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k3 — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:02:05 +0000

GDE Beta Program

k3 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:01:55 +0000

As an independent developer, I make every effort to test thoroughly each release before your WordPress plug-in list notifies you that there is an update, but I’m just not able to interact with every other plug-in and system arrangement out there. For that reason, I greatly appreciate the constructive feedback from public beta testers.

To participate in the program, download the beta version when you see a notification in your plug-in list under Google Document Embedder. Download the beta version and de-activate Google Document Embedder, upload the new files in your plugins folder, and re-activate. Please take the time to let me know if the beta version works as you expect on your site(s).

No time or interest in participating? You can safely ignore the beta version notifications, and you’ll continue to be notified by WordPress of final releases as usual. To turn off the beta notifications entirely, go to GDE Settings and check the option under “Advanced Settings.”

Known Conflicts

k3 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:24:18 +0000

The following plug-ins have known compatibility issues with Google Doc Embedder. (If you can deal with these issues and wish to turn off the conflict warning, go to GDE Settings and click the plus sign next to “Advanced Options”, then check the box to “Turn off plugin conflict warnings”.)

Markdown

With the Markdown plug-in installed and activated, GDE will not work properly on any file with an underscore character ( _ ) in the URL. To bypass this error, either deactivate Markdown or escape the underscore characters. For example, “the_file.pdf”:

[ gview file="http://path.to/the\_file.pdf" ]

Advisory for IE7/8 Users

k3 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:57:52 +0000

Updated 16 July 2010

There is a limitation to Google’s viewer (which this plug-in embeds) that can cause the embedded file not to load properly in Internet Explorer 7 or 8 in its default settings. You are affected with this issue if you find that the plug-in loads correctly in other browsers (Firefox, Chrome, etc.) but in IE the viewer may appear something like the following:

possible viewer appearance in IE7+

Obviously, this is not the desired behavior, but unfortunately this appears to be a “bug” between Google’s viewer and IE’s default cookie handling. This problem occurs sporadically for all users of Google’s viewer in IE7+, and is not limited to WordPress or this plug-in. However, the error has been addressed in GDE 1.9.5 and higher by enabling the “Enhanced Viewer” which addresses a cookie handling issue that causes this to fail in IE. Google has not responded to direct requests to change this behavior in their standard viewer, which still remains as an option in case of problems.

Here is the relevant thread on Google Docs Help Forum confirming the issue.

There are several other workarounds if you choose not to use the “Enhanced Viewer”, but unfortunately all require your web site viewer to change settings in IE’s Internet Options. If this is happening on your site, the viewer will work properly in IE if automatic cookie handling is turned off in the browser settings. Alternatively you can add google.com to the allowed cookies list this way:

Go to “Tools” menu
Select “Internet Options”
Click on the “Privacy” tab
Click the “Sites” button
Type google.com in the “Address of website” field and click “Allow”
Close the settings and refresh the page in your browser

In order for your web site visitors to view the file, they will have to do the same. Because of this annoyance, the “Enhanced Viewer” option was added in GDE 1.9.5. It works by proxying the viewer code and stripping it of its cookie requirements before presenting it in the browser.

If you need help with this function, please use the support form.

test

k3 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:43:03 +0000

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