Permalink issues (similar to another post)

Two curious questions:

Why would that affect non-GeoDirectory pages? The number of hours trying to track this down was enormous, and since it had nothing to do with the display of a GeoDirectory page, most people would not have that on the top of their checklist to point to.

Why does it not post an error in the config or at least say required? In cases like a municipality, it is not a commercial directory, so is only used to display a pre-configured directory. Having those pages would appear to open an opportunity for the wrong people to make changes, and thus are left blank. I can completely understand the need for commercial directories, but it might help for other to know that it is required, even if not used. You know it because you are intimately familiar with the inner workings of the plugin, but those of us on the outside that don’t know the ifs and thens, have to figure it out by trial and error.

Would you possibly consider in the future an option to turn off the directory admin pages feature? With the amount of exploits out there and some sites being more of a target, it would be nice to limit those points of ingress when possible.

To be honest, those answers almost make more worry more about using this plug-in as a part of our toolkit for cities.

Having things clear from the beginning is far better than having to ask questions later. This is especially true in a multiple realm environment. How would anyone know not to disable or heaven-forbid delete those pages, unless it had already happened or did not know they were required? It is easy from the inside to see the direction things were intended to have, but when they are not clear to the end user, or the needs differ from the intended process or direction, you end up having to repair the situation, rather than prevent it or even better have a better understanding of how and why it was setup this way.

As far as the security of allowing a form page, but denying the post, that is a dangerous method of prevention. Even if not visible, the entry point still exists. Sites are hacked every minute that think they are secure because no one can see their login page.

In a matter of days, we have to renew our subscription for this, and honestly, I am really left wondering about the long-term strategy of using GeoDirectory, especially as we are starting to work with much higher profile cities. It isn’t even the money for the subscription, as we would probably pay far more than what you charge. It is that we constantly have to stand up for the plug-in to our clientele because of its quirky functionality and display. We have so many hours into diagnosing, trying to customize and I have business partners that are furious with me because I am trying to believe in the engine you created, rather than what people see and have to actually use. I just got yelled at for the following question: How would anyone would have known that not having a few pages selected in GeoDirectory would have affected 70+ pages of a website that had no elements of GeoDirectory?

I want to believe in GeoDirectory. I want to see the engine that you created have as good of a frame, body and interior as you have built in the engine. But, I cannot keep putting my reputation on the line when you cannot even see that a little functionality on GD’s part would have saved dozens of hours of diagnostics. Having to ask questions in the forum does not replace intuitive information design and documentation.

I am asking you to give me something to go back with that makes the case for GeoDirectory.

My apologies. I think there was a misunderstanding. I did not delete the pages on oc.spireworks.pro, nor on the orangeicyiowa.com website (just verified they are on that site). I did not even unselect them from the GD settings page. I don’t recall them ever being selected, as the options did not seem necessary for the site’s intention. What I was asking earlier was if someone had deleted them had they not understood they were required. I am sorry for the inference it probably caused.

Is there a scenario that you could see where those pages became unselected, even if they were still on the site? Could an upgrade of WP or GD cause that?

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