About: Joe Auriemma

Sweet.

Done.

Works.

LOL. I had found another plugin called “Insert Headers and Footers” and placed my Analytics code in there. Worked fine but I do my utmost to use the least amount of plugins that I can. Too many horrific events due to plugins in my past.

That is gone now and your plan is in place. Viewed source code and it’s in there.

Thank you!

Thanks Eduan!

Your info is appreciated, truly. I like knowing about all the factors. It’s sometimes hard to decipher whose equipment is at the root of an issue. But I’ve always received great help from you guys and now, my host. I like what those two things mean for the future of my site’s performance.

Take care,

Joe

FINAL UPDATE and VICTORY!

I decided to remove all traces of forums on my site. I did so, but was somehow left with the inability to preview posts without first publishing them. I also noticed that the permalink edit window would not appear until after publishing the post.

I tested all plugins and they were no longer the issue. No conflicts.

Seemed logical to me that I might still be dealing with permissions issues. Based on my minimal understanding of all this (you guys taught me a lot – thanks!), I figured a reset was in order.

So, I went into my FTP and got rid of the MU Plugin folder and file. I then chose “no” in the member levels regarding “force wordpress to use my labels” and then used the button reset again.

That did it. Posts now preview and I have permalink edit windows. Images upload properly and crop properly. I have regained full functionality of my site.

I found a workaround for my forum by using a plugin that shows categories on a page (very nice) and utilizing my comments as opposed to forum topic posts, etc. I added some widget functions to the sidebar that duplicate the basics found in any forum and the basics are all my list needs. My arrangement looks just like a forum but with nice pictures, something I did not know how to do in the forums.

The question remains: Now that I’ve got everything functioning again, would a forum integrate painlessly with the site? Don’t care to find out and I’m happy with the forum workaround that I invented. I feel like maybe a forum would work now but I have no more time, patience or courage left to try. I’m gray enough as it is. LOL

Thanks for your input guys!

• This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by  Joe Auriemma.

Interesting update. I uploaded Simple:Press. That went fine. I also tested my installation of MU Plugins and it works. Would not allow the button in Levels to do its thing.

Once SP went live, I got the same image upload issue. When I turned it off, image problem fixed but this time, no permissions issues.

So, I went into my database and unlike when bbPress was live, the wp_user_roles remained unchanged with SP being live. That too must mean something to you guys.

It seems I whittled the problem down: my database is no longer being overwritten, which keep the permissions issue from arising. But there is still something wiggy with the images going wrong when the forum goes live.

So, if there is no easy fix to this lesser problem, I will still have to somehow integrate a third-party hosted forum just to be done with this and keep, moving forward.

Thanks for any future considerations!

Whew! OK. I pulled it off as you prescribed but nothing changed. Went into DB and updated wp_user_roles code with what you provided. As long as BB Press is active, I can login as admin but can’t manipulate images. They won’t load and featured won’t crop. Turn off BB Press and I lose access.

More info: I went into membership Levels/Labels. I had renamed levels 1 and 2 and I had picked “Yes, force WordPress® to use my Labels”. No reason. Just thought I should some time ago. Anyway, I switched that option to “no” to see if a change could be affected but none took place.

Based on your tip above, I also made the Must Use directory and file in FTP, which also had no effect but I am assuming it won’t do what it’s supposed to until I’ve fixed the first problem so, I wasn’t surprised there.

My version of S2 has always been current so that wasn’t it.

I’m open to try more! And thanks for the effort, thus far!

• This reply was modified 3 years, 12 months ago by  Joe Auriemma.
• This reply was modified 3 years, 12 months ago by  Joe Auriemma.

SOLVED!

I’m leaving this here for others. Drives me nuts when people fix a problem but don’t share how they did it. ;-)

It seems that BB Press is clashing with S2. This is why turning off S2 allowed me to upload images but did not fix my featured image problem.

When I deactivated the BB Press plugin, my images loaded properly in the library and also showed their height and width measurements. Also, featured images downsized and cropped as they should.

Conflicting plugins. Beat my a** there for a minute. Hope that helps someone else.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 12 months ago by  Joe Auriemma.