Title: fjp's Replies | WordPress.org --- # fjp [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Front page won't display static page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-wont-display-static-page/) * Thread Starter [fjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/) * (@fjp) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-wont-display-static-page/#post-1653672) * Well, actually, I’m not sure I “figured out” anything! Just a lot of black magic going on. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Front page won't display static page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-wont-display-static-page/) * Thread Starter [fjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/) * (@fjp) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-wont-display-static-page/#post-1653670) * To vtxyzzy: Yeah, I fixed it LOL. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Front page won't display static page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-wont-display-static-page/) * Thread Starter [fjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/) * (@fjp) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-wont-display-static-page/#post-1653668) * To tigtog: You must have looked after I “fixed” the problem with that screwy switchero. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Front page won't display static page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-wont-display-static-page/) * Thread Starter [fjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/) * (@fjp) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-wont-display-static-page/#post-1653665) * I created an identical copy of the **About** page, called it **About** (so now there were two **About** pages), and set that new one in the **Reading **Settings. Then I put the original **About** page in the trash and now it’s working. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Front page won't display static page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-wont-display-static-page/) * Thread Starter [fjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/) * (@fjp) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-page-wont-display-static-page/#post-1653659) * The template in both the bluehost page and the localhost page is set to **Default Template**. I’m not sure what “it” is when you say “or maybe _it_ is missing.” Do you mean the **About** page itself? I’m showing the **Pages** widget at the top of the sidebar and **About** is in the list and when you click on it, the** About** page is displayed. What else could the problem be? * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Another auto-update to 3.0.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-auto-update-to-301/) * Thread Starter [fjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/) * (@fjp) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-auto-update-to-301/#post-1633183) * Okay. Thanks. * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Another auto-update to 3.0.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-auto-update-to-301/) * Thread Starter [fjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/) * (@fjp) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-auto-update-to-301/#post-1633087) * > Try adding AddType x-mapp-php5 .php to the top of your WordPress .htaccess > file. * What is this in reference to? What is it supposed to do? Where is the .htaccess file located? I searched for it and found it in this location, where H: is the thumb drive letter: * H:\xampp\htdocs\xammp\sqlite * Does that make sense, and if so, why? * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Another auto-update to 3.0.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-auto-update-to-301/) * Thread Starter [fjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/) * (@fjp) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-auto-update-to-301/#post-1633054) * Well, now it’s been about two hours since I started the auto-update. I have no idea what happened, but my Dashboard is still active and says I’m still at 3.0. So apparently when I tried to upgrade, nothing actually happened. * I’d still appreciate it if someone could answer the first two questions I asked in my original post in this thread. I think I know the answer to my third question, since I have now closed that Update page and there doesn’t seem to be any consequences, thank heavens. * Somehow I carelessly missed the warning about backing up my existing installation before attempting to update to 3.0.1. I should have known better in the first place, but it appears that no harm was done because the 3.0.1 installation apparently hung and never got off the ground. * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Installed to local machine. Now what?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-to-local-machine-now-what/) * Thread Starter [fjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/) * (@fjp) * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-to-local-machine-now-what/#post-1632558) * > FYI, 20 minutes, on a volunteer forum, is … fast. * 20 minutes on _any_ forum is fast! It’s just that my original reply was in 12 minutes and I thought the poster might still be around. * I actually did find where my version was before I received these two replies. Strangely, I was at 3.0. So I’m updating as I type. Hopefully it will work. * I’m trying to get calibrated on the tone of the WordPress Website. I don’t know whether there is a lightheartedness about it that does things like prompting for installations when it knows it has already been installed, or whether these are just bugs on the Website: failure to check on the state of the user’s installation. * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Installed to local machine. Now what?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-to-local-machine-now-what/) * Thread Starter [fjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/) * (@fjp) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-to-local-machine-now-what/#post-1632522) * Never mind. I waited 20 minutes, didn’t get a reply, so took a chance and clicked** Install WordPress**. I was told WordPress is already installed and it asked me to log in. So I logged in and it asked me to log in again. So I logged in again! Finally the “Dashboard” was displayed. * The Dashboard is prompting me with a yellow banner at the top to update to WordPress 3.0.1, but I thought for sure that that’s exactly what I installed yesterday. I’m wondering if this is another redundant prompt. Could it be? How can I check what version of WordPress is installed on my machine? * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Installed to local machine. Now what?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-to-local-machine-now-what/) * Thread Starter [fjp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fjp/) * (@fjp) * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-to-local-machine-now-what/#post-1632506) * Thanks. I’m further along, but apparently I didn’t quite understand what I was doing when I ran through the installation program. In place of your **test** I have **WordPress/WordPress**. So when I executed [http://localhost/WordPress/WordPress/wp_admin](http://localhost/WordPress/WordPress/wp_admin) I got a WordPress “Welcome” screen that claims to be the “famouse five minute WordPress installation process that yesterday took several hours to complete. * It seems to me I went through this screen yesterday. It is asking for a Site Title, Username, Password, and my email address. Then there’s an **Install WordPress** button. But I thought that’s what I already did! I’m very confused by the number of times I’m being asked to install WordPress and I’m afraid to click that button for fear that it will start another installation that will last several hours like it did yesterday, and is anythng _but_ five minutes. * Please give me some assurance that I’m not spiraling down a black hole. 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