Author Topic: 2.5.5 - still some unanswered questions (Read 5553 times)

Imagenomad · « **Reply #25 on:** July 08, 2013, 13:44 »

Quote from: Amanda_K on July 08, 2013, 13:22

Quote from: Imagenomad on July 08, 2013, 12:35
Hmm. How important is the "Select another theme" thing? Yesterday I just deleted the Arctium theme without selecting another WP theme before uploading and activating/deactivating the 2.5.5 theme zip. I have the child theme installed.

I don't seem to have any problems so far but wonder if I may have broken something that's going to catch me out at some point.

You should be just fine, this is only for the case where the theme needed to be re-uploaded manually, so when you are just doing the easy/standard update it won't be an issue. Also since you have the child theme it wouldn't have been a problem, but in Ron's case Wordpress won't allow you to delete an active theme so that's why he had to activate another. Hope that helps!

Yup! Thanks Amanda. Sorry for the slight detour.

Pilens · « **Reply #26 on:** July 08, 2013, 15:41 »

I guess it is worth mentioning in this thread that when updating the SY theme you also loose all uploaded but not processed (to draft or online) images. A little nuisance that everyone not having updated yet should be better aware of.

cathyslife · « **Reply #27 on:** July 08, 2013, 16:24 »

Another thing to mention is that if you are using Amanda's child theme, and you update the SY theme, you may/may not lose your custom css changes in your Edit CSS section. When I update, I lose the code, so I have a copy stored. After I do an update, I copy and paste it back in the window. I thought the point of the child theme was so that you didn't lose those edits, but for some reason I lose them every time. No big deal, easy enough to paste back in, but thought new symbio-ites might need a heads-up.

Amanda_K · « **Reply #28 on:** July 08, 2013, 17:15 »

That's really odd I haven't been able to reproduce the issue with my test site, which keeps the custom CSS through updates.

The only thing I can think of is that you have to do the edits under Edit CSS (which is actually a feature of Jetpack) and not under Editor, but it sounds like you are doing it in the proper place so that shouldn't be the issue. Sorry for the trouble! I would suggest to everyone to keep a back up of any changes you make to any child theme just in case.

Just to dispel any confusion, you are correct that the purpose of a child theme is so that you won't lose edits when the main theme is updated, and that is true if the edits are actually written into the child theme itself. The changes Cathy is referring to is additional custom edits to a child theme added through a Jetpack function. (So they aren't actually being written into the child theme css file.) This is the "proper" way to edit a child theme though in case that also gets updated.

If anyone is curious I have a few screen shots here:
http://www.creativembers.com/customizing-a-symbiostock-child-theme/

cathyslife · « **Reply #29 on:** July 08, 2013, 18:46 »

Quote from: Amanda_K on July 08, 2013, 17:15

That's really odd I haven't been able to reproduce the issue with my test site, which keeps the custom CSS through updates.

The only thing I can think of is that you have to do the edits under Edit CSS (which is actually a feature of Jetpack) and not under Editor, but it sounds like you are doing it in the proper place so that shouldn't be the issue. Sorry for the trouble! I would suggest to everyone to keep a back up of any changes you make to any child theme just in case.

Just to dispel any confusion, you are correct that the purpose of a child theme is so that you won't lose edits when the main theme is updated, and that is true if the edits are actually written into the child theme itself. The changes Cathy is referring to is additional custom edits to a child theme added through a Jetpack function. (So they aren't actually being written into the child theme css file.) This is the "proper" way to edit a child theme though in case that also gets updated.

If anyone is curious I have a few screen shots here:
http://www.creativembers.com/customizing-a-symbiostock-child-theme/

Hmmm, I wonder if it has anything to do with Jetpack, since you mention it is a jetpack function. I do put the code in Edit CSS, but I did not have jetpack activated until after I added your child theme. I have it activated now, but maybe there was an issue there? I don't know, not sure I can track the answer down. I just keep a backup, no big deal.

cascoly · « **Reply #30 on:** July 09, 2013, 02:32 »

Here's an odd one -- I added a sub category to Turkey - 'Nemrut Dag' and was then able to edit pix and place them in that new category.

however, when I tried to edit older images that I had placed in 'Turkey', the editor didn't give me any way to add the new subcategory -- it just showed 'Turkey' as checked & out of sequence at the top as it always does. Only if I uncheck the box for 'Turkey', save, re-edit then it shows the sub cat 'Nemrut Dag'

Kerioak~Christine · « **Reply #31 on:** July 09, 2013, 03:28 »

Steve, have you tried the quick edit or bulk edit options for changes like this?

cascoly · « **Reply #32 on:** July 09, 2013, 11:37 »

Quote from: Tinny on July 09, 2013, 03:28

Steve, have you tried the quick edit or bulk edit options for changes like this?

