Install error

[John]

I've followed the installation guide using FTP. When I go to the
Settings / Live+Press tab I get the following:
"Live+Press has not been installed. Please install Live+Press
before continuing." message.

There is an install link, but when I follow it, I get the filenotfound
error. The missing URL is:
http://www.goz-west.com:80/blog/wp-admin/options-general.php&installLP=true

I have double checked everything. I am a wordpress newbie, so there
may be something I am overlooking. I have WordPress 2.6 and the
"Configure SMTP" plugin.

Thanks

[digsite]

that sounds strange.

do me a favor and when you get to the "install livepress" link. right
click on that and copy link location. then paste that here.

thanks!
-Tania

On Aug 6, 11:22 am, John <gozw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've followed the installation guide using FTP. When I go to the
> Settings / Live+Press tab I get the following:
> "Live+Press has not been installed. Please install Live+Press
> before continuing." message.
>
> There is an install link, but when I follow it, I get the filenotfound
> error. The missing URL is:

> http://www.goz-west.com:80/blog/wp-admin/options-general.php&installL...

[John]

BTW its LivePress version 2.0.5. Here is the link: "http://www.goz-
west.com/blog/wp-admin/options-general.php&installLP=true"

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[John]

I am reviewing the installation instructions. I found a possible
ambiguity. When it says FTP the Livepress/ directory into the plugins
directory, I assume it means the 'upper' Livepress/ directory which
has a lower directory with the same name inside of it -or- does it
mean the 'lower' directory that just has 10 files in it and no nested
directories?

On Aug 6, 11:25 am, digsite <ta...@digsite.net> wrote:

[John]

I have been playing around with LivePress. I am not sure but perhaps
I've had partial success. Here's what I did:
1. I edited lpadmin.php and found where it checks for installLP=true
and replaced the else statement with the same lines as if installLP
were true.
2. Then I replaced lpadmin.php with my modified version.
3. I got the Live+Press options screen, set some options and saved.
4. When I pressed the 'Add Journal' button, however I pop back to the
Site Admin screen and do not see any place to enter LJournal data.
5. Then I exited and replaced the lpadmin.php file with your original.
6. Now when I goto to Live+Press settings, it works, but I still
cannot find how to add a New Journal


John

On Aug 6, 11:25 am, digsite <ta...@digsite.net> wrote:

[digsite]

right. so you will end up with something like

wp-content/plugins/livepress (here's a listing of all the files. with
path)

./plugins/livepress
./plugins/livepress/LivePress.php
./plugins/livepress/LivePress
./plugins/livepress/LivePress/LivePress.css
./plugins/livepress/LivePress/lpadmin.php
./plugins/livepress/LivePress/lpeditjournal.php
./plugins/livepress/LivePress/lpextras.php
./plugins/livepress/LivePress/lpmoods.php
./plugins/livepress/LivePress/lpmusic.php
./plugins/livepress/LivePress/lpsynch.php
./plugins/livepress/LivePress/lptags.php
./plugins/livepress/LivePress/md5.js
./plugins/livepress/LivePress/moodlist.txt
./plugins/livepress/class-IXR.php
./plugins/livepress/readme.txt




Can you provide another bit of information? When you get to the
"install livepress" link. copy the url you are at then. from your
browser url bar, and paste it here.


thanks!
-T

[John]

Well.. I don't get the message anymore since I performed my hack to
lpadmin.php (even though I replaced it with the original version). But
when I am at the LP Settings page the URL is:
http://www.goz-west.com/blog/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=livepress/LivePress/lpadmin.php

I figured that when I cut out the installLP check and saved settings
that it fixed part of the problem. Now I am trying to add a journal.
BTW I did check to see if pop-up blocking or other malware software
was somehow blocking it. (I dont know what adding a journal looks like
- is it another webpage or a pop-up?).

I am suspicious that my host's setting may be blocking something. I
use easy-cgi.com . I am really new to this, but I couldn't get PHP
mail to work either, so I worked-around using the Configure-SMTP
plugin. So, I am guessing that Easy-CGI has blocked mail sending.

Any ideas? Are the LJournals stored in the MySQL db? and, if yes, can
I just add them directly there?

John

[John]

BTW - I had the directory structure right (although I tried it the
other way too, just in case).

