Wordpress On ZC [Support Thread]

[DivaVocals]

So I stepped away from this for a bit to give my problem some thought.. It occurred to me that nowhere in this thread could I confirm that anyone had successfully gotten this mod working correctly with WordPress v2.7. (Someone PLEASE correct me if I am wrong) So I decided to try one more thing.. Here's what I did:

1. I deleted ALL of the WordPress v2.7 files (Note: I ONLY deleted the WordPress files, and left all of the WOZ mod files in place)
2. I opened up my hosts database manager and dropped all of my WordPress tables
3. I then uploaded the WordPress v2.5 files (all files with the exception of the "index.php" & "license.txt" files)
4. I followed the WordPress installation instructions, and installed WordPress v2.5

and.... TADA!!!!

Now when I go to: http://testsite.overthehillweb.com/z...page=wordpress

IT WORKS...
Please note that I DO NOT have WordPress installed in a seperate directory. I uploaded all of the WordPress files into the same folder where Zen Cart files reside.

So the moral of the story for me is that WordPress on Zen does not appear to work correctly with WordPress v2.7.. The sidebozes worked perfectly, but the "index.php?main_page=wordpress" page got the error I postd earlier.. I wanted to share my experience here in case anyone else is having the same error on their "index.php?main_page=wordpress" page. I've looked at a few of the links posted in this thread, and it appears that a few folks are indeed getting this same error, but they look like they are working around it by only using the WOZ sideboxes.

Now if anyone has successfully gotten this mod to work with WordPress v2.7, I would be grateful for any tips on how you got it to work.. For now I'll learn to live with this.. Ideally it would be nce to use this great mod with the latest and greatest version of WordPress..

Update: I decided to try seeing if v2.6.5 also worked with this mod, and it did.

I also tried upgrading v2.6.5 to v2.7 and the error I reported earlier in this thread on http://www.yoursite.com/index.php?main_page=wordpress returned. (Please note the links on the sideboxes work regardless as to which version I use). So it really appears as if v2.7 won't work when you go to http://www.yoursite.com/index.php?main_page=wordpress. WordPress v2.7 it's still usable with this mod if you don't mind having to work around not using the main blog page.. All of the other blog links seem to work.. I just can't get the main blog page to work without an error. So v2.6.5 will have to do for now..

[rainthebat]

WordPress v2.7 it's still usable with this mod if you don't mind having to work around not using the main blog page.. .

There is a fix for this problem, I did some minor investigation and found that by

removing line 822-852 in pluggable.php
and
removing the if ( $do_redirect ) loop from canonicle.php starting at line 281.

... This works... but... now you won't have access to these lines which are needed to add/edit posts from the admin.

Therefore, instead of removing the previous lines, we need a simple - if statement. If current page= wordpress, don't run this loop. If current page= worpress-admin, run this loop.

- If you are lazy like me and don't want to figure out the loop, you could have your edit versions of those two files and your original versions of those two files and swap back and forth during the addition of posts, then swap back so your viewers can see ... mainpage=worpress correctly.

[kiddo]

Well when I go to your site http://www.laserdiscvault.com/index....page=wordpress I get an error here. Is this the site you are referring to??

No, WOZ is installed, but disabled there. If I can find a few movie bloggers who would work in exchange for movies, I plan on reactivating it.

[DivaVocals]

There is a fix for this problem, I did some minor investigation and found that by

removing line 822-852 in pluggable.php
and
removing the if ( $do_redirect ) loop from canonicle.php starting at line 281.

... This works... but... now you won't have access to these lines which are needed to add/edit posts from the admin.

Therefore, instead of removing the previous lines, we need a simple - if statement. If current page= wordpress, don't run this loop. If current page= worpress-admin, run this loop.

- If you are lazy like me and don't want to figure out the loop, you could have your edit versions of those two files and your original versions of those two files and swap back and forth during the addition of posts, then swap back so your viewers can see ... mainpage=worpress correctly.

Thanks for the info.. However, I can't toggle back and forth between files like that.. My client will not be happy with that as a solution, and I can't say that I blame her.. Clearly there is an issue with using WordPress v2.7 and this mod together, and I'd rather find out what the actual fix is and implement it.. I'm mean I could work around NOT using the main blog page if I REALLY wanted to. After all the other blog pages do work, but to me that means that this mod isn't working fully as it is intended to work..

