budestrings

hi.

i keep better wp-security at version 3.4.10. or maybe its 3.4.4. whenever an update comes up i edit better-wp-security.php and enter the latest version number. this stops my legacy version flagging up on update notifications. it works perfectly for me.

contact me via https://www.budestrings.co.uk/contact/ and i’ll send you the legacy version i am using.

cheers, jan

perfect fix. good work that man.

thanks.

same problem. the code i am using is:

#login h1 a {
width:310px;
height:70px;
background-size: 310px 70px;
margin:0 auto;
display:block; }


the logo size is 310×70.

and settings are logo background size non with custom size entered. logo is always cut off as if the image container is not big enough. the only setting that works is background size: contain but then the logo is too small. need a fix asap please

i’m still on version 2.1.17, but backups are now failing to upload to google cloud. left a backup on overnight last night and it was still trying in the morning. i’m looking for an alternative for this plugin now.

there must be a difference in the way the upgrade reacts to server side settings – i have just tested my backups again – full site (350mb) including db dump 125s, content directory (200mb) 65s, db dump only 15s. these are the same times i was getting previously with version 2.x. smooth as silk.

my inclination is that the archive creation and upload outages are peculiar to the update. if i find any wiggy server side settings affecting things i’ll re-open the thread.

this is a great plugin – just need a bit of code housework.

thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, and did i mention – thank you?

worked a treat. i have had a string of plugins fall over and break like glass after updates in the past two weeks. better wp security, backwpup and login screen manager have been the biggest nightmares.

i look forward to hearing what the problem was with this one….

hi.

i rolled back to version Version 2.1.17 today and have just completed my first successful backup in ten days. phew.

the new version was hanging for ages on the create archive and upload to cloud stages, restarting several times due to inactivity. the progress bar for the upload sometimes stopped on 100%, sometimes on 125%, and once on about 5 billion% (not joking!!). the log always stated that the job had been completed – often after 30-60 minutes, but the archives never materialised in google cloud although all settings were correct.

the rolled back version completed the job in around 15 minutes – still rather slow as i was completing backups in under 120 seconds before – but at least the archives are being uploaded now. later retests completed in 120 seconds.

it looks to me like the update has some issues…. it would be nice to get on top of what they are. it would also be good to hear some suggestions as to why archive creation and upload should sometimes take so long. are these server side or plugin issues ?

i’ll be sticking with version Version 2.1.17 for the forseable future.

i have been testing a number of contact form plugins. so far all of them cause the same or very similar conflicts with login screen manager. the only exception is 123contact form, which generates the form on a third party site and fetches it via shortcode.

i really want to be using login screen manager for this site, but if i don’t find a fix, i’ll have to ditch it.

hi.

first of all, sorry for being thick and thanks for your patience. i found my way through the settings and verified the google cloud settings are correct.

i ran some more tests and the backup jobs are completing, but very slowly. they are tending to hang on creation of the archive and/or sending of the archive to google cloud, which is taking the completion time as far as 20-60 minutes. the same job was previously taking around 100 seconds to complete.

i think it is these delays which are causing some backup runs to fall over completely.

i take it there are security issues with not updating then. couple of questions then –

is the google cloud / s3 setup only possible in the pro version or can i do it in the free version?

can i overwrite the plugin files with the older versions via ftp and keep my jobs list or do i have to recreate them from scratch?

thanks for the quick response.

hi.

i am having the same problem. where is the s3 setting you are referring to? i have been through the menus several times and i don’t see it anywhere… under backup destinations i see no mention of s3 or google cloud, and the api keys page is completely empty. i take it google cloud hasn’t been dropped?

was loving this plugin, since the update i don’t know where i am with it.

i did try that filter on mine to no avail. i reckon the code in the them i am using is a mess – maybe a lot of this stuff will become redundant when i have my site functionalities sorted and migrate to a premium theme… a man can dram can’t he?

i did manage to (sort of) cure my issues. my problem was mainly with an unstyled admin bar menu floating around behind my page header at the top left. i saw mention in another thread of looking out for link code which might have been erroneously copied into the footer – sure enough when i looked at footer.php i saw the link code relating to my unstyled menu. i unceremoniously ripped out the offending code from footer.php, which not only removed my horrid unstyled menu but appears to have completely annihilated the front end admin bar, which is no longer visible. i still have an admin bar when i am logged into the dashboard which i now get to via the ‘log out’ link in the footer: https://www.budestrings.co.uk

i managed to cure my problem differently. i came across another post which mentioned looking for admin bar link code in the footer which may have been pasted there accidentally.

my footer did contain link code, all of which i ripped out. in the process i do seem to have destroyed the front end admin bar, which i don’t mind as i cannot see the point in it and i can easily access my admin area via the log out link in the footer. the site looks much cleaner without the admin bar and the unstyled lists have disappeared.

the only issue it left me with was a floating unstyled link for switcvhing to the mobile site, which i am working on here.

ok – got a bit further.

i got rid of the unwanted link by turning off the switcher link option in the plugin settings. i the added the following code to my themes footer.php :

</p>
<a href='?wpmp_switcher=mobile' onclick='document.cookie="wpmp_switcher=mobile;path=/;expires=Tue, 01-01-2030 00:00:00 GMT";'>Switch to our Mobile site</a>

which gives me a switcher link centered in the footer

however, disabling the link in the plugin settings removes it from the mobile site, so there is no link to switch back to the desktop version. i’ve tried to put the following code into footer of the mobile theme, but this had no effect:

<a href='?wpmp_switcher=desktop' onclick='document.cookie="wpmp_switcher=desktop;path=/;expires=Tue, 01-01-2030 00:00:00 GMT";'>Switch to our desktop site</a>

so – where can i put this code in the mobile theme to give me a working link back to the desktop version?

cheers, jan