Thread: Posting miltuple "Pay" ads only works the first time

Posting miltuple "Pay" ads only works the first time

I am running into an issue with my Classipress site.

In a browser I am successfully able to post a "pay" ad to the site. However, if in the same browser session I attempt to post another paid ad the first ad is reposted and the new one created is set as a 'Draft'. I have found no way around this!

Re: Posting miltuple "Pay" ads only works the first time

An update -

My site is available here: http://www.themusclecarplace.com/classifieds

As I mentioned above, the behavior is very odd. I hire out all of the development work on my site and my developer cannot find the problem.

Any help would be MUCH appreciated!

Thanks,
Robert Kibbe

Re: Posting miltuple "Pay" ads only works the first time

Can anyone help on this?

Re: Posting miltuple "Pay" ads only works the first time

I think am having a similar issue.

I am yet to map out the exact behaviour.

I will look into this more over the next day or two.

Have a product launch tomorrow to sort out first.

Re: Posting miltuple "Pay" ads only works the first time

It's hard to troubleshoot without mapping the exact behavior. You also said a developer does all your work so there's a chance he crossed some wires in the code? If either of you could provide more details on the exact steps you took to repeat this, then I'll be able to troubleshoot it.

Re: Posting miltuple "Pay" ads only works the first time

Hi David,

Sure thing. These are the steps that I use to get the problem (I can duplicate it easily):

1). The problem only occurs when ads are in 'Pay' mode (PayPal sandbox mode is fine). Configure your site to enable this. Leave all other Classipress settings as default.
2) Login to your site and create a paid ad. After completing the steps in Pay Pal the ad will post correctly as a 'Published' ad.
3) As the same user, post another paid ad - make sure it's slighty different from the first so you'll be able to tell the difference. After completing the steps in Pay Pal you'll return to your site. Notice that your new ad did not publish - but instead a second copy of your original ad did! Login to the WP-Admin area and view the posts. Even though you only created 2 ads you'll see three posts - the first one you created successfully ('Published), a duplicate of it (also 'Published'), and the second ad you created (It will be a 'Draft', not a 'Published' post).
4) From this point on any ad you attempt to post as the same user will follow this behaivor.

I'd be happy to give you an Admin login to my site if that would help. This one really has us confused!

www.themusclecarplace.com/classifieds

Thanks,
Robert