WP Auctions

auction plugin for WordPress

Help!

Please report any errors you get while using the plugin below, this will help other people who have had the same error to check if anyone else has experienced the same thing.

*Please note that comments will be deleted once they have been dealt with (because we patch the errors and release the plugin with the fixes). If you would like to leave suggestions and or feature requests please do so on the Feature Requests page. Not here. This page is only meant for Errors.

  1. Chris Wagner says:

    Have a problem. For some reason on our auction, when someone places a bid and hits the “place bid” button, nothing happens. Any suggestions.

    Also, can we change the minimum bid amount when someone outbids someone else? We would like to change it to $1.00 instead of $.01.

  2. Chris Wagner says:

    Can we change the default bid amount when someone outbids someone else?
    In other words, if guy 1 bids $5 and guy 2 bids $7, when bidding ends then guy 2 would pay $7 for the item and not $.01 more than the previous bid…in this case $5.01

  3. jean says:

    doesn’t work
    you can not even create an auction because they “pretenders”
    can not properly display the css

  4. Chantal says:

    Hi

    I would like all my auctions to end at aspecific time, and as I know this is not yet supported, I specifying the end time in the auction description. what I would like to know is where can I remove the end time that shows in the auction in a post feature?
    http://www.quaggabooks.co.za/auction/secure-the-shadow

    • Hyder says:

      The easiest way is to just block it via CSS.

      Open up wp_apost.css in the wpauctions/ plugin folder. Look for:

      .auctiondetails ul

      and add this INSIDE the curly brackets

      display: none;

      Save the file and it won’t be displayed on your auction anymore. Should you like to enable it later on, just remove the code you inserted.

  5. Chantal says:

    Thanks so much :)

  6. Jeremy says:

    When I uploaded plugin, and activated it. It said “plugin does not have a valid header” what should I do?

    • Hyder says:

      Does it say that in the backend or the frontend?

      • Jeremy says:

        After I try to activate it, it goes to a screen that says the error, its on the backend I guess. I am on the latest wordpress 2.9.2, I have tried numerous times to upload it. I have also tried on 3 other websites that I own just to see if it was something in my particular theme or plug ins. Not sure what else to do.

    • Owen says:

      Looks like your plugin may not be in the correct folder. I Googled the error and found this:

      http://wordpress.org/support/topic/278925

      The plugin should be in /wp-content/plugins .. not in a sub-folder.

      Can you let us know if this corrects your problem?

      Regards

      Owen

      • Jeremy says:

        How do you change folders, so why is the initial file not correct? can you guys give me another file that doesn’t have the excess folders. I need more specific info

        • Hyder says:

          Try deleting the plugin from your install and then uploading it via FTP to wp-content/plugins.

          Once you upload it, the file structure should like this – wp-content/plugins/wp-auctions/

          • Jeremy says:

            Cool, I used the Ftp method and it worked, I have never used that way before, I am still new to wordpress hosted, I appreciate your help. Thanks guys!

  7. rohan says:

    Downloaded the zipfile, but when I install it this keeps coming up?? Unable to create directory /hsphere/local/home/churinga/rudelyinterrupted.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

    • Hyder says:

      It’s probably because you are on a local host, also the plugin should go under wp-content/plugins/ not wp-content/uploads/

      • rohan says:

        Thanks Hyder, Hmmm, I’m confused and lost.. also the plugin should go under wp-content/plugins/?????

        How/where is this. The only option I have is to upload under content. Or maybe not.. Please help.. R

        • Hyder says:

          Yes, all plugins go under wp-content/plugins/ You have the option to upload under the Plugins area as well.

          • rohan says:

            Hey Hyder,

            I have wordpress 2.9.2, when I upload the .zip file from the plugin section it responds with this still.

            Unable to create directory /hsphere/local/home/churinga/rudelyinterrupted.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

            i’m super excited about this plugin so i’ve been playing all day the plugin from the directory, however it seems to be having problems, when it’s posted on my blog page of the website, it says it can’t find the page requested?

            • Hyder says:

              Something’s amiss with your WordPress install, your plugins should be uploaded to wp-content/plugins/ try uploading via FTP instead of using the backend.

              All plugins MUST go under wp-content/plugins/ if they are being uploaded to wp-content/uploads/ your installation of WordPress itself is messed up. Can’t help you much unless you upload to the right directory.

  8. Chris Fastie says:

    I am using WP Auctions 3.3 in WordPress 2.8.6. It works great with auctions in posts. However in Manage Auctions, the delete function does not work. I cannot delete unwanted auctions.

    Thanks

    • Owen says:

      @Chris: are you using any admin-side plugins that may interfere with the code on the page?

      • Chris Fastie says:

        Thanks for the fast reply. The only other plugins are Akismet and Google Analytics for WordPress.

        • Owen says:

          Hmm, there should be nothing stopping it. When you click Delete you should be getting a Javascript confirmation. Is this coming up at all? Is your browser reporting any Javascript errors ?

          • Chris Fastie says:

            My mistake. The delete functions does work. I had only tried it on one auction. It works fine on other auctions, but there is one which won’t go away. It is not much of a problem now that all the other old auctions are gone.

            The bad delete link is incomplete. The link is
            javascript:if(‘confirm(Delete auction\’
            with nothing following it.

            Maybe it will be there forever.
            Thanks

            • Owen says:

              Actually .. you might have uncovered a bug there ;)

              I’ll take an educated guess here: does your auction name have an apostrophe (‘) in it?

              • Chris Fastie says:

                Excellent guess! The auction name is “Reclining Connected Forms”

                It was the second auction I created, and I can’t remember the result, but I recall that I had to redo it for some reason. The new version of that auction has no quotes in the name and works fine.

                • Owen says:

                  Well, there’s a new version in the works, I’m off to squish the bug to make sure you’ll be able to delete auctions with quotes in them