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Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: InstallationHi, Esmi, thanks for your help! My FTP wasn’t working because I’d exceeded my limit of data on my server. So as usual it was my fault!
Once I fixed that though, the wordpress install worked so perfectly I was sure I must be dreaming. I appreciate the help you put out on the web, you helped me work through this.Anyway, I can’t wait to go post!Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: InstallationIt is definitely my FTP client, I will fix that and let you know how it goes tomorrow. Thank you so much for the help!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: InstallationI think I discovered the problem, I believe the FTP is causing it. Uploaded files are present in the view pane, but their file size says 0 KB, they are damaged somehow. I’ll upgrade the FTP program so it works, and try back.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: InstallationThanks, I’ll try that and get back to you. Thanks!
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In reply to: InstallationIf you think it would be helpful I can delete and re-upload all files in the /skyboy/ directory from the latest WordPress online.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Installationhttp://samuraiwoodworks.com/skyboy/ is the one I cannot bring up
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: InstallationSure, the site is at http://samuraiwoodworks.com/skyboy/. You’ll be able to pull up http://samuraiwoodworks.com/blog/ to see one of the existing working sites.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: InstallationHmm, not sure I know what you mean. Basically, I have three WordPress installs, in separate folders within the root folder. The other two are already working correctly, so the new one is the one I’m having trouble with. I changed wp-config in the new installation by adding four items, DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, and then DB_HOST, using the same information as the existing two installations. Then as I mentioned, added a different table_prefix other than the default “wp_”.
If I enter the actual URL for the other installations, ie, http://www.example.com/blogfolder/wp-login.php or even http://www.example.com/blogfolder/wp-admin/admin.php, or http://www.example.com/blogfolder/wp-admin/install.php, any of these URLs will work…but not on the new installation. Pretty darn sure I have the folder name right. The browser does seem to be on that page, no “cannot find” message appears, the window is simply blank.
Thanks for trying to fix this with me.Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: InstallationDomain name registered eight years ago. Would that affect things? Have FTP access, I can see all the files are there, as well as my other two installations.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: InstallationThanks! I checked and it looks okay. I went back to wp-config-sample and re-did it to be sure.
Could there be trouble accessing database? As I mentioned, two other blogs on this root domain already use it successfully, and I changed $table_prefix variable in wp-config.php so that this installation would have its own place in the database. Might that be stopping it somehow?Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: images upload as blankHey, thanks!!! it was set to do just what it did, store media in /wp-content, then evidently tried to display them from wp-content/uploads. When I changed it, it now all works. No better feeling in the world, Thanks, kmessinger, you were a great help.
“We have met the enemy, and he is us!”Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: images upload as blankAha! A little digging furnished me with some answers. (Tried several browsers, by the way). Here’s what’s going on: WordPress shows the URL of my pictures as /wp-content/uploads. however there is no “/uploads” folder in “wp-content”. Instead the photos are located right in /wp-content. They upload to there, even if I create an “uploads” folder inside /wp-content for it to go.
I noticed that all the rest of my media is in a folder called /wp-content/images. I don’t remember if I created that folder or an older version of Worpress created it. At any rate, WordPress is for some reason putting the uploads in the wrong place.
So I’ve located the problem but have no idea how to fix it. Can preferences be set for location of uploaded media files in WordPress?
Onward and upward.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: images upload as blankI have somewhat of a follow-up: I had problems loading images on another wordpress site I just started, and my web server helped by setting permissions for the database WordPress uses. This solved the problem of image upload on that site. I asked what he did and here’s his reply:
“The specific permissions change I’m making is a bit technical, but what it amounts to is giving the anonymous user account, under which the web server runs, read/write permission to all of the files in the WordPress install. Since WordPress runs as this anonymous user when it’s doing various operations on your site (file uploads, etc.), this usually takes care of providing the needed privileges so things work right.”
Anyway, this is only a partial answer, because he re-set permissions on my original WordPress site as well, and I still have trouble with that. On that site, the images files do not upload (do not appear in /Uploads), but a box of the correct size does appear, it’s just blanked out with the “no image” symbol. When I FTP an image directly into the Uploads folder, it does upload and appear in the folder now, but still appears blank in WordPress.
Does anyone else experience this problem? Kapokberlin, are you still having the issue?