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Add a MailChimp subscribe feature to your contact form

MailChimp is a great email marketing service provider with an easy to use control panel and features like: campaign management (RSS-driven, A/B Split, Plain-text and regular), statistics, auto-responder and a complete set of list management tools. They offer different ways to place a subscriber form on your website or blog. If you to like add the MailChimp subscribe feature to your existing contact form you need to add some custom code.

A subscribe box on your contact form, is a huge opportunity to get more subscribers for your newsletter. Most people will use this tiny subscribe box much faster than using a standard MailChimp subscribe form!

This tutorial is about how to use the MailChimp subscribe feature on your existing contact form. The tutorials steps should be easy enough to add the code to your own contact form, even if you’re not a PHP developer. This tutorial is a complete rewrite from an older version, because the old tutorial code didn’t worked with the current MailChimp API system (version 2). So if you already use the old code, you need to update!

Preparations

If you don’t have a MailChimp account, register one at MailChimp. They offer a free account for the first 2.000 mailing list members and for 12.000 messages a month. Sign-up now for free and get a $30 bonus if you upgrade your account later.

Setup a mailing list via the MailChimp control panel and obtain the Unique ID (via Lists -> Your List -> Settings, bottom page).

Next you need an MailChimp API Key, create one from the control panel (Account -> Extras -> API Keys)

As an option create a custom field (Lists -> Your List -> Settings -> List Fields and *|MERGE|* Tags) and name it subscription_via. Don’t change the other variables. We use this additional merge field to store the information where a subscription happens with the contact form we build in this tutorial.

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How to use the Flickr Photo Search API

I have found one of the best places to find pictures to use on my websites is Flickr. They make it fairly easy to automatically embed Flickr photos onto your website using the Flickr photo search. This Flickr API tutorial will show you how to use the Flickr API to retrieve and display Flickr photos on your own website.

Before using the Flickr photo search API and the PHP tutorial I am sharing with you here, make sure you consider the copyrights assigned to each image. Many of the photos and illustrations on Flickr remain under copyright and will require attribution and/or permission to use on your own projects.

How to use the Flickr API

As you may know, the Flickr API provides web developers with a number of tools for accessing their image database. For this Flickr API tutorial, we will be using a custom PHP/CURL function to receive the data stream from Flickr. The data that we will receive is in the form of a serialized PHP array. We will need to unserialize the array before working with the information. We don’t use the native PHP function file_get_contents(), because many web hosts don’t permit the use of this function. Even if your host does permit using it, I suggest that you use a CURL based function, because the PHP/CURL functions offer many more options. If you request some data using a PHP script, it’s important to send a valid User Agent string together with the request. There are many 3rd party applications that handle requests with a missing User Agent information as SPAM.

Flickr API authentication

The API methods that we will use in this tutorial do not require authentication. But we will need to use an API key. Login with your Yahoo! account to get your free API key from the Flickr web application site.

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How to build a WordPress image slider

Our last article about the Meteor slides plugin was about how to use the plugin for your WordPress website and doesn’t require any programming skills. My article today is about building a WordPress image slider from the ground up without using a plugin. Actually this is not totally true, because the tutorial is “only” about the WordPress part and we will be using a readymade slideshow plugin written in jQuery. I’m using the tutorial code for my own website as well, check the demo right below.

Simple slides list

Simple slides code

Add simple slide

Simple slides list

Simple slides code

All slides are grouped by the slide location taxonomy (here: tutorial).

Upload the Flexslider files and add the PHP code to theme's functions.php file.

Add or edit title, text, image or target URL by using the standard WordPress interface.

All slides are grouped by the slide location taxonomy (here: tutorial).

Upload the Flexslider files and add the PHP code to theme's functions.php file.

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WordPress image slider tutorial

Most image slider plugins are based on a third party slideshow plugin, written in jQuery or JavaScript. This is not surprising, because building a responsive and flexible slideshow is a different task than writing a few blocks of PHP code in WordPress. I’m going to show you how to use the same code most slider plugins use to integrate and control a slider function right in your WordPress blog post. I’m using Flexslider 2, a jQuery plugin maintained by WooThemes. WooThemes has built Flexslider 2 as the basis for their own premium WordPress themes and plugin. Reason enough to use their jQuery plugin for this WordPress tutorial.

