wpdavid

Sorry for the long delay in addressing this, but here’s what I ultimately tried and how I finally solved the problem.

After reading through many forum posts, I changed all of the following (one item at at time, testing each step of the way):

1. In the WP-Mail-SMTP plugin, under Settings, I changed “SMTP Host” to my specific mail box number (boxnnn.bluehost.com) – previously this was set to Localhost. In order to get my specific mail box number, I had to look through the message output generated by sending a test e-mail (WP-Mail-SMTP > Settings, scroll to the bottom, “Send a Test Email”). This change made the test e-mail I sent using WP-Mail-SMTP appear in my Inbox, but it did not fix e-mail notifications for new posts.

2. In the WP-Mail-SMTP plugin, under Settings, I changed “SMTP Port” to 26 – previously this was set to 25 (see this Bluehost article: https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/127).

3. I created an Admin username of [email protected] – the key being the name “admin”, and specified that e-mail address in all of the WP-Mail-SMTP settings.

After these three changes, the e-mail notifications on new posts still did not work.

Finally, In the WP-Mail-SMTP plugin, under Settings, under “Mailer”, I tried changing from “Send all WordPress emails via SMTP” to “Use the PHP mail() function to send emails.” THIS WORKED!

So, it seems that for some reason, when my host (Bluehost) auto-upgraded my WP site back in January, the SMTP e-mail stopped working. I’m just glad the PHP mailer is working.

If anyone has any further thoughts on this, please let me know.

Checking the themes/storefront directory date/timestamps on the server, I see that all files were updated yesterday at 3:09pm (around the time the site went down) – apparently an auto-update of the storefront theme to version 2.0.2.

Looking at header.php for the new version, I see that <?php storefront_html_tag_schema(); ?> was removed.

I removed that code from my existing child header.php and now the site is back up.

Thank you to all who responded for your help!

Hi,

When I leave the e-mail input box blank and click the Subscribe button, I get the message “Sorry, but that does not look like an email address to me.” – that’s OK, works fine. But, I also see the “Blog Subscribe Confirmation” page I set up via Pages > Add New, and referenced via Subscribe2 > Settings > Appearance > Set default Subscribe2 page as. This is not OK because it makes it look like a valid e-mail address was entered (it Thanks the user for subscribing). The same thing happens if I enter data that is not in e-mail address format.

Is there a way to stay on the existing page when a blank or invalid e-mail is entered so the user is not confused?

Thanks.

Hello hotimirlicenml,

As it turns out, I ended up NOT converting the site to WordPress, but instead simply redesigning and recoding it from scratch. As I mentioned, I kept all of the page names and on-site SEO coding the same (all <meta> info, etc.). I later discovered that the site was setup on Google Places, and this was the reason the site appeared on the first page of the SERPS (in the Google Places section at the top). After conversion, the site has remained on the first page of the SERPS and I have a happy client!

Another update…

I’ve tried using a different gallery plugin – Cleaner Gallery instead of NextGen – same problem – whenever the << or >> is clicked, instead of seeing the next or previous image, the current image is redisplayed at a very high magnification.

I looked briefly at the HTML and javascript code – onclick is being used whenever the << or >> is clicked – I’m thinking the problem could be javascript related.

I wonder if the actual uploaded image size might be part of the problem, and that the resizing that occurs is at least contributing to the problem.

Any thoughts?

Here’s an update…

I have the following <meta> tag in my HTML:
<meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width” />

According to everything I’ve read about mobile, this is the optimum specification.

Also, I’ve noticed that on certain mobile devices (I’m using the Opera Mobile Emulator for testing), the data on the screen renders at less than full screen width when I use the default Twentyeleven theme (default Twentyten renders full screen). If I specify a @media query of width: 100%; on Twentyeleven, no change. If I specify a hard @media query of 480px on Twentyeleven (which is the mobile screen width), then the data renders at full screen width – of course, this is NOT the way to code it as it may cause problems with other mobile devices. I’m not sure if this is related to my initial problem, but it’s one reason that, for the moment, I’m trying to make this work with Twentyten.

Hi Yurini,

Thanks for your reply.

The code you supplied (which I read about under WordPress Function Reference) works great and it’s really good to know about, but I have two concerns:

1. How do you suppress the display of the custom field name and value on the page when you use this code (all I want to show is the image)?

2. Unfortunately, a custom field is not in the Editor area of WP Admin (where users enter their page content, upload photos, etc), which means it can’t be managed (uploaded, replaced, etc) by the user. I want a way to do what this code does, but with an image in the Editor area. Any ideas on how to do that?

David

Hi esmi, thanks for your response.

By post classes, I think you’re referring to the classes automatically generated by WordPress for <img> tags and other HTML elements, correct? For example, an <img> tag might have something like this assigned: class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-62″. Yes, I can certainly reference the class “wp-image-62”, but if that image is replaced with a different image by the user via the Editor, a different class is assigned (for example, wp-image-63), and then my custom CSS no longer applies.

Maybe what I’m asking is not possible in WordPress…

By the way, yes, I’m aware you can use the HTML tab and wrap an <img> tag with a <div>, or add a class, etc. But, I’ve seen users go in with the Visual tab and delete a block of text and/or an image, and along with the deletion goes the custom HTML code, and then your precise positioning is gone. What I’m asking is whether there is a way to do this without using the HTML tab (which, for some users, can be dangerous).

So, if I ever use custom page templates, there would be a drop-down menu on the right sidebar on the page where I’m adding a new page or editing an existing one, correct?

Thanks for your reply esmi.

Great advice on trying to debug many problems by deactivating plugins and switching to the default WP theme.

After further investigation, I realized that new posts ARE in fact being posted correctly. I was reading the date wrong in my new posts, thinking WP was somehow dredging up an old deleted post (I just happened to use the same post title as the old post).

Just to clarify one thing, when you say “If your theme does not include any custom page templates, you will not see the Page Template dropdown.”, you’re talking about the dropdowns for “Front page” and “Posts page” under Settings > Reading, correct?

Thanks again for your help!

Thanks for your reply esmi.

I took a look at a couple eshop websites and I see what you mean. I’m still wondering if some of the other WP plugins (like the ones I previously mentioned) will let you use pages instead of posts for your products. Does anyone else know about these specifically?

I’ve been having the same problem in both WordPress 2.9.2 and 3.0.1. Today, I discovered that using the “shortcut” <br clear=”both”> was causing the problem. When I replaced all my <br clear=”both”> with <br style=”clear: both;” /> I was then able to switch from The “HTML” tab to the “Visual” tab when I’m editing a page with no problems. This one was driving me crazy as well – hope this saves someone else from going insane!