Adrotate Breaks Facebook

ShowOff is doing it, when I disable it in the setting menu FB scrapes my site, when I enable it FB complains but if I disable it my ads won’t scroll anymore the site just shows a bank of ads from the group they are in.

So I found the full version of the jquery.jshowoff.min plugin. I then went and found where the jquery.jshowoff.min was called, uploaded the non-min (jquery.jshowoff.js) version and had the plugin call the version that is not minified and it worked. Temp fix at best since the first update you release it will overwrite my changes.

So I would mark this as resolved but I think we need some input from the developer about the numerous errors found and the fact that you want 25 EURO ($33 USD) for a plugin that may not even work right still.

Again if the free version is riddled with errors that a basic guy like me can track down then the complicated full version must be a nightmare.

Has anyone forked 3.7 yet? If you need it let me know I found a copy and will send it to you if you want to fork it.

Are you done assuming AdRotate is broken or that I don’t test or debug my plugin? It’s not broken and I do test it, a lot.

Instead of complaining about my apparent lack of testing you may want to share some details about what you changed to the do_shortcode() call and what error you got from Facebook. That’s more constructive.
Or is the internal error what FB told you. If so, it’s a issue with the scraper. Since it clearly says “Internal error”.

If Facebook fails to scrape a minimised library that I didn’t make that’s hardly an issue caused by AdRotate but more a flaw or problem in the scraper you try to use.

@rwperkinsjr: I suggest you review section 1.17 of the Forum_Welcome before posting again.

Not sure what I did wrong except call it like it is but oh well no big loss on my end.

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It was an error in the library that you used Arnan, not my error, I fixed your error by replacing the minimized version with a non-minimized library for ShowOff… a good developer would have already done this and tested on the largest social network in the world if he cared to save his hard work and not get these questions from us idiots that use your plugin.

I like WordPress and I even like this plugin but I do not like this developer as a person and that is my right, you’re not going to keep me from saying the truth… my government is doing a good enough job at that already.

Sorry, that’s as nice as I could be about this, I wasted hours debugging this. If this plugin was properly tested this would not have been an issue in the first place. The author has set the tone for discussion here, not the users and that is why, if you read through a few, you will see his following is dwindling and I am part of that dwindling movement.

Did I hear there was fork coming? I sure hope so. The stripslashes was my error, I forgot I had to debug another plugin to work with the shortcode from this one, that was my bad and I accept the mistake, that’s how it’s done.

I see ?? Well good luck with finding your way around WordPress.
Once you have a more friendly tone I am more than happy to answer any question or concern you may have regarding AdRotate or any of my services.

Just a thought – when you do report a bug, problem or anything really. Do include some more information and details. Since you again wrote a lengthy post without disclosing *anything* useful I can’t even try and improve my product… But that’s on you.

Have a good day.