WP Robot Support Forum » Update Information

1. lunatic
   Key Master

   Due to the recent issues with the Youtube Module (stopped working 2 days ago due to a change at Youtube) and Amazon Module I decided to release version 1.30 of WP Robot earlier than originally anticipated. This version upgrade does not only fix those problems but also adds several new features and options.

   Instructions:
   - For the Update to work you have to update all your WP Robot files!
   - Please be sure to use the "Populate new Options" button after overwriting your files.
   - Deactivating the plugin before updating is not necessary. Simply overwrite the files.
   - The Yahoo Answers Module will now require a Yahoo Developer Key. You can get one here.

   Changes:

   Youtube Module
   - converted to using the Youtube Data API (faster and more reliable)
   - now adds up to 25 comments per post (instead 10)
   - adds "Safe Search" option
   - adds "Sort" option
   - new template tags: {thumbnail} displays a video thumbnail, {rating} the average rating and {viewcount} the number of views.
   - adds MIX feature: videos can now be added to other modules via the {video} template tag.

   Youtube Module
   - converted to using the Yahoo Answers API (faster and more reliable)
   - Support for several new languages added

   Others
   - Fixes a bug with the Amazon module, that prevented it from adding posts or lead to duplicate posts.
   - removes faulty link sometimes displayed for Amazon books.
   - improves Flickr image selection in MIX mode.
   - adds button to reset keywords with red exclamation marks (no posts found sign).

   Get it here: http://wprobot.net/robotpal/sendnew.php

   Posted 10 months ago #

2. alek
   Member

   Pretty good :) Can't wait to try it. Btw, you have a typo, it says "youtube" where it should say "yahoo answers"

   Personally I'm pretty excited about this part:
   - new template tags: {thumbnail} displays a video thumbnail, {rating} the average rating and {viewcount} the number of views.

   I used to use wpdirect... it made these nice video posts which included the template and ratings. Now I can do the same. Just looks cool.

   Posted 10 months ago #

3. Kiwi
   Member

   You really *fixed* the amazon module - now it's not retrieving anything. PLEASE FIX THIS!!!

   Posted 10 months ago #

4. lunatic
   Key Master

   Could you please give a little more detail, Kiwi? The Amazon module is certainly working fine for me, else I wouldn't have released it.

   Posted 10 months ago #

5. ipangs0424
   Member

   I requested for the newer version of core elite, amazon module and yahoo answer modue after 3 hours I still didn't receive the links to download in my emails.

   Can you please help??

   Posted 10 months ago #

6. Kiwi
   Member

   I'm running 1.30 on a WP 2.8.4 install that had 1.21 on it. I uploaded the new files, and according to your instructions didn't deactivate/reactivate, just hit the button to install new options.

   I then ran a manual update to get latest posts, which failed with no error messages (usually it would say nothing to do, etc, but with this there's no error).

   No new posts, even though there are hundreds of results at amazon (keyword 'web design'). I'm only using amazon and articles module on this site, no YT, ebay, flickr, or Yahoo answers, etc. Probability is set to 50% amazon, 50% articles, the others are set to 0.

   Posted 10 months ago #

7. ipangs0424
   Member

   I received an up to date WP Core version 1.30 today but after downloading and ftp'ing it still show version 1.22 on my wordpress ad-min.

   And by the way when I post 1, it posts multiple times.

   Posted 10 months ago #

8. lunatic
   Key Master

   @ipangs0424: Please upload the update again. There was a faulty version only for a short time, seems you got hold of that.

   Posted 10 months ago #

9. lunatic
   Key Master

   @Kiwi: Is there a red exclamation mark next to your keywords? If so please use the new "Reset All !'s" button and try again. If not please try adding a fresh keyword using only Amazon, use the "Post Now" button and tell me what happens. Thanks.

   Posted 10 months ago #

10. ArmiQ
    Member

    Everything's working fine for me. Thanks for the update!

    Posted 10 months ago #

11. Kiwi
    Member

    Nope, no red '!' - the problem seems to be around the match type in the options page.

    I did as you suggested and tested by adding a new amazon only keyword.
    With 'Exact Match' selected in options, 0 results and the query failed.
    With 'Broad Match' selected, it posted fine.

    I double checked in Amazon doing a book search - exact match: 10,624 Results and broad match: 29,190 Results.

    Posted 10 months ago #

12. Kiwi
    Member

    Another error:
    Fatal error: Call to undefined function ma_getimage()in wp-content/plugins/WPRobot/modules/amazon.php on line 196

    Posted 10 months ago #

13. Kiwi
    Member

    {noreviews} tag returns blank if there aren't any reviews. Could you make it return a 0?

    Posted 10 months ago #

14. Kiwi
    Member

    Update: Happens on upgrade sites only. Fresh install works, except for this:
    Fatal error: Call to undefined function ma_getimage()in wp-content/plugins/WPRobot/modules/amazon.php on line 196

    Posted 10 months ago #

15. lunatic
    Key Master

    Can you tell me the keyword you used for which Exact Match doesn't work, so I can test it? I am using Exact Match without problems on several blogs.

    Regarding the Fatal Error: Do you have the {image}tag in your Amazon template without having the Flickr Module installed? That's the only reason for that error I could think of.

    Posted 10 months ago #

16. elizakirsten
    Member

    Thank you so much!

    Posted 10 months ago #

17. elizakirsten
    Member

    Hey lunatic, I noticed that i didn't have to do anything to get it to work. It just simply works now. Do i still have to upgrade?

    Posted 10 months ago #

18. lunatic
    Key Master

    Well, if everything works you of course don't have to :D Still, its certainly no bad idea since there were several other improvements.

    Posted 10 months ago #

19. Kiwi
    Member

    Exact match was for 'web design' on Amazon US.

    On a fresh install, there's no problem for exact match, just an upgrade. Very odd.

    No, I don't have flickr module installed - is it required for the {image} tag to work?

    Posted 10 months ago #

20. lunatic
    Key Master

    Yes, the {image} tag only works with the Flickr module installed.

    Posted 10 months ago #

21. czilbersher
    Member

    Regarding the Yahoo Answers Module, you mention that we will now require a Yahoo Developer Key in order for it to work. I went to the Yahoo link in order to get a key but there are numerous options to select and there is no way to know which ones are correct for use with your Yahoo Answers plug-in. Can you please provide further information on this? (e.g., should we select the option for a web-based application or a Yahoo single-login authentication application). Thanks.

    Posted 10 months ago #

22. lunatic
    Key Master

    Choose "Generic, No user authentication required" for "Authentication method" and you don't have to tick any of the checkboxes (Required access scopes) on the bottom.

    Posted 10 months ago #

23. Mobile1
    Member

    I submitted a request for an updated version using the email address I purchased with, but have not received anything in response. I've checked my Spam folder and have whitelisted your email address. Please help. Thanks.

    Posted 9 months ago #

24. lunatic
    Key Master

    Hi, did you see a success message on the update page? If not you might have selected a wrong product in the dropdown. Please generally contact me via email with such problems so I can look up your purchase details etc, thanks.

    Posted 9 months ago #

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