Symbiostock Test Build - the Bug Stomping Thread!

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Tinny

My incomprehensible post just above is about a category search issue that I think I have identified the reason for. As I think this could be easily fixed, I've emailed Leo to give him a headsup.

Steve

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still having trouble with search engine

Category Search? I think I have found the underlying reason, but it needs a fix from Leo if I am right.

steve

[MicrostockExp]

when I do ''Malaysia'' search it says no results found but below is displayed image categories Malaysia(2) which make sense as I have 2 pictures in that category
Same with singapore it is a category and cannot be found I guess this is what you described before Steve.

[steheap]

Yes - I think so. I believe the theme is reading the wrong field from the database. It all works fine on the original default categories because the right field and the "wrong field" have the same value, but once we add and modify categories ourselves, those two fields are no longer the same and the program is picking up the wrong one

Steve

[Chico]

I'm doing a test right now. I put via FTP in /public_html/wp-content/themes/symbiostock/inc/classes/image-processor a new watermark named "hitwatermaknew.png". I realize that my original watermak, named "hitwatermark.png" was not there anymore. Maybe erased by some upgrade?



Above content of directory. As i say, my old watermark is not there. Just a new one uploaded few minutes ago.

[farbled]

I'm doing a test right now. I put via FTP in /public_html/wp-content/themes/symbiostock/inc/classes/image-processor a new watermark named "hitwatermaknew.png". I realize that my original watermak, named "hitwatermark.png" was not there anymore. Maybe erased by some upgrade?



Above content of directory. As i say, my old watermark is not there. Just a new one uploaded few minutes ago.

I think when you upload a new version it'll throw out the old logo & watermark images and you'll have to re-upload them each time. What you could do is upload your watermark someplace outside the theme and link to it in your Symbiostock -> Settings page. That should work.

[Leo Blanchette]

I wont be on for a few hours but here is an fyi written from my kindle. Every fix also has potential for negative effects. That's why I am slow to make them.

Story

Farbled discovered a wordpress quirk that is actually not a bug _  you cannot have two taxonomies with same slug. Ie gold keyword and same name gold category will clash unless you change slug of category to be unique. However having fixed that some new issues were created. So I just have to keep figuring this out till we are out of the weeds. We are almost there.

[Chico]

SUCCESS!!!!



Problem is watermark related.

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Chico

Not sure if you have done this, but you need to move your own logos and images outside the Symbio folders to be really reliable. It was mentioned a few posts back.

Steve

[Chico]

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Just now i realize it. I'll do. Thanks.

Finish upload. Works fine after create new watermark .



By the way, new watermark seems bit funny. 

[daveh900]

Steheap

Just now i realize it. I'll do. Thanks.

Finish upload. Works fine after create new watermark .



By the way, new watermark seems bit funny. 

Takes some serious skill to hunt hummingbirds.

[Leo Blanchette]

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Just now i realize it. I'll do. Thanks.

Finish upload. Works fine after create new watermark .



By the way, new watermark seems bit funny. 

Takes some serious skill to hunt hummingbirds.

*facehand*

Someone buy steheap a beer.

I think we've solved our category issue. He sent me an email this morning with some investigation he did. Brought me right to the solution. Checked my code, and found that the fix I made for farbled had me implement some new code that was not doing everything properly. Got it fixed, now farbled original problem is fixed AND this new one that was created.

BUT - Now some action is needed from people who are having the "ITS IN MY KEYWORDS BUT NOT MY CATEGORY WITH SAME KEYWORD NAME" problem

Go through and rename categories that share the same name as your keywords. Wordpress does not play nice on this one.

Like in farbled's case, if you have the keyword "gold" and a category for "gold" you would have ended up with the slugs gold and gold-2

If you go back and change things, the fix I implemented is that when you create a category, like "gold", it will automatically call it "gold-images". So no duplicates. [edit: the slug will be called gold images the name you call it will display how you created it on page "gold". Slug is the url element.]

So here is new download: https://github.com/orangeman555/symbiostock/blob/master/symbiostock-child.zip?raw=true

Please test it to the limit and once everything is cool I will spam everyone with the new release.

