rickandersonaia

After several hours of troubleshooting I’ve figured out the issue and published an update. Upgrade to 1.9.2 and you should be good to go.

I suspect that there is an error that occurred during the update. Try manually installing the plugin to see if that fixes it. If it doesn’t, I’ve posted my email address on the DIYThemes forum for you to contact me directly.

I’ll take a look at it. Normally that error is thrown when there is an FTP error in the file. However, I haven’t tried using the plugins in a network install yet, so I don’t know for sure.

There are 2 ecommerce plugins that I use and recommend. For ease of configuration and use – especially for downloadable products – I use WP eStore by Tips and Tricks HQ.

For products with complex shipping requirements or for merchants in locations with complex tax requirements (such as California) I recommend Shopp. Shopp is a “developers” plugin. It was built to be customized. It is full of hooks, and filters that allow you to interact with all of its processes. It also has a simple templating method for the various elements (shopping cart, check out, product display) that easily survives upgrades. Its a great product.

Thanks for that. I appreciate it.

Here’s how I fixed the problem.
1. Make sure the database has everything at utf-8
2. Make sure WP settings has utf-8
3. Edit the PHP.ini file on my server to add default_charset = “utf-8”

That fixed it – I relied on this article UTF-8: The Secret of Character Encoding to help me understand the issue.