Andrew

Hi,

Did kizora’s fix work for anyone else? I’m having what seems like very odd behavior (http://wolfwatcher.org) from CloudFlare and Quick Cache.

I set “Minimum expire TTL” to 1 month in the CloudFlare settings. I also have Quick Cache installed, with Cache Expiration set to 2592000, which should be 30 days. When Quick Cache is ON, webpagetest.org says the site is NOT caching (http://www.webpagetest.org/result/130811_9H_5CM/), but it loads super fast. When Quick Cache is OFF, webpagetest.org says the site IS caching (http://www.webpagetest.org/result/130811_7P_5BH/), but it loads super slow. Do you have any idea why this is? Is it possible that CloudFlare isn’t configured properly still? I tried the Double Caching in Client-Side Browser and that didn’t change anything.

To sum it up:
Quick Cache OFF = “Cached” but super slow: http://www.webpagetest.org/result/130811_7P_5BH/
Quick Cache ON = “Un-cached” but super fast: http://www.webpagetest.org/result/130811_9H_5CM/

Thanks.

Thanks @brasofilo !!! Works perfectly. Brilliant.

@quadc3

Check out the working AI1EC-Subscribe2 plugin solution (at least for me) over here.

@mattyrob

When I tried the reactivating the plugin again (after removing the same code from subscribe2.php), I got this message on my plugin admin page:

The plugin generated 2 characters of unexpected output during activation. If you notice “headers already sent” messages, problems with syndication feeds or other issues, try deactivating or removing this plugin.

I’m using the same versions as you, but continue to get the same weird white screen issues. I even get them on other pages and using other functions, like after I move an event to the trash or even after deactivating a plugin. Sometimes just refreshing will do the trick to fix the white screen, but it’s buggy for sure, on the front and backend (only when using the code via plugin).

Maybe in future iterations of Subscribe2 there could be a settings box where you could enter custom post type names directly, i.e. where it currently reads “Subscribe2 will send email notifications for the following custom post types: Ai1ec_event” If I were able to input the custom post type right there in the backend, that would be fantastic. And if it would automatically add the notification override to whatever custom post types are added, that would be even better.

I did, however, figure out how to get my custom post type categories to be available in the featured content drop down menus of the theme options page:

It used to be:

<?php wp_dropdown_categories(array(
					'selected' => ot_option('hp_mid_cat'),
					'name' => $settings.'[hp_mid_cat]',
					'orderby' => 'Name' ,
					'hierarchical' => 1,
					'show_option_all' => __("All Categories",
					'organicthemes'), 'hide_empty' => '0'
)); ?></p>

Now it’s:

<?php 

					$taxonomy     = 'events_categories';
					$orderby      = 'name';
					$show_count   = 1;      // 1 for yes, 0 for no
					$pad_counts   = 0;      // 1 for yes, 0 for no
					$hierarchical = 1;      // 1 for yes, 0 for no
					$title        = '';

					wp_dropdown_categories(array(
					  'taxonomy'     => $taxonomy,
					  'orderby'      => $orderby,
					  'show_count'   => $show_count,
					  'hierarchical' => $hierarchical,
					  'title_li'     => $title,
					  'selected'     => ot_option('hp_side_cat'),
					  'name'         => $settings.'[hp_side_cat]',
					  'orderby'      => 'Name' ,
					  'hierarchical' => 1,
					  'show_option_all' => __("All Events", 'organicthemes'),
					  'hide_empty' => '0' 

				)); ?>
				</p>

That worked for me.

Anyhow, thanks again for the spectacularly fast and effective help! And the awesome plugin.

-Andrew

It’s a christmas miracle!!!!!!! @mattyrob I could kiss you!

Seriously, works like a charrrrm. Tested and re-tested and just perfect. I wish there was a “kudos” or “thanks” button to bump your virtual status. I’m only slightly worried that I will lose some or all of this work when I update the Subscribe2 plugin. I know I can make backups/duplicates and re-paste them into the new files, but that’s not ideal. I’ve made changes now to subscribe2.php (adding custom post type notifications and enabling override box), class-s2-core.php (changing the email signup message), and class-s2-admin.php (changing the override box text). I went back to the mini-plugin idea you suggested and tried this code out:

