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Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Blog SuspendedIf the blog you are referring to is
mybellamoxie.comthen:– it is being hosted by Unified Layer, which is using Bluehost nameservers
– the domain is registered atwww.namejuice.comIf you are using WordPress for you blog on a hosting account, it is from WordPress.ORG. However, that is as far as WordPress goes in this case.
Your hosting account with Unified Layer has been suspended for some reason so you should contact them.
At some point, YOU would have had to purchase the domain and then purchase the hosting, so perhaps dig through your emails to find those transactions along with the relevant contact info 🙂
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: How can I create a homepage link?If I am understanding correctly, you would like to have a “Home” menu item in addition to the three that are already there.
If that’s the case, then no need for a plugin. Have a read through this:
http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide
Basically:
– verify that Settings > Reading has
Front page displays: Your latest posts
– Appearance > Menus > verify that you have a Custom Menu created; yours should list the three existing menu items under Menu Structure and that Primary Navigation Menu is selected in Menu Setting
– to add the “Home” menu item:
— click the Links item in the left list (under Pages)
— for the URL, enterhttp://www.westernparomancewriters.com/
— for Link Text, enter `Home’
— clickAdd to Menu
— theHomemenu item will now be at the bottom of the Menu Structure list; drag it to where you want it (probably the top of the list – first menu item)
— clickSave Menu
— refresh the site and there’s your Home menu item 🙂Yes, the URL changed. But that, of course, isn’t the issue I’m having with the site.
Actually, it is 🙂
The references to all the links are stored in the database and when the URL changes, one must do a “search and replace” of the database to update these references to the new URL.
Have a read through this:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Changing_Your_Domain_Name_and_URLs
I use these two tools when moving a site where the URL changes (e.g. from a local site to a live site):
http://wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/
— select all options EXCEPT the last one (GUID)
The following script (not a plugin) is run from your hosting account and updates URLs that are stored in the database as serialized strings; the plugin does not handle these.
http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Problems with plug insWhat problems exactly are you having?
Generally, to install a new plugin, one goes to:
Plugins > Add New > either select from the presented list or > Search Plugins and then select the one to install. Once installed, click Activate Plugin and then check for the settings for that plugin in order to set it up.
I recently transferred my blog to another host.
Did the URL change with this move? In other words, was it
www.mysite.comat the old host and it’s stillwww.mysite.comat the new one?If so …
I only had to change the image links in my posts
… this should not be necessary, as the paths would not change.
Is there an actual website at
www.clientsite.com?I am unclear on the connection between the “live” site and one using UniServerZ (my fave local server, BTW).
Do you have US running? Have you installed WP in US? Please explain further your exact configuration.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: restoring broken image linksBy default, images are stored in ../wp-content/uploads/<year>/<month>.
Therefore, an image that was uploaded in July 2012, for example, would have the path:
http://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/image.jpgSo now that you restored (uploaded) all the images from your Dropbox, presumably on the same day (e.g. today), all their paths are now:
http://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image.jpgetc.You can now see why they are shown as “empty”; the path has changed.
If you have a backup of your site files, you could replace the current uploads folder with the backed up one. If you do not have a backup, perhaps contact your host to see if they can restore your site from one of their backups.
Someone else may have another suggestion but barring that, the only thing I can think of is to manually add the images back to their respective places in your posts/pages.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: error message "problem to connect to data base"I am using WP the last weeks making al the web and im just finishing these days
So in other words, you had WP successfully installed and had been building your site.
Where are you hosting this site?
– are you doing so on your own computer using a local server such as XAMPP, WAMP, Bitnami, InstantWP, etc.?
– or are you using an online hosting account, such as HostGator, GoDaddy, Bluehost, etc.?If it is a local site, make sure that both the Apache Server AND the MySQL Server are running.
If it hosted remotely, as Tara mentions, the database server could be down for some reason.
Generally, during the normal course of working on a WP site, one does not do anything that would alter the database connection details; one would intentionally have to do so.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: my website doesn't open after wordpress installationAccording to various online resources 🙂
– you purchased your domain from GoDaddy
– your hosting is with CyrusOne, which shows HostGator nameserversAnd you probably installed WP via your hosting One-Click install feature, hence the
HERElink.What you need to do is log into your GD account and set the nameservers for your domain to the nameservers of your hosting account.
https://support.godaddy.com/help/article/664/setting-nameservers-for-your-domain-names
Use the second option:
Setting Custom Nameservers for a Domain Name Registered with UsPlease note that once you do this, it can take up to 24 hours for it to become effective; this is normal.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Query about iEasy / iHostTopics about hosting are generally closed relatively quickly as they tend to generate a lot of SPAM 🙂
That said, the best bet for you would be to contact your current host directly to inquire if your hosting plan supports WordPress, or if it does not, do they have plans that do.
You may also want to review this information:
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: front theme not working after moving live site to localhost.When you move a site where the URL changes (as it does from live to local) then you have to do a search and replace of the database for all the links.
Install and run this plugin:
http://wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/
– select all options EXCEPT the last one (GUID)
If there are links stored in the database as serialized strings, then run download and run this script (not a plugin) from your local site:
http://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/
This script handles serialized strings that the plugin does not.
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: How to get back to work on localhostFurther to what herrington1 mentions:
– from the WAMP control panel, open phpMyAdmin
– select and expand the database for the WordPress site from the list on the left (the name will be whatever you gave it during the initial install)
– select thewp_optionstable from the expanded list
– look for and edit the values for these two fields:siteurlandhomeThe values for both should be:
http://localhost/folder_name_of_local_site(e.g.wordpress)Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: Local Host InstallationYes I entered the details as shown on MAMP
DATABASE NAME
ROOT
ROOTIf you entered the info in wp-config as you have entered here in your post, then there is the issue: it is case sensitive! 🙂
The correct form is:
database_name (NO SPACES!)
root
rootTry that 🙂
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: localhost browser issuePerhaps try:
127.0.0.1/wordpressForum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: 4.0 does not publishGregory – where, exactly, are you wanting the WordPress installation to appear on the URL you provided?
The site you have in that URL is a “plain, old” static HTML site. The “Blog” menu item links to an HTML page, which is not there 🙂
1. Do you want the WP site to replace the one that is there now?
2. Do you just want WP to handle the “Blog” part?
3. Something else? 🙂I tried posting some stuff, added a page – nothing.
Regarding this part:
– by default, WP does not “do” pages automatically; one has to set that up via a Custom Menu. Here is a good resource on that subject:
http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide
A quick run through:
– Appearance > Menus
– Menu name > enter a name and Save Menu
– Your Pages are listed to the left; check which ones you want on the menu then click Add to Menu
– they now appear in the Menu Structure
– drag them to the desired position
– in Menu Settings > Theme locations, select Primary Navigation Menu
– Save Menu
– refresh the front end of site and there is your menu with the pages 🙂