Support #3198
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Revolution Slider plugin gets error when creating "layers"
Added by scott voth over 10 years ago.
Updated over 10 years ago.
Category name:
WordPress Plugins
Description
Hi - The Revolution Slider plugin works okay for single layer slides, but if you want to overlay an image with some text, you get a permissions error - "Can't write file "var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/plugins/revslider/rs-plugin/css/dynamic-captions.css" (see attached).
Is it possible to grant rights to that folder, so that users can write to the file?
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- Status changed from New to Assigned
- Assignee set to Boone Gorges
- Status changed from Assigned to Rejected
Hi Scott - After some investigation, here are my thoughts on the matter:
1. I generally strongly dislike making these changes. It's a sign that the plugin was incorrectly coded. I even wrote a blog post about it once http://teleogistic.net/2013/04/wordpress-developers-write-to-the-filesystem-the-right-way/ That said, I will make exceptions now and again
2. In this particular case, it's unwise to make an exception. The plugin was written in a way that is not multisite-aware. If I allow one site on our network to change the contents of this file, it will change the contents for all other users as well.
So, on balance, this seems like a case where it's better to lose this bit of functionality than to bend our security practices while at the same time creating more problems for multiple users of the plugin. I hope that sounds reasonable to you.
Is it worth keeping this plugin if one can't put text over the slides? What is our recommended slider plugin? Do we have one that works?
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