Doodlebee

When you say “backup” do you mean backup of the files only, or the database too? You upgraded it when the original wasn’t working? Is the database backup a backup of the old version? What version of WP was it? Why didn’t the old one work? What happened/

Have one category for Video, one for Articles. Use a query (query_posts()) to pull in the content into whatever sections you want. No need for .htaccess rewrites. If you just want the /category/ part remove from the URL, there’s already a plugin that does that.

>>which makes me think there must be some sort of vulnerability somewhere. <<

yes, probably one of the sites on your shared server is the vulnerability. Someone probably has a poor password, didn’t upgrade their WP version (IF it is indeed, WordPress and not some self-built thing) or left their file permissions wide-open. Just because you (and some other people on your server) are running WordPress doesn’t necessarily mean it’s WordPress. Obviously *someone* hasn’t been paying attention to their security, and has compromised everyone.

Contact your host. If it’s across multiple sites, the *server* has been compromised, and they will want to know. They will also track down the source of the problem, and take the necessary steps to fix it.

Searching the forums is a good thing.

>>i was just wondering if there was anyway of changing this?<<

That’s what the stylesheet is for. style.css in your theme files.

>>does anyone know how to customise the look of your side bar?<<

If you’re using widgets, then you should be able to edit the settings in your widget preferences. If you’re not using widgets, then you need to edit the tag in your sidebar.php file.

I’d agree with numeeja. If you had permalinks set, an .htaccess file done, etc. then the move could have messed this up. You might also try deactivating plugins that were activated and moved, and see if that helps.

Ah – I see. Well, looking at the bookmark.php file (in includes) there’s a function you might be able to use:

get_bookmark_field( $field, $bookmark, $context = 'display' );

Nothing in the codex on it that I can find. But there’s also get_bookmark( $bookmark, $output, $filter );, and that might be more helpful. I’d say you could write a function that creates its own loop, and uses the above to output the bookmarks in array format, and pull the contents of the link_notes field.

So, for example (and this is totally untested and off the top of my head, but it might be a start):

function custom_bookmarks() {
  global $wpdb;
  $bookmarks = get_bookmarks();

  if($bookmarks) {
    foreach($bookmarks as $bm) {
      $id = $bm->link_id;
      $add = get_bookmark($id);
      $notes = $add->link_notes;

      $link .= '<li><a href="' . $bm->link_url . '">' . $bm->link_name . '</a><br />' . $notes . '</li>';
    }
  }
  echo $links;
}

Maybe that would do it?

No offense, but this isn’t a WordPress issue. Google is your friend. 🙂