Briarcliffwoods

I just tried a Run now backup in preparation to updating to WordPress 4.4, and received the zip warning: Permission denied error. After deleting old backups through the end of November, I realized that although no error messages are being returned from scheduled backups, they are all of identical size, which suggests that they too have failed.

Backup my database and files (5 GB) weekly on Wednesday at 9:38 am, store the last 10 backups in /wp-content/backupwordpress-1e2a63f975-backups

6 backups completed Size Type Actions
December 27, 2015 – 11:09 am 451 MB Database and Files
December 27, 2015 – 11:06 am 451 MB Database and Files
December 23, 2015 – 10:10 am 451 MB Database and Files
December 16, 2015 – 9:39 am 451 MB Database and Files
December 9, 2015 – 9:43 am 451 MB Database and Files
December 2, 2015 – 9:41 am 451 MB Database and Files

I only recently took over management of this hosted WordPress site, and as far as I am aware, I do not have command line access to the server site.

I just clicked on the Support button to enable support, and started another backup, which failed, as expected, but will perhaps provide some new logging data.

Suggestions?

I’m still coming up to speed with Facebook plugins, and had no idea there were so many. I am assuming that the author of the Facebook Feed widget is no longer supporting it.

I switched to Simple Facebook Page Widget & Shortcode, which works as advertised, and seems to be actively maintained. Its author provided a clear explanation of the problem:

This plugin uses Facebook Graph API v2.3 to generate a Facebook Page feed. Many sites are currently running Facebook Like Boxes which will become deprecated on June 23rd, 2015. The Page Plugin lets you easily embed and promote any Facebook Page on your website. Just like on Facebook, your visitors can like and share the Page without having to leave your site.

I hope this post will serve as a pointer to others who encounter this problem with Facebook feeds.

I’m making some progress, in that this URL works:

https://www.facebook.com/BriarcliffWoods

However, I can’t control the number of FB posts that appear.

I just installed SFPW, and this Facebook page is owned by someone, so it shouldn’t be a personal page:

https://www.facebook.com/notifications?id=258455977608927

Screenshot of FB Page Notification settings: https://goo.gl/TeRYJ9

The web site in which the FB feed is supposed to appear is: https://briarcliffwoods.org/

@bugscout : Thanks. The problem, as I wrote, is that the two widgets I referenced haven’t been updated in over 2 years, which throws security alarms in my mind.

The site is running FBF 1.2.1, which is the latest version. From my perspective, the author of FBF should update it, but I realize this may not happen, so I’m faced with choosing the lesser of 2 evils.

This issue is discussed in greater detail here: FBF Facebook page Feed Widget
Feed Broken

The problem is, all of the suggested solutions carry more warnings than I am comfortable with:

esmi
Forum Moderator: “No! Never, ever, edit WordPress core scripts. And do not encourage others to do so. Editing core scripts can bring down your entire site and/or open security holes for hackers to use.”

This suggestion looked promising, but neither KB ADVANCED RSS WIDGET nor RSS SHORTCODE has been updated in 2 years:

kbbtwo
Member: I was having the same issue with BETTER RSS (it uses simplepie) but noticed KB ADVANCED RSS WIDGET was working (uses magpie)

I replaced Better RSS with RSS SHORTCODE and it works fine.

This problem has been going on for at least a year, and I haven’t found any trustworthy solutions.

My coding skills in this area are extremely limited, but it looks like this is where the problem is coming from:

// Fetching feed using wordpress // Credits https://digwp.com/2011/09/feed-display-multiple-columns/

	include_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/feed.php');

	 $optionID = $options['pageID']; // Getting Facebook Page ID
	 $rss_array = explode(',',$optionID);
	 $feed_link_array = "";

	 foreach($rss_array as $feed_link_id){ // Creating string of RSS links seperated by commas
		 $feed_link_array .= ',https://www.facebook.com/feed/page.php?id='.$feed_link_id.'&format=rss20';

Changing “feed” to “notifications” in the last line did not get rid of the error message:

‘,https://www.facebook.com/notifications/page.php?id=’.$feed_link_id.’&format=rss20′;

However, the URL in the error message is now valid:
https://www.facebook.com/notifications/page.php?id=258455977608927&format=rss20

The error message includes instructions: “Use force_feed() if you are certain this URL is a real feed.”

Not sure how

I think I’m running into the same issue.
Website URL: https://briarcliffwoods.org/

This site has linked to a Facebook RSS feed for several years. I think, but am not 100% certain, that the link broke after updating the FBF Widget plugin.

The Facebook page is for a community organization that is owned by another Facebook account.

The notifications link for the owner is: https://www.facebook.com/notifications?id=1029097478

The notifications link for the owned page is (and works):

https://www.facebook.com/notifications?id=258455977608927

From the website’s home page, this appears:
Screenshot: https://goo.gl/o0PTBq

The link in the error message returns this error from Facebook:

Sorry, this page isn’t available

The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.

The Facebook Widgets section for the site has the correct page ID: 258455977608927

Screenshot: https://goo.gl/RPWODV

So, it seems that the FBF widget is not forming the RSS link correctly.