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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to hide a paragraph?Hi there,
If you don’t want a post to appear on the homepage at all, you can make your homepage a static front page. That way, any posts would only appear on the blog proper of your website. Here are some great instructions on Creating a Static Front Page.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Text Wrap around Images – twentyelevenHi Frank,
You do have a style.css file in the themes directory. From your dashboard, it should be in Appearance -> Editor.
Rather than editing that file directly, it is best practice to create a child theme first. If you edit the style.css file without a child theme, any updates to the WordPress theme would overwrite any changes you have made. If you haven’t already, check out the article Child Themes for great instructions on how to create the child theme.
To respond to your other questions, once you have created a child theme, you would upload the child styles.css to your child themes directory and then activate it from the dashboard. From that point on, any changes you need to make would be done from the dashboard in Appearance -> Editor.
Since the child theme style.css is a barebones stylesheet, you can insert the required code underneath the base code in the child theme’s style.css.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Child theme structure questionHi,
If you add a functions.php file to your child theme, that ensures that it won’t get overwritten when future updates are made. Check out this article if you haven’t already seen it: Using Functions.php.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: cant login into wp-adminHi,
You may have to try the other steps in the article Login Trouble. Perhaps editing the users table directly in the database using phpMyAdmin: Edit Users Table, or resetting the login file: New Login File.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Lost wordpress username, password and no email is working!Sorry to hear that. Did you see this particular post on the WordPress.com Support forums? It seems to resemble your issue: How to delete blog?. Not exactly, but close. If you’re lucky, an Automattic Happiness Engineer might be able to help you too.
Good luck to you!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Lost wordpress username, password and no email is working!Hi,
Have you tried the WordPress.com support forums? You should be able to post your issue there.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Font is light grey…How to change to Black?Hi Josef,
Checkout the article Playing With Fonts. It explains a lot about fonts in WordPress. What theme are you using? Did you create a child theme? The reason I ask is because it is adviseable to create a child theme and make changes there rather than directly on the theme files itself. If you need information on that, this article should help Child Themes.
Martin
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: PermalinksHi,
Have you had a look at the article Using Permalinks yet? That explains a lot about permalink structures.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: WordPress TutorialsHi,
I don’t have any personal book recommendations, but here is a link to the WordPress Books page containing a number of available books published on the subject.
I also highly recommend going through the codex even before buying/investing in any book. It has tons of information for all levels of users from the non-technical to the extremely technical, that quite honestly go a long way. A good start would be WordPress Lessons. You can be up and running in no time.
Best of luck and I hope you are able to find the resources that meet your needs!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How can I upgrade to AdmininstratorHi,
Your best option is to manually reset the admin user account password through the database. You would need to do that using phpMyAdmin that you would access through your hosting control panel.
Here is an article that guides you through the steps: Resetting Your Password Through phpMyAdmin. Instead of resetting your own user account password, look for the administrator account.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Uploading without outside FTPHi Don,
By any chance do you have a file manager application within your webhost’s control panel? That would be the most ideal situation. You might also be able to find some plugins.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Blank page, can't log into websiteYou’re welcome! Did you try the second method involving a reset of the plugins by ftp? If you have already downloaded and installed FileZilla, you can connect to your hosting account and try that method instead. Here’s how to use FileZilla: Using FileZilla.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Blank page, can't log into websiteHi,
You may need to deactivate your plugins. Try this: How to deactivate all plugins when not able to access the administrative menus.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: how to cancel and get my money backJoe,
Have you tried the Genesis Framework Tutorials from StudioPress? They have a lot of documentation. Here is a link: Genesis Framework Tutorials.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I want to disable my live site while I work on itHi KellieM,
It should appear in your list of plugins. From there, you can click on Settings in order to apply the appropriate settings to meet your needs.