Yes, when I do an upload using the zip file, I activate one of the other themes, then delete the main symbio theme, then do the upload via the zip file, then activate the Symbio theme, finally activate the child or clean theme. I think Leo said to go through a deactivate cycle one more time after that

Sounds like you didn't do the delete step. (although this may only refer to uploading via a zip file)

Steve

I need to research this, but perhaps someone has the answer.

I do have a premier account with Paypal, but I set it up for sales of my stock book initially and have piggybacked stock photos onto it. As a result, I didn't enable a return screen - if you buy a photo with paypal, you have to click on the "return to [email protected]" which is close enough to the name of my stock photo site to work.

Is it possible to set Paypal up to return to a page on the originating site - ie have two return pages depending on the site they came from? I guess I could create a new Paypal account just for stock photos, but I would prefer not to.

Steve

It looks as if it is possible to specify the return URL depending on the site the customer came from, if the following code is included in the appropriate program sending them to Paypal.

 
<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="[YOURSITEURL_WHICH_HANDLES_IPN]">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="[YOUR_SITE_URL_WHICH_HANDLES_RETURN_URL]">
<input type="hidden" name="_notify-synch:cmd" value="_notify-synch">\


Leo - is this something you could consider in your updated plugin?

Steve
 

And we should change the "thanks for registering page" to add the phrase "A password has been emailed to you - please check your Spam folder if you don't see it within the next 5 minutes"

Steve

I do sometimes change a few words if the picture isn't exactly the same subject, but I upload similar images with the specific intent of keeping the description complete but accurate.

Steve

That reminds me - the other thing I use is a small program called 25 Clips, which gives you the ability to paste any of the previous 25 copy operations into a field. So if I am editing a series of images that have the same description and also I am using the same SEO description, I can copy both fields into 25 clips and then simply go to the relevant field, click the right box in 25 Clips and I get the right words pasted in. I use it all the time for this sort of thing.

Steve

Great, thanks!

I have one remaining issue in this space - the identification of my personal email address in the password registration email.

I saw a suggestion online of this solution for Bluehost:

1. Create a Bluehost email address called [email protected]
2. Go to Admin/Settings/General and put [email protected] in the email address there

BUT - it doesn't work for me. The registration emails (if you look at the header) still contain my personal email address. Must be something I am missing here!

Steve

Hi Tinny

It wasn't me, but I did install anti-captcha on my own site, then tried it. I got:

Error submitting form!
Please make sure both javascript and cookies are enabled in your browser.
Use the back button to try again...

(Note: if this still doesn't help, then refreshing your cache might)

I don't think I have done anything special in Chrome, but I must have made a setting (or it is now default) that is blocking javascript or the cookie necessary to make this plugin work.

Back to the drawing board for me.

I wish I could stop my personal email appearing in the registration emails from the system - I think it is coming from BlueHost, not from within Wordpress.

Steve

I noticed something interesting just now - I was testing the registration through purchase process. I created a new account with an email address I rarely use (but which works). All went well, I got the email and was able to register on the site. I selected an image, was passed though to Paypal, and then I bought the image using my Paypal personal email account. All worked fine. I downloaded the file from the download area etc. Success all round.

The email telling me I had bought an image arrived - but this was addressed to the email I use in Paypal - not the registration email.

All this tells me is that the registration is only needed to give them a place to store the downloads on the site for future use - the Paypal email is used for correspondence with the buyer about purchases.

Steve

OK, not a bug, but if Leo is going to do one last major release, would it be possible to display the results of a search against a keyword on my site in the opposite order? At present it displays the most recent images first. I've been going through my files adding the ones that I think are most likely to sell first and as I have moved deeper into my portfolio, I'm now adding good, but perhaps not as great, images. If you search on a keyword, you see my less good images on the first page as a result.

Steve

I'm sure this is not a spam issue - there is no blocking at all on the emails I use. The intermittent nature means that some process on our websites is not being kicked off when it should

Steve

Interesting - there seems to be a burst of emails at around the 40 - 45 minute point. I just received another one. I am still missing some passwords, so perhaps there is going to be a later time activity as well.

I wonder if there are any timers that clear out old email requests at the 40 minute point?

Steve

There may be an issue with the ISP if you have in-network Spam prevention turned on, but the main issue appears to be that the applications are waiting 45 minutes or so to send some emails. I don't think the ones I am seeing have been delayed by the ISPs

Steve