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# iwriteblogs

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## Forum Replies Created

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection] Database backup feature doesn't work?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-feature-doesnt-work/)
 *  Thread Starter [iwriteblogs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwriteblogs/)
 * (@iwriteblogs)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-feature-doesnt-work/#post-4534651)
 * I tested this on a second site, hosted by a completely different host, and the
   behavior is the same as in my first post. Clearly this issue is affecting a number
   of people. It would be great to get some sort of response from the BWPS developers.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection] Bad login attempts despite changing/hiding admin pages](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-login-attempts-despite-changinghiding-admin-pages/)
 *  [iwriteblogs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwriteblogs/)
 * (@iwriteblogs)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-login-attempts-despite-changinghiding-admin-pages/#post-4569960)
 * If you change the login URL again, do the bad logins temporarily stop again? 
   That will let you know whether they actually have a way to see what you change
   it to, or whether they are using a script to “guess” your login page URL.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection] Can't log in after moving site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-log-in-after-moving-site/)
 *  Thread Starter [iwriteblogs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwriteblogs/)
 * (@iwriteblogs)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-log-in-after-moving-site/#post-4579323)
 * I knew if this was really an issue, others would have posted about it! 🙂
 * My bookmark for phpMyAdmin was pointing to a different instance on my dev environment,
   so while the db and tables were named the same, the plugin settings were different.
   Glad I finally figured that out!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection] Can't log in after moving site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-log-in-after-moving-site/)
 *  Thread Starter [iwriteblogs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwriteblogs/)
 * (@iwriteblogs)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-log-in-after-moving-site/#post-4579311)
 * I’d still really like help with this, but for now I’m working around the issue
   by removing everything in my .htaccess from “# BEGIN Better WP Security” to “#
   END Better WP Security.” So as far as I can tell, this plugin is the cause of
   my problem. I’ll just need to remember to modify .htaccess every time I do anything
   until this is really fixed.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [New way to "Store uploads in this folder" since 3.5 removed it?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-way-to-store-uploads-in-this-folder-since-35-removed-it/)
 *  Thread Starter [iwriteblogs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwriteblogs/)
 * (@iwriteblogs)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-way-to-store-uploads-in-this-folder-since-35-removed-it/#post-3496331)
 * Well I found [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-upload-folders/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-upload-folders/)
   which adds a dropdown list menu to the wp-admin UI where the old option used 
   to be.
 * I would expect useful plugins to be implemented as features; I wouldn’t expect
   useful features to be removed, forcing us to use plugins instead! Oh well.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[SEO Ultimate] [Plugin: SEO Ultimate] Permalink Tweaker Causes 404 (With Recreate Steps)](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-seo-ultimate-permalink-tweaker-causes-404-with-recreate-steps/)
 *  Thread Starter [iwriteblogs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwriteblogs/)
 * (@iwriteblogs)
 * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-seo-ultimate-permalink-tweaker-causes-404-with-recreate-steps/#post-2756766)
 * I set up a new test site with a fresh install of WordPress 3.3.2 and SEO Ultimate
   7.2.1. Following the same steps, I did not see a problem. Then I remembered at
   one point I temporarily added flush_rewrite_rules( true ); to my functions.php
   in order to troubleshoot something. I then performed the following:
 * 1. I added flush_rewrite_rules( true ); to functions.php and saved.
    2. I refreshed
   my WordPress site in my browser. 3. I removed flush_rewrite_rules( true ); from
   functions.php and saved. 4. I refreshed my WordPress site again, and then the
   recreate steps from my first post resulted in seeing the problem again.
 * So I now have two installations of WordPress with SEO Ultimate which give me 
   404 errors when they shouldn’t. I don’t know how to fix them (aside from disabling
   SEO Ultimate’s Permalink Tweaker which I would like to use.)
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Keep Sidebar when Scrolling Down Page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keep-sidebar-when-scrolling-down-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [iwriteblogs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwriteblogs/)
 * (@iwriteblogs)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keep-sidebar-when-scrolling-down-page/#post-2661901)
 * Does anyone have an idea as to how I might achieve this? It’s a rather ingenius
   feature, so I’m surprised I don’t see it more often.
 * _[ Please do not bump, it’s [not permitted here](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#No_Bumping).]_
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [How can I create a "Next Page" link in category.php?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-can-i-create-a-next-page-link-in-categoryphp/)
 *  Thread Starter [iwriteblogs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwriteblogs/)
 * (@iwriteblogs)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-can-i-create-a-next-page-link-in-categoryphp/#post-2662991)
 * Thank you so much! 🙂
 *   Forum: [Themes and Templates](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/themes-and-templates/)
   
