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  • #204064

    Tommy
    Participant

    Hi Support,

    Sorry if this has been answered previously but just couldn’t find it using the search.

    Ok, I’ve updated my version of X from 3 to 3.2.1 today and since I have had to disable w3 cache and therefore my ability to use my CDN. Do we know the fix? Object, browser, database etc I don’t run minify and my CDN is AWS cloudfront

    I’ve cleared all cache before deactivating with no joy. The only fix I’ve found is to have it deactivated.

    Site is AllThingsFPL.com

    Thanks in advance

    Tommy

    #204654

    Friech
    Moderator

    Hi Tommy,

    Thanks for writing in! At this time I am not entirely certain what do you mean by fix. If I’m not mistaken you, can not use your CDN because you disable the w3 cache? You can enable it back, you do only clear or deactivate the caching plugin to purge the old cache and create a new cache of the updated site. Please provide us with a little more clarification.

    Cheers!

    #204767

    Tommy
    Participant

    Morning Support,

    Sorry, reading back I wasn’t clear at all.

    If I enable w3 cache I get formatting issues in the theme. The footer appears to load before the content, visual composer built pages don’t listen to containers etc.

    What’s changed between software levels to create the issues with w3 cache and thus my CDN?

    Thanks,

    Tommy

    #204862

    Tommy
    Participant

    Hi Support,

    I’m downgrading back to version three as users are experiencing a slow site with a comments system error.

    Thanks,

    Tommy

    #204940

    Tommy
    Participant

    That’s everything back down to software versions that are known to work.

    Wordpress 4.0.1
    X Theme 3.0.0
    Child 1.0.0
    Rev slider 4.6.0
    Visual composer 4.1.3
    W3 Cache 0.9.4.1

    While I understand you can’t except issues with third party plugins, the fact that an upgrade to the X platform creates my layout issues rather than an update to the plugin itself surely means that whatever changes/amendments you have made has created the problems and considering the amount of tickets you have with similar queries – cache – along with the fact that w3 cache is a major plugin used by many, are you going to look at this and fix?

    If not I’m now stuck on these software levels including the wordpress platform

    Thanks,

    Tommy

    #205329

    Alexander
    Keymaster

    Hi Tommy,

    If you were using static file caching with W3TC, it’s possible that your server was still serving old files after the update. This has even been known to happen AFTER W3TC is disabled because it writes directly to your apache configuration.

    I would advise completely removing W3TC, then proceeding to update. Once the site looks ok after being updated, you can re-enable W3TC again.

    True, W3TC is a major plugin used by many, but there isn’t anything we can do to address these kind of issues that we’re not already doing. All of them are a result of either misconfiguration, or that caches don’t get fully cleaned. This also leads to false positives in support. The speed increase W3TC offers comes from circumventing a huge portion of the WordPress load – this gives themes and plugins no control in the interim. That’s usually good, because it reduces the code that runs, but it leaves everything up to W3TC.

    Finally, some server configuration (particularly shared hosting) have issues with some of W3TCs more advanced features when they are enabled, which can result in cache files remaining.

    It also sends caching headers to the browser, which can lead to numerous false positives when you check your site on the front end.

    W3TC is best used when development is complete. It should also be fully purged and cleaned after each update.

    #205812

    Tommy
    Participant

    Thanks for the advice X, I’ll give this method of update a go when I can find time.

    Cheers for your help 😀

    Tommy

    #206373

    Friech
    Moderator

    Thanks Tommy,

    Let us know how it goes, Cheers! :)

    #206403

    Rich A
    Participant

    Hi Tommy…I’ll chime in since I ran into a similar issue on one of my sites with the W3 Total Cache Plugin. There’s one setting that seemed to cause the problems.

    With W3 Total Cache activated look Under Performance > General Settings > Minify and see if Minify is enabled. If it is try unchecking it. Also toggle “Manual” in Minify mode in the same section. Then save all settings, purge all caches and see if that takes care of it.

    For some reason there seems to be a conflict with that particular setting, X and the AWS CDN.

    Here’s a screenshot…hope that helps!

    #206945

    Christopher
    Moderator

    Thanks for sharing and helping Rich.

    #206946

    Thai
    Moderator

    Thanks for sharing, Rich.