Posted 4 months ago #
I have had issues with my site for the past 24 hours. First it was blank, nothing displayed, just a white screen.
I got help from my Host and they made the site show up but the header was jibberish.
I did some re-installs of wordpress and now the site looks even worse.
I also deactivated my plugins to see if they were corupt. nothing...
I have twenty eleven.
Please help. I am new to wordpress.
Posted 4 months ago #
what is the url? it sounds like maybe the style sheets are not linking up properly. trry viewing the source and click the link to the css, if nothing shows up then that is your issue
Posted 4 months ago #
Wetness.org
Your stylesheet links are currently redirecting to your header.php template file - which, in turn, contain encoded markup! Start by re-uploading a fresh copy of Twenty Eleven:
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentyeleven
Posted 4 months ago #
Do you want me to replace all my old stylesheets with new ones?
You need to replace the whole Twenty Eleven theme.
Posted 4 months ago #
Is that different from re-installing wordpress?
Yes. Download the theme, unpack the archive and upload the theme's folder to wp-content/themes on your server using FTP (or whatever file management application your host provides).
Posted 4 months ago #
This may sound really ridiculous but I have no idea what most of what you just said means. I don't know how to "unpack" , no idea what the "archive: is, don't know how to "upload to server".
Is this layman's terms and I am totally clueless and how do I figure this out?
How did you install WordPress in the first place? In order to run your own site properly, you really do need to learn how to use FTP. Start by having a look at the link I gave above.
Posted 4 months ago #
I saw a blog I liked and it was wordpress. So I signed up for a wordpress account and it recommended a host. I didn't do anything with FTP, unpacking, or archiving. I don't even think I uploaded anything to my server. It was plug and play.
I have no idea what is going on. Now I am getting the idea that what I signed up for is not really plug and play.
So I signed up for a wordpress account
Where? The only "wordpress accounts" are on wordpress.com hosted sites and your site is not hosted on wordpress.com.
Posted 4 months ago #
I don't remember. but bluehost and wordpress were linked together for easy setup.
That's not a "wordpress account". You simply have a hosting package from BlueHost. How did you do the reinstalls of WordPress?
Posted 4 months ago #
Under updates. There is a tab "Re-install now".
That's not part of WordPress.
Posted 4 months ago #
I would suggest to try switching themes from the WORDPRESS dashboard after login in, and see if that helps
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