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Broke my hive (and possible bug encountered)

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  • Started 1 year ago by wwday3
  • Latest reply from barszcz
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  1. wwday3
    Member

    Wow, this was really scary. I have a mini-hive of some article directory sites (using the article directory plugin). Since that plugin is pretty database intensive, I was testing out caching solutions to speed it up a bit. QuickCache seemed to work ok, but then I ran across the W3 Cache plugin (supposedly endorsed by some big time bloggers). I installed it and suddenly all of the hive'd sites were just resolving to the top hive domain. Turned out the W3 Cache plugin DEACTIVATED the wp-hive plugin - every time I tried it.

    So, why would it do that? That seems so strange.

    Now, what I've noticed the last couple of sites I have installed is that the "install site" link in the Hive's dashboard does not work. I have to always use install.php appended to the new site domain to get it started. Is that intentional, or a bug?

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. ikailo
    Developer

    This is because of a conflict with db.php. W3TC does work correctly, but because it also has its own version of db.php in the wp-content directory (and it overwrites WP Hive's version), it must be re-written so they are compatible, and then made to be read-only.

    Send me an email, and I can provide you with a db.php file that is compatible with W3TC.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. wwday3
    Member

    I will do so. Is W3TC the best caching plugin to use with WP-Hive? Is there a certain way it (or any other cache plugin) should be installed to work with Wp-Hive? I seem to be having issues with QuickCache purging the cache every time it gets activated for a new hive site.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. wwday3
    Member

    So, after my experiences tonight, I guess caching is pretty much out of the question. I had sites pointing at each other, getting the other site's ads, all kinds of weird things happening. I had to delete all of the caching plugins, delete the cache folders, and delete any odd stuff left over in wp-content.

    Apparently the only safe cache would have to reside in each hive site's "personal" folder?

    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. ikailo
    Developer

    It's strange, because I know of at least one implementation of WP Hive with W3TC that does work.

    Any cache plugin has the potential for page collisions / conflicts. Each page must have a unique ID and/or store each site's data in separate location.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  6. wwday3
    Member

    Here's what I found. In the problem hive I activated a caching plugin in every hive-site. Apparently it can't be done that way. In another hive I tried it, but I only activated it in the "top" site. It started caching everything in the hive, but I didn't get the mixups.

    So, apparently caching plugins have to be treated as "global".

    Posted 1 year ago #

  7. barszcz
    Member

    I know this topic is old but I wrote about configuring W3 Total Cache for WP Hive so maybe someone will find it usefull. Here is forum post with details: http://wp-hive.com/forums/topic/wp-hive-w3-total-cache

    Posted 1 year ago #

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