[yvrmark]

Hi Brian

Okay, I got the site back up thanks to the help of my hosting company. I’ve successfully updated PRO and Facebook. Just so I don’t cause any more issues:

The hosting company renamed the Community Events folder to get me back. It still shows in the WP backend (not activated).

Do I delete this plugin? Options are “Activate | Edit | Delete” and then upload it again as per your earlier instructions?

Thanks.

[yvrmark]

Hi, also will there be any issues updating the other plugins? Pro & Facebook add-ons? I want to ensure I don’t get into this problem again.

[yvrmark]

Hi Brian,

Well that is frustrating.

To be clear – do I delete the entire folder and its contents at wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar-community-events/?

Makr

[yvrmark]

Okay, you can disregard. I updated manually. Sorry about that.

[yvrmark]

Thanks Barry! The screen options helped and it is resolved.

[yvrmark]

I’d still like an answer to my query though as I am having problems with the captcha being cached 🙂 Here is my question:

Hi Josh
I see that W3 Total Cache uses the “Rejected files” for Contact Form 7 to ensure it doesn’t cache the captacha image:
{uploads_dir}/wpcf7_captcha/*
Should the same not be used for captcha image on the add event page rather than not caching the page itself?

[yvrmark]

Hi Josh
I see that W3 Total Cache uses the “Rejected files” for Contact Form 7 to ensure it doesn’t cache the captacha image:

{uploads_dir}/wpcf7_captcha/*

Should the same not be used for captcha image on the add event page rather than not caching the page itself?

[yvrmark]

BTW, this spam is getting VERY VERY annoying. Dozens a day that I have to go in and delete. I can’t be the only one (obviously). A permanent working solution cannot come soon enough.

[yvrmark]

Adam, I had the same problem but found these really helpful instructions. I tried it this morning and it worked, but only once. The CAPTHA image refuses to display when you try to load it a second time. I tried multiple browsers in case it was a cache issue but it wouldn’t show the CAPTCHA image. I think it might have something to do with using W3 Total Cache but I have successfully used Really Simple Captcha with Contact Form 7 so I’m at a loss.

Here’s the process I used (we already had Really Simple Captcha installed in tandem with Contact Form 7):

1. Backed the site up.
2. Using cPanel (or FTP) Created a new folder in the /wp-contents/plugins folder and named it patched-up-community-events-captcha
3. copied the code Casey provided and pasted into Notepad and saved file as patched-up-community-events-captcha.php
4. uploaded the patched-up-community-events-captcha.php file into the newly created patched-up-community-events-captcha folder
5. Activated plugin from the wp-admin control panel>> installed plugins
6. tested

[yvrmark]

Hi, sorry for being a little dense but… I already have Really Simple Captcha installed but I have no idea where to actually find and install the second plugin that you refer to. When I click the github link it takes me to a .php file. Where is the actual “plug-in”? I’m obviously missing something.

[yvrmark]

We are experiencing exactly the same thing. Having used Community Events for months we are seeing a flood of spam submissions. A solution cannot come soon enough.

[yvrmark]

Had to force “check again” in the dashboard.

[yvrmark]

It is very odd. When I first visit the events list view in Firefox when I try to select one of the other views it does not work. But when I reload the page it works. Same with the month view dialogue boxes. I’ll check on another computer using Firefox and see if I get the same issue. For now I’ll say this is sort of resolved 🙂

[yvrmark]

Also, hovering over the event in month view in Firefox does not give the dialogue box with the brief description. IE seems to work there as well. I suspect there is something about Firefox… 🙂

[yvrmark]

D’oh! Thanks Barry!

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