rudym

Thanks, @esmi, this is likely a 1-click setup. I noticed that WordPress was updated automatically from 4.7 to current 4.8, and nobody there seems to know how that was done.

@ckchauhary, thanks for this.

I’ve tried the SRDB tool, but I’m still seeing this issue, and the site isn’t really looking much different than what I had previously. The header, and menus seem all out-of-whack, and the logo seems to pull something completely different.

As for the second issue, your solution worked. Thanks again.

Hi bcworkz,

Thanks for your response. I was just finishing up the updates, but I was able to resolve this. I’ll close this now. Thanks again.

-Rudy.

• This reply was modified 8 years ago by rudym.

Ah, got it. What I had was actually SESSION info AND a javascript variable that controlled the link behavior. The javascript variable kept being reset because the link would open in the same window/tab, thereby refreshing the page on return, and the javascript with it.

In short, I just had to change it so that the links open in new tabs/windows instead. Thanks again for your help in resolving my first issue.

@sterndata,

Thanks again. I tried adding the filter, and seems to work okay. HOWEVER, in the plugin code, I was working with a creating, setting, and checking the value for a $_SESSION variable. How would this work now since now I’ve managed to eliminate the need for the shortcode? Below is a breakdown of the changes I made:

In the main PHP code for the plugin, I added add_filter( 'the_content', 'hash_links' ); in one of the functions that get called upon instantiation.

I then added the following functions OUTSIDE the plugin class:

// Replace all PDF links with the hash values.
function hash_links( $content ) {
  $regex = "/(http|https|ftp|ftps)\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}(\/\S*\.pdf)+/";
  
  preg_match_all($regex, $content, $link_matches);
  
  $content .= "<BR><BR><BR>";
  
  foreach($link_matches[0] as $match){
    $content = str_replace($match, hashLink($match), $content);
  }
  
  return $content;
}

// This will return the hash value for the link. Here, we will also add the hash value and plaintext to the option table.
function hashLink($link) {
  $ins = $GLOBALS['reCaptchaProtectedDownloadsCore'];
  $hash = apply_filters("rcpdl_hash", md5($link), $link);
  
  if ( $ins->isNetworkActive() ){
    add_site_option("rcpdl_{$hash}", esc_attr(esc_url( $link )));
  } else{
    add_option("rcpdl_{$hash}", esc_attr(esc_url( $link )));
  }
  
  return apply_filters('rcpdl_link', "#rcpdl={$hash}", $link, $hash);
}

I guess I’d need a regex to identify the targets, it would be all where the href points to a PDF. I’ll check out the link you posted, thanks!

Ah, this helped, ThemeSumo. Thanks!!!

Ah, yes. Sorry, I should have checked the documentation for this. Thanks again!

Will do. Thanks.

Thanks a bunch, Voltronik. After much digging, I ended up installing the Postman SMTP plugin, and surely enough, this worked. This worked without even configuring the plugin itself, and then testing BNFW; and after the configuration all worked out as well. Thanks again for your time and attention put into this matter.

Use a filter?

And I’m not sure where to change the ‘set’ address. Especially if it’s three sites on a single server.

Hi Voltronik,

I can ask the client if he’s ok with me installing a plugin for this purpose. I’ll have to get back to on this. Is there anything else I can try?

I’ve tried using a Gmail address, and that works. But when I send to a work e-mail, we don’t get it. It seems to not like when the e-mail is sent from ‘root@localhost’. I’ve tried to change the e-mail FROM fields in the plugin, but no luck there.

Will do, I just thought I’d try here first. Thanks.

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