I have but it doesn't fix the problem, since bulk edit doesn't change any existing categories -- the 'turkey' tag is still on when I want to move these down to 'nemrut dag'

but, it's a minor problem

Ron · « **Reply #33 on:** July 09, 2013, 11:46 »

There are loads of minor issues. I'll wait patiently.

In the mean time, is downgrading an issue? I want to downgrade to 2.4.9 to get rid of the ranking system. I dont like how it messes up 3 weeks of work.

Kerioak~Christine · « **Reply #34 on:** July 09, 2013, 12:12 »

what are your problems Ron ?

Ron · « **Reply #35 on:** July 09, 2013, 12:15 »

Quote from: Tinny on July 09, 2013, 12:12

what are your problems Ron ?

http://www.microstockgroup.com/symbiostock-technical-support/2-5-5-still-some-unanswered-questions/msg328292/#msg328292

My sort order is now random, and changes all the time. And the longer I think about it, the more I dont like it. I have spent 3 weeks in uploading my images and grouping them and publishing them in a chronological order, which is made redundant in 2.5.5.

I want to wait to the next upgrade when/if the ranking can work coincide with the date/time stamp.

ajt · « **Reply #36 on:** July 09, 2013, 12:25 »

Ron, 2.4.9 had bugs, so I don't recommend downgrading. You like to edit php files, so maybe when waiting for new version, edit network-manager.php (in symbiostock/inc/classes/network-manager).

Go to lines 1477-1500. There will be three times 'order' => 'ASC', change all to 'order' => 'DESC'.

Then go to comment
//temporary function until everyone has toggled their theme   and is equal to or above 2.4.9

and below change
      if(   $image_rank_update == true ){
to
      if(   $image_rank_update == false ){

now you should have old sort order.

This is temporary change, we don't know, what will be in next versions

Ron · « **Reply #37 on:** July 09, 2013, 13:20 »

Quote from: ajt on July 09, 2013, 12:25

Ron, 2.4.9 had bugs, so I don't recommend downgrading. You like to edit php files, so maybe when waiting for new version, edit network-manager.php (in symbiostock/inc/classes/network-manager).

Go to lines 1477-1500. There will be three times 'order' => 'ASC', change all to 'order' => 'DESC'.

Then go to comment
//temporary function until everyone has toggled their theme   and is equal to or above 2.4.9

and below change
      if(   $image_rank_update == true ){
to
      if(   $image_rank_update == false ){

now you should have old sort order.

This is temporary change, we don't know, what will be in next versions

Thanks, quoting this for later

Ron · « **Reply #38 on:** August 04, 2013, 16:07 »

Quote from: Ron on July 09, 2013, 13:20

Quote from: ajt on July 09, 2013, 12:25
Ron, 2.4.9 had bugs, so I don't recommend downgrading. You like to edit php files, so maybe when waiting for new version, edit network-manager.php (in symbiostock/inc/classes/network-manager).

Go to lines 1477-1500. There will be three times 'order' => 'ASC', change all to 'order' => 'DESC'.

Then go to comment
//temporary function until everyone has toggled their theme   and is equal to or above 2.4.9

and below change
      if(   $image_rank_update == true ){
to
      if(   $image_rank_update == false ){

now you should have old sort order.

This is temporary change, we don't know, what will be in next versions
Thanks, quoting this for later

Found it again !!! LOL

And it worked, thanks AJT !! Brilliant.

Ron · « **Reply #39 on:** August 31, 2013, 11:36 »

Quote from: Ron on August 04, 2013, 16:07

Quote from: Ron on July 09, 2013, 13:20
Quote from: ajt on July 09, 2013, 12:25
Ron, 2.4.9 had bugs, so I don't recommend downgrading. You like to edit php files, so maybe when waiting for new version, edit network-manager.php (in symbiostock/inc/classes/network-manager).

Go to lines 1477-1500. There will be three times 'order' => 'ASC', change all to 'order' => 'DESC'.

Then go to comment
//temporary function until everyone has toggled their theme   and is equal to or above 2.4.9

and below change
      if(   $image_rank_update == true ){
to
      if(   $image_rank_update == false ){

now you should have old sort order.

This is temporary change, we don't know, what will be in next versions
Thanks, quoting this for later
Found it again !!! LOL

And it worked, thanks AJT !! Brilliant.

FYI lines have changed to lines 1489-1520 (version 2.6.4)

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