Xyth

Zfeeder is pretty slick, so I will probably stick with it at the price of one manual static file to maintain after updates etc. Thanks for the great plugin, it will save lots of effort downstream.

I was wrong, it is picking up the includes. If the include is simple text, it seems fine. I don’t know enough about how wordpress works internally to know exactly what is happening, but I will explain the symptom and maybe someone will do some additional testing. I have several applications (a simple guestbook, Zfeeder, etc) that work fine in manually created static pages where I cut out everything in my index.php within the content division, and manually insert a php include statement in the empty content area. These pages work great. If I do the same thing using EZStatic, I get array errors, or nothing returned from the include. I’m guessing the difference is in how the final page is called (index.php ?static=newname.php, vs just linking to newnameplusindex.php)
I know I’m not providing enough info to troubleshoot this, but there is atleast one other person getting the same error with Zfeeder if we use ezstatic, but no error in a manually created WP static page.
I will try to find time this week to write a few simple routines that might give me more info to share with you.

I have been unable to put an PHP include statement into the referenced file, even when the file has a .php extension. It seems to just ignore those lines. Everything else seems to work great. Assuming this plugin does not support php includes like <? include(‘showbook.php’) ?> , and I’m doing something else wrong, It would be a nice feature.

Ringmaster, DL folder is still protected. The suspense is building….

I confirmed the problem, and it seems to be related to how EZStatic works. Not sure yet exactly what needs to change, but I have a work around that works, as you can see here:
https://www.xyth.com/zindex.php
You just need to create a static page without using EZStatic.
Copy your WP index.php file and name it something like zindex.php. Gut out all the code between the <div id=”content”> and the </div><div id=”menu”> tags. Replace it with the line
<? include (‘newsfeeds/zfeeder.php’); ?>
When done, that section should look like:
<div id=”content”>
<? include (‘newsfeeds/zfeeder.php’); ?>
</div>
Link to that file from your menu and it should work.

Bah, the post above is mine, forgot to log in.

Try the EZStatic plugin at https://www.asymptomatic.net

I finally got around to validating XHTML 1.0 and noticed I had an extra closing tag </div> that wasn’t needed. Looks like only the opening tag is missing. Sorry for the error.
I suspect Ringmaster will edit the code to eliminate even the opening tag, but until 1.1, the work around seems valid.

The .html file. The index.php remains unmodified. I created a .php file with no header or footer info, just tables and text. Also did a .htm file. .HTML is not a valid extension in this version, as it was not included in the search path, although it can be added.

Ringmaster, I think your missing a division tag set: I manually added <div id=”content”> at the top of my code and </div> at the end and all formating was fixed.

Aww, man! Now I have to unkludge my handmade static pages.
Seriously, worked great at 1.0 on a few pages, will test a few more. btw, it is not idiot proof yet, it didn’t work at first, until I noticed that .html wasn’t an option in the search path.
idiot —> Xyth

Adding height and align text center entries solved it nicely. Breaks were not required. Many thanks.

1.1d seems to work great now, I grabbed it last night off your site since I couldn’t sleep <sigh>.
One last ?bug? that has been a minor annoyance that probably has a simple solution: The code builds a frame around the picture to enclose the pictures title. It seems when the pictures are displayed on an included page they build rows of pictures, adding them from right to left. The issue is if the row above has pictures that have a height that is inconsistant, the row below can be interupted. For example, in a 3 x 3 grid of photos, if in row one the middle picture extends below the picture on its right, then in row two, the right most picture will align properly, but the middle picture will be blocked and will wrap to begin a row three. You can display this symptom here https://xyth.com/index.php?p=37
By adjusting your browser window you can show this issue.
The work around is your new arrow/move feature, where I can adjust the picture sequence to minimize this wrapping.
I have played with the exibit.css and this does not resolve the issue. Your site shows a consistant frame size around all pictures, so you don’t have this issue. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Great code, Thanks.