hestonfer

Hi Thomas,

Thank You so much for the help.
FYI, I Just upgraded Advanced Ads to “All Access – single”

You are Awesome.
Thank You once again

With Regards,
Theodore Heston Fernandez

@lloydyoun

The issue is caused mainly because of caching plugins. There could be other plugins too, that conflict with Contestfriend. Contestfriend has not been updated for a long time, however, it is one of the best plugins and I think it is the only FREE plugin currently available that lets you do a lot of things.

In my case it was the cache plugin W3-Total-Cache. This can happen with any cache plugin. Since a cache plugin is an important part of any website, Removing it is out of the equation. We may be able to add exceptions to cache plugins, but I did not want to mess up as there could be other plugins too causing unforeseen issues.

I have a workaround for making Contestfriend work.

Install Contestfriend in a sub-domain of your website and point any contest friend links from your main website to the sub-domain. (It does not cost us anything extra to create a sub-domain and install WordPress on it)

You can check my website to see how it works.
My main website is: https://www.techtantri.com

I created a sub-domain: https://www.giveaways.techtantri.com (I have the sub-domain look exactly like the main website.)
I installed Contestfriend in the sub-domain and configured the widget to show up on the home page of the sub-domain.

(The sub-domain has only minimal plugins that does not conflict with Contestfriend) But ensured, that the home navigation tab (and all other navigation tabs) on the Subd-domain points to my main website home page and respective pages.

The sub-domain will have only one page for Contestfriend and no other pages.
In my main Website Sidebar, I have a link pointing to the contest friend giveaway page.

Though you are re-directing to another website, since it is a sub-domain of your Website, Visitors will be comfortable they are on your website.

Let me know if you need any help.
You can contact me at [email protected] or [email protected]

• This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by hestonfer.

Hi Sotos,

To remove “Powered by”:

Navigate to => wp-content/plugins/contestfriend/templates/default/setup.php

<?php
echo '</span>
        <span class="cf_poweredby">'.__('Powered by', 'contestfriend').' <a href="https://www.contestfriend.com">ContestFriend</a></span>
        <div class="cf_clear"></div>
    </div>
</div>
';
?>

Edit the code to your liking. Remove it or add your own statement and link.

Regards
Theodore Heston Fernandez

Hi MountainDewAddict,

Navigate to => wp-content/plugins/contestfriend/templates/default/actions_submit.php in your wordpress directory.

Open “actions_submit.php” file using Notepad. (I use Notepad++, a free editor)

Search for the below mentioned entry and Edit the respective sentence according to your needs.

echo '<div class="social_title">'.__('Earn More Entries!', 'contestfriend').'</div><div class="social_message">'.
sprintf(_n('Share the lucky link below and earn %d more entry for every friend who enters with your custom link.', 'Share the lucky link below and earn %d more entries for every friend who enters with your custom link.', $contest->cf_referral_entries), $contest->cf_referral_entries).'</div>';
}

Do not remove the %d if it is removed the count of entries will not be displayed.

It is good practice to first take a back-up of the “actions_submit.php” file before you attempt to edit it.

Let me know if you need further help.

Regards
Theodore Heston Fernandez

Hi 2020site,
To change the submit button colors in ContestFriend, follow the below steps:

Navigate to => wp-content/plugins/contestfriend/templates/default/widget.css

(First, take a back-up of the “widget.css” file before you attempt to edit it.)

Open widget.css in notepad or notepad++

Go to: “/* actions” and scroll down to search for this value “background: #95d907” This value is for the default green color. Change the hex code #95d907 to suit your preferred color. Save the file.

This hex code can be found in this css string under “/* actions”

.cf_submit_div .cf_submit {
margin: 0;
border: 1px solid #89c905;
background: #95d907;
width: 100%;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
-moz-border-radius: 3px;
border-radius: 3px;
cursor: pointer;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
#95d907

If you have any cache plugin installed in your website or you are using cloudflare or similar cdn’s, you need to clear the web cache. If not you will not notice the change immediately.

For getting your color hex codes, got to https://www.colorzilla.com/

Regards
Theodore Heston Fernandez

Hi 2020site,

Navigate to => wp-content/plugins/contestfriend/templates/default/actions_submit.php in your wordpress directory.

Open “actions_submit.php” file using Notepad. (I use Notepad++, a free editor)

Search for the below mentioned entry and Edit the respective sentence according to your needs.

echo '<div class="social_title">'.__('Earn More Entries!', 'contestfriend').'</div><div class="social_message">'.
sprintf(_n('Share the lucky link below and earn %d more entry for every friend who enters with your custom link.', 'Share the lucky link below and earn %d more entries for every friend who enters with your custom link.', $contest->cf_referral_entries), $contest->cf_referral_entries).'</div>';
}

Do not remove the %d if it is removed the count of entries will not be displayed.

It is good practice to first take a back-up of the “actions_submit.php” file before you attempt to edit it.

Let me know if you need further step by step instructions.

Regards
Theodore Heston Fernandez

• This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by hestonfer.

Hi DarkNova,

Thank you so much for your prompt response. If I get hold of one, I’ll surely post it.
I’m trying to setup a contest using contestfriend. In the testing phase now.
so far so good.
How did it go for you. Any issues?

Thanks & Regards
Hestonfer

Hi DarkNova,

The link to the contestfriend documentation is not working. If you happen to have the PDF file to the contest friend documentation, please post it here. Me and the users of contestfriend would be very grateful to you.

Thanks & Regards
Hestonfer

Hi Chearmani
I believe you want to prevent certain text from being translated.
You can wrap the text with an HTML class of “no_translate“, for example:
<span class=”no_translate”> This text is not translated </span>

You can also wrap the words using the <code>This text too won't be translated </code> tag
Check My Blog where I have implemented the code tag to prevent translation of PowerShell commands.

Check out the FAQ’S @ https://transposh.org/faq/

The above step resolved the problem
Thank You.

I had installed ‘Google Adsense’ plugin and later had removed it. I don’t have any other plugin for insertion of Ads.
Please let me know which is the second plugin, as I am unable to identify it.

Is the conflict caused by ‘Google Adsense’ plugin, that I had already deleted. If that is the case, how do I remove it completely. It cannot be found anywhere on my WordPress site. I checked in the plugin folders too.

it can be seen randomly in
https://www.techtantri.com/blog/ and any of the links that you click under categories in the right sidebar.

Done, Thank You.

The Yoast SEO 3.03 update has resolved the Wordfence Yoast SEO plugin compatibility issue. Finally, both Yoast SEO and Wordfence are working fine.

However, if I add a new picture to my media library while working on a new post and the Smush button is hit, it doesn’t do anything. I have to go back later and Re-Smush it.