Trying to create first page

  • littleemperor

    (@littleemperor)


    18 years, 7 months ago

    I just installed WordPress and I am trying to create my first blog/page. I followed the documentation but it assumes things are working right and for me they are not.

    I click on Write.
    I create a simple text page.
    I click save and then I click publish.

    Whenever I click “view”, or “Preview” or “view site” I always get the same index page that has always been there. It never displays my content that I added. It opens the browser window and the URL shows the correct ID but it is not the page I created.

    It is probably just my newness to the product and I don’t understand it, but the documentation just says that I should see my work so it is not helping me. I have tried it a dozen times so I am clearly doing somnething wrong.

    Any ideas? Thanks!

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  • kmessinger

    (@kmessinger)

    18 years, 7 months ago

    Are you publishing changes to the internet where WordPress is? In you wp-admin under Options, you should have a WP URL and a blog address.

    When you publish it goes to this address.

    When you are writing your browser should show you at http://YOURWEBSITE.COM/WordPress/wp-admin/options-writing.php OR where ever you have WP hosted.

    Thread Starter littleemperor

    (@littleemperor)

    18 years, 7 months ago

    Thanks. I installed WordPress in the top level home directory. That is also what it shows in Options. When I look at the file dates in ALL the directories, there is nothing new, so I don’t think anything is actually being published. It lets me hit the publish button and continues on like it was published, but the results don’t indicate that it did. It does retain my edits though.

    Any other ideas?

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    18 years, 7 months ago

    1. There is nothing in the files: Wp is a database driven script, so all your content should be in the database.
    2. Don not hit Save! When you finished editing your article, click Publish.

    kmessinger

    (@kmessinger)

    18 years, 7 months ago

    From within wp-admin/index.php when you click on write, what is the url shown in the browser?

    When you click on publish, what does the url change to?

    When you click on view site, what is the url?

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    18 years, 7 months ago

    km,
    doesn’t matter what the url is – he is hitting the buttons in the wrong order…

    kmessinger

    (@kmessinger)

    18 years, 7 months ago

    Thanks moshu. I thought he would see “draft” if he were successfully saving and then reopening admin.

    Glad you’re on the job.

    Thread Starter littleemperor

    (@littleemperor)

    18 years, 7 months ago

    kmessenger – thanks for your help!

    “From within wp-admin/index.php when you click on write, what is the url shown in the browser?”

    http://mysite.com/wp-admin/post-new.php

    “When you click on publish, what does the url change to?”

    http://mysite.com/wp-admin/post-new.php?posted=8

    “When you click on view site, what is the url?”

    http://mysite.com/

    When I click on view post the URL is…

    http://mysite.com/?p=8

    None of the views reflect my editing but the editing is retained since I can bring the editor back up and see it. Also, I didn’t see anything reflecting a “draft.”

    Thanks again for your help!

    Thread Starter littleemperor

    (@littleemperor)

    18 years, 7 months ago

    moshu, I have tried creating several pages, some by hitting save first, some by only hitting publish. I get the same results either way. Any suggestions? Thanks.

    kmessinger

    (@kmessinger)

    18 years, 7 months ago

    Your URLs are incorrect. http://mysite.com should be http://YOUR SITE’S NAME.com and the same for all the other URLs.

    For example when I click on view site from my admin I am taken to: http://savethecolors.com/WordPress/
    You should be taken to http://YOUR SITE'S NAME.com/WordPress if you installed WP where your website is installed.

    Root

    (@root)

    18 years, 7 months ago

    I might try a reinstall at this point.

    Thread Starter littleemperor

    (@littleemperor)

    18 years, 7 months ago

    Thanks for your help kmessinger. Perhaps there was a problem with the install.

    Thread Starter littleemperor

    (@littleemperor)

    18 years, 7 months ago

    Thanks Root. I am going to take your advice and start over with a new install. Obviously something is not quite right.

    Thread Starter littleemperor

    (@littleemperor)

    18 years, 7 months ago

    I figured it out. WordPress was creating a file named index.php. I have a new host and they automatically created an index.html file. For whatever reason, the WordPress “view page” features always defaulted to the html page instead of the php page I had created. Removed the index.html and everything worked fine.

    Thanks for everyone’s help especailly kmessinger!

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