Prepare your WordPress theme

All the tutorial code needs to be placed in your theme’s functions.php file, but before we can do that, we need to copy some files from the Flexslider jQuery plugin into the theme’s directory as well. Create a directory called flexslider in your themes directory. Download the Flexslider 2 plugin and upload the files flexslider.css and jquery.flexslider-min.js including the directories named fonts and images into the flexslider directory you just created.

The following two functions are used to include the necessary JavaScript and CSS code into your theme footer. I’m using a “special method” I’ve found on Scribu.net to include these files inside the footer to keep my theme files fast. Many plugin developers include JS/CSS files on every page, post or even archive pages. The function print_my_script() below will include the JS/CSS files only on those pages where the slider shortcode is actually used.

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132add_action('init', 'register_my_scripts'); function register_my_scripts() { wp_register_script( 'flexslider', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/flexslider/jquery.flexslider-min.js', array('jquery'), '1.0.0', true );} add_action('wp_footer', 'print_my_script', 99); function print_my_script() { global $add_my_script, $ss_atts; if ( $add_my_script ) { $speed = $ss_atts['slideshowspeed']*1000; echo "<script type=\"text/javascript\">jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $('head').prepend($('<link>').attr({ rel: 'stylesheet', type: 'text/css', media: 'screen', href: '" . get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . "/flexslider/flexslider.css' })); $('.flexslider').flexslider({ animation: '".$ss_atts['animation']."', slideshowSpeed: ".$speed.", controlNav: false });});</script>"; wp_print_scripts('flexslider'); } else { return; }}

The first function registers the JavaScript file and the second function will output (print) all the other code, including the code for Flexslider 2, into the footer of your theme. Note the variable $add_my_scripts is used as a kind of filter. I will explain later how this filter works.

Custom post type and taxonomy

I created a custom post type for all the different sliders I will later create for my website. The custom taxonomy is used to bundle these slides (posts) into one or more slideshows.

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728add_action( 'init', 'create_slider_posttype' );function create_slider_posttype() {    $args = array(      'public' => false,      'show_ui' => true,      'menu_icon' => 'dashicons-images-alt',      'capability_type' => 'page',      'rewrite' => array( 'slider-loc', 'post_tag' ),      'label'  => 'Simple slides',      'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'custom-fields', 'thumbnail', 'page-attributes')    );    register_post_type( 'slider', $args );} add_action( 'init', 'create_slider_location_tax' );function create_slider_location_tax() { register_taxonomy( 'slider-loc', 'slider', array( 'label' => 'Slider location', 'public' => false, 'show_ui' => true, 'show_admin_column' => true, 'rewrite' => false ) );}

For the custom post type I use the set public to false to keep the slider posts out of the results from any  search engine. I do the same for the custom taxonomy named slide-loc. For the post type, I have enabled only the fields I really need. That includes the custom field, which I use for the target URL behind each slide.

The following small function is responsible for creating a post meta value for each slide. This value is used as a default URL value for the custom field.

123456add_action('wp_insert_post', 'set_default_slidermeta'); function set_default_slidermeta($post_ID){    add_post_meta($post_ID, 'slider-url', 'http://', true);    return $post_ID;}

WordPress image slider shortcode

The last part of code is used to show your slideshow inside a post, page, theme or any other place where the usage of a shortcode is possible.

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253add_shortcode( 'simpleslider', 'simple_slider_shortcode' ); function simple_slider_shortcode($atts = null) { global $add_my_script, $ss_atts; $add_my_script = true; $ss_atts = shortcode_atts( array( 'location' => '', 'limit' => -1, 'ulid' => 'flexid', 'animation' => 'slide', 'slideshowspeed' => 5 ), $atts, 'simpleslider' ); $args = array( 'post_type' => 'slider', 'posts_per_page' => $ss_atts['limit'], 'orderby' => 'menu_order', 'order' => 'ASC' ); if ($ss_atts['location'] != '') { $args['tax_query'] = array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'slider-loc', 'field' => 'slug', 'terms' => $ss_atts['location'] ) ); } $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); $slides = array(); if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) { while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) { $the_query->the_post(); $imghtml = get_the_post_thumbnail(get_the_ID(), 'full'); $url = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'slider-url', true); if ($url != '' && $url != 'http://') { $imghtml = '<a href="'.$url.'">'.$imghtml.'</a>'; } $slides[] = ' <li> <div class="slide-media">'.$imghtml.'</div> <div class="slide-content"> <h3 class="slide-title">'.get_the_title().'</h3> <div class="slide-text">'.get_the_content().'</div> </div> </li>'; } } wp_reset_query(); return ' <div class="flexslider" id="'.$ss_atts['ulid'].'"> <ul class="slides"> '.implode('', $slides).' </ul> </div>';}

