ptpublic

OK, I see what is happening. I ran some of those queries and they are all looking for my podcast files in the wrong place. I think if I were to replace “https://dev.mysite.com/podcast/” with “https://mysite.com/podcast/” for each of these entries it would do the trick. What’s the magic formula for batch processing that?

I really appreciate all your help.

PT

Yeah, a little technical for me. Can you explain why this can be ignored? Things seem to be working, but the “problem” is that they are working to well!

The reason I created this copy is to debug a site that has become terribly slow. I have done a lot of optimization tricks already but that’s another story for another time. The thing is the copy I just made is much faster than the original and I am wondering if this serialization thing is a factor in that. The database is about 6MB and I had just under 300 serialization errors, all in the wp_postmeta section, which is one of the largest sections of the original database.

So if I log into phpmyadmin can you give me an example of what I need to do? When you say “run the query” what exactly are the steps?

Thanks,
PT

Thanks for the quick reply! This is a good method for those of us whose host will not allow us to create a large package because of timeout problems.

So it looks like I had a pretty successful copy – except I have a lot of serialization errors like this one:

SELECT meta_value FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_id = “12”;

What does this mean? What is serialization? Is this related or should I post this as a separate question?

Yes, I tried a couple of them. I am using theme-my-login right now. I strongly feel that redirection is something that would benefit the membership plugin. I appreciate your help.

Mike, the reason I did not want to go that route is that I did not want subscribers being taken to the wp dashboard – ever – but especially when they were in the middle of reading an article. Membership offers the ability to protect content behind the more tag, which is great. To continue reading, please subscribe. Perfect. Only once they are subscribed I would like to actually allow them to “continue reading. The dashboard should not be involved at all.

After trying a few login plugins, I ended up going with theme my login.

https://www.jfarthing.com/extend/wordpress-plugins/theme-my-login/

Thanks Mike. This is in fact what I ended up doing. It would be great if the Membership plugin could add some of these features in the future. IMO the product is incomplete without it.

I found my answer after hours of searching and banging my head against the wall. Jeff had answered this here:

–snip–
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/plugin-theme-my-login-use-different-form-for-registration?replies=3

Create the file wp-content/plugins/theme-my-login-custom.php if you haven’t already. Then, add the following to it:

<?php function tml_action_url_filter( $url, $action, $instance ) {
if ( ‘register’ == $action )
return ‘https://www.www.ads-software.com&#8217;;
}
add_filter( ‘tml_action_url’, ‘tml_action_url_filter’, 10, 3 ); ?>
Of course, replace https://www.www.ads-software.com with your new URL.
–snip–

This bit about creating this custom file would be useful to add to the example on this page:

https://www.jfarthing.com/development/theme-my-login/changing-action-links/

Mike, I am trying to create an interface for users who are already subscribed, but who are currently logged out.

I ended up installing a separate plugin to handle logins and I added a line that says “Already a member? Login here.” to the Registration page that the Membership plugin created.

I feel like I should have been able to do this without adding a separate login plugin but I could not get Membership to handle this elegantly.

For example, on my teaser pages, I want users to be taken back to the page they were on that enticed them to create an account in the first place instead of a welcome page. Some of the login plugins I found have this sort of functionality. Maybe the Membership developers should consider adding some of these features. Or maybe I am overlooking something? I hate to have to rely on multiple plugins like this that may or may not work well together in the future.

I would like to change the registration link on the login page to a different url. What file do I need to edit? I can’t quite follow the instructions for changing an action link or defining the register_template attribute.

I am trying to create a protected content page like this:

https://insider.espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/ncbexperts/id/9462421/kentucky-wildcats-nation-best-perimeter-teams-college-basketball

I want existing users to be able to login and be redirected to the page with the protected content they were on.

I want new users to be able to create an account and be redirected to the page with the protected content they were on.

When users login/logout I do not want them taken to the WordPress dashboard. I want them to stay within the membership environment. And I don’t want them to have to fumble their way back to the content they were trying to access.

If this can’t be done with this plugin, it seems highly disfuntional. This is basic user expectation