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Plugins not working.
I’ve recently installed latest version of Textpattern 4.06 and have been installing a few plugins
The first few installed and worked like a dream.
Then last night they installed and activated but with no results.
I have installed in the order installed:
mcw_templates
hak_tinymce
rss_unlimited_categories
rss_suparchive
all working
Next I tried installing these plugins: without success
rss_live_archive – no tabs added to interface
rah_metas – does nothing
rss_admin_db_manager – no tabs added
rss_article_edit – extension tab appeared but generates SQL errors
They show as installed and active but don’t work – Any ideas how to proceed?
If I delete plugins do they leave traces (db changes etc) or do they remove themselves fully?
Thanks Geoff
The only thing I did that I wasn’t sure about was that I ran two SQL queries supplied by rss_suparchive (both produced errors)
This keeps coming back and nagging at me as I wasn’t sure I needed to run them.
Last edited by geoff777 (2008-02-21 10:49:17)
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- Mary
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Re: Plugins not working.
- rss_live_archive and rah_metas are not admin-side plugins. Read the help doc that accompanies them.
- rss_admin_db_manager needs tweaking until the author updates it to work with the latest version of Textpattern.
- Ask for help in rss_article_edit’s thread.
If I delete plugins do they leave traces (db changes etc)…
Depends on whether the plugin added anything to the database or not.
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Not admin-side plugins?? Please explain how to use them. The Help docs aren’t helpful to complete beginners.
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Geoff
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geoff777 wrote:
Not admin-side plugins?? Please explain how to use them. The Help docs aren’t helpful to complete beginners.
You put the tags in your articles/forms/pages so that visitors benefit from the functionality the plugins offer. Rob’s help is usually pretty good at explaining how to do stuff, with examples.
It’s a shame he’s incommunicado at the moment because his plugins are excellent and as Mary said a few of them need minor tweaks to work with v4.0.6. It may be worth noting that most of the functionality of rss_suparchive can now be achieved with TXP’s bult-in tags. With cunning use of <txp:if_different> and a logical document structure.
I’ve not used rah_metas but if you include its tag in the <head> of your pages, it should output automatic meta info based on the body text (or excerpt? I’m not sure). View page source to see that it should have added <meta description=“blah blah”>
Does that help at all?
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Bloke wrote:
I’ve not used rah_metas but if you include its tag in the <head> of your pages, it should output automatic meta info based on the body text (or excerpt? I’m not sure). View page source to see that it should have added <meta description=“blah blah”>
Yep, that is what rah_metas do. To add, it can also take meta info from keywords, custom fields and article author, and limit the number of words / characters. With out any values it defaultly outputs keywords from keywords field and description from body, or from excerpt if body is empty, limited about 20 words / 200 chars. With the tag <txp:rah_metas /> ofcourse.
And ofcourse the output tags are meta tags – only shown in the source code :)
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I installed rah_metas via admin plugins. Put a basic tag in the Head section of my page (with words=15) as given in an example – checked the source code and nothing had happened. No description tag with 15 words …
I’m confused by Mary’s comment that they aren’t admin-side plugins … can anyone elaborate on what she means?
Where and how do I install if not through Admin-Plugins ???
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geoff777 wrote:
Where and how do I install if not through Admin-Plugins ???
Ah, I see the confusion :-)
You still install and activate them in the same place (Admin->Plugins), but those two don’t affect the backend interface of Textpattern itself, unlike the rest you mentioned. Those two are used in the public-facing part of whatever site you design.
No idea why rah_metas isn’t displaying anything, assuming the plugin is installed and activated. Gocom?
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No idea there either, Bloke. Well, it should work as promized, ‘cos any used things called functions in plugin haven’t changed since TXP 4.0.4 :P So, it’s possibly day’s Mr. Misunderstood ;)
So, I got an idea, because I have no ideas (ay, sounds stupid): By default the plugin only outputs something when you (or possibly user) are/is viewing single article – at it’s real permlink pointing direction. Elsewhere, on a list page, or with out any articles, it can output zero nothing – nor not with out pre-set values that aren’t filled without you setting the values. The fact remains, because there isn’t content where take info out to date.
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Hi Stef,
Okay big thanks for clearing up the confusion in my brain …
BTW I was in your area at the end of January. I’m based in Spain now, but stayed with a friend in Stoke Albany, nr Market Harborough, & used Coventry airport. Took some good photographs.
Yes I installed and activated then pasted in an example tag … nada
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Thanks got rah_metas working!!!
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