This shortcode accepts 3 attributes: a slider location, the animation type and the slideshow speed. These values are passed to the database query or the JavaScript snippet. Do you remember the variable $add_my_script I’ve mentioned before? This “global” variable is set right in the shortcode function and takes care about that all Flexslider files are only included on pages or posts where the slideshow shortcode is used! All HTML code for the slideshow is created by this function.

Using the slideshow shortcode and final words

This tutorial is not written for the WordPress beginner, but I’m also sure it’s not too complicated. You can use the three attributes to configure your slideshow a bit, for example:

1[simpleslider location="homepage" animation="slide" slideshowspeed="5"]

This shortcode will show all slides with custom taxonomy “homepage” (the slug) and show them in animation mode “slide” (you can also use “fade”) and the speed is set to 5 seconds. The attributes are not required and if you like to have more options you can add them to the function with the name print_my_spript(). This page shows all available Flexslider 2 properties.

The tutorial code doesn’t have some special style for the slideshow. If you like to use the same style as I used for my demo, copy/paste this CSS code into your theme’s stylesheet.

1234.flexslider { margin: 0 auto;max-height:300px; }.slide-content { position: relative;max-width:500px;bottom:70px;left:10px;background-color:#fff;font-size:0.95em;padding:0.45em 0.85em 0.25em;border-radius:3px;overflow: hidden; }.slide-content h3 { margin:0;font-size:1.5em;color:#4A7BB5; }.flex-direction-nav a { border-bottom:0;color:#fff;text-shadow: 2px 2px 2px rgba(15, 15, 15, 1);font-size:32px;heigh

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Marketing a website development company

A copywriter offers some advice for website development companies to stand out from the competition.

What are the four most powerful words any service provider can say to a prospective customer? “We’ve done that before.”

Think about it. Whether we are shopping for a new dentist, a plumber, an auto mechanic, or a website development company; we usually want someone who actually knows what they are doing.

Take a look at your own marketing materials. Do they simply contain a laundry list of technical skills? Is your list truly all that different from your competitors’? How many of your prospective clients know, or care, what all of those technical terms mean?

The same old portfolio page

When is a picture not always worth a thousand words? When that picture is a teeny screenshot of a website. Do you actually expect prospective clients to click through all of those links? Do you think they will understand that behind that teeny screenshot is some truly sophisticated programming that you believe led to a 150% increase in sales for your client? Not if you don’t say so.

Turning past projects into sales machines

Dump that silly gallery of screenshots and start building a portfolio that truly showcases your work.

Instead of just saying that you know how to build eCommerce sites – prove it.

Create case histories or project summaries about a few of your past development projects. Explain what the client asked for. If the conversation began with “We need a website and we would like to sell stuff on it”; then start there. Tell us what you did, how you did it and why it was the best solution for your client. And, don’t forget to mention how well the site performs and how happy the client is with your work.

Who do you think a business owner is more likely to hire as their website development company? The company with a laundry list full of incomprehensible terms that kinda looks like English? Or, might they hire you after reading how you turned the website for a similar business into a profit center?

About us vs. services

So many website development companies get this one wrong too. Service pages should be about the services you offer. About Us pages should share your company history, any industry specializations and introduce the members of your team.

Even if you are a sole proprietorship, you have a company history. Use your About page to tell prospective customers who you are. Convince them why they should hire you instead of a larger firm. Share the same sorts of information you would share with someone interviewing you for a job in a larger firm.

Not too long ago, I visited the website of a large web development company. They only work within a particular industry. Of the 20 or so bios on their About Us page, none mentioned having experience working in the industry they served. Only one employee appeared to have a technology-related degree. I learned far more about their non-work activities than their professional activities and skills. Their bios read more like dating profiles than professional resumes.

