RossMitchell
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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: One page with index or multiple pages with a menuThere are many ways of doing this.
I think you will end up with a mix of PAGES and POSTS, it is important to realise the distinction. A PAGE is a complete stand alone entity, if t needs clarification then it gets edited. While a POST is more like a magazine article, it has membership of various categories, it exists more in an information web than does a page.
So pages are solid stand alone pieces, like an about page or a contact page. I expect you will find that you have some of these.
The best way to start with POSTS is to create your category hierarchy, you may expect to have twelve top level categories, but I expect that some of these will close off at the top level and are actually pages, the rest divide into sub-categories and beyond. Put some effort into creating this category tree, it will help you organize the posts.
You will be in for a good deal of copy/paste in transferring the WIX content to your PAGES and POSTS.
Your menu will substantially organize itself around your PAGES and top level categories, with sub-categories below them. Just how this displays depends upon your theme. Start constructing the menu as you go with the content conversion, rather than doing all the conversion first.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: WordPress moved to subdir need menu point to TLDRather than use a PAGE link, instead use a custom link, you can point it to anything.
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: Can’t upload any file to the Media LibraryThese problems of not being able to update files when on localhost often come down to file permission problems. That the ID running php does not have permissions to write to the files in the website. This also occurs with unable to install themes and plugins through the WordPress dashboard.
One solution is to install the files yourself using the computers file manager applications, otherwise you could sort out the required file and directory permissions, and when you do please let us know as it is an issue many of us share.Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: changing url in database to localhost on MAMP hides imagesYou need to go through the moving WordPress instructions:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPressUse your browser inspector to check the URLs that page resources like images and css files expect to be loaded from. Your problem is that the browser cannot obtain these resources, hence no images and no css.
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: php working but wordpress can not installYou need to follow the instructions.
The two examples you give that do not work each end in “.html”, there are no such files, the ones you need end in “.php”
Try:
http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php
OR
http://localhost/wp-admin/install.phpForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Transfering custom CSS to child themeYes you should have an uncomplicated upgrade.
However the possibility exists that the theme revisions (X to X+1 or even X.00 to X.01), that the theme authors have changed something that you are relying upon, say they changed the class of menus from “menu-syd-top” and “menu-syd-bottom” to “menu-syd-up” and “menu-syd-low”, then your CSS changes would miss their targets.
What you should do against these unlikely impacts is to read the release notes, review what your CSS changes are and critically check that they are still applied and relevant.
I am presently dealing with possible changes of this type. Some clients are using woocommerce with some customized page templates in the child theme, woocommerce have updated and there may be some changes to the code that the page templates were based upon at the time the child theme was prepared, so I am doing 3 way comparisons to establish if I need to revise the page templates in the child theme, not an ideal situation, but given the complexity and flexibility of the platforms, I think that this is as good and as simple as I can expect.Suggest that you enable debugging:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPressFile permissions are a common problem with localhost setups, you may find it easier to copy the files into the “uploads” directory and deeper rather than using the media uploader, the same for plugin installs and themes.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Color fault rambo themeThere is something wrong with the way the child theme is configured. Please check these instructions:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_ThemesForum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: WordPress upgrade issue (Windows server)You need to do a manual update, where you are using the file management tools on the webserver rather than FTP access.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_-_Extended_Instructions
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: Use an alternate IP to login to WordPress when not on main networkEssentially YES, but I feel the need to clarify some details just in case.
You need to subscribe for domain names separately, they are in addition to your hosting subscription.
You need to use your HostGator login to:
– associate the domain names you own and control to the hosting
– access the website hosting management controls (probably cPanel)
– enable access to the files on the website (FTP)
With the above abilities you would install WordPress and manage its hosting, at the domain address you would then use your WordPress admin credentials to manage your website content, themes, plugins etc.So I think this is much like you expected, but there are some important distinctions as to what is what.
Forum: Developing with WordPress
In reply to: Database INSERT not workingSuggest that you turn on debugging, details here:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPressAlso capture the return value of the “$wpdb->insert” calls and display the result.
Forum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: Use an alternate IP to login to WordPress when not on main networkOne way that may work around your problem is to use Teamviewer to let you view the localhost site from a remote PC. Teamviewer will manage the connection into the dynamic IP for you.
Download from teamviewer.comForum: Localhost Installs
In reply to: share throug networkThe other option apart from using the server’s fixed IP address in “sita address” and “WordPress address” is to use the VirtualHost technique. (The server still needs a fixed IP address, for this example say it is 192.168.0.31 )
Details here:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/vhosts/name-based.html
You will put a block like this into the apache2 sites-enabled config files, probably /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/001-local :<VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot /var/www/wpB ServerName wpB.local ServerAlias www.wpB.local </VirtualHost>Then on the server computer “/etc/hosts” file add lines like:
127.0.0.1 wpB.local 127.0.0.1 www.wpB.localAnd in other computers on the same LAN segment that need to access your site, add these lines to the hosts file on each:
192.168.0.31 wpB.local 192.168.0.31 www.wpB.localDetails on hosts files here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Looking for a Responsive and Highly Customisable but Free themeThis is what I would do.
Appreciate that some things are more deeply wired into a theme than others:
– Colors are very easy to change. Background colors nearly so, if you change background colors then you have to check that all foreground colors have to be tested against it, for instance I one found dropdown boxes with white on white.
– Fonts and font sizes are also easy.
– Sizes such as width and height of regions can be adjusted easily.
– Leaving the more difficult things to change, such as the placement of menus, layouts of content and widgets, banners and logos.So find a theme that has a layout that matches the theme you want to adopt in terms of how the div blocks of: header / sidebar / widget / content / footer etc, cascade in the same fashion. Install this theme and create your child theme, you will only be customising your child theme.
Then use your browser inspector to read off how your theme functions, and adjust accordingly. You will be spending a lot of time with your browser inspector.
Forum: Developing with WordPress
In reply to: Php wp content word to tag linking brokes the HTML tagsCertainly searching the plugins catalog is worth trying.
Otherwise all you can do is tell your authors that it is in their best interests to tag their articles.