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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: email form on bloglook at this one. ( Secure and Accessible PHP Contact Form v.2.0WP ) the developer, mike, is very helpful regarding contact forms issues…
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: How to restrict blog to members only.there are quite a few options
here are plugins that may address your issues.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=members+only
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: updating htaccesstwo months later and i finally go back to this issue. i change from ugly to pretty. i try to update htaccess but no can do. then i read forum advice for the 99th time. bingo! i change my htaccess from 644 to 666 via cpanel and everything is updated! now i am back at 644. onwards and upwards!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Permalinks and htaccess issuestwo months later and i finally go back to this issue. i change from ugly to pretty. i try to update htaccess but no can do. then i read forum advice for the 99th time. bingo! i change my htaccess from 644 to 666 via cpanel and everything is updated! now i am back at 644. onwards and upwards!
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Where do I put itplease clarify your terms first…
1) sub directory = domain.com/blog
2) sub domain =
is your blog a stand alone or a feature on a web site?
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Newbie Question. Is WordPress the right solution?In the blog arena for newbies, WordPress probably provides the best support resources. The big decision is whether you want a static html site – something like reading a brochure on the web. or one that is dynamic which WordPress provides – owner and visitors can easily add content.
A big advantage with blogs too is RSS – interested readers are easily notified of the content changes that are made on your site.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Giving WP it’s own directory = simple urlafter weeks of research on htaccess, mod-rewrite, server configuration, talking to my isp who taught me how to move files via ssh, and nothing working, it came down to this…
note: my home page = menu1.htm
1) asked isp to make menu1.htm a default file.
2) opened dreamweaver and on the local site i moved “menu1.htm” out of “home” and placed it where default “index.html” sits. dreamweaver asked if i wanted to update links and i said yes.
3) uploaded “menu1.htm” to server. i changed “index.html” to “index-old.html”
that’s it. took about ten minutes.
also this process taught me to validate this page.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Giving WP it’s own directory = simple urldo not mean to bump. any experience here?
i will instruct my isp to allow a custom index file and see what happens…
i won’t mess with the htaccess suggestion as i still have updating permalink issues because i can’t update my htaccess though everything seems to be working.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Trackback 1011) Rogerthat on Technorati and pingomatic and that ping is automatic and “trackback” is not. Here are two examples of the trackback process:
TRACKBACK – Example 1
Another_Blog wants to reference My_Blog: Another_Blog (if it’s not a WP blog or does not have pinging enabled), takes My_Blog’s trackback URI and places in their blogging application’s trackback field.TRACKBACK – Example 2
My_Blog wants to reference Another_Blog: if Another_Blog is not a WP blog and doesn’t support auto ping, get Another_Blog’s trackback URI and place it in the ‘Send trackbacks to:’ field of My_Blog.NOTE: the above examples are for original posts. Could you also make this work from the comment mode?
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Trackback 101Understood. Thank you!
You also bring up pinging and I was going to open a thread on pinging, but maybe let’s try here until advised otherwise. Pinging is only “undercover” i.e., it is all about indexing. When someone pings me I don’t know it and vice versa, right? The only visible evidence is at the technorati’s, for example, where you can see the latest posts. And aggregators which also gets notified of latest posts. But a typical blog does not “see” evidence other than the results of ranking, linking, etc.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Trackback 101what was accomplished was figuring out trackback when on a site that has a “trackback” provision = the word “trackback” is in the trackback link. there are a lot of sites that don’t have this link. on movabletype sites, among others, there is a “permalink”. what’s the difference; what would i do differently?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Giving WP it’s own directory = simple urlok, someone knowledgeable of this at my isp – maybe – has responded, though he makes no mention of mod-rewrite here.
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In order to accomplish what you are requesting, you will need to change the document root of your domain to point to /home/blog/public_html/home/ and add the menu_1.htm as an allowed index file in the httpd.conf file or you can create a .htaccess file under the domain to allow domain indexing of this. Would you like me to add menu_1.htm in your httpd.conf file?
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this is a level or two up on my server side knowledge and i don’t know if it is best practice. anyone?Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Giving WP it’s own directory = simple urlresearch on the forum suggests that mod-rewrite, in addition to making permalinks possible also is needed to accomplish what i am looking for. i haven’t used mod-rewrite as of yet, it just sits there doing its thing.
i don’t know if mod-rewrite addresses my issue.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Giving WP it’s own directory = simple urlhow do i say this differently. the “menu” page is not a part of wordpress. it is a static html page on my site. it is the page you go to when you dial up domain.com
i have it there because i don’t want a blog page, complete with sidebars, etc., as the opener. the menu page is a “splash” page. there is a link to my wp blog on this page. is this better?
a non simple url shows path and file name = domain.com/blog/index.php
wordpress.org has a simple url, you only begin to see paths when you dip into site.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Trackback 101ok. figured it out first time! ultimately simple per tamba explanation. thank you. note: i was practicing on two of my own sites. an important detail: i had to delete original comments, post, and trackback/ping, and start completely over. it seems you can’t trackback on same post twice.