   In reply to: [Can I Use Twenty Eleven's Category Pages with Another Theme?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-i-use-twenty-elevens-category-pages-with-another-theme/)
 *  Thread Starter [iwriteblogs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwriteblogs/)
 * (@iwriteblogs)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-i-use-twenty-elevens-category-pages-with-another-theme/#post-2648762)
 * Does anyone have any suggestions for me? 🙂 Thanks!
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Can front page display first blog post?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-front-page-display-first-blog-post/)
 *  Thread Starter [iwriteblogs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwriteblogs/)
 * (@iwriteblogs)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-front-page-display-first-blog-post/#post-2276632)
 * That last example did the trick! Thank you so much, Big Bagel! 😀 😀 😀
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Can front page display first blog post?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-front-page-display-first-blog-post/)
 *  Thread Starter [iwriteblogs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwriteblogs/)
 * (@iwriteblogs)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-front-page-display-first-blog-post/#post-2276624)
 * The code I added to my functions.php matches exactly what you have there, except
   the URL inside the single quotes is different.
 * I placed your last code as literally the first line in my theme’s header.php,
   right above the “<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC…” bit. When I refreshed my browser I saw
   a blank page, and the title bar in my browser showed only my naked URL instead
   of the blog name. When I removed your code in header.php and refreshed my browser
   again, I once again saw my latest post, the naked URL stayed in my address bar,
   and my blog’s name was in the title bar.
 * For this reason I don’t believe I have a caching issue, because I could see the
   changes immediately after making them upon a refresh of my browser. Placing code
   in my theme’s header.php did affect the way my browser (Google Chrome, latest
   version) read the site, but unfortunately there was no redirect to my first post.
   It may be worth noting your first code was still in the functions.php while I
   was testing the changes in header.php. It seemed that function simply never executed.
 * My theme is Easel 2.0.7 which you can apply from a search of the text “easel”
   within your wp-admin. I don’t know if which theme I’m using has any affect on
   this, though.
 * Thanks for your help anyway. I’ll keep playing with this and if I find something
   which works I’ll post a reply with the solution.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Can front page display first blog post?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-front-page-display-first-blog-post/)
 *  Thread Starter [iwriteblogs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwriteblogs/)
 * (@iwriteblogs)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-front-page-display-first-blog-post/#post-2276550)
 * Thanks, Big Bagel, for the reply.
 * I modified the functions.php file in my theme’s folder to use your code with 
   the 301. I added it to the end of the document, just above the ?>. I’ve browsed
   to the naked domain on two computers on different continents (one which hadn’t
   gone to my site before so it wouldn’t see a cached copy) but I still see the 
   latest post instead of the URL defined in my wp_redirect line.
 * Are there any other files I need to modify to call the redirect_front() function,
   or does it execute automatically just by my adding it to the functions.php file?
 * I modified my Reading Settings to display a max of 1 post per page, but I don’t
   know how to set that post as static. I understand I could just copy the content
   to a static page but that wouldn’t work so nicely with one of the widgets I’m
   using. I suppose worst case scenario I try editing the code for the widget to
   use a different form URL for the one button… It would be ideal to get the redirect
   working, though.

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