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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Adding a badge to my blogTry just adding the image link as the image url in the widget:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b20/ilvcml/CTS/cts_badge.jpg
(or your media file image location instead of the above).
and then add the link url separately below in the widget link field (if you want it to link, that is).Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: header / navigation problemThis isn’t happening for me when I visit, but as yours is a commercial theme, it’s best that you ask the developers about this.
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In reply to: disable photo-titleYou may have better luck asking about this in your theme’s support forum.
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In reply to: WordPress.com site eats codeIs your site actually hosted at WP .COM? If so, your support forum is here:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/
The two sites work a bit differently. It’s very easy to get them confused:
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In reply to: content is centered after trying a widgetThis is a question you should direct towards support at wordpress.com since that’s where your site is hosted. I’m sure they’ll be happy to help you.
https://en.support.wordpress.com/Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: activating side bars on JoleneI recommend asking about this on the theme’s support forum. They’ll probably have an easy answer for you.
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In reply to: Problem with my Landing PageThat seems to be an issue with your landing page plugin. I’d try asking about this in the support forum for the plugin where they are most familiar with the various layouts.
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In reply to: Security.. I have been locked out but never tried to log in..If it really is permanent, visit the support page for your security plugin. Most of these plugins have in place methods for you to work around being locked out. In the future, pay close attention to the settings you select for your site. As you’ve seen, ‘permanently’ isn’t really the best choice if the username happens to match yours. Usually a shorter time period is sufficient to block most of the bad guys.
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In reply to: To many login attempts emails coming through…Security plugins typically have settings for how long the particular user is locked out for the failed log-in attempts, and for how many attempts are allowed. When that period expires, you can reset the period if you like, once you get access again.
The bigger issue though, is that it sounds like your username is ‘admin’ and so you get locked out when this unwanted activity occurs. Best thing to do (if I’m right about that assumption) is to create a new user account for yourself with admin privileges. Then when you delete the ‘admin’-username account, you will be given the opportunity to assign content from that account to your new user. Once you do that, you can set a rule to immediately lock out anyone trying to use ‘admin’ to log in.
Before doing the above, be sure to create backups of your site and especially your database, just to be safe.
EDIT: If you don’t want to wait for the lockout to expire, have a look at this article from the plugin authors about how to get past the lockout:
https://ithemes.com/security/fixing-ithemes-security-lockouts/Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: My site randomly doesnt work???Below are instructions for disabling your plugins as a basic troubleshooting step. Often a misbehaving plugin can give the results you’re experiencing.
If you can’t access your admin pages, you’ll need to use an FTP client (like FileZilla), or your host’s cpanel (or File Manager) and navigate to the files on the server.
In your WP installation there, find
wp-content/pluginsand rename that plugin folder to something likeplugins-hold. That will disable all plugins and hopefully allow you to get back into WP admin. Rename the folder back to the original. Then you can start re-activating plugins until you find the problem one(s).If that doesn’t do it, likewise rename your active theme’s folder so that WP will use a default WP theme temporarily. That way you can rule out whether the theme is at fault or not.
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In reply to: Which files/folders are used by WordPress to update?Typically in WordPress, directories (folders) are set to 0755 and files are 0644. These are common settings for a shared-hosting environment, but check this page for your specific setup first.
That page also contains info for tightening the security for certain files in WP if you feel the need to do so.
So far I’ve not seen the usual listing of which specific WP files were included in the 4.2 update, but you can probably track them down if you really need to know. Just setting your permissions as above, though, should get you back on track.
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In reply to: Sidebar widthNo problem! I just think you’ll get faster results there. Good luck!
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In reply to: Sidebar widthThis is a question you can ask in the support forum for your theme. The theme authors and community will know best in this case.
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In reply to: my site space is automatically getting full day by daymy site space is getting full everyday
Full with what? We certainly can understand how this is a frustrating problem. But if you can’t tell what it is that is filling up your available space when looking at your site files, please ask your web host to help you. There is no way for anyone here to help you without this information.
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In reply to: Illegal String OffsetThat’s great. I’m glad you got it working again. Sometimes an older theme can keep chugging along fine for quite a while. Personally I don’t like leaving potential security holes open, but that doesn’t mean your theme has any such thing. It’s just something better dealt with sooner rather than when it’s too late.