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1. BlueFern
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Ok, I´ll try not to ramble because I'm in deep $%&!!... please keep in mind that I'm quite new to the world of wordpress.

   I have the BOLDY theme installed on a website, and everything worked beautifully, but by default, the theme has a different homepage than the blog... so my clients wanted to have the blog as the default homepage

   So I went inside wordpress and on the general settings tab I changed the setting for wordpress URL to the specific url for the blog... example (www.blablabla.com/blog)

   And now, my layout is gone, it's all messed up... even my wordpress admin area!!!! On the browser I hit the go back one page button, and tried to write the url exactly as it was before (www.blablabla.com) and save changes but everytime I press the save changes button it's all screwed up.

   Please please please!!!!! help me!!!

2. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yeah. That wasn't right at all. What YOU did was to 'move' wordpress. Except you didn't.

   You'll want to edit wp-config.php

   Add these two lines to the file, immediately after the initial "<?php" line.

   update_option('siteurl','http://www.blablabla.com/');
   update_option('home','http://www.blablabla.com/');

   Once that's done, your site should be back up and running.

   Then read this: http://wordpress.site5.net/boldy/doc/

3. Andrea_r
   team pirate
   Posted 1 year ago #

   but by default, the theme has a different homepage than the blog... so my clients wanted to have the blog as the default homepage

   So I went inside wordpress and on the general settings tab I changed the setting for wordpress URL to the specific url for the blog... example (www.blablabla.com/blog)

   Yeah....

   when you get it fixed, go to Settings -> Reading. Pick "blog" for "show on homepage".

4. BlueFern
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   The thing is I don't think I have that file, my wp installation was made via fantastico (the host is cpanel) And I´ve been looking through the files both in wp-admin and wp-content, etc... And all I can see that resembles the code I have to change is through a file called options-general.php But I don't think it lets you edit that one.

   what should I do? :(

5. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   You Do have that file. You CANNOT have WordPress running without it :) It's also not in wp-admin or wp-content, but it's at the same LEVEL as those files.

   index.php
   wp-config.php
   wp-content/

   Same level :)

6. BlueFern
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Found the file! I was looking in the wrong place (duh! like the idiot I am... typical)

   I wrote the two lines of code, but now all I got was this:

   "Fatal error: Call to undefined function update_option() in...."

   and the plot thickens :L

7. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Did you add them AFTER the <?php line?

8. BlueFern
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   yeap, right after that... what could be wrong?

9. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   What's the FULL fatal error?

10. BlueFern
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function update_option() in /home/elcuarto/public_html/wp-config.php on line 3

11. Ipstenu
    Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Take those two lines out, but that is really ... Why would it say undefined for THAT.

    You're going to have to go in via the database and fix the URLs in the WP_options table for siteurl and home.

12. BlueFern
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Holly crackadoodles!!!! Fixed!!! went through the database and cleared the mess :)

    I hope you know, that I LOVE YOU and I will be forever in your debt!!!

    You guys are awesome for putting up with total noobs like me :D

    Ipstenu, Andrea... Thank you, thank you, thank you, from the very bottom of my heart, a million times THANK YOU!!!!

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