On Aug 6, 2:06 pm, digsite <ta...@digsite.net> wrote:

[digsite]

John,

easy-cgi provides windows hosting. and it appears there's known
issues with windows IIS and apache compliant REQUEST_URI which is what
livepress and many other php scripts use to determine the current uri
for the script that's running. in this case lpadmin.php.

I updated lpadmin.php and am releasing it with 2.0.6 Keep an eye out
for it I'll have it by tonight.. I want to update anywhere else
REQUEST_URI is used in the plugin.

> Are the LJournals stored in the MySQL db?

yes.

> and, if yes, can I just add them directly there?

too difficult.

[John]

So, I've got the basic settings saved. Even after I remove LivePress
altogether, restart, then re-install - they are still there.

But I can't get Add a Journal to work - Is it also REQUEST_URL
related?

Look forward to the new release. Thanks for doing such a great
service. Let me know if there's anything I can do.

John

[digsite]

deactivating the plugin won't clear the option from the database.

I don't know if it's related. go ahead and update to 2.0.6 and try
again. If you still have problem adding a journal entry, get back to
me with as many details as you can get.

Also, make sure you are following instrctions for adding user
journals. See Instalation wiki page here and scroll to bottom.

-Tania

[John]

The 'Add Journal" link does not lead to a pop up.
It links to 'http://www.goz-west.com/blog/wp-admin/'
I would expect it to goto lpeditjournal.php but it does not.

[John]

I tried modifying the URL of the lpadmin page and going to:
http://www.goz-west.com/blog/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=livepress/LivePress/lpeditjournal.php

and I got this error (maybe it will tell you something:

PHP Warning: require_once(../../../../wp-config.php) [function.require-
once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Websites
\gozwest280\goz-west.com\blog\wp-content\plugins\livepress\LivePress
\lpeditjournal.php on line 13 PHP Fatal error: require_once()
[function.require]: Failed opening required '../../../../wp-
config.php' (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in C:\Websites
\gozwest280\goz-west.com\blog\wp-content\plugins\livepress\LivePress
\lpeditjournal.php on line 13

On Aug 6, 3:20 pm, digsite <ta...@digsite.net> wrote:

[digsite]

It is hard for me to test this so I will rely on you to tell me if the
bug fix has finally fixed the problem.

Try 2.0.7 I will post it shortly

I corrected another issue with the popup window launch that I'm
pretty sure is the cause of your problem.

Let me now if you find any other bug arising after this patch.

Oh, btw, I like your blog. and congrats on the baby bird! I used to
breed them. and hand raised an african grey parrot. They're so much
fun.

Thanks!
-Tania

[John]

Tania,

I am afraid that 2.0.7 does not fix the pop up. The Add Journal link
does nothing. It points to "http://www.goz-west.com/blog/wp-admin/"
and I suspect the address is missing something - what does yours point
to?

BTW I've tried going to http://goz-west.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/livepress/LivePress/lpeditjournal.php
and I get the correct form but it doesnt actually save anything (it
says 'error on page' in the status bar when I click on the Save
Changes button).

Tell me how its supposed to work and what I should look for. Is there
anyway to add the form to the bottom of the lpadmin page, rather than
as a popup?

John


PS - We are still visting Enkidu while he's/she's being handfed.
Anxious to bring him home.

[digsite]

John,

with 2.1 the popup will be going away. And that will be ready in
september.

In the meantime, I am interested in fixing the popup for you with
2.0. I think it's a link problem.

Try manually editing lpadmin.php line 102.

Change the line to point to the full path of lpeditjournal.php. See
if this works. If it does then it proves it's just a link problem and
something is wrong with iis on your windows box.. but since wp works,
there's got to be a way around it and I'd like to find it.

change this
\"".get_option('siteurl')."/wp-content/plugins/livepress/LivePress/
lpeditjournal.php\"


to full path for lpeditjournal.php on you server which might be
something like
\"/home/myblog/www/blog/wp-content/plugins/livepress/LivePress/
lpeditjournal.php\"

of course that's just a horrible guess.. you can usually see the full
path when you're logged into ftp.

-T

-T

[John]

I have tried several thing, but none work. Most often, it causes the
site not to open at all.

