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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Auto-update author (user) when post modified?WordPress keeps track of the author of the last modification.
I couldn’t find a plugin to do this, so you are going to have to modify how your Posts are displayed. Here is the complete set of documentation on the relevant PHP WordPress functions, including Template Tags, that you will need to use:
https://developer.wordpress.org/?s=modified_author
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_modified_author
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_modified_authorForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Change Theme, Content, Plugins of site while it is active“The best answer” depends on whether you can “freeze” your site during the period of change. By “freeze”, I mean “make no changes to the content of the existing site”.
If a “freeze” is possible, then you can do what I have done several times in the past:
- Clone the site to a subdirectory and a new database (a copy of the old database)
- Make all your changes to the subdirectory clone
- Rename index.php and .htaccess in the root; and replace them with copies from the subdirectory as explained here https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory#Using_a_pre-existing_subdirectory_install
Cloning can be done with the Duplicator plugin or by following these instructions: https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
I’ve never tried this without a Freeze.
I’m not an Apple guy, so I cannot test this, but I have used another desktop web server that required a port number and think I recall a similar situation.
To verify my theory, please type http://localhost:8888/wordpress
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Securi reports 'File modified .htaccess' it wasn't me!At the risk of stating the obvious, I have to ask: did you check and see if there is another .htaccess file in any other directory?
.htaccess will be automatically modified by WordPress in at least one situation: changing or even just saving Permalinks. Some plugins will change it, too.
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In reply to: Problem in uploading demo content and WP database errorAs explained here
https://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Commercial_Products
Sellers of Paid Themes must take the responsibility for supporting their Themes since we who support you here in this forum cannot afford to buy a paid theme to test which is what would be required to answer your question.Sorry that it has to be that way.
Hopefully, your Theme seller is responsive to support requests.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Issues with file ownership and FTP (on new WP installation)Well, if you do decide to try again before you hear back from your host’s support folks, I would recommend trying a different approach. Either of these are different enough that it might work:
- See if your hosting provider has a WordPress install option on its Control Panel. There can be issues with these kind of scripts, but permissions would not be a problem, that is for sure.
- See if it is possible to unzip on the host, rather than on your own computer.
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In reply to: Issues with file ownership and FTP (on new WP installation)You will probably have to ask your hosting provider as figuring out userid is very different depending on how they set up their web server.
About the only way to guess that I can think of is find out the Owner (userid) of WordPress files on a site that works properly on the same hosting provider. Then you have to figure out how to change the Owner of your files.
I really think your hosting provider is the one who can help you figure this all out.
But a little explanation might help. In the most common situation — Linux with Apache as the web server software — Apache runs WordPress as userid www-data. Therefore, it makes sense, from a permissions point of view, for all web files (everything on all web sites) to be owned by userid www-data.
In Linux, the command line command is
chown -R www-data:www-datafollowed by the root directory path.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Migration from one server to anotherwp-config.php is the only place that Database Name, User, Password and Host Name (usually “localhost”) are defined. When you move WordPress to another Server, all of them have to be the same if you don’t change wp-config.php. No matter what, it is a good idea to review wp-config.php to be sure that everything is right for the new server:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.phpAs I said, you need to be reviewing this documentation:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
From what you are saying, I think you missed this step:When your domain name or URLs change there are additional concerns. The files and database can be moved, however references to the old domain name or location will remain in the database, and that can cause issues with links or theme display.
You will have to check and see if you missed anything else.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Google AnalyticsProbably better to use a plugin specifically for Google Analytics than to try and do it all yourself. Here is a good place to start:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=google+analyticsForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Install Singleapp theme with sample dataI couldn’t find any Theme called “singleapp”. If it is a Paid Theme, you are going to have to contact the seller, as we cannot support Commerical Products here, as explained https://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Commercial_Products
Plus, any Theme-specific questions for Themes in the WordPress Theme Directory get much better answers if asked in the Support Forum you will find in the Theme Directory entry.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Renewing problemHard to tell what is going on from what you are saying, but I would recommend talking to Bluehost support, since they will be able to “see” exactly what you have there. Versus what is at wordpress.com
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: WP starts in incorrect directoryI have not used the All-in-One WP Migration plugin and you will need to re-post your question on the plugin’s support forum if you want an answer to the questions you asked:
https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/all-in-one-wp-migrationHowever, I can say that I have done a lot of clones and moves of WordPress sites over the last 8 years or so, and now use Duplicator at https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/.
And, if that doesn’t work on the first try, I follow the standard WordPress documentation on the subject:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPressForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can't click buttons on mobile site?No, I’m afraid I’ve never heard of that kind of problem before. It is less than ideal, but my first attempt, if the problem were mine, would be to first test if the problem still exists when you set your Android browser to display the Desktop version instead of the Mobile version of the page. Exactly how to do that varies by browser.
If it works that way, then you have to figure out how to disable the Mobile version for everyone on phones. Now we get into the reason that we cannot support Paid Themes here: I have no way, without paying, to look at your Theme and see how to do that. Which is why you really need to go to ThemeForest: you paid for Support as part of the payment you gave them for the Theme.
One other possibility that may or may not work: find a plugin that will disable Mobile, and see if it displays the Desktop version on Mobile phones. Here is one that might or might not work: https://wordpress.org/plugins/rocket-wp-mobile/
Otherwise, here is a good place to start in your search:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?type=term&q=disable+mobileForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can't click buttons on mobile site?Fired up my Android phone, and I could not get the Choose an option drop-down or the Add to Cart button to work either.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can't click buttons on mobile site?As explained here, we cannot support Paid Themes:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Commercial_ProductsLooking at your site, it appears as if you are using a ThemeForest /van/ theme. If so, you will need to contact them for help, since this is almost certainly a theme-related issue, not a WordPress issue, per se.