Also, if you would like to get on my new-release-spam list, contact me leo[at]symbiostock.com

[Leo Blanchette]

In case its overlooked in my last crowded post:

So here is new download: https://github.com/orangeman555/symbiostock/blob/master/symbiostock.zip?raw=true

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Leo - you have given us the child load I think?

Steve

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And, as you can see from my avatar, I already have that beer...

[Kerioak~Christine]

Deleted Post as downloaded child instead of main theme

[ajt]

I had the issue with "gold-2" categories. Deleting categories and keywords did nothing. I mean, that with new category like "gold-images" was created and new image with "gold" in keywords uploaded, that keyword somehow leaded again to "gold-2". I had to edit database to remove all "-2" endings in slugs.
And now all my slugs are ok, I think

http://www.stereoshutter.com/search-images/slug/

[steheap]

To all testers out there - I don't think this is the file that Leo updated. This is the child theme. Hence the issue won't be fixed in this download.

Steve

[Chico]

To all testers out there - I don't think this is the file that Leo updated. This is the child theme. Hence the issue won't be fixed in this download.

Steve

Maybe a stupid question: Is possible join Main theme and child theme in a single Theme?

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That rather ruins the purpose of these. The Child theme is yours to modify (if you want) to make the site customizable for colors, fonts etc. This theme then is yours to keep for ever and new features are provided in the main theme.

if they were combined, all your amendments would be overwritten each time there was a new release of the main theme

Stev

[farbled]

I had the issue with "gold-2" categories. Deleting categories and keywords did nothing. I mean, that with new category like "gold-images" was created and new image with "gold" in keywords uploaded, that keyword somehow leaded again to "gold-2". I had to edit database to remove all "-2" endings in slugs.
And now all my slugs are ok, I think

http://www.stereoshutter.com/search-images/slug/

Ahh *Lightbulb moment for me, thanks ajt. Yes, when Leo put in a fix for my issue I then noticed the gold-2 slug in the keys and posted something about that. However, changing that did not work at the time. What I then did was completely re-install WP (and database) and then started over and all worked as it should. I think ajt has it right and it's only the keys in the database that need to be edited, not a complete re-install.

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Me being silly - Leo always uses the same link and just changes the backend.

So this is the link for the new version (and it works for me in the categories)

Steve

https://github.com/orangeman555/symbiostock/blob/master/symbiostock.zip?raw=true

[Chico]

That rather ruins the purpose of these. The Child theme is yours to modify (if you want) to make the site customizable for colors, fonts etc. This theme then is yours to keep for ever and new features are provided in the main theme.

if they were combined, all your amendments would be overwritten each time there was a new release of the main theme

Stev

Like i said, was a stupid question. Thanks for clarifying.

[ajt]

I had the issue with "gold-2" categories. Deleting categories and keywords did nothing. I mean, that with new category like "gold-images" was created and new image with "gold" in keywords uploaded, that keyword somehow leaded again to "gold-2". I had to edit database to remove all "-2" endings in slugs.
And now all my slugs are ok, I think

http://www.stereoshutter.com/search-images/slug/

Ahh *Lightbulb moment for me, thanks ajt. Yes, when Leo put in a fix for my issue I then noticed the gold-2 slug in the keys and posted something about that. However, changing that did not work at the time. What I then did was completely re-install WP (and database) and then started over and all worked as it should. I think ajt has it right and it's only the keys in the database that need to be edited, not a complete re-install.

However, I think that editing in RF Images->Image Keywords should help. When I deleted image I thout, that its keywords (if not in use in other images) are deleted too, but they remain all in table, and when image was uploaded again, it got its old keywords with slugs -2.
So, when someone has problem with "gold-2" keywords (after changing category slugs to inique names, with -images for example), may go to keywords table and edit slugs.

[farbled]

However, I think that editing in RF Images->Image Keywords should help. When I deleted image I thout, that its keywords (if not in use in other images) are deleted too, but they remain all in table, and when image was uploaded again, it got its old keywords with slugs -2.
So, when someone has problem with "gold-2" keywords (after changing category slugs to inique names, with -images for example), may go to keywords table and edit slugs.

I tried that in the previous version and it cleared up the "keyword not found" issue, but didn't resolve the category issue. Therefore if the latest release clears up the category issue, we can edit the few key-slugs we've used as both and be good to go!