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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Updating a Site Without Access to Creator's DatabaseYes, I have access to all accounts via the net-based wp-login to both Plugins and Themes. Installing Akismet is about the only useful thing I’ve been able to do so far. We also have a custom theme that did not transfer over when I imported to my local database.
As for the Pages tab, none of the site content appears there. There is only one Sample Page, which oddly shows the status of being Published and Public.
I figured using a backup plugin wouldn’t be any better than exporting since, as above, I can’t even see or access the site’s content data. You think a backup would pull page content that the export missed?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Updating a Site Without Access to Creator's DatabaseGah, that’s been my fear from the start the more I learned about how WordPress functions, and I did run a WhoIs check for the associated name & email address. Sent a message to it several day ago but no response yet.
So I guess a big fat ‘No’ is the answer to whether or not the actual site content/database can be cloned onto my local installation. Is it also possible that the original database and theme and whatnot has been deleted by the original author, rendering the site just sort of frozen in its current state (with the exception of new blog posts)?
Thanks again for your input.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Updating a Site Without Access to Creator's DatabaseThanks for the reply, leejosepho.
I did already attempt to import the contents using this tool, but that gives me even less functionality than simply logging in as admin via the net, as (for example) the custom theme is not included in the imported data.
I’ve also noticed that the content in each of those .html pages of the site appears to be totally inaccessible for editing since none of them are shown in the Pages tab of the dashboard.