patrickposner

Hey @jalapenojuan,

thanks for reaching out!

Take a look at your SEO plugin settings – this usually happens because of the “canonical URL”.

Simply Static exports with a trailing slash at the end of the URL while the default canonical URL set by SEO plugins contains the URL without it (that’s why we create a redirect file).

@joseandres27506 fixed now!

@bas_der_gruene fixed now!

Hey @cwhitener,

I don’t think anything is wrong with your server setup; Instead, look into some WP basics.

– Pretty permalinks activated?
– Does the WP Rest API works?
– Is the site protected via Basic Auth?

We also provide full WP-CLI coverage but only in the pro-version, but honestly, I think we rather make it work within the UI for you ??

It’s own server? A locally running site? Or standard webhosting?
Have you tried it with the recent update?

Hey @bas_der_gruene,

we are on it and patch it with the next update! ??

Hey @tuttle,

thanks for reaching out!

In 99% of the cases this is handled automatically for you.
Most API providers have either oAuth or a specific public API key (which doesn’t have write access, only read access).

With Static WordPress, you save the admin API key in the WP admin, and we only use the public API key for displaying reviews, embedding Instagram feeds, or showing Facebook embeds.

Hey @langdinah,

thanks for reaching out!

You can’t replace the structure as it is needed to make your URL structure work.

If you want to visit the page mywebsite.com/filename, the directory structure has to be filename/index.html. Otherwise, you cannot open it in a browser.

index.html is a web standard and is automatically interpreted by any browser and server, but that’s not the case if you rename it. If the file were named filename.html instead, it would download the HTML file instead of showing it in the browser.

Cloudflare Pages:

This is enforced by Cloudflare Pages (and also all other CDN-based services) – directories are always shown with a trailingslash at the end: https://community.cloudflare.com/t/removing-trailing-slash-on-static-websites/583429

Hey Colin (@1waytoheaven),

thanks for the clarification!

The idea is to make your website entirely static but have WP somewhere available (locally or protected somewhere online) to make updating content easy.

I think we need a beginner-friendly video to explain this!
I might do 1-3 videos on this to cover the very basics:

• What to do with WordPress (LocalWP vs. Basic Auth for protection)
• How to bring your website to Local WP (Create a backup, download it, import it..)
• How to use Basic Authentication instead of LocalWP (to keep WP online)
• What is my static site and where is my WP site (and how do I spot the difference?)

Anything else you like to see?

Hey @hackbread,

thanks for reaching out!

I’m not entirely sure if that’s possible right now, but I’m happy to investigate!

Can you send a quick message via our pro support? Then, I’ll follow up there with some recommendations!

Cheers,
Patrick

Hey Colin (@1waytoheaven),

first off: I’m glad it worked for you!

<span style=”box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;”>The free video course I recorded and published on?YouTube covers many of these questions</span>.

We also covered a lot of these things in our documentation (What happens to the WP site, what we recommend in terms of setting it up, etc): https://docs.simplystatic.com/category/57-prepare-wordpress

I hope that helps clarify it! ??

Cheers,
Patrick

Hey @luispico,

thanks for reaching out!

I would assume the images are added via some some markup that isn’t recognised by our crawler.

However, as a quick fix, you can add the uploads directory in Simply Static -> Settings -> General -> Additional Files and Directories, and we will add all the images to the export.

Hey @lsaul,

just wanted to do a quick follow-up on that.

Any update on your progress?
Did the patches help get it sorted?

We didn’t get a reply to our e-mails, so I assume our messages still haven’t found your inbox.

Let me know if you need any help!

Cheers,
Patrick

Hey @ivanom,

thanks for your feedback!

We are about to release an update tomorrow that provides a fix for the error notice shown by Elementor Forms once you use it in a static context. If that’s the issue you’re facing, watch out for the update.

Otherwise, feel free to reach out anytime via your account for the pro support.

Cheers,
Patrick

Hey @luislu,

great suggestions!

I added both now into the last update:

• switched the h4 tag to a span AND
• added an option (Passster -> Settings -> Design -> Headline) to completely disable the output of the headline.

Hey @sarahtopfstaedt,

thanks for reaching out!

Honestly, I’m not entirely sure how to handle that.

We stopped supporting the Avada theme years ago because of constant issues with the theme and existent technical support on their end (they never applied any patches we recommended).