LyleChamney

This is a free theme.

Yes, from Woo Themes … please contact their support here:

https://support.woothemes.com/hc/en-us

Part of the multisite setup instructions is to ensure that your permalinks work before starting. I can’t say about Bitnami, but by default, WAMPServer does not have the rewrite_module enabled in Apache, therefore they will not work.

An easy way to enable the module is:
– click the green W icon for WAMPServer in the system tray
– select Apache > Apache Modules > scroll down the list to see rewrite_module and click on it to set the check mark
– restart Apache

Try that 🙂

My bad 🙂

I should have also mentioned that if the theme edits have been done in the recommended manner, that is, using a child theme, that too would need to be uploaded/installed.

In the previous example of the (parent) theme named myfriendtheme there should be an additional folder named myfriendtheme-child

The files for the theme from your friend should be contained in a folder with the name of that theme, e.g. myfriendtheme

There are a couple ways to install it:

– create a ZIP of that folder and install as you would any other theme via Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme > Choose File > myfriendtheme.zip > Install Now > Activate when finished installing

– log in to your hosting account and use it’s file manager to upload the folder to `your_site_root/wp-content/themes
– use and FTP program such as FileZilla to upload the folder to the same location
– once uploaded, activate the theme from Appearance > Themes

Because I use GoDaddy

If you have a Linux with cPanel hosting account at GD, then you are “trying too hard” 🙂

When you created your database first, you would have had to give it a name (hopefully with no spaces in it), a password of your choosing, and then assign a user to this database and grant all privileges. The host name is localhost; do NOT enter the IP.

These are the values you use when either editing the wp-config.php file or if you used the Create a Configuration File button during the install process.

From everything I’ve read my understanding is that there is no way for the site to work without also having the MySQL database files, which I don’t think are in that download.

Correct on both counts.

Without the database, the site cannot be re-created.

There are no database “files” per se. The site database would have been in her previous hosting account’s database server. Unless an export file was created and downloaded from it, and she no longer has access to the hosting account, you are out of luck.

The only recourse I can think of is to contact the previous hosting provider to see if they can either reset her credentials so that she can log in and do the db export, or if they could do it for her.

the W icon was actually orange.

That is why phpMyAdmin would not load.

On the screen that asks for the database info, this is what should be entered:

WordPress Installation – database info screen for XAMPP/WAMPServer:

– Database Name: whatever YOU named it when you created it

– User Name: root (this is the default Uniform Server/XAMPP/WAMPServer/MAMP database user name)

– Password: <empty> (do not enter ANYTHING – this is the default XAMPP/WAMPServer database password)

– Database Host: localhost

– Table Prefix: wp_ (leave as-is)

From within the editor for the page where you want to add the link:
– select the text you want to use as the link
– click the Insert/edit link icon in the toolbar
– complete the dialog as desired
– note that you can easily select existing pages and posts from the list
– click Add Link
– click Publish or Update (for the page/post)