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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: First site for clientEven still, when you are ready to move the site into it’s place you can easily migrate it. I still do this so the customer can view the site while in development and once the site is finalized, migrate it to it’s replacement. I hope this helps!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Multiple database usersI work for a large hosting company, and it’s rare that I’ve seen a website owner have excessive MySQL connections since they only last a fraction of a second. However, I’m not aware of any way to have multiple users attached to one database. Furthermore, WordPress would have no way to know which user to connect with like a load balancing system would.
You could do it by setting all the users as variables. Then you’d need a code a script to rotate the user based on a sequential loop. That way, the script would change the username and password based on the variable passed to it, as the wp-config file is called.
This is only theory, and I’ve never found a need to do this or attempt to code it. I’d suggest talking to your hosting provider further since this problem seems to be isolated.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Multiple database usersDatabase connections are opened and closed pretty quickly (typically a fraction of a second). It’s highly unlikely you’ll have a large number of connections to the database open at one time. Let’s see if I can explain. When a visitor visits a page, WordPress queries the database to get the content to display, once the content is captured the database connection is termminated. Then the page is built serverside and displayed in the visitors browser. It’s highly unlikely you’d need multiple users, and I’ve never heard of anyone setting up the config to do that.
Now, you can look at using a caching plugin to store the pages as static on the server. This will reduce the load on the server as well as the database queries. I hope this helps!
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: First site for clientTypically, I set up a dev subdomain on my domain for development. When they visit the site, they’ll be able to view it through the subdomain as a visitor so they won’t see the admin dashboard. You can remove the admin bar from the site in the settings as well. Just make sure you use a robots.txt file in the subdomain to keep robots from indexing the site (so it doesn’t show up in search results). Also, if you truly want to keep it private you can password protect the folder that the subdomain resides in. That way, the only visitors that will be able to see the site are those who have the password you supply them. I hope this helps!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: my website index page is blankSee if you can turn on debugging in your wp-config file. Here’s a link on how to do so:
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: my website index page is blankNo worries! I hope they can help you resolve the error. Let us know the outcome please!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: my website index page is blankYeah, so the error has been there from the initial install. You’ll need to talk to your host to find out what error is causing the blank page.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: my website index page is blankAt this point, you need to contact your hosting provider and ask if there’s any errors in the error log. Was the site ever functioning correctly? Has this occurred since the initial installation of WordPress?
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Server not running PHP?You need to contact your hosting provider and make sure the server meets WordPress’ requirements. Here’s a link to the requirements:
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: My complete site went blank!!Typically, this means you have a PHP error and have debugging turned off. What were you doing when this happened? Also, check in your server’s error logs to see if this is actaully the case. I hope this helps!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Remote DatabaseYou may need to authorize a remote MySQL connection. I know this is the case with servers using cPanel. Look in your control panel and see if there’s an option for remote MySQL connections. If there is you may have to add the new server’s IP address to the old server so it can connect.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: my website index page is blankYou mentioned that you activated a theme. The cause could be related to that theme. I’d suggest renaming the current themes folder to force WordPress to use the default theme to see if that corrects it. I hope this helps!
No Worries! I’m glad I could help you! I updated my live sites today without any errors. So fingers crossed, most of the themes and plugins are now fully functional with WordPress 3.3.1
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: Beginner Question: Amazon S3?Hi Graham,
Have you optimized your WordPress website? I’d suggest installing a caching plugin like WP super cache to improve page load speeds. I’m not too familiar with Amazon s3 but at first glance it appears to be a storage service not a web server. There appears to be a number of plugins you can use to store your WordPress media on Amazon s3, but it would still appear you’d need a web server for your WordPress installation. I hope this helps!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Installed on hosting but blank login page (not even a 404)Those errors seem to be unrelated. It’s looking for a 404 page that doesn’t exist but that won’t cause a 500 error. I’m not sure why your system is looking for an install of phpMyAdmin though. You may want to contact your host.