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Thanks, mbenge and Kathryn for the help. I’m starting on my site now. Any questions, I’ll take you up on your generous offer.

Ed

Thanks for the reply. I’m not sure what AWSTATS is exactly, but I can get stats from my web host; I guess I’ll stay with that. –EdB

Thanks for the reply. Tried “theme my login” but the new page created a loop I got stuck in; had to remove the plugin from the website.

I found “page links to” plugin which did work, mostly as I want it to, though sometimes it exits immediately and other times it asks questions – can’t figure out why.

Thanks, Len. I’ll look at it and get back.

Thanks for the reply.

I’m not sure what you mean by installing by FTP. I always install by FTP, its the only way that works. I use Filezilla, transfer the files, modify per WP instructions, etc.

What never works is automatic update. I’ve now got WP and four add-ons that need update, and auto-update won’t work for any of them.

Are there specific ftp settings within WP that need to be set?

I like wordpress a lot but the laborious updates are a problem. When I upgraded from 2.8 to 3.0, it took literally days because of database changes. I’d sure love to automate the updates.

Any clues are most welcome.

Thanks,
Ed

Thanks for the replies.

Otto42, I have to disagree that a save button would make no sense here; almost 30 years of computing have us conditioned to “save and continue” our documents. Think MSWord: I taught that program to corporate users some years ago and “save and continue” was a mantra I had to beat into people’s heads. You’d be amazed how many people will write the equivalent of a novel and not save a thing until they’re done.

Anyway, I tested your solution and it works fine. Thanks again.

EdB

Well, finally studying the Pages and Templates section of the WP documentation, I created a blank page with the header, sidebar and footer intact. The main area of the page is blank, which is what I wanted – to start.

But my goal all along was to have a page that simply contained the above plus a “Contact Me” form (via eMail) and I can’t figure out how to put anything in the blank area. I assumed I’d just install a plugin and use the appropriate code, but either I get nothing or an echo of the plugin code [contact-form ...] with no form. If I were using HTML I’m sure the code would work. But PHP?

Am I going about all this the wrong way? Maybe my question should be, how do I put a “Contact Me” form on a separate page with NO posts apparatus but the rest of my blog info intact?

Sorry to be such an idiot about all this.
Ed