jonimueller
Forum Replies Created
-
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I can’t log inFollow the instructions in my link above to access PHPMyAdmin and the WP database to change the admin password. And if your guy doesn’t understand this, then he shouldn’t be touching it.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I can’t log inWell do either of you have access to your web host’s cpanel/dashboard or MySQL/PHPMyAdmin? That’s where you need to make the change I talked about — editing the password from within the database itself.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I can’t log inIt loads just fine. So it’s just a matter of not being able to login? Have you tried in the last few minutes? And your web guy should go ahead and try the fix I posted above about editing the login password from within MySQL. There’s no reason he can’t do that.
And upgrade as soon as you can.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: All links to free wordpress tutorials moderatedWell I can think of one good reason to post instructions when possible, rather than links to external sources. And that is that we don’t know how long those external sources will be there. At least if instructions are written here on the forum, they can be preserved for posterity and anyone wishing to take the trouble to search for them. Not as much glory or Google juice in that, I suppose. But hey, aren’t we here to help for the warm fuzzies anyway? 😉
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I can’t log inWithout a link to the actual site I can only guess. Try renaming the .htaccess file via FTP. But it’s likely a database issue. What version of WP is your site running?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I can’t log inSounds like more than a login issue. Link, please.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: moving a blogTry this:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPressBut I should also mention to you that if SEO is important to you, you’ll want to prepare 301 redirects from your old static files to your new WP pages/posts. Here’s an article about that:
http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/when-to-use-a-301-vs-302-redirect/Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Default install of WP 2.8 is terribly slowBecause Firehog is a RAM-eating you-know-what! Sometimes when you quit it, it doesn’t release all Windows’ resources so you’ve got this big lag. Personally, I use Opera for general surfing and just use Firefox when I need the web dev tools. 🙂
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: categories disappeared!Kishoremylavarapu, need more info from you. At what point did your categories disappear? In other words, what were you doing immediately before that happened? And apparently there’s an issue with All in One SEO so maybe that’s the problem?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Server ChangeJust follow the directions here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPressMore detailed instructions here (not mine):
http://biven.org/writing/2008/migrating-wordpress-to-a-different-domain-or-server/Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I can’t log inYes, try resetting your password or have your tech guy create a new admin account for you. But really, that should not be happening. Do you think he could have accidentally deleted it? If you or he have access to the database (and I assume at least he does), then you should see your admin user in the database.
It’s possible to reset that password using this technique:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_PasswordForum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Upgrading from Legacy 2.0.11 to 2.8.xWell, I have a placeholder file in the root of all my sites that matches the design that basically says that [name of site] is currently down for maintenance and also when I anticipate it to be back up (and to the actual time I *think* it will be up I add 2-2.5 hours!). I name the file sitedown.html. It resides in the root of my site. When I need it, I just go in via FTP and rename it to index.html and that way if someone surfs in by typing the base domain, they see this index.html file instead. When I’m done, I rename it sitedown.html until next time it’s needed.
However, I do believe there is at least one plugin that does this automatically for you.
And failing all of that, sometimes just a blog post telling everyone that you’ll be mucking around in your site for awhile is enough. 🙂
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Project management / collaboration website in WordPress?Try WP Project. Looks like the plugin dev is going to pick back up with development.
http://wpcandy.com/articles/tutorials/freelancing-wordpress-project-management.htmlFailing that, I’m one person who is NOT on the Basecamp bandwagon. I am a professional web designer and we use activeCollab (http://www.activecollab.com) for all our projects, but there is an open source version of it called ProjectPier (http://www.projectpier.org/) which you might wish to check out. (activeCollab is not free, but unlike Basecamp, it’s not a monthly fee, it’s a buy it once, own it forever fee.)
On the SINGLE.PHP file? That’s weird. Can you paste the code here, from the
<div id="content">to the end of the comments area?This is what it should look like, so maybe this will help:
<?php the_content(__('(more...)')); ?>Sounds like yours might say
the_excerptinstead.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: WordPress updating from 2.3.2I am a web developer and upgraded 14 WP sites last weekend. I highly recommend that you upgrade incrementally due to close-to-the-bone changes in the database structure along the way.
There was no WP 2.4, so your upgrade path should be first to 2.5, then to 2.6, 2.7, and finally 2.8.4. It may seem like a pain in the butt, but really, you’re better off.
Before you start, don’t forget to DISABLE ALL WP PLUGINS. Don’t reactivate them until you’re done upgrading. And also don’t forget that you should overwrite all the *.php files in the root, and everything in the /wp-admin and /wp-includes folders.
DO NOT DELETE OR OVERWRITE .htaccess, wp-config.php or any robots.txt files you have.
After each upload, navigate to the /wp-admin/upgrade.php file, click through, and perform the upgrade.
After you’ve upgraded to 2.8.4, login and make sure everything works fine. Sometimes you’ll have a plugin that stinks up the pond. When that happens, just delete that plugin from the server via your FTP program if you cannot do so via the WP Dashboard. That likely means that the plugin won’t work with 2.8.4 and you’ll have to find a substitute.
I can tell you from experience that the main plugin I’ve had problems with was the Google SiteMap plugin.
Good luck!