jonimueller
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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Formerly working “blog” (posts) page throws out blank Index pageOkay, this is freakish. It’s working again. Web host I suspect. Hmm. Marking resolved. Maybe there are clues in my error logs?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Formerly working “blog” (posts) page throws out blank Index pageI should add that individual posts do seem to work. But you have to already know the link. For example, if you click “Latest Post” (about WP 3.0 Beta), it takes you to the single post page.
Also interesting, is every other string takes you to the native WP 404 page:
These pages don’t actually exist, and WP handles them:
http://pixelita.com/forum/
http://pixelita.com/12345But typing in http://pixelita.com/blog gives this other weird blank page.
Typing in http://pixelita.com/posts does the same thing. Weird, huh?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Response body too largeWell I sure as heck won’t be clicking on a possibly infected site. 🙂
Did you view your databases in PHPMyAdmin. It gives file sizes for each table.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to hide a post from the blog?You can do that with pages, not with posts. And if you find yourself needing to do that with a post, perhaps you should convert it to a page and use the Exclude Pages From Navigation plugin to keep it off the menus.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Please help with Server Move…Oh, and one other trick I use, since you’re going to be handling the SQL file anyway, run a spell check on it. Most good HTML/text editors have one; EditPlus does. 🙂
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Can I include plugins in a paid theme?If themes are dependent on plugins, simply say so. The nice gesture, since you’re profiting from it, is to kick some of your fee back to the plugin author(s) upon whom your theme relies.
Themes shouldn’t rely on plugins anyway. As I said before, the best thing to do is just list the plugins the theme requires. And degrade the code gracefully if the plugin isn’t present, as Katya suggested.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to hide a post from the blog?Or change it to draft.
Or password protect it.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to hide a post from the blog?Mark it private.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I am trying to place space between my postsLink to the site at issue, please. Some of us WP helpers use Firefox dev tools to look at stylesheets and markup (HTML). Help us help you. 🙂
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: I hate to beg, but here goes…While I’m sitting here, I’ll give you some pointers to get the most out of WordPress and this forum.
1. As Chris already mentioned, this is an all-volunteer forum. You hang around here long enough, you’ll find out who’s “got the goods” and who’s full of hot air. 🙂 But respect all the volunteers here who are trying to help you, with nothing more in return than the warm fuzzies I hope they all get, and you’ll benefit too, and soon, you’ll be answering questions as you learn and flex your WP and CSS/HTML skills.
2. Look in the Codex. Do not fear the Codex. Most of the time, it has sample code to help you understand how WP works and how to put together the puzzle pieces so WP does what you want it to do.
3. Look at the Plugin Repository. Chances are good that if someone has thought of something they want WP to do, someone else has built a plugin that does just that.
4. There are some great resources out there for newbies. Here are a few. Bookmark them and refer to them often:
http://www.wpbeginner.com/http://www.w3mag.com/2009/10/21/essential-wordpress-tutorials-for-beginners/
If you learn better by watching; video resource:
http://wordpress.tv/And I’m saving the best for last, Lorelle, the High Priestess of WP:
http://lorelle.wordpress.com/5. Google is your friend. 🙂
6. And most of all, don’t let your site become a chore. Have fun blogging!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: I hate to beg, but here goes…Yeah, and our web design firm charges rush rates (a percentage of the total cost of the job) for quick turnarounds (under 48 hours). So, yeah, really … 🙂
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Site running slow and some links not working at all…Just optimize it with image editing software. Photoshop has Save for the Web; other programs have something similar. Might want to resize it as well, just a tad. Or use a thumbnail and link to it, letting the user choose whether he wants to view the larger image. 🙂
And it’s JonI, BTW, I’m a girl. (At least my husband seems to think so!)
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Sidebar displays my tabs, can’t get rid of it…1) I put tabs at the top of my home page for the different pages I am going to have. When I did so, they replicated themselves on the left sidebar… what the heck? Why? I have tried and tried to remove them from the left sidebar but I can’t figure it out.
Find this code in the sidebar and delete it:
<?php wp_list_pages('title_li=' . __('Pages:')); ?>2) On the left sidebar, I would just like to have One Heading “Local Salon Pages” and then as I get them I would like to add their links to the salon’s page on my site… you know, by listing the salon’s name and you click it to go to their page. But I can’t get it set up that way.
Use the built in links/bookmarks. Set up a category called “Local Salon Pages” and add your links, link titles and descriptions there.Delete the old bookmark code:
<?php wp_list_bookmarks('title_after=&title_before='); ?>And put in its place code that tells WP only to call links from your “Local Salon Pages” category:
<?php wp_list_bookmarks('title_li=&category_name=local_salon_pages'); ?>3) I would like to have a “Slideshow” of two pictures … [snipped]
Find a Random Image plugin to help with that.[snipped]
5) I found a place on the internet that has Celebrity Photos and I would like to incorporate a page on my site that shows Celebrity Hair Styles. How do I do this?
I’d suggest a category called Celebrity Hairstyles rather than a static page. And I’d be very careful about copyright infringement, fair use notwithstanding.… [snipped] I have a lot of respect for those of you who do this! [snipped]
Yeah, some of us get paid for doing all this. 🙂Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Creating sub networks / ningsWPMU – WordPress Multi User .. go here: http://mu.wordpress.org/
BUT if you can hang on and wait for WP 3.0 this summer, it will have subdomain and multi blog support.Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Lost my dashboard and my brainOh, and when you DO get in, be sure to update it. If it’s several years old, it’s a wonder it isn’t hacked already.