The worst of the worst?

When John (name changed to protect the foolish) isn’t in the office, he is on the mountain either skiing or hiking the miles of forest trails in our region and around the world. He hopes one day to tackle Everest. It was on a skiing trip to our area that led John to make (our town) his permanent base camp. John and his wife have four fur-kids – Rufus, Charlie, Princess and Goldie.

I guess I’m supposed to think John is an energetic go-getter. Not me. I wonder if John will be available when I need him or if he will cut corners on my project so he can escape to his favorite mountain.

Consider this totally made-up alternative bio for John. It turns his personal activities into a marketable asset for his web development company.

John is one of our web designers. He is an expert mountaineer and has traveled extensively. John started his career as a graphic designer for a marketing and advertising firm in New York City. With a degree in web technology and the eye of a talented artist, John creates truly unique designs that match our clients and the personality of their businesses. He has created unique brands for a number of travel-related companies and helped a few of our clients with international expansions. Our clients love his use of color and the custom graphics he adds to each of his designs.

Website development company marketing strategies

Want to stand out from the hordes of other folks offering website development services? Give prospective clients a reason to hire you. Website development company marketing strategies should begin by convincing prospective clients that you can handle their project and offer what they need; even when they don’t know what exactly that is.

Project summaries will reassure clients that you truly have “been there, done that.” Use your About Us page as it was intended – to tell your potential customers about you, your company and any employees or contractors you regularly use.

Show prospective clients how you utilize your technical skills to create solutions with measurable results. Show them that you’re not just another programmer. Convince them why they would be foolish to hire anyone else as their website development company.

It’s fairly simple once you think about it. Now, go sharpen your pencils and get to work.

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Why We Don’t Use Akismet

There was a time that Akismet was the go-to weapon against comment spam on WordPress sites. Unfortunately, we don’t think it has kept up with the threats that web developers face, it makes mistakes and still leaves a bunch of garbage comments in your WordPress database. I’ve never used Akismet, can’t really explain why, just didn’t. Olaf used to use it but has since found better alternatives to Akismet.

Reasons to avoid using Akismet

It’s only free for personal use; otherwise you have to pay from $60 a year for each site up to $50 a month (“for publishing networks, agencies, hosts and universities or multiple sites”). Part of the problem with that concept is that they don’t really define what they consider a “commercial” website. Is a commercial site a mommy blogger with a few Adsense ads or is it only true commercial enterprises that sells a product or service?

A lot of obvious spam gets through.

Doesn’t actually block the spammers. Akismet might flag their comments as spam but it does nothing to keep them from dumping 100 spam comments a day on your site. All of that junk uses your bandwidth, disk space and clutters up your WordPress database.

False positives. Akismet has a reputation for flagging good comments as spam. That means you’re still going to have to slog through all 1,248 comments in your spam folder to make sure it is all truly spam.

It can ignore comments made by legitimate visitors. I’ve seen several articles about this and experienced it myself. You leave a thoughtful reply to a blog post and when you hit submit there’s no notice of the comment awaiting moderation, no posting of the comment and no outward sign that what you took the time to write was actually accepted. Akismet may have simply blocked it.

Ah, but wait, Akismet is supposed to send suspicious comments to the spam folder. Apparently, not only does it send some legitimate comments to the spam folder, it doesn’t let some comments even into the system. Through the mysteries of their algorithm and reporting system, one of my email addresses was apparently placed on a spammers list. I don’t do a lot of blog commenting and when I do, it is usually several paragraphs long and they are always on point and would contribute to the conversation. In researching this article for Olaf, I found several folks theorizing that a denial of a trackback or even a single blogger tagging a comment with a particular email address can get that email banned in Akismet. I had always just assumed something went wrong between my lousy Internet connection or the blog I was commenting on. I don’t spam. It never occurred to me that I was on some sort of blacklist.

Even allowing for some false positives and blocking of legitimate comments, Olaf and I still don’t use Akismet. If I’m still going to have to review every comment being left on my blog, manually delete them AND never even see some potentially great comments; what’s the point?

So, if we don’t use Akismet anymore, what do we use?

Alternatives to Akismet

There are a number of free alternatives to Akismet that are more effective and are simply a better way to save you time, keep garbage from getting into your database in the first place and block bad bots before they have a chance to leave comments.

