StrangeAttractor

Same problem, too….

I’ve been searching for the same thing for quite a while, and have not found anything that is particularly good — the existing ones all have flaws (buggy, or too complex, or too simple in scope).

I’m guessing, though, that the changes in WordPress 3.0 (with improved custom fields, post types, UI customization, etc.) will allow developers to create much simpler and more effective plugins for this purpose…

Filezilla is a free and popular FTP client, and can be used to change chmod directory permissions:

https://filezilla-project.org/

Have you looked at this?

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/the_content_rss

Looks like there’s some built-in options to do what you want…

Just looking into these issues myself, so probably can’t offer further help, but thought you might find useful

@alphawolf

My apologies — it does indeed seem to be beta Events Manager that is causing the problem.

While running Events Manager, the problems with the dashboard panels did go away — temporarily — when I deactivated Admin Management Xtended.

And then they mysteriously came back.

As I said, the beta is very buggy, and I don’t have the tech chops (I know nothing about jquery) to tell you why the problem would go away and then come back.

But when it’s turned off, Admin Management Xtended seems to run fine.

I will let you know if I happen to encounter problems without the other plugin running, but for now it doesn’t seem like there’s a problem with Admin Managment Xtended.

@alphawolf

Just wanted to add: it’s possible that there was some sort of conflict going on with another plugin — I am using the beta version of Events Manager, and it is very buggy, and known to cause some issues with the widgets, etc.

(Just in case you are currently testing for issues.)

Hey Alphawolf — thanks for a great plugin, and glad to hear from you.

I only meant the general thread about problems with 2.8.4 — a few paragraphs down in the initial post, you’ll find a discussion of issues with drag-and-drop panels:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/279132?replies=100

But also if you do a search in these forums for “firefox” “problems” “admin” “2.8.4” you may also come across the discussions of this.

It’s not that your plugin is specifically mentioned as a culprit in any of these posts, but that I personally discovered that deactivating eliminates the problem for me.

@ Samboll

Don’t mean to threadjack but…

1st, you can’t edit files in dreamweaver – use a basic editor like notepad or clones

News to me… Dreamweaver 8 is my main code editor, and I use it to edit templates and other php files all the time, as well as CSS and HTML… (in code view, obviously).

A lot of people think DW is just for WYSIWYG editing (which sucks in any editor, so don’t do it), but it’s actually quite a nice code editor, if you can get past the bloat…

Anyway, just a remark on that comment – as I say, don’t want to threadjack, just wanted to point out DW can be used to edit templates.

PS I also use DW for some FTP stuff, but it can be problematic. My preference is to use Filezilla for FTP stuff, but DW for editing.

Some options:

–There are a few extensions that let you execute PHP in your posts. (One used to be called ExecPHP — if that’s still maintained, that would be a good one.)

— There are several plugins that prevent WP from changing your HTML in various ways

— Turn off the visual editor altogether. I believe when you do, you are less likely to get filtered HTML, although I may be wrong about that re: iFrames.

— look in the codex for “filters” and “actions” — WordPress allows you to put filters in your functions.php file and elsewhere to add and remove filters from the way it processes various data. So you can probably find a hook for the editor’s filtering of iFrames and remove or alter it…

The designer WAS a victim until he extorted the money from me. Do you not understand that I DID NOT OWE HIM MONEY FOR THE WEBSITE THAT HE HELD HOSTAGE???

If that’s not the most unprofessional behavior then I don’t know what is.

Sounds like unprofessional behavior from all parties involved, but of course, we’re only hearing your side of the story.

You could report him to the Better Business Bureau, but it certainly sounds like you are also at fault in this transaction.

Also, you might contact your hosting service about this, so that you can regain access to the site (I’m assuming it’s in your name).

As a developer myself, I’ve been burned by clients like you, and just wound up eating the costs, and resolving never to do work for that client again (and telling my own network of designers to avoid the client as well).

I’ve also learned to use better contracts with clients I haven’t worked with before, and to ask for payment milestones and retainers before doing any work at all, so that at least some money has been exchanged.

Automatic upgrading works quite well for what it does. But no automatic process is going to work every time given the vast number of configurations and customizations.

Exactly. So, in my opinion, WordPress should stop pretending that it’s a trouble-free, one-click process. It’s misleading, esp. to new users.

And I think the upgrade nags encourage people to leap without looking.

All it would take is some kind of warning:

1) Make sure to back up all source files and your database before upgrading because sometimes upgrades can break customizations

2) But be aware that not upgrading to the latest version can make your site vulnerable to hacking.

That said, I’ve never had the problems that some people around here describe with upgrading. It’s seriously just not that hard. Things just work, if you let them.

It really depends on the degree of customization and the plugins you are using. Not WordPress’ responsibility, as many are quick to point out, but nonetheless this kind of extensibility is one of the major draws of WordPress. Various open source applications handle the issue of plugins differently, and with WordPress, it’s a bit of a Wild West scenario…

(And PS, though my comment above was snarky, don’t get me wrong — I love WordPress, obviously. But the rapid UI changes and other version changes — even when they are unqualified improvements to the product — can be a source of frustration for a lot of people.)

I am not a scripter so it looks like I have destroyed my clients blog

I know a lot of people requested automated upgrades, but I really think it has the potential to be a dangerous feature.

Actually, I preferred how the older automatic-upgrade plugin handled it — would turn off all plugins, backup the database and the source files, check for compatibility issues, and then do the upgrade.

Including an automatic backup of db and files beforehand is essential — correct me if I’m wrong, but the built-in auto upgrade doesn’t do this, does it? (Haven’t used it yet.)

If it doesn’t include auto-backups, there should at least be a big flashing warning — don’t upgrade until you have backed up your files and db.

Out of close to 20 different people I know who did the upgrade, only one seemed to not have a problem! That shows me that this release just isn’t ready.

Have you ever heard the military acronym SNAFU? Situation Normal: All F**ed Up.

Having been a WordPress user for various sites since version 2.0, I can emphatically state that SNAFU is the perfect description for virtually any new WordPress release. I’ve come to regard all new WordPress releases as beta versions being tested in the wild.

A major blessing, though, is that since 2.6, WordPress finally began taking security seriously, so it’s not as dire as it used to be to upgrade right away.

I also would like to get rid of that “WordPress 2.8 is available! Please update now.” notice.

Yeah, I really find the nags annoying. I wish the nag would say

There’s a new version of WordPress out, but, dammit man, why don’t you save yourself some serious grief and let other people find all the new bugs before you upgrade? They’ll issue a bug-fix version within the next few weeks, and by then the plug-in developers will have caught up, too…

Yeah, not quite a pithy as the original, but more truthful for sure.

Have you searched the “extend” section of this site? I’m pretty sure there’s at least one plugin for this…

(Also, how can anyone assist you with code placement if you don’t post the code? It’s impossible to understand what you’re trying to do from your description…)

I use 2.6.5 and get the link above the editor, but I’ve also customized my dashboard theme a bit, so I forget what the right-out-of-the-box installation looks like.

But another way is to use the Preview button while editing the post (if it has already been published). If you right click on that, you can copy the link from the context menu on your browser. Or just click on the Preview button normally (left-click) and it will take you to the page, and then you’ll be able to see what the URL is.