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Barry
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23rd June 2011
Hi gang
I've just released version 3.5 of the Autoblog plugin. For those of you also using Membership, this plugin now also has a plugins section and interface and there are a couple of plugins released with it.
Main changes in this version -
Change main plugin file name to autoblogpremium.php to resolve the "upgrade to lite" issue. You will need to deactivate the existing plugin. REMOVE the autoblog directory and THEN upload the new version and activate to ensure that you get the new file activated. Finally do a forced process of each of your feeds in turn to make sure the dates and times are set to the new / correct timezones.
Fixed some localisation issues with feed queuing dates - the plugin now takes account of your timezones when scheduling processing times, etc..
Twitter add-on - Activate and it will create a "tweet" post type on your system, if you then select this post type as the one to import the RSS feed of your twitter account, the add-on will parse the tweets content and add the correct links to searches, hash tags, etc...
Also included is a recent tweets widget - there is not styling in this initial version of the widget, so in order to make it pretty you'll need to add some to your themes style sheet.
Youtube add-on - Activate and it will check the URL of imported items, if the URL is a youtube url then the content of the post will be changed to the URL in order to use the WordPress auto-embed system -still experimental this one so I'd appreciate any feedback you have.
I've just released version 3.5 of the Autoblog plugin. For those of you also using Membership, this plugin now also has a plugins section and interface and there are a couple of plugins released with it.
Main changes in this version -
Change main plugin file name to autoblogpremium.php to resolve the "upgrade to lite" issue. You will need to deactivate the existing plugin. REMOVE the autoblog directory and THEN upload the new version and activate to ensure that you get the new file activated. Finally do a forced process of each of your feeds in turn to make sure the dates and times are set to the new / correct timezones.
Fixed some localisation issues with feed queuing dates - the plugin now takes account of your timezones when scheduling processing times, etc..
Twitter add-on - Activate and it will create a "tweet" post type on your system, if you then select this post type as the one to import the RSS feed of your twitter account, the add-on will parse the tweets content and add the correct links to searches, hash tags, etc...
Also included is a recent tweets widget - there is not styling in this initial version of the widget, so in order to make it pretty you'll need to add some to your themes style sheet.
Youtube add-on - Activate and it will check the URL of imported items, if the URL is a youtube url then the content of the post will be changed to the URL in order to use the WordPress auto-embed system -still experimental this one so I'd appreciate any feedback you have.
It looks like the older version root file was called autoblog.php and this version is called autoblogpremium.php. When we upgrade all blogs with the older version have the plugin de-activated and we get the following message, "The plugin autoblog/autoblog.php has been deactivated due to an error: Plugin file does not exist."
This means that the newer version of the plugin will deactivate upon upgrade for every individual site that had it turned on. Which means that to continue using this plugin, we're going to have to manually go through our CRM to determine which clients have paid for this upgrade and then manually turn the plugin back on for them one by one. A lot of other peeps may not notice this and are going to be wondering why dozens or hundreds of sites no longer have the plugin turned on .....
We're also still seeing the times not reflect future times, not those on the server, example: Last Processed: 2011-06-27 20:43:35 when it is 18:43:35 ... not sure if this will cause delays as previously off times did.
We're also still seeing that the category is being added as a tag as the previous version did as well ... just a heads up.... that didn't occur previously ....
We're also still seeing that the category is being added as a tag as the previous version did as well
It's a recent change in WP, not sure when it started but it's 3.1+ - they've made a lot of changes to their category taxonomy code (our code to insert a post hasn't changed since 1.0 in autoblog) that I'm still deciphering for both autoblog and membership
It looks like the older version root file was called autoblog.php and this version is called autoblogpremium.php.
Yes, I did say that in the instructions at the top of this thread as the first of the Main changes.
We're also seeing all feeds frozen with the processed and next check dates being 2 days old (since upgrading to 3.5) on all feeds. Manually de-activating and reactivating plugins and then going to feed settings and re-updating and then manually processing doesn't seem to fix either .... essentially all feeds are dead in the water unless manually update.
Hi Trace - can you try the following on one of your autoblog sites?
Have a look in either wp_options or wp_sitemeta for that site and remove any lines that have a name of autoblog_processing and see if that clears things up.
I'm adding a "reset" option in to 3.5.1 to clear these things out, should be up tomorrow.
How does the reset autoblog reset timer work? Do we have to manually turn this on for each and every blog? Once it's on, does it have to stay on or do we have to manually process a feed, update a feed or what? Any help on how to use this appreciated.
