Scott at Code of Conduct

Hi tdavenport,

That’s a mighty strange issue. The link doesn’t work if you click on it, but if you copy the URL and paste it into the browser then it works…

It sounds like it’s not an issue with Simply Static or even your server, but more likely something with your browser or computer. Have you tried it in Chrome incognito, or Firefox? Do you have any antivirus running? Those might be some things to try to see if they work, and then narrow it down from there.

For what it’s worth, I haven’t heard of this issue from anyone else.

Best,
Scott

Hi websta,

Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad to hear Simply Static has made your website much faster.

I need a bit more information on what you’re trying to achieve in order to help. It kind of sounds like you want to host the static site and WordPress at the same domain (just in different directories)? If that’s what you’re trying to do, I wouldn’t recommend it. Instead, if possible, I’d host WordPress at a different subdomain/domain, e.g. https://wordpress.whatever.com and have your static site at https://whatever.com. Simply Static will almost certainly get super confused if you try to host the static site and WordPress together.

Best,
Scott

Hi xelnyq,

Thanks! Unfortunately it’s not presently possible for Simply Static to run via cron or when there are changes to the database.

Best,
Scott

Hi espada01,

If you check the Diagnostics page, is everything green across the board? It sounds like there’s a permissions issue with your /wp-content/plugins/simply-static/static-files/ directory (or wherever you’re storing the temporary files). I’d check that you’re able to create directories and write files within there and/or delete any existing directories/files there.

Best,
Scott

Hi Tim,

I don’t think you’d be able to easily achieve this with Simply Static presently, sorry. About the best I can think of would be to run Simply Static twice, setting the domain to what you want it to be each time.

Best,
Scott

Hi notzippy,

I’ll look into getting this added into one of the next releases. It seems there’s a fair bit of demand for this ??

Best,
Scott

Thanks for the review, timkronb! I’m glad to hear the plugin is working well for you.

Best,
Scott

Hi vprevostleclerc,

I’ll work on getting that backslash-on-Windows issue fixed with one of the next releases.

I’ll also make a note to look at adding the style attribute for the section tag.

Thanks!
Scott

Hi altosheather,

Yes, if WordPress can’t make requests to itself then Simply Static will fail. And, presently, that’ll make it so you’re unable to cancel the process either. It doesn’t handle that failure case terribly well yet.

Does the WordPress site have some sort of restricted access in place, e.g. by ip address or basic auth (username/password)?

Best,
Scott

Hi riton59,

What platform are you using Simply Static on (e.g. Windows, Linux, etc.)? Also, what program are you using to unzip the zip file? Does the zip file seem like it has something in it (i.e. the size isn’t zero bytes)?

Best,
Scott

Hi twinkleclean12,

I’m not quite following what Simply Static isn’t copying over. When you say it didn’t copy over the sub parent pages, what do you mean?

Do you have a URL you can point me to and show me which pages aren’t copying?

You can also email me directly at: [email protected]

Best,
Scott

Hi Max,

I don’t presently have a way to turn off exception catching in Simply Static, but you can do so by hand if you don’t mind editing some code.

The easiest way to edit it is probably via the WordPress Admin site. On the left side, go to Plugins->Editor. On the right side, there’s a dropdown where you can select Simply Static as the plugin to edit.

The file you’ll need to edit is:
simply-static/includes/class-ss-archive-creation-job.php

Look for this section around line 48:

		if ( ! $this->is_job_done() ) {
			register_shutdown_function( array( $this, 'shutdown_handler' ) );
		}

And comment it out:

		// if ( ! $this->is_job_done() ) {
			// register_shutdown_function( array( $this, 'shutdown_handler' ) );
		// }

That should solve your issue. Though I can’t guarantee Simply Static will run successfully if your site is throwing exceptions behind the scenes. Good luck!

Best,
Scott

• This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by Scott at Code of Conduct.

Hi goodcall1,

I think I’ve got an idea of what the issue is. For your Destination URLs (first tab on the Settings page) are you using relative URLs? If so, try switching to Absolute URLs.

Envira Gallery uses a custom HTML attribute (data-envira-srcset) and it’s probably expecting full (absolute) URLs instead of relative URLs.

Relative URLs are a nice default for most people, but it doesn’t work for certain cases such as this.

Let me know if that solves your issue or if you run into any other problems.

Best,
Scott

Hi folks,

Sorry for the trouble you’ve had with this. If you haven’t already, try upgrading Simply Static to the most recent version. I’ve updated the default Temporary Files Directory to a location back within the plugin. Double check your Temporary Files Directory — the value in the text field should match the Default value listed right below it. If it doesn’t, copy and paste the Default value into the text field and hit Save.

That should fix your issue. If it doesn’t, let me know and I’ll help troubleshoot further.

Best,
Scott

• This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by Scott at Code of Conduct.

Hi lechon,

If you could, try downloading the most recent version of Simply Static. I updated the default Temporary Files Directory in v2.0.4, which should help. Double-check that the value in the text field matches the Default value. If it doesn’t, copy it into the text field and Save your settings.

That should help with the temporary files issue. I’m not sure what would be causing the 403 errors when trying to change settings. If you’re still encountering that issue I’d take a look at your apache logs and see if there are any helpful error messages there.

Best,
Scott