RossMitchell
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Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: production server to localhost permalink differentMost likely it is the permalinks setting and .htaccess file. For permalinks to work the .htaccess file must be correct.
It is CHANKING the permalinks setting that changes the .htaccess file. Accordingly on your Settings panel change the permalinks settinbg to something else, and SAVE, then change the permalinks back to your chosen /%postname%/and SAVE again. Now test your links.Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: Install WordPress on Dreamveaver cs6Your question does not have an answer. Dreamweaver is one way of doing web pages, while WordPress is a different way of doing websites. The two methods do not sensibly interact.
Suggest that you go to the online documentation here:
https://wordpress.org/support/
and do some reading from the getting started section.- This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by RossMitchell.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to remove divider from mobile drop down menuYou use conditional CSS, you put a media query around a piece of CSS.
Details here:
https://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_mediaqueries.aspForum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: Need Help Sharing LocalHost with OthersOn occasions I preview and road test development websites with clients. I use a screen sharing program such as TEAMVIEWER or ANYDESK. I get the client to install this software, get them on the phone and then have them connect into my computer, they get to view my screen and have my development website respond to their keyboard and mouse. I get to see what they do, what they look at and how the navigate the site. I take notes, for trivial changes I can do them live during the session.
Works very well, by keeping myself across their interaction I don’t get problems like when I gave open access to development sites, things like: “I did something and it went funny, I don’t like it.”Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: Cannot create directory (plugin no longer updateable on LOCAL)I suspect that you have run into a minor difference between hosted and localhost environments. In localhost it is very common for the file system permissions to not enable the webserver process to write to website files and directories.
It is possible to set the file ownership and permissions correctly, but is they don’t always stay correct with other maintenance tasks, often it is just not worth the trouble.
The solution is to use your system file explorer etc to manage and update the plugins yourself, rathen than have WordPress install a ZIP archive etc, just expand and install it yourself and make sure it is readable.
Sorry you had to wait 5 days to be told this.Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: How to update mysql, php, WordPress with minimal downtimeIs there a configuration file in a wordpress site to point it to use a different php
Well not in WordPress, it is in your webserver configuration, it is the webserver which has to know what to do with a .php file. Details here:
Definately use big tables with user data keyed to wpID integer. An alternative would be to use usermeta fields.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Lost password, password reset doesn’t workThis doc:
Has about 7 different ways to reset your password, all of them work. You just need to find one that matches your access and abilities.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: WordPress site very brokenSeems that something is wrong with the way your theme is calling register_sidebar. It is almost certainly your theme.
Rename your theme’s folder in wp-content/themes, this will force a change to the default theme, then see if there is a theme update available.Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: XAMPP access from local network by another PCWhat you need to do is put a hosts file entry on the other PCs that maps your domain name test3.local to the IP address of the hosting PC. This may require you to configure your network so that your PC always uses the same IP.
Say that your PC is using 192.168.1.23 then in the other PC the hosts file entry would be:192.168.1.23 test3.localUnfortunately you have given us a web address that is specific to your localhost install, we cannot see it. Please create a screenshot photo, host it on one of the image sharing sites and post that link.
This is general advice, maybe you will find it helpful: With localhost installs, often the web server process does not have file system permissions to write to files, it is possible to fix this but mostly is not worth the trouble. Mostly I update WordPress, install themes and plugins using the operating system file manager, much simpler than FTP or whatever.
On the other hand, if you want to do it yourself:
– Use your browser inspector to view your FAQ article, read off the CSS markup for the title.
– Using the customizer > Additional CSS, enter the CSS to target your title.Check and double check the database user and password in your wp-config.php file.
Make sure that this user has privileges on your database, use the web utility phpmyadmin to check.Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: wordpress on local host– It is likely that the password is empty, i.e.
''rather than'root'
– At the command prompt attempt to login to the mysql program, something like:
mysql -uroot -p
then see if the help command works:
help
to see if it is alive.– Seek help at MAMP support.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Can’t access “backend” – UrgentOOPS!!!!
My apologies. The lines should read:a.b.c.d www.talweb.com a.b.c.d talweb.com