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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Backup Questions – ie: don't I only have to backup certain files?Depends on 1) how old your site is (and how often you update it) and 2) what you’re using to back things up.
Images and posts will be in your database.
I always recommend doing a full backup at least once a month. This will cover all posts (and file uploads) you’ve done throughout the past month, as well as any upgrades you made to plugins and themes. You’re covered pretty well that way. but the older your site is (and the more frequently you update) the longer it takes, because the database is that much bigger.
Also, if you’re using a plugin to back things up, and you’re saving the backups within your file system, then the backups are backing up the old backups. it’s always best to back up, and send it somewhere else (not keep it on the server where your installation is) – backing up old backups makes things get HUGE really fast.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: My Dashboard has disappeared1. I can login
2. only 2 buttons visible on the left of dashboard
1. Dashboard
2. ProfileSounds like you’ve logged in as a subscriber (or accidentally changed your account to a subscriber’s account). Only Dashboard and Profile are what you see when you’re a subscriber an logged in. All the other buttons show based on your login level – Administrator sees everything.
Another suggestion (other than what Keesie says) would be to log into your hosting control panel, and access phpMyAdmin. Go to the wp_users table and see what your user level is set at.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Trouble logging in after upgrading versions, page simply refreshesYou said you’ve removed the plugins folder – did you try reverting your theme to default?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Create Yearly Archive for Showcase Websiteor better, educate your client about WordPress… how it works 🙂
yeah! 😉
(I actually wrote a plugin for that, too…)
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Need background size to increase when resizedOh, I see – you’re looking for a responsive type thing. (you’re talking about the hand, right?)
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: OMG newbie unable to increase file size upload limitYeah, that sounds to me like a hosting issue then. Some hosts allow you to edit the php.ini file, but some don’t. You may have to contact them.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Create Yearly Archive for Showcase WebsiteMaybe using Tags and this plugin would help?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Page link stopped workingGlad you got it sorted. (as for reverting, you go to “Settings > Permalinks” and just choose “default” and save. Then see if the page works. ten go back and change the permalinks back to “custom” and save again. Sometimes that helps.)
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to add a code to the HTML editorNo, you can insert code for tables and such (I think for tables, though, you need a plugin), but the HTML editor is a lot like using Microsft Word. There’s buttons there to format the text. but the editor for posts and Pages is NOT for laying out the page – it’s *solely* for the content of the page. The *theme* is for th elayout, and it pulls in the content.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Create Yearly Archive for Showcase WebsiteThere are a number of exhibitors that are repeating from 2011 to 2012, but their bio’s and photos are significantly different.
That’s what I was wondering.
In that case, could you set up tags for the custom post types? Then tag by author? You could have an archive that way.
I agree with David – doing multisite (or multiple installations) will get WAY to difficult to maintain, and eventually you’ll have security issues (with the multiple installations, anyway).
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Create Yearly Archive for Showcase WebsiteSorry, I say “authors” bcuse I recently did a site where we needed to do the same thing. We created user accounts for the “exhibitors”, but no logins for them. I used a plugin (i can’t remember the name) that allowed me to re-use a single email address (in our case, “noemail@sitename.com”) for all of the “exhibitors” on the site, so when a custom post type was created, we could set them as the “author” of the post. Therefore, the authors would have an archive.
I guess I was thinking along those lines 🙂 it works well for the client I did this for. 1 person managing, but multiple “authors” who aren’t really authors, if that makes sense! She could just set each “user” as a “author” so they would have an archive associated with their “account”.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to add a code to the HTML editorDo I have to insert tags like <html></html><head></head><body></body>? because I did.
No. Those are handled by the theme files. If there’s an issue between the content area and the menu, then it’s the style.css file you want to fix (probably edit margin or padding on the menu)
The editor has NOTHING to do with the presentation/layout of the site. All it affects is the content.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: OMG newbie unable to increase file size upload limitIt’s at the root of your WordPress installation. it’s how WordPress connects to your database. (you have to FTP into your server to get it.)
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Page link stopped workingHow very strange. Have you tried re-saving your permalinks (or reverting to default)?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Trouble logging in after upgrading versions, page simply refreshesHow about renaming your .htaccess file to htaccess.txt? (your permalinks will go wonky, but at least you may be able to log in)