100% Stability. Lets fix the final few bugs. The Final Bug Stomping Thread+

[cathyslife]

To further answer your question -

A plugin should upgrade and enhance features. It would be silly of me to sell plugins as bug fixes

I think it would be silly too, but you have put a lot of work into this project and I wouldn't blame you if you had to start charging. I was just asking the question so I would know how to fix the problem. Mostly, that's what I am concerned with, not with $15.00 for a plugin. Thanks for the answer.

I am just waiting for the original theme to settle down and not have bugs before I start adding more plugins.   

[Leo Blanchette]

Its a balance for me - the theme is actually running quite well, so its safe to add plugins so the main developer doesn't go broke resulting symbiostock dev grinding to a hault or worse - dissolving.

In fact, the main issues are really in fact just two issues...(downloads, email) which means that we're very close the the end of any major problems.

The main thing delaying these fixes unknown to most people was an entire month of technical issues I've dealt with behind the scenes of hourly computer crashes, server issues, etc - unrelated to development, which has horribly crippled my overall productivity.

So anyway, thanks for your patience.

[travelwitness]

Leo,

I'd be happy to see Symbiostock to come out of Open Source and pay for a stable version so you can continue to develop the theme and plugins.

Two things I would pay for straight away:
1: Main theme - stable version with the cart working instantly, securely and with a customer email capture + extended licences option.
2: Plugin - Image manager plugin so large portfolios can be uploaded and organised.

Would be a real shame to see this project dissolve when its come so far and gaining traction.
I don't want to see you go broke developing this project, I'd rather you monetize Symbiostock so it grows into something special.
The timing is perfect for it to take off.

[Leo Blanchette]

Thanks for the support as always! The base theme will always be free. Thats what makes it soo cool. Plugins/upgrades will be my (and other developers) way of profiting hopefully. The beginning is the hard part...but its almost over.

Just an update: There is NO doubt that the process gets sabotaged somewhere in paypal's IPN, and the mail functions are inconsistent based on hosting - or not? .

Today I'm making progress! I think simplifying a few things in a few areas and doing a little extra validation will help immensely.

[Leo Blanchette]

Good news - I've discovered what just may be THE problem killing random sales -

Wordpress blocks php files from being called directly (by visiting paypal_ipn.php)... which gives a 404 instead of the actual script which handles the transaction. It seems the rules are applied randomly...

So I've fixed it by moving the IPN to a folder in the root directory. Release tonight

[THP Creative]

Good on you Leo, hope this new release is the magic bullet

BTW - I'm guessing as a result of your sitemap plugin I bought, my Google Indexed Images went from ZERO for the last month and a half, to 1300+ over the last 2 days. Thats gotta help!

[Leo Blanchette]

http://crackerclips.com

Purchase-to-download is working!

Now onto email...

[Leo Blanchette]

2.4.5

http://www.symbiostock.com/symbiostock-2-4-5-email-and-paypal-bugs-fixed-important-update/

Please note: Do not simply "update" but update then turn the theme (or child theme) off then on one time. This runs the installer which fixes some things.

   
• Email apparently fixed (on the theme level - we still don't know about spam filtration)
• Image payment confirmation and delivery fixed. I noticed on Godaddy there is a delay of a few seconds, but it worked.
• Datasheets removed. In the interest of keeping things simple we've gotten rid of that for now.
• Errors on IPTC data repressed. They are not often important and serve to annoy more than help.

Also its worth noting that on Godaddy I got both confirmation and registration emails sent to me. That means its sending - if problems persist its probably due to spam filtration, which we can address separately.

[ajt]

Installed, activated and deactivated several times
Paypal_ipn.php is in new folder, but path in settings still points to old folder, deep in theme. Is this path still in use, or in transaction time, Symbio points to new one?

[Kerioak~Christine]

Problems with new update

Using Firefox

Updated quite a few times kept getting white screen - had to go in via another window as did not return to theme page
Childtheme (mine) eventually loaded, as above
Adding new page - goes to white screen


Edit:
On plus site - like new exclusive button
Registered with Ajt and got email immediately

[ajt]

From other thread:

Pages->Add new:

White screen and
Fatal error: Cannot break/continue 1 level in /home/phodopus/domains/ajotte.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/symbiostock/inc/rf-custom-post-functions.php on line 384

Can you confirm?

[Leo Blanchette]

Try out the new version 2.4.6
Also toggling the theme should definitely fix things like the IPN. Please update me on that. There is literally no reason the path should not be updated.

[ajt]

Pages now ok, paypal path still old

[Travelling-light]

Try out the new version 2.4.6
Also toggling the theme should definitely fix things like the IPN. Please update me on that. There is literally no reason the path should not be updated.

No crash on new page now, but the IPN isn't changing. I set the theme to Twenty Twelve then back to Symbio.

[Leo Blanchette]

I see you must be looking in the admin area - I changed it on the form that posts to paypal. The admin area is just for reference - forgot about that. I'll fix it but save it for later update.

[THP Creative]

my admin area says: themes/symbiostock/ipn/paypal_ipn.php

is that right?

edit: just read your reply after I posted Leo

[Leo Blanchette]

I don't even know why I kept that in the admin area

But the form (the checkout) does everything perfect. Do some test purchases!

For every "my transaction didn't work!" post thats happened in this thread I want 2 "successful!" ones! 

[Travelling-light]

Just did a sandbox purchase, worked OK with instant emails and successful download..

[cidepix]

Leo registration email works perfectly fine on godaddy now..

I will also check purchasing and downloading + confirmation email as soon as I can but I see no reason why it shouldn't since that always worked for me apart from the confirmation email..

I will post results here as soon as I am done testing..

[cidepix]

Btw, now that my biggest issue seems to have been resolved I am looking forward to plugins that you will be releasing especially:

- the plugin you mentioned yesterday that will allow us assist possible problems customers may have..
- EL plugin
- download expiration plugin
- stats page plugin where we can see daily, weekly,  monthly and all time sales

These would make it perfect for me..

[ruchos]

Just did a test with 2.4.6 and registration emails came through instantly to different providers, and test purchase worked smoothly with email sent and product showed up for download.

[ajt]

No bug - my fault

[travelwitness]

Test with 2.4.6 - emails arrive instantly - gmail and 1and1 accounts :-)

[cidepix]

ok, I have done 3 test purchases.. here are the details:

- internet explorer, chrome, firefox have all been tested.. the process worked fine on all of them..

- on all 3 browsers I had to refresh the page to see the image in the download area instead of the cart after returning from paypal..

- all emails were sent and received instantly..

result: 3 successful purchases




PS: I am using "fast and secure contact form"

[travelwitness]

Checkout working in 2.4.6 :-)
I'll do some more tests over the weekend.