matt434
Member
Posted 8 months ago #
I have never used WP before. However I know HTML+CSS very well and understand a bit of PHP too. All I want to do is change a few <title>'s on a friend's site but I can't figure out an easy way to do it.
I have FTP access and have looked through the directories but can't seem to figure out where the actual HTML is stored. If I knew where to look and could just manually change the HTML/text in a PHP file somewhere, that'd be great.
I guess the other option is to add a plugin but I'm having trouble with that too. I uploaded seo-title-tag to the plugins directory but can't find a way to activate it. The dashboard doesn't seem to have a plugin menu.
Whaw !
First, uninstall this plugin ! I don't know this one, but it seems not quite complete. Some plugins don't have setting panel !
And install this one : All in One SEO Pack
Then follow instructions, activate the plugin, go to the "All in One SEO" setting panel to enable the plugin, finally do the setup.
That's it.
Then, try to open a post, you sould see the good title, description and meta-tag.
Regards
matt434
Member
Posted 8 months ago #
I used FTP to upload all-in-one-seo-pack to /wp-content/plugins/
Now I'm supposed to 'Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress'
I don't see a Plugins menu. All I have are Dashboard, Pages, and Appearance.
kmessinger
Member
Posted 8 months ago #
Look at screen options in the upper right corner. Make sure plugins is turned on.
can't seem to figure out where the actual HTML is stored
The html is created dyamically by the php.
matt434
Member
Posted 8 months ago #
Yes, plugins is turned on under screen options. But no plugins menu. Just a box with:
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kmessinger
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Posted 8 months ago #
It should be in the left sidebar along with post, psges, tools, etc.
What is the url?
matt434
Member
Posted 8 months ago #
Yup, that's where I figured it should be. I thought maybe i didn't have admin privileges but the user is listed as administrator.
Is it because I'm using an old version. Should I just upgrade?
URL: http://sportsnaturalmed.com/wp-admin/index.php
kmessinger
Member
Posted 8 months ago #
I don't think upgrading will solve that but you should always upgrade when a new version is released. If you don't have admin privledges you won't be able to.
Have you tried:
- deactivating all plugins (yes, all) to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s). Don't forget the ones in mu-plugins if you have one. If you can't get into your admin dashboard, try resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.
- switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
matt434
Member
Posted 8 months ago #
How do I deactivate plugins other than deleting them from the wp-plugins folder? (remember I have no plugins menu!) The only other plugin is Akismet.
Will switching themes mean that the site will look different? Will I be able to switch it back easily? Don't know much about WP so don't want to mess things up.
kmessinger
Member
Posted 8 months ago #
You delete plugins by ftp or signing into your hosted account. You can just change the name of the plugins folder.
The theme change is temporary just for debugging. Yes you can switch back easily.
If it works with twentyten and not your theme it is a theme problem. Most likely it is a plugin problem. If it works with no plugins you add them back one by one until it breaks.
matt434
Member
Posted 8 months ago #
Ha! Turns out there was another plugin that I hadn't noticed. It was called 'hide-admin-panel'! So, deleting that via FTP did the trick!
Thanks for the help!