Also, the Network Admin Section and ability to add to any blog from that section like previous versions is PHENOMENAL. The ability to process all from one page and see all activated from one page is HUGE. This is beyond helpful when managing large installs as opposed to having to manually go to each blog individually to see if it is turned on or to process the feed..... Thank you.
How does the reset autoblog reset timer work? Do we have to manually turn this on for each and every blog? Once it's on, does it have to stay on or do we have to manually process a feed, update a feed or what? Any help on how to use this appreciated.
It only really needs to be used if you notice feeds stop being processed, this could be because of a crash or server fault mid way through an import that has resulted in the timer being corrupted, or if you change timezone on the server / in WP.
To use it, pick a blog/site that has autoblog activated on it (doesn't mater which one really). Activate the plugin/add-on and you'll see a new menu item called Reset Autoblog. Click on it to be taken to a page that displays the current setting of the counter. Click the reset button and it will clear the counter and processing will start again. You can then deactivate the plugin/add-on as it's no longer needed.
Responses (11)
Member — 24th June 2011 #
Awesome! Looking forward to it.
Andrew
Member — 28th June 2011 #
It looks like the older version root file was called autoblog.php and this version is called autoblogpremium.php. When we upgrade all blogs with the older version have the plugin de-activated and we get the following message, "The plugin autoblog/autoblog.php has been deactivated due to an error: Plugin file does not exist."
This means that the newer version of the plugin will deactivate upon upgrade for every individual site that had it turned on. Which means that to continue using this plugin, we're going to have to manually go through our CRM to determine which clients have paid for this upgrade and then manually turn the plugin back on for them one by one. A lot of other peeps may not notice this and are going to be wondering why dozens or hundreds of sites no longer have the plugin turned on .....
We're also still seeing the times not reflect future times, not those on the server, example: Last Processed: 2011-06-27 20:43:35 when it is 18:43:35 ... not sure if this will cause delays as previously off times did.
Member — 28th June 2011 #
We're also still seeing that the category is being added as a tag as the previous version did as well ... just a heads up.... that didn't occur previously ....
Developer — 28th June 2011 #
It's a recent change in WP, not sure when it started but it's 3.1+ - they've made a lot of changes to their category taxonomy code (our code to insert a post hasn't changed since 1.0 in autoblog) that I'm still deciphering for both autoblog and membership
Yes, I did say that in the instructions at the top of this thread as the first of the Main changes.
Member — 30th June 2011 #
The Tweet Post Type shows in left side of dashboard even when the Twitter plugin is not turned on, should this be happening?
Member — 30th June 2011 #
We're also seeing all feeds frozen with the processed and next check dates being 2 days old (since upgrading to 3.5) on all feeds. Manually de-activating and reactivating plugins and then going to feed settings and re-updating and then manually processing doesn't seem to fix either .... essentially all feeds are dead in the water unless manually update.
Developer — 30th June 2011 #
Hi Trace - can you try the following on one of your autoblog sites?
Have a look in either wp_options or wp_sitemeta for that site and remove any lines that have a name of autoblog_processing and see if that clears things up.
I'm adding a "reset" option in to 3.5.1 to clear these things out, should be up tomorrow.
Developer — 2nd July 2011 #
Unstickying ready for 3.5.1
Member — 5th July 2011 #
How does the reset autoblog reset timer work? Do we have to manually turn this on for each and every blog? Once it's on, does it have to stay on or do we have to manually process a feed, update a feed or what? Any help on how to use this appreciated.
Also, the Network Admin Section and ability to add to any blog from that section like previous versions is PHENOMENAL. The ability to process all from one page and see all activated from one page is HUGE. This is beyond helpful when managing large installs as opposed to having to manually go to each blog individually to see if it is turned on or to process the feed..... Thank you.
Member — 5th July 2011 #
Barry - the upgraded plugin is amazing, awesome, wonderful...thank you so much for doing this!
Developer — 5th July 2011 #
It only really needs to be used if you notice feeds stop being processed, this could be because of a crash or server fault mid way through an import that has resulted in the timer being corrupted, or if you change timezone on the server / in WP.
To use it, pick a blog/site that has autoblog activated on it (doesn't mater which one really). Activate the plugin/add-on and you'll see a new menu item called Reset Autoblog. Click on it to be taken to a page that displays the current setting of the counter. Click the reset button and it will clear the counter and processing will start again. You can then deactivate the plugin/add-on as it's no longer needed.
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