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  • drobbins

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    More than likely this is mod_security issue; I experienced similar issues not too long ago. Try renaming xml-rpc.php to something else – something not using ‘XML’ or ‘RPC’ in the filename – then make sure you change any settings in things like external clients; when they post they should look for the new file, not xml-rpc.php – See if it works.

    Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: WPG2 Plugin
    drobbins

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    On the Gallery2 Admin screen – from “Options” – go to the embedded paths tab, and in the very bottom field, under Advanced Options – put in “gallery2” (with no quotes or slashes) in the embedded path prefix blank and see if that doesn’t fix it ….

    Forum: Plugins
    In reply to: Is there a ratings plugin?
    drobbins

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    Structured blogging is an excellent plug-in for this – one of the plug-ins on my own personal “must-have” list; someone put the link up in an earlier post …

    I had a similar problem, with similar error codes from w.bloggar. Try renaming your xmlrpc.php file, making sure you also change the settings in w.bloggar to point directly to the newly named file – so, if was previously /root/wordpress/ or root/wordpress/xmlrpc.php, change it to root/wordpress/newfilename.php
    Apparently on some systems/servers mod_security blocks thh file, so try renaming it to see if that is it.

    Thanks … oddly enough, I found a solution simply in renaming xmlrpc.php (and likewise changing the filename in any code that called the file).

    Forum: Fixing WordPress
    In reply to: xmlrpc troubles

    Hey – I just recently had a lot of problems with my xmlrpc.php file somehow not jiving with the server – it may have something to do with mod_security, not sure. Anyway, try renaming your xmlrpc.php file into something else, making sure you change it also in any files that include it or refer to it; I know it sounds stupid and simple, but this fixed a problem I had been trying to resolve for weeks.

    I did something similar for a while, but with javascript and CSS – I put this in the header:
    <style type=”text/css” media=”screen”>
    .posthidden {display:none}
    .postshown {display:inline}
    </style>
    <script type=”text/Javascript”>
    function expandcollapse (postid) {
    whichpost = document.getElementById(postid);
    if (whichpost.className==”postshown”) {
    whichpost.className=”posthidden”;
    }
    else {
    whichpost.className=”postshown”;
    }
    }
    </script>

    And then on the main page (I actually used it for a specific category page, but either way it should work), the code would look something like:

    <div class=”post”>
    <h2 id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
    <small><?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?> <!– by <?php the_author() ?> –></small>
    ‘)”>
    [+/-] show/hide this post
    <span class=”posthidden” id=”<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
    <div class=”entry”>
    <?php the_content(‘Read the rest of this entry »’); ?>
    </div>
    <p class=”postmetadata”>Posted in <?php the_category(‘, ‘) ?> | <?php edit_post_link(‘Edit’,”,’|‘); ?> <?php comments_popup_link(‘No Comments »’, ‘1 Comment »’, ‘% Comments »’); ?>
    <!–
    <?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
    –>
    </div>
    </span>

    Of course, the span being wrapped around the block element makes it invalid, i think (not positive) – but you could easily fix that and just take them out – modify as you please. You could probably also work something out, using the customizable query/post listing plugin or any other, and add a short excerpt in addition to what is here (which just shows the title) – then just let it swap out that span with the one containing the full post.

    Oh – and just so I’m not falesly representing myself, this was totally just stuff I ripped off from Blogger tricks, and just plugged into the appropraite place here.

    OK – I heard back from my web admin (they rock!) – here was his response:

    “the problem may be caused by mod_security . It seems there may be a security hole in xmlrpc.php so the firewall is telling the pinging machine “file not found”. What version of xml-rpc and or WordPress are you running?”

    I have yet to hear back from him (because I just now responded to his question) but hopefully he might have some more insight into this later on … All this is well beyond my knowledge, so at this point all I can do is relay messages and follow instructions, but if anyone has any ideas about this, it would be much apprecaited … (and, for the record, I’m using the latest version of WP, but as I’ve said before, I’ve tried everything from the CVS version to 1.5 alpha – and yes, I have been deleting the files before moving the new ones to the server).

    I’ve had the same error and I’ve been trying to find an answer everywhere:

    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/42691

    I’ve even completely replaced the installation with an older version when the plug-in was working just fine, and I still get the same error. I am beginning to suspect, maybe, that this is a problem our host/admins will have to solve – maybe something to do with an Apache handler, maybe not – that is just a wild guess. But I’ve asked on here, searched the Web, and the few solutions I did find didn’t work for me. If anyone figures this out PLEASE let me know.

    Thread Starter drobbins

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    Oh – I also should add that I am running the latest version of WordPress, but I have tried it with old versions as well, with no change. Like I said, I even put the exact same files I previously had on the server when everything did work, and it didn’t fix it – which is why i suspect it is something either the host has changed, or maybe that I need to add an Apache handler.

    I had one other idea – it might be a little lengthy but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work – if you have ftp access, try creating a directory in your root directory named “index.php,” then copy your entire wordpress installation to that directory (the wp-content, wp-admin, wp-includes folders, etc). You should be able to get the admin area then – go change the site address back – then you can just delete the folders you just made … worth a shot.

    I’m not quite sure i understand how you want it positioned; personally, at first glance I would create one div to wrap around both the “dude” section AND the sidebar – make it absolutely positioned, give it the width of 229px or whatever – then within that add a div for the sidebar, relative positioned at 100% width, with NO setting right, left, top or bottom (unless you want to nudge it slightly one way or the other) – you can add a simple br (break) in the code, or make the display: block setting for it. Close that div, then add another div (dude-div) – this one also within the larger container div – and likewise make it relatievly positioned at 100% – it should be right under the sidebar.

    Well, I do something sort of similar, and what I do is create a page that will house the links – and for the posts (which will be the articles), give them a specific category, like “articles” or “essays.” On that first page, though, I use one of the plugins that allow you to list all the posts of a category – make sense? So, creat a page (not a post), and in it you will add the code that lists the posts for the category of the articles – so if the “articles” category has the ID of 3 (look on the ‘Manage Categories’ page to find the ID#), on the Page you create, you could put:

    <?php wp_cat_posts(3); ?>

    – then it wou dlist all the post titles. Here is alink to one of the plugins – the one for the above code – but there are several other ones and ways you can do it – http://watershedstudio.com/portfolio/software/wp-category-posts.html

    http://watershedstudio.com/portfolio/software/wp-category-posts.html

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