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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Oops! That page can’t be found. please helpThanks for the feedback.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Oops! That page can’t be found. please helpI think the problem is with the Arabic script in your URL. Try changing the slug of those pages to a Latin equivalent.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Blog posts not showing on main page, only under categoriesPleasure!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Blog posts not showing on main page, only under categoriesHi,
If you look at your Reading settings (Dashboard > Settings > Reading), you’ll see at the top the option to choose a page for posts. If this isn’t set to your News & Events page, change it and see if it solves the problem.
Hope that helps.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: after update wp-config.php already exist – should i update databaseAlways a pleasure.
Normally your hosting provider will give you access to a control panel of some sort. You should find the tools there to perform things like database backups and a host of other functions.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: after update wp-config.php already exist – should i update databaseHi
I’ve often been prompted to update the database after updating WordPress. Can you not make a backup of the DB just for safety sake? I’m pretty sure it won’t break anything if you do the update.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Caldera Forms - More Than Contact Forms] Clone Not WorkingThanks for the quick fix, and thank you for a great plugin.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Caldera Forms - More Than Contact Forms] Clone Not WorkingHi David. ETA of update? Sorry to bother but working on a site with a form that I’ve had to made multiple variations of.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Caldera Forms - More Than Contact Forms] Clone Not WorkingExcellent! Thanks David.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Install WP on existing html siteAlthough it’s possible to do it the way you’re wanting, you might just find that it’s more of a hassle than it’s worth. You can read more about changing your sites URL in the WordPress codex.
Although, as hazephase has pointed out, you can change the URL in Settings, you’ll probably have a lot of cleaning up to do when you make the move. Consider for example you add an image to a page, WordPress uses the absolute path of the image, i.e. http://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads/… which in your case will be http://www.themeparkconnect.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/…. These sorts of things won’t be fixed by changing the site URL in the settings. Which means you’re either have to fix them page by page or dive into the database and fix them there. All that said, you could also use relative paths when designing the site. Your HTML already uses relative paths.
I’d recommend installing WordPress directly into the public_HTML folder and use the “coming soon” plugin I suggested earlier. It’ll be really easy to copy the HTML into the plugin and have it manage the coming soon aspect of your site.
Another thing to consider is that if search engines index your site before you move everything out of the WP folder, they are going to have a lot of broken links to deal with the next time they scan your site.
If you decide to go with my suggestion, make a backup of the contents of public_HTML before you install WordPress. If things don’t work out, you can always delete everything and restore the backup.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Install WP on existing html siteThe plugin that I recommended earlier has the option to use HTML. I’ve just given it a quick try and it works well.
If I was you, I’d install WordPress in the public_HTML folder and then install and activate the plugin. You could take the html that you have used for coming soon page and insert it in the HTML section of the plugin.
Not sure of your experience with WordPress so this might all seem daunting but it’s doable and you’ll learn a lot in the process.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Install WP on existing html siteUnfortunately, it’s not that easy. The paths will all point to domain.com/WP so you’ll have a lot of broken stuff.
If I may ask, what’s the address of your site? It’ll give me an idea of how complex your html setup is.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Install WP on existing html siteHi guesssilk
I’d guess it’s safe to do the “easy install” unless the host deletes the contents of your public_HTML folder as part of the process. The safe option is to install WordPress manually and leave the html site intact. It’s relatively easy to do a manual install, check out the Famous 5-Minute Install. By default your host should serve index.html (or default.html) before it serves index.php. If it doesn’t work, you can edit your .htaccess file and add the following line:
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm default.htm index.phpWhat you will have to consider is that when you setup WordPress, you’ll need to browse to http://www.domain.com/index.php and not just http://www.domain.com.
Depending on how complex your current splash page is, you could use a plugin like Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode and set up a “Coming Soon” page to replace the existing HTML splash page.
Hope you come right.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Redirection IssueOkay, after much poking around I decided to try reinserting the redirects and it worked again! In my poking I discovered that my browser (Chrome) was caching my .htaccess page so what I was seeing was different to what was actually saved in the file. Not sure if it’s an issue with the host (Hetzner) or my browser.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Crelly Slider] Centering Responsive Content@fabiorino Any idea when the next release will be ready? I love this slider! Thanks for the excellent work.