First off, Olaf and I don’t think there’s a single answer for fighting comment spam. The spammers are constantly changing their approach and there just doesn’t appear to be a 100% solution available. But, that might be a good thing in the long run. Perhaps some of the reasons why Akismet is not as effective as it once was is that in trying to be a sole solution, it can’t focus enough on each issue we face from spammers.

As a rule, Olaf has been using a three-pronged approach against spammers – filtering the bad traffic, blocking bad bots and automated comment post scripts and a more traditional comment-based spam blocker.

Cloudflare

Cloudflare has become our first line of defense against comment spam. They maintain their own blacklist, use 3rd party lists like AVH and it can be configured to block known spammers by their IP addresses. Once CloudFlare has noticed a new attacker, Cloudflare starts to block the attacker for both the particular website and the entire Cloudflare community. Olaf tells me that Cloudflare has the fastest and most secure network that he has ever worked with. He’s also noticed, across dozens of sites that he owns or operates for his clients, that Cloudflare has measurably decreased site load times. Cloudflare has also been known to recognize and repel brute force attacks against a site.

AVH First Defense Against Spam Plugin

AVH is a good alternative to the protection provided by Cloudflare. This plugin uses external lists (Stop Forum Spam, Project Honey Pot and Spamhaus) to block bad bots and users from even accessing your site. With AVH, you can also create your own blocked IP list.

5G Blacklist

5G Blacklist creates something of a firewall for your WordPress installation. The folks at PerishablePress.com believe the best way to stop those who wish to harm or exploit your site is to evaluate request strings and simply block them from even accessing your site. 5G helps reduce the number of malicious URL requests and protects against evil exploits, bad requests and other garbage.

5G isn’t a plugin. It is a bit of code that you add to your .htaccess file. If you don’t have direct access to your .htaccess file, you should considerchanging hosts. But, in the meantime, you can make changes to your .htaccess file via one of the tools in the WordPress SEO plugin from Yoast.

Antispam Bee

This is a gem of a plugin that has not received the attention it deserves. It is the closest thing to a free version of Akismet except it doesn’t have the problems with false positives and saving all of the spammy comments for review. Antispam Bee blocks virtually all of the garbage from getting into your database in the first place. It doesn’t stop the spammer from leaving the comment; it just deletes it before you ever see it. Of course, you can change the settings to allow the comments into your Spam queue for individual review.

This plugin has a strong and loyal following. When the original developer had to beg off the project, members of the WordPress community have rallied behind him to keep this powerful plugin alive.

Stop Spam, Stop Wasting Time

All in all, the best defense against spam is to utilize a system that begins with preventing access from your WordPress site and then properly handling anyone who manages to get past that first line of defense. We don’t use Akismet anymore because it lets the spammers gain access to the site and may delete legitimate comments. Flagging comments as spam lets the spammers leave their garbage and the blog owner still has to review each comment – a total waste of time.

Deploying an approach that begins at the server level and denies known spammers and hackers from accessing your site in the first place is far more effective. Add to that a plugin like Antispam Bee and you will see your spammy comments virtually disappear – we did.

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Shopping Cart Templates

Open-source software makes it possible: Setup your eCommerce using a script like Magento or osCommerce in a minimum of time. As a shop owner you need only to install the script and you’re ready to insert your products.

Then you’re ready to sell your products online. But how good does your shop look? For each system type there are great free templates available, but how many other people are using the same template?

If you want your shop to stand out from the crowd, it’s time for a premium Shopping Cart template!

More than 2500 eCommerce templates

We offer here more than 2500 unique eCommerce templates including ~500 Magento templates. There are web templates for each type of web store.

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Tips on Server Configuration, Domain Hosting and File Management

One of the biggest decisions every webmaster must make is what company to use for domain hosting and if a separate online backup service is necessary. But, that’s only part of the story. Before deciding where to host, you’ll need to decide whether you are going to need a dedicated server, virtual server or shared server for your website(s). My preference is using a virtual server in a cloud and using DirectAdmin for the control panel. Through a series of articles, I will explain why I prefer that configuration, provide tips on setting up your server, offer advice on backing up your files and a discuss variety of other topics related to VPS andcloud hosting.

