Vote it Up – Fatal Error at Install

  • Have a clean WordPress 2.1 install at 000webhost.com. They are running PHP 5.2.5 and MySQL 4.1.22. As far as I can tell, all pre-requisites are met. I even ran the SQL to set up the database tables manually. I still get “Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error” when I try to activate. The only other plug-in I’ve activated so far is Sabre (which runs fine).

    Would love to run this plug-in. It’s exactly what I’ve been looking for. Any ideas or translations of the Fatal Error would be appreciated. Even knowing if this is working for others would help. Thanks! nR

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  • Thread Starter nrichards

    (@nrichards)

    Upgraded to 2.3.2 and still got the error. The good news is that I can see details on the error now. All are related to not finding files. Dug a little deeper and found many paths to /plugins/voteitup/. As distributed, the folder name is /plugins/vote-it-up/.

    I changed all occurences of /plugins/voteitup/ in the php files to /plugins/vote-it-up/. I was then able to activate and use the plugin. Renaming the folder in plugins from vote-it-up to voteitup worked too.

    Would appreciate feedback on one fix versus the other. Does one create issues elsewhere in the plugin? Would also appreciate an updated plugin (fully tested) on www.remarpro.com. Thanks, nR.

    I’m currently experimenting a method to allow the plugin to be installed in other directories.

    For the time-being, the plugin has been modified to remind people to read the readme.

    The plugin should be installed in the “voteitup” directory.
    This issue only affects one plugin and a fix is pending.

    Thread Starter nrichards

    (@nrichards)

    Alright, voteitup it is. I don’t really see a need to install in other directories. A zip that includes the files in a folder called voteitup rather than vote-it-up would be helpful, though. Thanks, nR.

    The unusual thing is that www.remarpro.com automatically names the folder as such (i.e. “vote-it-up” instead of intended “voteitup”, which is unexpected.

    @multippt: I think it is because you registered the plugin with dev.wp-pugins.org as vote-it-up instead of voteitup.

    I guess it is then. Well, at least I’ll know who actually reads the readme before installing the plugin. :p

    I may change the installation path in due time.

    shaffiahmed

    (@shaffiahmed)

    I experienced the same problem for my site https://www.stayingingoa.com and did the same mistake of not reading the readme file. But I think the most simple thing is to rename the folder “vote-it-up” to “voteitup” ….

    multippt

    (@multippt)

    I would have renamed the folder if I could. Technical limitation at WordPress.

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