Hi Daniel,

Bloggie is a great product.  I have been a fan of bloggie for a while now and have been anxiously awaiting the new version.  I installed v1_1 over the previous version without issue.  Did the same for all the new modules. Then, went into settings to see what was new and how things were organized.  I enabled Use Update Services so that http://rpc.pingomatic.com/ would be notified when an update is made.

After enabling the Update Services, I found that I could not Apply, Save, or create a new "Entry".  After clicking on Apply or Save, the screen went to http://allaboutfoip.com/administrator/index.php.  The screen and source was blank.

Note, I am running Joomla 1.5.20 and all files during these trouble shooting experiments are set to 777 (not any more).  Also using JCE Editor 1.5.4

After turning debugging on, Joomla reported this error:

Fatal error: Class 'BlogPing' not found in /hsphere/local/home/cnorwood/allaboutfoip.com/administrator/components/com_lyftenbloggie/framework/core/ping.php on line 101

After turning off Update Services, the problem went away.

I also discovered one other strange condition.  I found the Settings/Content/Paragraphs for introtext was set to 2.  But every time I changed this value and applied (or saved), the value returned to 2.  I could not change it.

Lastly, I noticed that my blog posts no longer have a "Read More" link.  The title is a link and does resolve to the complete post, but I miss the "Read More" link.

Of the three conditions I found, the "Update Services" is the most important.  I would ask that you verify the error I am reporting so that we users can know that it is a bug.  And, if possible, issue a quick hack fix prior to a revision update that is likely to take a little longer and involve additional issues.

Forgot to mention that after several tries, I could not load the ckeditor_101_1279393993.  It does not matter much to me but thought I would pass this info along.

Thank you in advance for your kind and quick reply.
dgj

Thank you dgj
for your hint with the update service, because i had the same problem with saving the entrys.
When i use the classic theme i dont have a problem with read more. Only when i use a nother theme, then read more doesnt show up.

greetings
twixraider

You are right.  I see the "Read More" link with the "classic" theme, but the "Use Update Services" still causes an error whether in "classic" or another theme.

dgj

Very strange. I'll look into it. For the read more I'll see what's going on too :-)

-Daniel

[daniel 28 Jul 2010 06:15:49]

Very strange. I'll look into it. For the read more I'll see what's going on too :-)

-Daniel

Hi Daniel,

Anything more on this "ping service" (update service) issue?  My client is waiting but starting to loose patience.

What I can tell you is that the fatal error happens before anything is written to the log files.  So I can not give you more info than what I gave earlier. 

When the "ping service" is engaged, I am unable to modify or save any new posts.

Should "BlogPing::" have two colons in the code?  Should it have been "BloggiePing" as shown on line 20? (just trying to help :-))

Here is the code in ping.php that is producing the  fatal error starting at line 86 through 109. 
==================================================================
     * Sends pings to all of the ping site services.
     **/
    function pingUpdate($services)
    {
        global $mainframe;
       
        $services     = explode("\n", $services);
        $url         = $mainframe->isAdmin() ? $mainframe->getSiteURL() : JURI::base();
        $sitename    = $mainframe->getCfg('sitename');
        $ermsg        = '';
       
        foreach ( (array) $services as $service ) {
            if($ermsg) $ermsg .= '<br>';
            $service = trim($service);
            if ( '' != $service )
                $ermsg .= BlogPing::_sendPing($service, $url, $sitename);
        }
       
        if($ermsg) {
            $mainframe->enqueueMessage(JText::_('UNABLE TO PING').' '.$ermsg);
        }   
    }

    /**
===================================================================

Line 101 is $ermsg .= BlogPing::_sendPing($service, $url, $sitename);

My ping services (update services) is set to "http://rpc.pingomatic.com/".  This was the default value.

By the way, my install of the current version was over top of the previous version.  Just wondering if that made a difference.

dgj

bump.

Any progress on this Danniel?

dgj

Will be in the next patch. Or you can manually fix it if you want, though the patch will have a few more fixes.

At Line 101
       Change:    BlogPing::_sendPing
       To:            BloggiePing::_sendPing

-Daniel

Tks Danniel,

Your fix worked.  Tks for the heads up.  Hope this will help others till the time your new bug fix update comes.

I know you have lots of other issues to attend to, but did want to thank you and encourage you to continue - you have a good product here.  Keep up the good work.

dgj

Thanks for the quick fix Daniel.  I, too, add my heartfelt appreciation for your work.  A great product with an awesome price!  Love the latest version over the previous by the way.  Looking forward to the update.  Keep up the great work!

On a similar note, how can we tell whether the ping has worked?  I had added some extras and, I'm guessing, these caused the error I got (dopey me navigated away before cutting n pasting - something about not being able to open a socket, blah, blah <sorry, very informative I know!>)  I got a notification that a new blog had been added, but nothing to say success of the ping.