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Building Websites with WordPress and SEO in Mind

If we talk about building websites, using WordPress is perhaps the fastest and easiest way to get content online fast. There are numerous WordPress plugins to choose from along with great themes and widgets for WordPress. SEO plugins and widgets that add meta tags and site maps help to get new sites indexed fast, something that everyone who is building websites wants to see. I am a big fan of WordPress and have attended several WordCamp conventions. On the Web Development Blog as well as on FinalWebsites.com, I share information about using WordPress to build websites, how to customize WordPress Templates and WordPress SEO. This is also where I share several bbPress plugins to include a forum on your WordPress site and tips for bbPress SEO.

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PHP Scripts, Tutorials and Code

FinalWebsites.com is where I share many popular PHP classes and scripts and support them through our active forum. Here on the Web Development Blog, I further discuss each PHP script, login script and PHP form and provide additional PHP tutorials, PHP snippets and script reviews. Ready to use examples are available both here and at Final Websites and all of the code presented may be used for your own website or application. Your feedback and suggestions are greatly appreciated and please feel free to contribute your own solutions either here or in the forum.

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Website Development

Working in website development not only means constantly learning new languages and knowing when to use them, but, it also means learning more about marketing, requirements gathering and human-computer interaction. Website development has transitioned from simple HTML-driven sites to fully interactive informational and ecommerce portals. HTML5, jQuery and node.js didn’t even exist a few years ago. Now they are a part of every project I do.

It has always been my goal to share web programming tutorials and offer suggestions on proper web design here on Web Development Blog. You’ll find articles on eCommerce Solutions, Google Services, jQuery Code, PHP Scripts and a variety of other topics.

What you’ll find in this section are conversations and ideas on website development that do not easily fit in one of the existing categories. We’ll talk about website design as a whole, website development tools, usability and running a website development company. As new technologies and programming languages emerge, we’ll talk about them here first.

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Making HTML readonly Attribute Look Like Disabled

A quick entry in case anybody else runs into this scenario. I have a form with some text boxes which need to display as disabled, but the values aren't being submitted with the form. As it turns out, this is native behavior for the 'disabled' attribute. The workaround is to use the 'readonly' attribute instead, but the problem with that is it doesn't render with a grayed out background. After fiddling for a while I came up with the following script:

dojo.ready(function(){ dojo.query("[readonly]").forEach(function(node, index, arr){ dojo.attr(node.parentNode,"style", "background-color: #efefef !important"); }); });

Maybe someone else will find this useful.

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10 Indian PSD To WordPress Conversion Service Providers

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Why Do Small Businesses Need a Website For Their Business?

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10+ Exclusive Things That You Can Do With WordPress Easily

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Adding a Log4j Console to a Web Application

There's a popular open source jsp that allows changing the log4j levels for a web application called log4jAdmin.jsp that I've been wanting to use for troubleshooting, but using it poses a problem. Typically, deployable artifacts are built by an automated process and are not altered as they make their way through the different environments (development/integration/quality assurance/production). I definitely don't want a log4j administration console finding its way into a production environment as this would allow end users to access it. So the ideal situation would be to add the jsp to the application after it has been deployed. I could have the system administrators add the file to the WebSphere installedApps directory, but this isn't recommended (and they would likely not agree to do this anyways). A proper alternative is to use WebSphere's deployment process. Instead of updating an application using the default option, look further below on the page:

The contents of the zip should mirror the exploded folder structure in installedApps. In this case the zip contains a single JSP:

Any number of files can be injected into a deployed application using this technique, but in this particular instance I use it to manage Log4j log levels.

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Error Running wsadmin.sh

I've been making extensive use of wsadmin.sh as part of scripted WebSphere application installs to virtual machines, and today a script which I had written a long time ago started to throw the following error: com.ibm.websphere.management.exception.AdminException: ADMA0043E: /tmp/app9215861615159415312.ear does not exist for installation. I didn't find any conclusive solution to the error on the web although some suggested there was a mismatch in the location of the temp folder. I changed the websphere variable (Environment > Websphere variables) from WAS_TEMP_DIR = ${USER_INSTALL_ROOT}/temp to WAS_TEMP_DIR = /tmp Restarted the server and the problem went away. I have no idea why this worked before, but I guess it's fixed now.

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2015’s Top 12 Social Media Tools For eCommerce Businesses