I tried putting ".get_option('siteurl')." just in front of Add
Journal, so that I could see what string it generated. Interestingly
it was "/goz-west.com/blog/Add Journal". So , I deduce this this -
that ".get_option('siteurl')." works.

What puzzles me, is that the link for Add Journal is "goz-west.com/
blog/wp-admin" !!! Where is the 'wp-admin' part of the string coming
from? I did a search in lpadmin.php and its not there. So, it is
being generated by a variable of from another function call or
routine.

I am not a software person so my terminology may be incorrect.

If you right-click the Add Journal link and copy the URL, what do you
get? Does it point to lpeditjournal or somewhere else?

Thanks,

John

[digsite]

right clicking on add journal won't give you a url. it is an form
action that runs a function.

the function then launches a new window to the path I mentioned
before: line 102.


Did you try editing line 102 like I asked?


-Tania

[John]

Yes. That's what I meant above. I think I keep getting the syntax
wrong and it causes the site to give a 500 error (website maintenence
or programming error message). What's the address supposed to be - a
URL or a disk address? Should it start with a http:// or a C: or
nothing? Like I said, I tried many things and usually it caused the
website to not load/run with that 500 error.

I will try more later tonight.

[digsite]

It should be the full path to your wordpress installation + path to
lpeditjournal.php.

so for instance if your wordpress blog is installed under /home/john/
www/htdocs/blog

then the full path to the php file (and line 102) should read like
this

/home/john/www/htdocs/blog/wp-content/plugins/livepress/LivePress/
lpeditjournal.php

I don't know what the full path to your install is tho, you'll need to
find that out.

-T

[John]

Well when I use FTP, I get this path: /goz-west.com/blog/wp-content/
plugins/livepress/LivePress/lpeditjournal.php

But I've had some error messages that have included this path: C:

\Websites\gozwest280\goz-west.com\blog\wp-content\plugins\livepress
\LivePress\lpeditjournal.php

[John]

This is the line I now have in lpadmin:
var editor = window.open(\"/goz-west.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/
livepress/LivePress/lpeditjournal.php\" + querystring, \"Edit Journal
\", \"width=800,height=600\");

and it results in:
"The website cannot display the page
HTTP 500
Most likely causes:
The website is under maintenance.
The website has a programming error. "

On Aug 7, 3:25 pm, digsite <ta...@digsite.net> wrote:

[digsite]

Please create a new file named phpinfo.php. Place this line into it

<?php phpinfo(); ?>


and upload it into the root of your wordpress installation (./goz-
west.com/blog/)

Make sure you can reach it with your browser

http://goz-west.com/blog/phpinfo.com

It will give me a good amount of information about your server to help
us see what's going on.


thanks!
-T

[John]

Here you go: http://goz-west.com/blog/phpinfo.php

[John]

Tania!!!

It works from Safari!!! I read your post to MishaGray in another
thread and thought I'd also give another browser a try. Well, Safari
worked. The Add Journal form popped right up and saved as well. I
will soon check out the functionality of LivePress.

Later I'll check out the security setting for IE 7 and see if I can
identify what was preventing the popup.

John

[John]

I had a little problem saving the Journal info. It seems that I had to
change some other LP settings before it would actually save the
Journal settings. Anyway, it didn't save the first time, but I fiddled
around and then it worked.

Regarding crossposting, what happens to photos? Photos didn't work (it
was a few, so it just said gallery).

John

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[John]

Regarding photos - single photo's work fine, but multiples when
galleries, do not.

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[digsite]

I just typed up an answer to you and I don't know hwere it went..

Anyways what I said was that I'm glad you found a browser that work,.
I didn't know you were using IE or I would have suggested that you try
another. I hate IE. I think since you found a solution for the
moment we should stop trying to fix this particular problem because
I'm pretty sure that it will be resolved with 2.1 anyway.

From looking at your phpinfo, however, it looks like the path that was
eluding me was
c:\websites\gozwest280\goz-west.com\blog\wp-content\plugins\livepress
\LivePress\lpeditjournal.php

But I dont' know much about how IIS works so if course this minght not
work either.

About your photos. I would like to see a sample blog post with
pictures and LJ post where they won't show up entirely if it is
public, of course.