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Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Potential .htaccess file confict?Thanks maerk, that’s encouraging. I suspected that it would be OK but I thought it worthwhile checking. I’m pretty good about most server-side ops of this sort and I’ve learned the hard way with messing about with htaccess! I host quite a few sites from my hosting account and things are pretty watertight, but you’re quite right to suggest locking down as much as possible.
Thanks for your help, anyhow. I’ll just dive in, I think!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Text formatting problems in WP 2.0.2Letterknit – yes, like you I find that either checking or unchecking that box makes no difference in certain circumstances, too. I’ve just uploaded two new pages containing images and text formatting, but I’ve (very reluctantly) had to bite the bullet and accept formatting compromises with html tags. It’s far from ideal… but I’ll continue to persevere ‘cos I refuse to be beaten!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Text formatting problems in WP 2.0.2Thanks folks. I eventually managed to get something published that was correct, but hey what a struggle! At one stage, WP was placing “strong” opening and closing tags around a highlighted word 30 (yes thirty!) times. Absolutely crazy…
Still, as has been suggested, the solution is to go through the html and painstakingly insert the tags manually. This is a pain, really, because the whole object of a blog is that it should be a tool for instant web-based self-publishing that anyone can indulge in, and knowing what to do with html tags shouldn’t really be part of the equation.
With my own site, the plan is that 6 or 7 contributors with varying abilities should be able to exchange notes and ideas from different locations around the world, and mixed abilities precludes knowledge of even the simplest html. Still, it’s worth persevering! Thanks.
Conclusion: The Rich Text editor is awful and requires urgent attention!!! 🙂
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Images doesn’t upload in WP 2.0.2I had similar frustrations, so I found a lead here to a plugin that does the job well. It’s “Filosofo Old-style Upload Version 0.5” by Austin Matzko which does a better job than the default WP utility. In addition to thumbnail generation, it will allow you to browse for uploaded images in a viewer and select the one you wish to “send to editor” (ie: direct into the text box where it can be positioned manually). You can choose to include the thumbnail or a full-sized image in your posts/pages, depending on your need – and you can switch on/off the linking as you wish. You can also browse for images in the viewer.
To be honest, I was on the verge of stripping WP 2.0.2 off my server and opting for something else before I discovered this plugin. It’s not perfect (I’d like to be able to choose by image name or description – useful if you have several different-sized similar images residing in the folder) but better than the built-in WP utility.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Visual Rich Editor Not AppearingI’ve spent about 3 hours trying to find the reason why the Visual Rich Editor wouldn’t work on a new install of v2.0.2 on my remote server, and then it clicked: I was attempting to upload text via Safari running on Mac OSX (10.4 update). No sign of the editor icon bar at all, which seemed odd because I’d already used it several times. I’d previously been using Firefox on the Mac!
I can confirm that the VRE works on the following:
Internet Explorer (Windows XP)
Mozilla Firefox (Windows XP)
Mozilla Firefox (MacOSX)It doesn’t work on:
Apple Safari (MacOSX)
I don’t have other browsers, so I don’t know how it behaves. Hope that helps!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Image Upload in v2.0.2Hey Podz – my apologies. It was your suggestion of the plugin that I’ve now tried. Thanx!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Image Upload in v2.0.2I can’t replicate the error message at the moment because I’ve installed a plugin (folisofo-old-style-upload) that will do this reasonable well. However, it’s the message that questions whether the correct permissions have been set – which clearly they have.
I’ll persevere with this alternate hack until such time as WP 2.0.2 gains an update with (we hope) the appropriate patches. Cheers.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Comments notification stopped after upgrade to 2.0.2Uncanny. I was just about to post on more-or-less the same subject. I’ve installed v2.0.2 onto my host and in testing the registration process (with a dummy yahoo email account) I’ve noticed that the email notifier doesn’t work. Is this something to do with hosting account’s POP or IMAP outgoing settings? (I run phpBB2 off this server without any similar problems).
I can’t find any settings in WP that relate to this. I’m in the UK, BTW, not that it’s important in this context!