Lewis Rosenthal

Thanks, and agreed entirely concerning the interface for the 1.0.x branch. Please try 1.1.0, just released today, and see if the interface flows any better.

Cheers

Lewis

Hi, all…

This is still on my to-do list, but not bubbling to the surface just yet, as I’m really just now getting back to this. All good points, and I can see the use cases as presented here as being valid.

What we’re seeing are a different though somewhat related objectives:

1. Allow the user to create from the front end a single collection of posts or pages, with optional include/exclude ability.
2. From the admin area, have the ability to pre-populate the cache with PDFs of all non-excluded pages.
3. From the admin area, have the ability to create PDFs (or a single PDF) of all site content, without regard to inclusion/exclusion settings (for archival purposes, for example).

The multiple page/post issue raises additional concerns for header, title, page numbering, footer, etc. which will likely require additional options. In fact, I could actually see two additional, yet completely separate, plugins for these: a make-an-ebook plugin and an archive-the-site plugin, instead of packing all of this into this one plugin.

Input is welcome, and again, thanks for the great ideas and thoughtful commentary.

Cheers

Lewis

Hi, Vanessa…

This isn’t currently implemented, but it should be possible to add in a fashion similar to the include/exclude filters for pages & posts. I’ll look into adding this for an upcoming release.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Cheers

Lewis

PS – I knew this sounded familiar. see this thread for the original discussion (which is now closed, annoyingly enough; I didn’t close it, though).

Hi…

I don’t know how one might include videos in a PDF, sorry. We do support multiple images in posts or pages, so I’m missing your initial question. An example would help.

Thanks!

Lewis

Thanks for the reference. Indeed, this was code which was inherited from the original, and which I have just not gotten around to updating. Consider this on my list, though.

Cheers

Lewis

PS – There are other constants which should be replaced, too (WP_PLUGIN_URL, WP_CONTENT_DIR). I’ll address these, as well. Good catch.

Hi…

The TCPDF class does not do very well with media types in CSS (this may be different with the latest TCPDF, which is now included in version 1.1.0 of the plugin). That said, you may enter custom CSS to be applied to the page for PDF output in the Body section of the admin settings for the plugin.

Please see if this suits your needs, and let me know!

Cheers

Lewis

Hi…

Well, cache is my first thought. Do you have caching disabled for all pages? To do this, set the radio button to “Include the following” and be sure that the entry box below it is blank (no pages/posts to include).

I haven’t tested with multi-language setups at all. If the permalink is the same for the post, the PDF will likely wind up with the same name, confusing the plugin into thinking that the PDF already exists when in fact it was created under the other language (just a WAG).

Besides translating, it seems that I should consider such language issues for caching purposes. I’ll look into this.

Please also upgrade to 1.1.0 and re-test. Feedback is greatly appreciated!

Cheers

Lewis

Hi, Anitha…

Sorry for the late reply.

Images by themselves are a pain for the TCPDF class we use, and tables are the second biggest headache. Putting them together leads to an exponentially larger problem…

Try the latest version (1.1.0) which includes an update to the TCPDF class to version 6.2.6. This may help. In any event, feedback is greatly appreciated, as both of these items are on my to-be-fixed-within-my-lifetime list.

Cheers

Lewis

Hi…

Sorry for the late reply.

I’ve done some early work for forms. Look at line 453 in the current version (1.1.0) of the main class (wp-post-to-pdf-enhanced.php) and the preceding comments. In fact, try version 1.1.0 and see if it works for you out of the box (I doubt that, but the more feedback I have on forms, the better I may be able to get this feature working in a useful manner).

Cheers

Lewis

Sorry for the late follow-up!

You can delete the database settings by removing the row in the wp_options table associated with the option_name “wpptopdfenh”.

Try upgrading to the latest version of the plugin (1.1.0), and see if the problem goes away. Try deactivating and then activating the plugin again, as some setup functions only fire upon activation. It’s remotely possible that something happened to the cache directory (created under wp-content/uploads) after the plugin was activated, and we didn’t recreate it when a PDF download was attempted.

Let me know if this helps!

Cheers

Lewis

Hi, and apologies for the very late reply…

This all looks like it’s rendering fine, now. I have seen this when the server has run low on memory or when there is some other file corruption.

Any idea what changed to correct the problem? Just curious.

Cheers

Lewis

PS – Don’t forget to upgrade to 1.1.0 for a security fix and for the latest TCPDF class.

Hi, Simon…

Apologies for my lack of prompt response, and thanks so much for your kind words.

Indeed, TCPDF can be finicky about the pngs it deems worthy of handling. (24-bit vs 8-bit, with alpha vs without, etc.). Try the latest build (1.1.0), which includes the current TCPDF (6.2.6). That might be more tolerant for you. In the meantime, one of the things on my to-do list is to make the logo file selection a little more user-friendly and not hard-coding it as it is now.

Please let me know how you make out with this.

Cheers

Lewis

Ugh…

I think I left this fix out of 1.1.0. I had some svn issues on my end which made updating the repository somewhat tedious over the past few months. Coupled with my overall lack of availability, I honestly can’t recall where I left off on this.

Bottom line: Please upgrade to 1.1.0 and test. If it’s not there, look for an updated development build soon. I was mostly concerned with the XSS vulnerability when I pushed 1.1.0, and let a number of other things slide.

Cheers

Sorry for the oh-so-late reply…

Have you checked the image scaling option? It’s possible that the TCPDF class thinks the image is too large to be displayed on the same page as the text. Even a slight reduction in size might get the result you desire.

Also, don’t forget to upgrade to the 1.1.0 release for a number of reasons, not the least of which (related to your situation) is the update to the TCPDF class to the latest available (6.2.6).

Good luck, and please let me know how you make out with this.

Cheers

Lewis

Sorry for the so, so late reply…

First, please upgrade to version 1.1.0 of the plugin. Next, in the admin settings, under Icon/Link Presentation, insert your desired text before the image tag. This will make your test appear as a link, with the icon next to it. I did have a request at one point to include text before the icon which was not “linkified” but I’ll have to look to see where that discussion went.

Please let me know if this addresses your issue!

Cheers

Lewis