 support for Gmail SMTP…?Working just fine with my php7.1 system.
The problem with these php checkers is that they’re not really context aware.
If you look at those lines, you’ll find what the code actually says is:
if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.0', '<')) { set_magic_quotes_runtime(false);In other words – I think it’ll be fine!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Gmail SMTP] Server: Quit – no error messageNo no, it’s about DISABLING IPv6 on outgoing connections.
Try it
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Gmail SMTP] Server: Quit – no error messageSorry it’s a long page but everything is here!
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-your-droplet-to-only-use-ipv6-networkingForum: Plugins
In reply to: [Gmail SMTP] Server: Quit – no error messageI see IPv6 addresses in there; if you are using digitalocean then you need to disable IPv6 because they do not allow outgoing SMTP via IPv6. Or, make a small config change for this to work. Please let me know if this is the case.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Gmail SMTP] Email Notifications are coming in as read … not unreadShould work – as long as there’s something between the + and the @.