Posted 9 months ago #
I have had a blog on my website http://www.procyontales.com. Then I wanted a new blog within the same site, so I set up a network.
The problem now is that the link to the first blog is gone, and if you click on posts link it says it was not found on this server.
Problem 2 is that I don't know how to make a link from the first static page to the new blog. (Or the old blog for that matter)
Help?
Posted 9 months ago #
Sorry, I don't entirely understand the situation.
You had an up-and-running blog installed in the root with posts available? Then you turned that blog into a network and created a subdomain or subfolder extra website? (What's the url?)
I've never made a network out of a WP installation with content, but my guess is this shouldn't affect the content of it, so the blog in the root should be exactly the same as before. Are the 'old posts' still in the dashboard of the 'root site'?
Posted 9 months ago #
Yes, the first blog was set up in the root and the posts were available. I created a subdomain (or tried anyway) and the link is tales.procyontales.com.
I can access the new blog via the dashboard, but I can't access the old blog's content from anywhere. It justs says "Not found on this server"
Posted 9 months ago #
Perhaps it's simple. Go to the main site and under settings->reading check if the index is set for the latest posts or a static page.
[edit] He I just noticed that the urls of the recent posts have /blog/ in them. The main site isn't installed in a /blog folder is it?
[edit again] That's weird
http://www.procyontales.com/?s=translation
Gives the actual post, but the permalink doesn't work. The content is there somewhere.
Try settings->permalinks setting to default and see if that helps.
Posted 9 months ago #
Thanks, editing the permalink did the trick!
I have it set to a static page as front page, but I can't select anything but home as posts page.
And also, I would like to have links to the two blogs in the menu where it says "Home", how would I go about doing that?
Posted 9 months ago #
And yet another problem... I tried to upload an image in a post on the new blog, and the image is broken.
Also I would like the home button on tales.procyontales.com to point to procyontales.com
Posted 9 months ago #
Ah, that's easy. You make a new page called "blog" or "posts" or whatever. No content, publish it and assign it as posts page under settings->reading.
For that other thing you can use the "links" ("blogroll") function if you don't already use i't. You'll need to get that blogroll in your header though. If your theme doesn't do that by default, an alternative is the plugin "page links to", with that one you can make a new page and instead of putting text it it, assign a link to it. The 'page' appears in your header navigation, but the link goes elsewhere.
[edit], you can go back to your custom permalink. I guess it's going to work again. It just needed a reset.
Posted 9 months ago #
Thanks a lot for your help!!
Now, it's just the matter of the broken picture on the second blog. It doesn't work to upload the picture. Can you help? ^^
Posted 9 months ago #
That should work on any blog. I have no problems with it myself. Do you get an error or what?
[edit] perhaps you have to specify the uploads folder (use the network admin) now that there already was one before there was a network.
Posted 9 months ago #
I don't get an error, just a broken picture.
How do I specify the upload folder?
Posted 9 months ago #
Network admin (click on "howdy") -> sites -> all sites -> select subsite -> tab: settings -> find "Upload Path".
I expect it to be 'wp-content/uploads', but in a network it is more to be like 'wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files'.
Now you should be able to put there whatever you like, but perhaps, just as with the permalinks, there is a conflict between the old settings and the 'normal new' that needs resetting.
You use /files I see, which should be ok, but I wonder what all the rubble in the image url is:
tales.procyontales.com/files/2011/09/bustedtees.1ef11fdd96ca17921963cfa081e92d9c1-300x200.jpg. Is that long string of characters and numbers supposed to be some kind of salt, created by a plugin? I just get the filename. What's the name of the image, bustedtees?
Posted 9 months ago #
The main site has a more typical path:
procyontales.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bustedtees.1ef11fdd96ca17921963cfa081e92d9c-300x200.jpg
(uploads)
Any idea where the files part in the subsite comes from?
Posted 9 months ago #
There is a lot of characters and numbers in the image name, but I think a few extra was added though I don't know why or how.
I found that it uploaded the picture to/wp-content/blog.dir/2/files/2011/09
but the upload path in wordpress says: wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files, if that's got something to do with this?
Posted 9 months ago #
Nah, that's ok, you probably chose for month-based folders (which is default), but that image that I checked had a path /files/. Do new images still not work?
Posted 9 months ago #
Nope, they don't :(
Posted 9 months ago #
Hmm, and I'm off. A tip, make a new thread for this in the multisite subforum. Around this time Multi-raven Andrea usually comes online and I noticed that Ipstenu IS online, he's also a 'multi-savvy' forum user. Both usually check the multisite subforum.
Good luck.
Posted 9 months ago #
Thanks for all of your help, I appreciate it!
I noticed that Ipstenu IS online, he's also a 'multi-savvy' forum user
s/he/she :-)
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