How To: Revert to the last version of W3TC

Just tried 0.9.2.1 on one of my WP installations. No go.

I ran the update on another local backup of a WP site and voila! She’s all good with the latest update (0.9.2.1). Thanks Frederick! And thanks for the heads up @jason.

Compatibility check still results in this error though:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSEIF in C:\wamp2\www\website\wp-content\plugins\w3-total-cache\inc\lightbox\self_test.phtml on line 245

Call Stack
# Time Memory Function Location
1 0.0008 795728 {main}( ) ..\admin.php:0
2 1.4398 61624672 do_action( ) ..\admin.php:147
3 1.4398 61626152 call_user_func_array ( ) ..\plugin.php:395
4 1.4398 61626232 W3_Plugin_TotalCache->load( ) ..\plugin.php:0
5 1.4399 61626856 call_user_func ( ) ..\TotalCache.php:804
6 1.4399 61626904 W3_Plugin_TotalCache->self_test( ) ..\TotalCache.php:0

I have tried the “simple” fix – “users need to switch minify to manual minify mode” – and it seems to have worked but haven’t checked site thoroughly yet.

The update fixed it for me (URL rewrite works fine, I can manually minify CSS and JS as I want).

Lightbox is 90% fixed.

Version 9.2.1 does NOT work for me. No styling at all when the minify cache is enabled (in either manual mode, or not).

From @w3edge on twitter “users need to switch minify to manual minify mode”.

This is not a fix. When you enable manual mode, it does NOT select any files for minification. You must add them. So by switching to manual mode, you are really minifying NOTHING unless you add files, and therefore you have no CSS styling issues.
BUT you also do not have any minified CSS or JS files – so you’re not getting any benefit.
FYI… not a fix…

When you enable manual mode, it does NOT select any files for minification. You must add them. So by switching to manual mode, you are really minifying NOTHING unless you add files, and therefore you have no CSS styling issues.

Arguably that’s how it’s ALWAYS worked ?? If you turn on minification on the old version, you had to add stuff. The 0.9.2.1 version defaults to manual, which is better than breaking with Auto, I think.

The fix is:

1) Change minification from auto to manual (manual is the new default)
2) Add in your files to minify like you used to.

1) Change minification from auto to manual (manual is the new default)

No problem. Have done this dozens of times trying to get it to work…

2) Add in your files to minify like you used to.

And HERE’S the problem. When I do add the files, it does NOT bring over any of my sites primary styling. The site is plain text. I verified the URI of my styles.css file, and it checks out.
The issue is that version 9.2.1 is not creating all of the CSS files.
See here

That link has a bad param issue. Is that what you’re having? It does matter.

I’m thinking some issues are due to @import handling, personally, and I’m poking around trying to verify this. I can add SOME of my css files and it’s fine, but others don’t work at all.

Try this https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-0921-still-bad-ftp-details?replies=2

No, I got to the page. What I meant was ‘The error described on that page references a “Bad file param format”. Is that YOUR problem?’

Cause you didn’t say and I’m just trying to get specifics ??

No, not bad file param format.
My issue is no CSS styling. No matter WHAT setting combination.
Reverted to 9.1.3 and all is well though.

Okay, see how that’s different? ??

If you’re stuck on ‘2) Add in your files to minify like you used to.’ then you have to do some WORK and sort out WHICH css file is causing the problem.

2) Add in your files to minify like you used to.

That’s the problem, I do add in the files. They don’t show up at all on the site. Missing, nada, no styling, bug, bug

I disabled minify on my install and it seems to have solved it on the outset. But obviously, something is wacky.

Anybody using 9.1.3 with WP 3.2?