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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Suddenly, I am unable to preview my posts and pagesOh well, I got the website back but now I’ve lost all my formatting and now have it running on generic twenty ten. It’s a big mess that I will now have to re-create I guess..
This is so not what I’d wanted to be doing all afternoon today. You, too, I bet..
But at least something is there.. now I guess on my new renamed version of twentyten, I can rebuild it all from scratch.. just like I really, really didn’t want to do at the outset of this conversation.
But I guess that’s the breaks, and maybe it will save me from even more misery whenever there’s an upgrade. I am so bummed right now, but thanks for your efforts..
– B.ps: I have FTP, but I would not begin to know how to do this on my computer and then move it over there. I can only half-way understand what I am looking at via Blue Host’s C-Panel Code editor. 🙁
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Suddenly, I am unable to preview my posts and pagesOh, no.. now the whole thing is gone, not even as admin, but the site itself. I have totally hosed something.. I have NO idea what I am doing, just trying to cut and paste as suggested by you, and by the how to create a child link..
I am so sorry for pestering you, I am sure you do not want to hold my hand through this, but I have really screwed something up. 🙁
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Suddenly, I am unable to preview my posts and pagesOh dear. I almost had it.. I actually could see TWO themes on my dashboard – twenty ten and my renamed version. I even got a good preview that looked like it worked.. But alas!! When I clicked on my new “kindveggietheme,” I got:
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare twentyten_page_menu_args() (previously declared in /home7/owlsdaug/public_html/cookbook/wp-content/themes/kindveggietheme/functions.php:214) in /home7/owlsdaug/public_html/cookbook/wp-content/themes/twentyten/functions.php on line 217
Now, I can’t even get to the Admin login screen.. I only get this error message over and over.. what the heck have I done???
I am so sorry to bug you, but now I am quite stuck.. I am using BlueHost’s C-panel by the way, fwiw.
– B.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Suddenly, I am unable to preview my posts and pagesOoo, boy.. Now I really am lost. I do apologize for being so clueless.
So, when I choose a theme, I can’t really USE the theme? I have to create a copy of it (somehow, somewhere, with a new name somehow), in order to use its customizing features??? Or else they’ll be lost in future upgrades??
In reading through your links (and the links to the links, etc, etc) I am realizing that yes, themes are much more complicated than just a skin.. But oh dear.
I have no idea how to create a directory (I need to install a plug-in to do this?), and then write some code (???), and create (or drop .. from somewhere?) a style sheet.. and then migrate everything I already have to the child?? Can I retrofit at all? Do I need to start over from scratch?
I was really hoping this would be super easy, but evidently it really isn’t..
Thanks for your patience.. Maybe it’s not that bad?? I hope?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Suddenly, I am unable to preview my posts and pagesThanks SO much, esmi. I have now tried deactivating all TWO of my plug-ins… no change.
To be honest, I am not anxious to change themes (I am on the Twenty Ten theme, 1.1). I had chosen it precisely so I could customize my header and some other things, which I’ve spent a good deal of time doing. I really don’t want to screw that up if I can help it.
Since I only have the 2 plugins, do you think I should still have to reset the folder by FTP? I am not sure how, but thanks to your link, I’ll try if you really think I should..
Any other ideas are most welcome! It’s really frustrating!
– Beth