Problem when adding a new listing and using the "Get Title & Description" button.
If I type in the url and then click the "Get Title and Description" button, instead of populating the title and description fields in the form, it submits the listing. The listing that it inserts doesn't have a title or description.
Works on a test 3.15 install. I don't see anything obviously wrong in your html. The non-populating might be explained by fopen url wrappers being disabled in your php configuration, or whatever else would cause php to not be able to access urls. Does the dead link checker in your admin panel work?
There's no curl support at this time, at least. I was under the impression that curl is much harder to find on a host than allow_url_fopen, since curl isn't included in a default PHP installation.
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Problem when adding a new listing and using the "Get Title & Description" button.
If I type in the url and then click the "Get Title and Description" button, instead of populating the title and description fields in the form, it submits the listing. The listing that it inserts doesn't have a title or description.
Thanks, Ruth
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http://www.bizgeorgia.com/ga/
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Works on a test 3.15 install. I don't see anything obviously wrong in your html. The non-populating might be explained by fopen url wrappers being disabled in your php configuration, or whatever else would cause php to not be able to access urls. Does the dead link checker in your admin panel work?
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When I first installed 3.15 the "Get Title & Description" button worked.
I tried the "dead Link Check" and it is reporting every link in the database as suspect/dead. So it isn't working.
I checked with my web host and they have turned allow_url_fopen OFF. (DreamHost).
They recommend curl along with some resources.
Do you know if this feature would work with Curl?
Thanks for your help.
Ruth
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There's no curl support at this time, at least. I was under the impression that curl is much harder to find on a host than allow_url_fopen, since curl isn't included in a default PHP installation.
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I contacted my web host and they are now recommending CURL because of security problems when url_fopen is turned on.
They recommend hiring a CURL programmer from an online server to implement with WSNLinks.
Am I correct that this won't work since you don't offer support for CURL?
I'm thinking it might be a real problem when you upgrade the program.
Ruth
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You are correct that WSN Links does not use curl. Beyond that I'm not sure what you're asking.