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Subscribe2 AI1EC Filters & Notification Override Box
Plugin URI: http://subscribe2.wordpress.com
Description: Adds AI1EC custom post type and taxonomy to Subscribe2, and enables notification override box on event authoring pages.
Version: 1.0
Author: Matthew Robinson
*/

// Allows Subscribe2 to recognize and publish
// the all-in-one-events-calendar custom post types.

function my_post_types($types) {
        $types[] = 'ai1ec_event';
        return $types;
}
add_filter('s2_post_types','my_post_types');
function my_taxonomy_types($taxonomies) {
	$taxonomies[] = 'events_tags';
	$taxonomies[] = 'events_categories';
	return $taxonomies;
}
add_filter('s2_taxonomies','my_taxonomy_types');

// Adds the "Subscribe2 Notification Override" button to each
// all-in-one-events-calendar custom post type editor page.

function my_meta_types() {
	global $mysubscribe2;
	add_meta_box('subscribe2', 'Subscribe2 Newsletter Notification Override', array(&$mysubscribe2, 's2_meta_box'), 'edit-ai1ec_event', 'advanced');
	add_meta_box('subscribe2', 'Subscribe2 Newsletter Notification Override', array(&$mysubscribe2, 's2_meta_box'), 'ai1ec_event', 'advanced');
}
add_action('admin_menu', 'my_meta_types');

?>

I pasted this code inside the file called my_post_types.php located at /wp-content/plugins/AI1EC-Subscribe2 and then activated the plugin. The override box was there, it worked (sent an email when it was supposed to and suppressed it when it was supposed to)! BUT, after clicking on either “Update” or “Publish,” the event page reloads to a completely blank page at wp-admin/post.php. If I navigate to the event in the backend (it’s still in my list events, and on my calendar), sometimes it takes me to a blank page, but usually I can get there at the correct address: wp-admin/post.php?post=539&action=edit. So everything has been saved and updated properly in the event, but it’s not auto-reloading/refreshing the page back to the newest edited version after I click Publish or Update. This didn’t happen when the code was just plopped into the subscribe2.php file, but having a separate mini-plugin that could withstand upgrades would be soooo much more convenient! Any ideas why this is happening or how to fix it?

Beyond that (which is more of an inconvenience than a terribly important issue), all that’s left for me is figuring out how to populate the “Event” categories into the normal “Post” categories, so I can add them to home page. I know there is a checkbox in the calendar settings that is supposed to accomplish this, but it’s not working for me for some reason. I disabled all my plugins temporarily to check for conflicts, but that didn’t help.

What I have now is a theme-options.php file that is displaying a backend options page where I can choose which category of posts are featured in which areas of my front page (screenshots: http://screencast.com/t/Y3NhCJ4KB5 & http://screencast.com/t/K3vfft4SUbxJ | url: http://pennlpssa.org).

I was previously using ordinary posts for my events, but now I would like to use AI1EC events instead. But I’m not sure how to populate those event categories in that backend option page. The code being used now, to retrieve normal post categories, is as follows:

<?php wp_dropdown_categories(array('selected' => ot_option('hp_mid_cat'), 'name' => $settings.'[hp_mid_cat]', 'orderby' => 'Name' , 'hierarchical' => 1, 'show_option_all' => __("All Categories", 'organicthemes'), 'hide_empty' => '0' )); ?></p>

Should I be able to do a query posts or categories with the custom post type here, instead of the current code? I don’t need to list all the post categories and event categories in one dropdown—one or the other would work fine.

Thanks again!!

Andrew

@mattryrob

For that reason it would be easier to extend the Events plugin to call the Subscribe2 code rather than the other way around. Either that or write your own custom plugin that adds the code to the Events page once you’ve found the slug name.

Do you have any suggestions for how I can accomplish this? I added the following code to subscribe2.php

function my_post_types($types) {
        $types[] = 'ai1ec_event';
        return $types;
}
add_filter('s2_post_types','my_post_types');
function my_taxonomy_types($taxonomies) {
$taxonomies[] = 'events_tags';
$taxonomies[] = 'events_categories';
return $taxonomies;
}
add_filter('s2_taxonomies','my_taxonomy_types');

but it did not replicate the “Subscribe2 Notification Override” box on each new event page, like there is on normal posts.

Thanks!

I forgot to add: I activated the plugin “Subscribe2 AI1EC Filters” also. Still no “Subscribe2 Notification Override” box on my New Event custom post type edit page.