[DivaVocals]

No, WOZ is installed, but disabled there. If I can find a few movie bloggers who would work in exchange for movies, I plan on reactivating it.

I still stand by my results. After a day of testing this mod on a fresh copy of Zen, it appears that this mod doesn't work fully with v2.7. I have not yet seen a working example of a site using v2.7 where the main blog page works. Based on reading through posts in this thread, my results seem to be in line with others based on the examples I have seen.. Until I figure out (or pay someone to figure it out -- and option I am considering) what the issue is, I will stick with v2.6.5.

[rainthebat]

but to me that means that this mod isn't working fully as it is intended to work..

I would agree with that statement. I have encountered endless troubles with this mod (and even worse I started imagining I could integrate a forum on top of this wordpress mod (with the wp-united plugin for phpBB3) on top of Zen Cart. The endless difficulties and wasted time! But I learned a lot.

I learned that often times people will start a great mod for a piece of software and loose interest in it, and people start getting angry but don't realize the responsibility will have to fall on a new person to take care of the mod and make updates (this is the case with the great Wordpress United mod that stopped getting updated.

This mod - from the beginning - has been a mickey mouse quick throw together (not to discredit the considerable time that went into thinking up this mod in the first place ~kudos there) .

Someone with above average problem solving programming skills needs to look into this mod and tweak it to make it run more smoothly. Perhaps with this new version of ZC, there will be a rescue mission.

By the way: http://fabricstashinc.com/index.php?main_page=wordpress

It looks crappy as hell itself, but it does work!

[DivaVocals]

I actually haven't encountered too many troubles except that the main blog page doesn't work if you are using WordPress v2.7. Otherwise this add-on works fine for what I intended to use it for. Hopefully my client will feel that WordPress v2.6.5 will be fine for her blogging needs. If my client decides that she really needs WordPress v2.7, then we will simply investigate hiring a developer to work out the last mile of road on getting this mod to play completely nice with WordPress v2.7..

It only makes sence that the 1st version of this mod as a Zen Cart 2.0 mod will have to address the issue of compatibility with WordPress v2.7.. That's if this mod gets re-written for Zen Cart v2.0. The original developer may not take that on, and others may not pick up that baton.. Such is the nature of OS software.. It will be interesting to see which of the current Zen Cart add-ons will in fact be re-written for Zen Cart 2.0..

I would agree with that statement. I have encountered endless troubles with this mod (and even worse I started imagining I could integrate a forum on top of this wordpress mod (with the wp-united plugin for phpBB3) on top of Zen Cart. The endless difficulties and wasted time! But I learned a lot.

I learned that often times people will start a great mod for a piece of software and loose interest in it, and people start getting angry but don't realize the responsibility will have to fall on a new person to take care of the mod and make updates (this is the case with the great Wordpress United mod that stopped getting updated.

This mod - from the beginning - has been a mickey mouse quick throw together (not to discredit the considerable time that went into thinking up this mod in the first place ~kudos there) .

Someone with above average problem solving programming skills needs to look into this mod and tweak it to make it run more smoothly. Perhaps with this new version of ZC, there will be a rescue mission.

By the way: http://fabricstashinc.com/index.php?main_page=wordpress

It looks crappy as hell itself, but it does work!

[swamyg1]

Too bad we don't have this figured out for 2.7 yet... The admin backend has been totally revamped and is very impressive I must say!

[DivaVocals]

Too bad we don't have this figured out for 2.7 yet... The admin backend has been totally revamped and is very impressive I must say!

I couldn't agree more.. The WordPress v2.7 admin is one of the more compelling reasons why I have such a keen interest in using v2.7 with this module.. This mod works fine with the last 2.6.x version of WordPress.. However, my client decided to go the commercial route and pay for the required updates so that she has a working version of this mod that is FULLY compatible with Word Press v2.7. Kinda excited about this..

[westcoastfavors]

Too bad we don't have this figured out for 2.7 yet... The admin backend has been totally revamped and is very impressive I must say!

Odd. I just installed WP 2.7 (via Fantastico) onto my moderately fresh 1.3.8 site and installed this mod, following the instructions.

No problem at all. Granted I haven't played with it yet, but the sidebox for the archives displays, and when clicked, the sample post appears as expected.

Site I did this on is offline at present.