[Plugin: WP Carousel] Two problems on version 0.5

I have exactly the same two problems with WP 3.0 and Carousel 0.5.

1. Solved in WP Carousel 0.5.1

2. Solved in WP Carousel 0.5.1, but you have a problem with permissions. That error says that WP Carousel can’t load the file wp-blog-header.php of your blog.

WP Carousel 0.5.1 will be available in a few minutes.

About the second error, this is a problem with permissions, please, update to WP Carousel 0.5 and try to save changes. You’ll get an error message. That message will show the path to the file that WP Carousel is trying to load.

If the path is correct (to load the file wp-blog-header.php) check the permissions. This is a huge bug that has to be solved as soon as possible.

Thanks for report!

WP Carousel 0.5.1 is now online, please, update and try again.

Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for report!

Thank you, Sumolari. I uploaded to 0.5.1 and the double export and fatal error problems are resolved!

As to the file permissions, I still get this error after saving a new carousel:

File ../../wp-blog-header.php can’t be read!

Permissions on that file are 644.

In a few minutes WP Carousel 0.5.2 will be available. In version 0.5.2 I’ve add support for save without AJAX. When you get the error message, you’ll get a link to save changes by clicking it.

I hope this solve the problem.

Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for report!

@jcollier

WP Carousel uses the following code to create the path to wp-blog-header.php:

$folder = str_replace('/update_db.php', '', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
$folder_exploded = explode('/', $folder);
$folder_count = count($folder_exploded);
krsort($folder_exploded);
$folder_count--;
unset ($folder_exploded[$folder_count]);
$folder_count -= 2;
$folder_path = "";
$folder_temp = 0;
for ($folder_temp = 0; $folder_temp < $folder_count; $folder_temp++)
{
$folder_path .= '../';
}

if (!is_readable($folder_path . 'wp-blog-header.php'))
{
// ERROR THAT YOU GET
}

The default path to update_db.php is: WORDPRESS_ROOT/wp-content/plugins/wp-carousel, so if the path you get is ../../wp-blog-header.php, WP Carousel is trying to load the file WORDPRESS_ROOT/wp-content/wp-blog-header.php. That file does not exists. The path should be ../../../wp-blog-header.php.

Don’t worry, I’m trying to fix this bug. Meanwhile, WP Carousel 0.5.2 offers a different solution: saving the content without AJAX. You’ll see a link to save the content when you get the error, so click it and don’t worry.

Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for report!

Sumolari,

Thank you for the quick fix. Another fine reason to keep using this plugin. ??

I’m installing 0.5.2 now.

Meanwhile after unistalling and removing 0.5 using the WP plugin admin page, i’ve looked into the database and on the wp_options table there are still wp_carousel entries. Like: widget_wp_carousel_widget, wp_carousel_config and wp_carousel
I guess there is no problem in this data still being there…

Ok. version 0.5.2 and using your save method solved the problem. Great.

And i noticed that we can clean the wp_carousel database data with the “Uninstall” menu item on the WP Carousel menu. ??

Yes, you can remove all the content added by WP Carousel by uninstalling it. It’s very unpleasant seeing content in your DataBase created by plugins that you’ve uninstalled a lot of time ago. WP Carousel can remove its content by only clicking on a link. Simply and effective ?? .

0.5.2 works for now. Thank you for the temporary fix!

I think this bug is completely fixed in WP Carousel 0.5.3. Please, update your plugin’s version to this one and try to save. You should be able to do this with the AJAX mode instead of with the manual link.

Hi Sumolari,

The thing is that i need to show the newest post in certain categories,
But the thing is that the plugin shows me the img but no content is being shown, although i have seen a div for content and seen it in your demo page. I need that it will show me the title of the post and the category name it was taken from, please help (if possible)
And you have a very cool plugin, exactly the thing i was looking for. keep up the good work.

I am unable to save WP Carousel, im using 0.5.2 on the latest wordpress.

Graeme

Hello,
I’m having a problem with adding a custom field for external links on my Wp-Carousel. I want to have the option enter in a external link in the custom field if needed or to not and have the images link to the post(like it does right now). I am not a super programmer but more of a noob. does anyone know how to do this?

here is the website. kallusive.afinekreation.com it’s mid way down and has t-shirts on it.

this plug-in is awesome!
thank you in advance